Gov. Ron DeSantis often talks up the “Free State of Florida,” and a libertarian think tank largely backs his read, proclaiming the Sunshine State to be yet again the second freest in the United States, behind only New Hampshire.

The latest edition of the Cato Institute’s “Freedom in the 50 States” measures the states against each other with 230 metrics reflecting the group’s philosophical bent: “from taxation to debt, eminent domain laws to occupational licensing, and drug policy to educational choice.”