Data group Marchex has examined more than 600,000 phone calls from the past 12 months to find the most polite and vulgar states in the country. (via Peter Nidzgorski)

The calls were placed by consumers to businesses across 30 industries, including cable and satellite companies, auto dealerships, pest control centers and more.

Interestingly, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New Hampshire somehow managed to be described as both "sailors" and "very courteous."