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Montana is apparently where it's at when it comes to low levels of alleged harassment and discrimination in the workplace: There were a mere 18 charges filed against businesses in the Treasure State in 2013, according to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data.
Florida businesses, by comparison, are a hotbed of potential harassment and discrimination. The Sunshine State had 7,597 charges in 2013, EEOC data shows. That's the second most nationwide behind only Texas, which had 9,068. At least the allegation count in Florida is headed downward, a 12.91% drop from 7,940 charges in 2012, according to The Network, a Norcross, Ga.-based governance, risk and compliance firm.
Charting discrimination cases state-by-state mirrors population data to some extent. Highly populated Florida and Texas, for example, are joined in the top 10 by crowded states like California, New York and Pennsylvania. Montana, at the bottom, is surrounded by sparsely populated states like Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.
Here's a glance at the states in the top five and bottom five for harassment and discrimination allegations:
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