webfarmer | For My Moving Minded Friends

Always subjective and tweakable but still interesting. It's called a "Livability Index" (whatever that means). Poor ol' Mississippi. Curiously, Hawaii has the best rating of the non-frost belt states. From personal experience, I'd agree with the high ratings for Vermont and Minnesota and better than average ones for Massachusetts and Nebraska. I could easily see living in Utah too.

Best States to Live (Most Recent) By State - Statemaster

1 New Hampshire: 35.45
2 Minnesota: 33.86
3 Vermont: 31.73
4 Wyoming: 31.61
5 Virginia: 31.57

7 Massachusetts: 30.80
10 Nebraska: 30.52
19 Utah: 27.14
25 Washington: 25.07
26 Hawaii: 25.02

28 Michigan: 24.47
35 California: 22.27
36 Arizona: 22.11
37 Florida: 21.82
45 Texas: 19.93

46 West Virginia: 19.64
47 Tennessee: 19.50
48 Arkansas: 19.25
49 Louisiana: 17.25
50 Mississippi: 16.11