Most women have an ‘ideal boyfriend’ in their minds, but the look and personality seem to depend on which state they live in.
Love experts surveyed thousands of Americans on what qualities they find most attractive in a man and asked artificial intelligence to re-imagine what their dream mate would look like based on hair and eye color, hairstyle and personal style.
The initial survey found that the ideal boyfriend has blue eyes, short and curly brown hair, and an outdoorsy look without any tattoos or glasses.
But residents of each state have a preference – New Jersians envision a man with a fade haircut and an athletic build, and Californians prefer a partner with hazel eyes and tattoos.
Love experts surveyed thousands of Americans on what qualities they find most attractive in a man and asked artificial intelligence to re-imagine what their dream mate would look like based on hair and eye color, hairstyle and personal style
The love experts at Shane Co. surveyed over 2,100 Americans from across the country on what qualities they find most attractive in a man.
The gallery does not include Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming due to a lack of respondents.
The company used the AI image generator Midjourney to create the portraits, which creates images based on users’ text prompts.
Alabama
Alabama women like a man with a buzz cut
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Buzz cut
Personal Style: Athletic
Arizona
Arizona women want a man with an outdoorsy look
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Arkansas
Women in Arkansas are among the group that prefer a man with tattoos
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Medium-length
Personal Style: Tattoos
California
California’s ideal man has hazel eyes and tattoos
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Hairstyle: Undercut
Personal Style: Hipster/alternative
Other: Tattoos
Colorado
Women in Colorado prefer a man who has an outdoorsy style
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Undercut
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Connecticut
Women in Connecticut prefer their match to be clean cut with blue eyes
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Delaware
The ideal boyfriend in Delaware has a preppy look and fade haircut
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Preppy
Florida
Floridians prefer a man with black hair and blue eyes
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Athletic
Georgia
Georgia women reported their ideal boyfriend has brown hair and tattoos
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Hip-hop/streetwear
Other: Tattoos
Hawaii
Women who call Hawaii home said their ideal boyfriend has black hair and brown eyes
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Idaho
Women in Idaho reported looking for a man with a country style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Undercut
Personal Style: Country
Other: Tattoos, glasses
Illinois
Women in Illinois are looking for a boyfriend who has a business-style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Other: Tattoos, glasses
Indiana
Indiana women prefer a man with an athletic style
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Athletic
Iowa
Women in Iowa reported that their ideal boyfriend has glasses
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Hipster/alternative
Other: Glasses
Kansas
Women in Kansan said their ideal boyfriend has a side part and outdoorsy look
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Kentucky
Kentucky women prefer a man with tattoos
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos
Louisiana
Louisiana’s ideal boyfriend has a corporate look and blue eyes
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Maine
Maine’s ideal boyfriend has short, curly hair
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos
Maryland
Maryland’s ideal boyfriend has an athletic look, along with dark hair and eyes
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Athletic
Massachusetts
Massachusetts’s ideal boyfriend has brown hair and blue eyes
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Michigan
Michigan women prefer their boyfriends to have a man bun and tattoos
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Hairstyle: Man bun
Personal Style: Athletic
Other: Tattoos
Minnesota
Women in Minnesota like a man with an outdoorsy style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Mississippi
Mississippi women believe a man with a side part and country style makes for an ideal boyfriend
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Country
Missouri
Missouri’s ideal boyfriend has an athletic look and fade haircut
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Athletic
Nebraska
Blonde hair and blue eyes are the favorite among women in Nebraska
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Nevada
Nevada women prefer men with an undercut and tattoos
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Undercut
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Other: Tattoos
New Hampshire
Women in New Hampshire reported their ideal boyfriend would have blue eyes and a buzz cut
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Buzz cut
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
New Jersey
New Jersian women prefer a man with a fade hair cut and athletic style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Athletic
New Mexico
New Mexico’s ideal man has dark features and a punk/rock style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Punk/rock
New York
New Yorkers believe tattoos are important with their ideal boyfriend
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Athletic
Other: Tattoos
North Carolina
Women in North Carolina said their ideal boyfriend has short, curly hair and a corporate style
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Ohio
Ohio women prefer a man with a punk rock look to him
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Punk/rock
Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s ideal boyfriend has blue eyes and an athletic style
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Athletic
Oregon
The ideal boyfriend of women living in Oregon appears to have blue eyes and curly hair
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos, glasses
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania women prefer a man with a side part
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Rhode Island
Women in Rhode Island believe a man with black hair and tattoos would be an ideal boyfriend
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos
South Carolina
South Carolina’s ideal boyfriend has a preppy look to him
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Side part
Personal Style: Preppy
Tennessee
Women in Tennessee are looking for a boyfriend with an alternative style
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Hipster/alternative
Texas
Texas women appear to fancy a man with tattoos and brown hair
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Hipster/alternative
Other: Tattoos
Utah
Utah women are the only ones in the survey who prefer a surfer look
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Surf/skate style
Virginia
Virginia women prefer a man with hazel eyes and curly hair
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Hairstyle: Short, curly hair
Personal Style: Business casual/corporate
Washington
Women who live in Washington prefer a man with curly hair
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Hairstyle: Medium-length, curly hair
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos, glasses
West Virginia
West Virginia women were the only ones to prefer green eyes
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Hairstyle: Fade haircut
Personal Style: Outdoorsy
Other: Tattoos
Wisconsin
Wisconsin women prefer a boyfriend with dark hair and eyes, a hipster look and man bun
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Hairstyle: Man bun
Personal Style: Hipster/alternative
Other: Tattoos
