Happiest States in America (2024)

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Overall Rank*	State	Total Score	Emotional & Physical Well-Being Rank	Work Environment Rank	Community & Environment Rank
1	Hawaii	68.71	1	31	3
2	Maryland	64.67	3	10	6
3	New Jersey	62.46	2	32	33
4	Utah	62.20	27	1	1
5	Delaware	60.43	10	27	4
6	Minnesota	60.43	12	4	8
7	Connecticut	60.14	6	16	21
8	Idaho	58.84	30	3	2
9	Nebraska	58.60	11	7	28
10	Massachusetts	58.24	4	5	45
11	South Carolina	57.68	15	14	10
12	South Dakota	57.62	13	12	19
13	California	55.63	9	45	13
14	Florida	55.38	5	21	47
14	New Hampshire	55.38	20	9	22
16	Virginia	55.29	14	15	32
17	Illinois	54.39	8	34	39
18	Kansas	54.23	25	22	9
19	Iowa	54.22	19	30	11
20	Georgia	53.84	18	20	30
21	Wisconsin	53.23	21	17	31
22	Pennsylvania	53.18	22	19	29
23	New York	52.46	7	42	46
24	North Carolina	52.34	17	25	37
25	Arizona	52.13	26	28	14
26	Maine	51.56	32	13	17
27	North Dakota	51.35	28	11	41
28	Washington	51.11	24	38	18
29	Rhode Island	50.77	16	8	50
30	Vermont	50.45	34	2	38
31	Michigan	49.66	31	23	27
32	Missouri	48.30	37	18	26
33	Montana	48.12	43	6	12
34	Wyoming	47.07	39	37	15
35	Colorado	46.29	29	26	48
36	Indiana	45.92	38	41	23
37	Nevada	45.88	36	44	20
38	Texas	45.56	23	39	49
39	Oregon	44.95	35	29	43
40	Ohio	43.55	40	35	36
41	Kentucky	42.88	44	46	16
42	Mississippi	41.83	41	40	35
43	Oklahoma	41.74	48	36	5
44	Alabama	41.67	42	33	42
45	Alaska	41.44	33	48	44
46	New Mexico	40.82	45	47	24
47	Tennessee	40.32	46	24	34
48	West Virginia	38.09	47	50	7
49	Arkansas	37.09	50	43	25
50	Louisiana	32.97	49	49	40

Notes: *No. 1 = Happiest
With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

Source: wallethub.com

Happiest States in America (2024)

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