Interesting that Texas is #40. It seems ranking is based on $$$ spent by the state for emergency preparedness plus EMTs/100,000 people. A ranking of states by prepared/self reliant citizens would be interesting but impossible to create.
-Blast
I, unfortunately, concur. Given that a large chunk of the prepper community seems to be less then enamored with government emergency management agencies, an accurate survey would be impossible. It would be like taking a survey at a POSTERKNOWSBETTER/FAVORITENUTTERS rally.
That being said, it'll give you some perspective on the line between being adequately prepared for a disaster, and overkill.