Best States To Live In

Total Score
Safety and Crime
Health and Healthcare
Opportunity
Economy
Infrastructure
Education
Environment
Lifestyle
Total Score
1.New HampshireNew Hampshire66.6
2.North DakotaNorth Dakota64.2
3.VermontVermont64.1
4.WyomingWyoming64
5.ConnecticutConnecticut63.6
6.MassachusettsMassachusetts63.3
7.MaineMaine63.3
8.MinnesotaMinnesota62.9
9.AlaskaAlaska62.6
10.South DakotaSouth Dakota60.9
11.VirginiaVirginia60.5
12.NebraskaNebraska60.3
13.Rhode IslandRhode Island60
14.New YorkNew York60
15.IowaIowa59.7
16.OregonOregon59.7
17.MontanaMontana59.7
18.WisconsinWisconsin59.4
19.WashingtonWashington59
20.IdahoIdaho58.9
21.DelawareDelaware58.9
22.PennsylvaniaPennsylvania58.8
23.UtahUtah58.8
24.ColoradoColorado58.6
25.MarylandMaryland58
26.KansasKansas58
27.MichiganMichigan58
28.IndianaIndiana57.9
29.FloridaFlorida57.5
30.North CarolinaNorth Carolina57
31.GeorgiaGeorgia56.8
32.New JerseyNew Jersey56.8
33.IllinoisIllinois56.7
34.MissouriMissouri56.2
35.KentuckyKentucky56
36.OhioOhio55.9
37.TexasTexas55.8
38.OklahomaOklahoma55.6
39.HawaiiHawaii55.3
40.TennesseeTennessee54.8
41.AlabamaAlabama54.2
42.West VirginiaWest Virginia54.1
43.CaliforniaCalifornia53.8
44.South CarolinaSouth Carolina53.8
45.NevadaNevada53.1
46.ArizonaArizona52.8
47.ArkansasArkansas52.6
48.MississippiMississippi51
49.LouisianaLouisiana50.7
50.New MexicoNew Mexico50.2

