The July 4th holiday is less than a week away and WalletHub.com recently posted its finding of the "2016's Most Patriotic States."

To get their findings they used 12 key metrics, including the number of residents enlisted in the military, veterans per capita , 2012 presidential voting percentage and highest volunteer rate.

Maine came in as the 12th most patriotic state in the country. Maine has the 3rd highest rate of veterans per capita.

Virginia came in on top of their list of most patriotic state in the nation.

New Jersey was last on the list.

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