These are the best states to live in, study says

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you are looking for a new state to call home, you might want to check out one of WalletHub’s “best states to live in.”

WalletHub said it compared the 50 states based on 51 key indicators and five key dimensions, including affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life and safety.

With a score of 61.67, WalletHub named Massachusetts the best state to live in. Massachusetts was followed by New Jersey (61.48) and New Hampshire (59.32).

Florida ranked as the sixth-best state to live in, with a score of 58.81.

Here are the “best states to live in,” according to WalletHub.

Source: WalletHub

Top States to Live in

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Affordability	Economy	Education & Health	Quality of Life	Safety
1	Massachusetts	61.67	44	11	1	6	6
2	New Jersey	61.48	48	33	7	11	1
3	New Hampshire	59.32	40	2	2	37	5
4	New York	59.31	47	28	23	1	3
5	Wyoming	59.16	10	17	28	39	4
6	Florida	58.81	33	14	17	5	15
7	Virginia	58.37	16	22	14	19	10
8	Idaho	58.36	13	7	26	23	9
9	Wisconsin	58.35	32	24	8	14	12
10	Minnesota	57.52	11	21	9	8	32
11	Iowa	57.10	20	27	11	16	20
12	Maine	57.08	35	9	13	28	8
13	Illinois	56.81	36	48	29	4	2
14	Pennsylvania	56.54	30	35	22	3	16
15	Utah	56.09	6	8	6	27	41
16	North Dakota	55.65	29	1	15	36	27
17	Vermont	55.53	43	4	3	45	11
18	Colorado	54.28	28	10	10	10	43
19	Montana	53.73	27	3	16	29	37
20	Kansas	53.11	25	19	27	22	26
21	South Dakota	52.93	22	6	31	40	23
22	Indiana	52.87	3	42	30	30	19
23	Nebraska	52.76	31	26	20	32	28
24	California	52.53	50	12	25	2	29
25	Michigan	52.09	14	46	33	12	21
26	Connecticut	52.00	45	43	5	20	13
27	Maryland	51.95	38	36	18	34	14
28	Washington	51.50	37	5	12	7	48
29	Rhode Island	51.18	46	23	19	44	7
30	Georgia	51.18	17	20	40	18	24
31	North Carolina	51.08	18	31	32	17	35
32	Delaware	50.65	21	38	21	47	25
33	Ohio	50.19	23	49	37	15	18
34	Missouri	49.96	4	29	34	25	40
35	Hawaii	48.75	49	13	4	42	36
36	Tennessee	48.67	8	30	36	33	38
37	Texas	48.56	34	32	38	9	34
38	Oregon	47.98	41	15	24	13	46
39	Arizona	47.62	24	16	41	24	39
40	Nevada	47.56	39	40	39	21	17
41	West Virginia	47.16	2	45	45	43	22
42	Kentucky	46.50	9	44	42	46	30
43	Alabama	46.30	1	41	46	41	33
44	South Carolina	43.12	12	34	44	26	49
45	Arkansas	42.04	5	39	43	48	47
46	Oklahoma	41.95	15	37	49	35	45
47	Mississippi	41.46	7	50	50	49	31
48	Louisiana	40.43	19	47	48	38	42
49	Alaska	40.30	42	18	35	50	44
50	New Mexico	39.86	26	25	47	31	50

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