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Alabama

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Alabama

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

54.2

#41

Safety and Crime

9.9

#30

Health and Healthcare

6.8

#50

Opportunity

10.5

#8

Economy

6.2

#23

Infrastructure

8.2

#7

Education

4.9

#46

Environment

5.4

#23

Lifestyle

2.4

#49

Alaska

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Alaska

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

62.6

#9

Safety and Crime

9

#42

Health and Healthcare

11.6

#2

Opportunity

9.4

#43

Economy

6.7

#6

Infrastructure

6.6

#40

Education

5.8

#34

Environment

8.7

#1

Lifestyle

4.8

#7

Arizona

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Arizona

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

52.8

#46

Safety and Crime

8.9

#44

Health and Healthcare

8.5

#35

Opportunity

9.6

#41

Economy

5.7

#40

Infrastructure

8

#17

Education

4.6

#49

Environment

4.5

#45

Lifestyle

3.1

#40

Arkansas

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Arkansas

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

52.6

#47

Safety and Crime

8.1

#47

Health and Healthcare

7.2

#48

Opportunity

10

#28

Economy

6.4

#15

Infrastructure

7.6

#27

Education

5.4

#43

Environment

5.4

#22

Lifestyle

2.5

#48

California

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California

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

53.8

#43

Safety and Crime

10.6

#20

Health and Healthcare

10.1

#13

Opportunity

7.9

#49

Economy

4.5

#50

Infrastructure

6.3

#45

Education

6

#31

Environment

4.8

#37

Lifestyle

3.7

#27

Colorado

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Colorado

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58.6

#24

Safety and Crime

9.1

#41

Health and Healthcare

10.2

#12

Opportunity

10

#29

Economy

6

#30

Infrastructure

7.6

#26

Education

6.7

#18

Environment

4.9

#35

Lifestyle

4.1

#14

Connecticut

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Connecticut

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

63.6

#5

Safety and Crime

11.4

#9

Health and Healthcare

10.8

#4

Opportunity

10.3

#21

Economy

5.8

#35

Infrastructure

8.2

#6

Education

7.9

#3

Environment

5.4

#21

Lifestyle

3.7

#24

Delaware

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Delaware

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58.9

#21

Safety and Crime

9.4

#37

Health and Healthcare

8.8

#30

Opportunity

9.9

#33

Economy

6.1

#26

Infrastructure

8.7

#2

Education

7.3

#9

Environment

4.9

#34

Lifestyle

3.8

#20

Florida

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Florida

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

57.5

#29

Safety and Crime

10.4

#22

Health and Healthcare

8.6

#32

Opportunity

9.8

#37

Economy

5.9

#34

Infrastructure

8.3

#4

Education

5.4

#39

Environment

5.6

#15

Lifestyle

3.6

#28

Georgia

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Georgia

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

56.8

#31

Safety and Crime

10.4

#21

Health and Healthcare

7.5

#45

Opportunity

10.2

#23

Economy

6.1

#28

Infrastructure

8.1

#12

Education

6.2

#29

Environment

5.5

#17

Lifestyle

2.9

#43

Hawaii

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Hawaii

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

55.3

#39

Safety and Crime

9.7

#31

Health and Healthcare

10.8

#6

Opportunity

6.5

#50

Economy

5.3

#47

Infrastructure

7

#35

Education

5.9

#33

Environment

6.7

#2

Lifestyle

3.4

#31

Idaho

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Idaho

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58.9

#20

Safety and Crime

11.4

#8

Health and Healthcare

9.2

#23

Opportunity

9.4

#44

Economy

5.9

#33

Infrastructure

7.3

#32

Education

6.4

#25

Environment

5.6

#13

Lifestyle

3.7

#26

Illinois

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Illinois

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

56.7

#33

Safety and Crime

9.6

#34

Health and Healthcare

9.1

#28

Opportunity

10.7

#7

Economy

5.7

#39

Infrastructure

6.7

#39

Education

6.9

#16

Environment

4.1

#49

Lifestyle

3.8

#22

Indiana

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Indiana

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

57.9

#28

Safety and Crime

11

#12

Health and Healthcare

8.1

#37

Opportunity

10.3

#22

Economy

6.1

#27

Infrastructure

8.1

#10

Education

6.4

#26

Environment

4.5

#43

Lifestyle

3.4

#30

Iowa

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Iowa

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

59.7

#15

Safety and Crime

11.8

#5

Health and Healthcare

8.6

#31

Opportunity

10.5

#16

Economy

5.9

#32

Infrastructure

6.4

#43

Education

6.9

#14

Environment

4.4

#46

Lifestyle

5.3

#4

Kansas

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Kansas

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58

#26

Safety and Crime

9.4

#36

Health and Healthcare

8.5

#33

Opportunity

10.7

#6

Economy

7.3

#2

Infrastructure

8

#16

Education

6

#30

Environment

4.2

#48

Lifestyle

3.9

#19

Kentucky

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Kentucky

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

56

#35

Safety and Crime

10.9

#16

Health and Healthcare

