Quality Of Life By State 2025

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Quality of Life Index 2024

1	Massachusetts	60.5
2	Florida	59.8
3	New Jersey	59.6
3	Utah	59.6
5	New Hampshire	59.1
6	Idaho	58.8
7	Pennsylvania	58.3
8	New York	58.2
8	Wisconsin	58.2
10	Wyoming	58
11	Virginia	57.9
12	Iowa	57.5
13	Minnesota	57.4
14	Maine	56.5
15	Montana	56
16	Illinois	55.6
17	North Dakota	55
18	South Dakota	54.9
19	Vermont	54.5
20	Kansas	53.9
21	Colorado	53.8
22	Connecticut	53.4
23	Nebraska	53.1
23	North Carolina	53.1
25	Georgia	52.5
26	Maryland	52.2
27	Indiana	52
27	Rhode Island	52
29	California	51.8
30	Ohio	51.7
31	Missouri	51.4
32	Michigan	51.2
33	Tennessee	51
34	Delaware	50.7
35	Washington	49.8
36	Texas	49.2
37	Kentucky	49
38	Hawaii	48.5
38	Alabama	48.5
40	Arizona	48.1
40	West Virginia	48.1
42	Oregon	47.5
43	South Carolina	46.9
44	Oklahoma	45.2
45	Mississippi	44.6
46	Nevada	44.1
47	Alaska	43.4
48	Arkansas	43.3
49	New Mexico	41.8
50	Louisiana	41.3

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Quality of Life in the United States

Quality of life is an essential, though often abstract, factor when individuals or families decide where to establish their roots. In the United States, quality of life varies significantly from state to state due to a wide range of elements such as healthcare access, economic stability, educational opportunities, crime rates, infrastructure quality, and natural environment's health.

The top five states in terms of quality of life are Washington, Minnesota, Utah, New Hampshire, and Idaho, signifying these have the best combination of healthcare, education, economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, crime rates and natural environment.
States with the lowest quality of life scores are Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and West Virginia, located in the South and Midwest regions, respectively. This suggests these regions might face more pronounced challenges with issues such as healthcare access, education, economy, and crime rates.
Some of the most populous states like California (24) and New York (21) appear in the middle of the ranking, implying a large population does not necessarily equate to a higher quality of life score.
The states occupying the middle spot in the ranking, such as Ohio (36) and Indiana (32), suggest that there is room for these states to bolster their residents' quality of life by improving in some key areas.