Wordpress custom database query

I am trying to get the result from the database with the mysql LIKE but in wordpress its not working here is the code of what i am trying

//this is what i am putting in where clause.
$state = $_POST['state'];
//table name.
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . 'userprofile';
//trying but this is returning empty
$q = 'SELECT * FROM ' . $table_name . 'WHERE state LIKE \'%' . esc_sql( like_escape( $state ) ) . '%\'';
echo $q;
$result = $wpdb->get_results($q);
if (empty($result)) {
    echo "the result is empty";
}
//returns empty array.
print_r($result);