8.1

#38

Opportunity

9.9

#32

Economy

6.1

#29

Infrastructure

8

#18

Education

5.4

#42

Environment

5.1

#32

Lifestyle

2.5

#47

Louisiana

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Louisiana

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

50.7

#49

Safety and Crime

8.3

#46

Health and Healthcare

7.2

#47

Opportunity

10.4

#18

Economy

5.5

#45

Infrastructure

6.1

#47

Education

4.8

#47

Environment

5.2

#28

Lifestyle

3.3

#35

Maine

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Maine

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

63.3

#7

Safety and Crime

11.9

#4

Health and Healthcare

10

#14

Opportunity

9.9

#30

Economy

6.3

#17

Infrastructure

6.9

#36

Education

7.5

#4

Environment

6.3

#4

Lifestyle

4.6

#10

Maryland

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Maryland

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58

#25

Safety and Crime

9.3

#38

Health and Healthcare

9.3

#22

Opportunity

10.7

#5

Economy

5.2

#49

Infrastructure

7.9

#19

Education

7.4

#6

Environment

5.1

#29

Lifestyle

3.2

#37

Massachusetts

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Massachusetts

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

63.3

#6

Safety and Crime

10.3

#25

Health and Healthcare

12

#1

Opportunity

9.7

#39

Economy

6.6

#7

Infrastructure

6.7

#38

Education

8.4

#1

Environment

5.8

#9

Lifestyle

4

#17

Michigan

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Michigan

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58

#27

Safety and Crime

10

#29

Health and Healthcare

9.7

#16

Opportunity

10.5

#9

Economy

5.7

#37

Infrastructure

6.8

#37

Education

6.8

#17

Environment

5.3

#25

Lifestyle

3.3

#34

Minnesota

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Minnesota

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

62.9

#8

Safety and Crime

10.8

#18

Health and Healthcare

10.4

#10

Opportunity

11.3

#1

Economy

6.1

#24

Infrastructure

8

#13

Education

6.9

#15

Environment

5.3

#24

Lifestyle

4.2

#12

Mississippi

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Mississippi

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

51

#48

Safety and Crime

9.7

#32

Health and Healthcare

7

#49

Opportunity

9.9

#31

Economy

5.3

#48

Infrastructure

6.4

#44

Education

4.8

#48

Environment

5.6

#16

Lifestyle

2.3

#50

Missouri

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Missouri

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

56.2

#34

Safety and Crime

9.2

#39

Health and Healthcare

7.9

#39

Opportunity

10.5

#12

Economy

6.2

#21

Infrastructure

7.4

#31

Education

6.3

#27

Environment

5

#33

Lifestyle

3.7

#25

Montana

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Montana

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

59.7

#17

Safety and Crime

9.6

#35

Health and Healthcare

9.8

#15

Opportunity

9.3

#45

Economy

5.5

#44

Infrastructure

7.4

#28

Education

6.4

#23

Environment

5.2

#27

Lifestyle

6.3

#3

Nebraska

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Nebraska

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

60.3

#12

Safety and Crime

11.5

#7

Health and Healthcare

9.5

#18

Opportunity

10.5

#13

Economy

5.6

#42

Infrastructure

7.4

#29

Education

6.5

#22

Environment

4.6

#39

Lifestyle

4.6

#9

Nevada

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Nevada

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

53.1

#45

Safety and Crime

9

#43

Health and Healthcare

7.6

#44

Opportunity

8.5

#48

Economy

6.6

#8

Infrastructure

8.4

#3

Education

4.4

#50

Environment

4.7

#38

Lifestyle

3.9

#18

New Hampshire

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New Hampshire

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

66.6

#1

Safety and Crime

13.2

#1

Health and Healthcare

10.6

#7

Opportunity

10

#26

Economy

6.4

#10

Infrastructure

8.1

#8

Education

8

#2

Environment

6.3

#3

Lifestyle

4

#16

New Jersey

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New Jersey

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

56.8

#32

Safety and Crime

10.7

#19

Health and Healthcare

9.1

#26

Opportunity

8.9

#46

Economy

5.7

#38

Infrastructure

5.7

#49

Education

7.5

#5

Environment

5.7

#11

Lifestyle

3.3

#36

New Mexico

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New Mexico

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

50.2

#50

Safety and Crime

5.1

#50

Health and Healthcare

9.4

#21

Opportunity

9.8

#38

Economy

6

#31

Infrastructure

7.1

#34

Education

5

#45

Environment

4.9

#36

Lifestyle

2.9

#45

New York

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New York

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

60

#14

Safety and Crime

10.9

#15

Health and Healthcare

10.2

#11

Opportunity

9.5

#42

Economy

6.1

#25

Infrastructure

6.1

#46

Education

7.1

#12

Environment

5.9

#8

Lifestyle

4.2

#13

North Carolina

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North Carolina

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

57

#30

Safety and Crime

10

#28

Health and Healthcare

8.3

#36

Opportunity

10.2

#24

Economy

6.2

#20

Infrastructure

7.8

#24

Education

5.7

#36

Environment

5.5

#18

Lifestyle

3.3

#32

North Dakota

