Arizona surprised me. The others made sense, as they were either states that I would expect to have large numbers of native species (e.g., Florida, Hawaii) or states with a lot of variety in terms of climate/land type/etc. (e.g., California, North Carolina, Texas). But Arizona seems like largely a dry, dessert state that wouldn't have as many species to begin with.
This is kind of an odd one to think about, because if the species is not present at all in a certain state, it doesnt count, but if it has a low amount it counts. So not a constant scale if you get what I mean. (not good, bad, worse, but good, bad, ow all are dead? that's ok then)
Yes, I was thinking something along these lines. It's useful to know where species are facing extinction as far as intervention goes though. But it would be interesting to see a quiz with the most extinct/endangered species as well.