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North Dakota

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

64.2

#2

Safety and Crime

10.3

#23

Health and Healthcare

9.5

#19

Opportunity

11.1

#2

Economy

7.5

#1

Infrastructure

8

#15

Education

6.6

#19

Environment

4.2

#47

Lifestyle

6.9

#1

Ohio

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Ohio

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

55.9

#36

Safety and Crime

9.2

#40

Health and Healthcare

8.5

#34

Opportunity

10.5

#15

Economy

6.2

#22

Infrastructure

7.8

#23

Education

5.8

#35

Environment

4.5

#44

Lifestyle

3.5

#29

Oklahoma

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Oklahoma

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

55.6

#38

Safety and Crime

10.3

#24

Health and Healthcare

7.7

#41

Opportunity

10.5

#14

Economy

6.8

#5

Infrastructure

7.3

#33

Education

5.1

#44

Environment

4.6

#41

Lifestyle

3.3

#33

Oregon

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Oregon

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

59.7

#16

Safety and Crime

9.6

#33

Health and Healthcare

10.9

#3

Opportunity

8.8

#47

Economy

6.4

#11

Infrastructure

7.8

#20

Education

6.2

#28

Environment

5.6

#14

Lifestyle

4.5

#11

Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58.8

#22

Safety and Crime

10.2

#27

Health and Healthcare

9.1

#27

Opportunity

10.5

#10

Economy

6.3

#18

Infrastructure

6.6

#41

Education

7.1

#13

Environment

5.2

#26

Lifestyle

3.8

#23

Rhode Island

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Rhode Island

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

60

#13

Safety and Crime

11.3

#10

Health and Healthcare

10.4

#9

Opportunity

9.7

#40

Economy

5.5

#43

Infrastructure

6

#48

Education

7.2

#10

Environment

5.8

#10

Lifestyle

4.1

#15

South Carolina

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South Carolina

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

53.8

#44

Safety and Crime

8

#48

Health and Healthcare

7.7

#42

Opportunity

10.4

#17

Economy

5.4

#46

Infrastructure

8.3

#5

Education

5.4

#40

Environment

5.5

#20

Lifestyle

3.1

#39

South Dakota

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South Dakota

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

60.9

#10

Safety and Crime

10.3

#26

Health and Healthcare

9.4

#20

Opportunity

10.4

#19

Economy

5.6

#41

Infrastructure

7.4

#30

Education

6.6

#20

Environment

4.5

#42

Lifestyle

6.7

#2

Tennessee

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Tennessee

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

54.8

#40

Safety and Crime

8.3

#45

Health and Healthcare

7.8

#40

Opportunity

10.3

#20

Economy

6.4

#13

Infrastructure

8.1

#11

Education

5.6

#37

Environment

5.5

#19

Lifestyle

2.9

#42

Texas

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Texas

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

55.8

#37

Safety and Crime

11.6

#6

Health and Healthcare

7.6

#43

Opportunity

10.2

#25

Economy

7

#4

Infrastructure

7.7

#25

Education

5.4

#41

Environment

3.5

#50

Lifestyle

2.9

#44

Utah

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Utah

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

58.8

#23

Safety and Crime

10.9

#13

Health and Healthcare

9.1

#24

Opportunity

9.9

#34

Economy

6.4

#12

Infrastructure

8.7

#1

Education

6

#32

Environment

4.6

#40

Lifestyle

3

#41

Vermont

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Vermont

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

64.1

#3

Safety and Crime

11

#11

Health and Healthcare

10.8

#5

Opportunity

9.8

#35

Economy

6.3

#16

Infrastructure

7.8

#21

Education

7.3

#8

Environment

6.2

#5

Lifestyle

4.9

#5

Virginia

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Virginia

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

60.5

#11

Safety and Crime

10.9

#17

Health and Healthcare

9

#29

Opportunity

11

#3

Economy

5.7

#36

Infrastructure

7.8

#22

Education

7.4

#7

Environment

5.6

#12

Lifestyle

3.2

#38

Washington

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Washington

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

59

#19

Safety and Crime

6.9

#49

Health and Healthcare

10.6

#8

Opportunity

9.8

#36

Economy

6.5

#9

Infrastructure

8.1

#9

Education

7.2

#11

Environment

6.1

#6

Lifestyle

3.8

#21

West Virginia

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West Virginia

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

54.1

#42

Safety and Crime

12.1

#3

Health and Healthcare

7.4

#46

Opportunity

10

#27

Economy

6.4

#14

Infrastructure

4.2

#50

Education

5.5

#38

Environment

6.1

#7

Lifestyle

2.6

#46

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

59.4

#18

Safety and Crime

10.9

#14

Health and Healthcare

9.1

#25

Opportunity

10.5

#11

Economy

6.2

#19

Infrastructure

6.4

#42

Education

6.5

#21

Environment

5.1

#30

Lifestyle

4.7

#8

Wyoming

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Wyoming

Metric

Value

Rank

Total Score

64

#4

Safety and Crime

12.3

#2

Health and Healthcare

9.5

#17

Opportunity

10.9

#4

Economy

7.1

#3

Infrastructure

8

#14

Education

6.4

#24

Environment

5.1

#31

Lifestyle

4.8

#6

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