Which State Is Healthiest?

Rankings for each of 21 factors used to figure the healthiest state

A ranking of "1" is worst, "50" is best.

[2001 Rankings] [Factors] [Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 2001] [Methodology] [Press Release]

See factors page for key to the 1 through 21 references at top of table.

FACTOR:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Alabama

4

7

18

3

4

7

20

5

23

24

10

19

7

2

43

19

4

2

36

20

11

Alaska

47

32

9

34

43

37

1

47

22

8

49

40

20

13

8

4

3

45

5

23

14

Arizona

34

4

2

25

30

44

7

34

46

4

41

22

21

33

47

45

45

50

7

4

35

Arkansas

9

3

5

5

19

11

13

11

39

21

6

30

19

18

44

5

8

2

42

15

7

California

43

17

22

41

43

44

38

44

38

6

47

15

28

44

24

48

34

18

8

12

50

Colorado

12

22

11

46

34

48

12

45

34

14

48

27

24

34

17

27

50

18

10

13

25

Connecticut

26

41

35

40

39

33

48

36

3

45

25

8

27

42

31

26

43

24

11

46

37

Delaware

9

16

22

14

3

5

46

48

8

36

9

2

5

45

8

9

29

18

18

19

21

Florida

13

15

25

26

19

29

17

6

11

7

2

1

18

27

34

41

20

14

31

26

13

Georgia

8

8

40

8

13

18

37

36

30

17

44

12

4

9

36

16

19

41

29

37

40

Hawaii

28

27

34

50

24

49

40

30

14

38

42

24

31

50

31

49

48

49

13

32

45

Idaho

39

28

10

42

31

46

9

34

50

8

43

48

45

4

29

37

33

24

19

1

11

Illinois

17

19

18

19

8

20

44

39

24

26

31

12

12

38

4

14

20

24

28

16

26

Indiana

19

18

16

15

17

10

27

23

29

41

20

33

29

27

6

8

23

32

30

8

8

Iowa

39

42

45

45

41

35

29

25

30

48

13

44

37

30

10

19

11

14

43

41

42

Kansas

32

26

40

30

25

40

21

23

32

30

33

37

26

41

42

40

26

47

44

21

18

Kentucky

13

14

43

10

21

2

22

12

26

23

7

36

33

13

46

2

10

1

38

49

12

Louisiana

2

8

18

2

6

1

33

16

21

3

18

9

3

6

25

19

12

18

41

14

27

Maine

45

47

49

24

50

16

11

3

12

31

4

43

48

35

28

22

34

9

22

40

20

Maryland

6

30

35

16

8

15

43

28

18

32

35

4

10

40

21

43

30

32

9

22

48

Massachusetts

32

45

45

44

47

25

47

21

1

43

14

7

42

47

12

47

47

24

16

45

5

Michigan

15

31

27

18

14

27

41

25

27

37

32

28

15

20

7

11

6

14

18

9

34

Minnesota

43

46

37

49

40

41

39

19

5

49

40

41

39

19

20

46

27

47

33

45

36

Mississippi

1

1

16

1

1

3

24

6

43

15

16

10

2

1

39

25

1

9

46

34

6

Missouri

23

20

37

13

15

12

19

16

17

47

11

28

16

8

19

6

18

9

35

11

16

Montana

35

38

30

29

27

43

6

6

44

10

23

47

41

15

11

44

42

32

48

38

39

Nebraska

37

39

30

39

37

38

23

29

25

41

37

38

30

39

18

23

16

32

47

36

30

Nevada

26

6

3

9

27

9

2

49

45

5

30

11

34

22

2

1

41

9

6

7

44

New Hampshire

39

49

48

35

46

8

16

32

13

44

26

45

49

46

3

32

49

32

14

43

11

New Jersey

15

44

8

31

27

22

50

41

10

28

15

5

35

49

37

41

36

24

25

29

19

New Mexico

23

5

1

27

25

47

5

33

47

1

45

26

22

11

25

27

32

5

2

6

49

New York

20

36

7

32

35

32

49

25

2

16

36

3

11

25

33

35

40

18

39

31

41

North Carolina

7

12

37

12

7

19

33

31

28

20

29

22

6

23

41

11

15

5

27

36

43

North Dakota

39

47

43

47

18

39

32

2

7

32

19

50

44

12

4

34

5

41

50

27

3

Ohio

23

23

12

17

11

14

42

21

20

39

8

35

13

37

39

3

20

32

26

18

22

Oklahoma

29

11

5

11

10

24

13

12

41

12

21

20

17

32

49

10

16

38

32

5

15

Oregon

50

25

21

28

42

28

10

40

40

22

17

34

40

29

27

38

36

7

4

2

48

Pennsylvania

20

40

25

21

21

21

33

9

6

46

3

17

25

43

21

24

25

24

34

47

31

Rhode Island

30

34

50

38

31

13

44

4

4

50

5

21

32

31

23

32

39

38

12

48

28

South Carolina

3

13

12

6

2

17

29

15

35

11

27

6

1

10

37

18

12

24

23

28

25

South Dakota

46

36

30

33

5

36

8

14

15

32

22

49

38

5

12

27

7

38

49

34

1

Tennessee

5

10

22

4

16

5

17

10

9

35

12

12

9

21

50

13

24

14

37

17

17

Texas

30

2

4

22

37

31

36

38

36

2

46

16

8

17

15

30

12

18

21

4

39

Utah

35

35

14

48

49

50

4

42

49

25

50

31

47

3

45

50

46

24

3

24

29

Vermont

49

50

47

36

43

26

15

18

33

29

24

31

50

48

12

36

44

41

20

50

32

Virginia

20

29

29

20

21

22

28

45

42

26

38

18

23

35

35

38

9

46

15

26

33

Washington

47

33

30

43

48

34

26

42

37

19

39

25

36

26

30

30

38

9

1

10

46

West Virginia

17

21

42

7

11

4

24

1

16

13

1

41

46

16

48

6

2

2

45

31

4

Wisconsin

37

43

27

37

31

30

29

19

19

39

28

39

14

24

1

17

28

7

25

43

23

Wyoming

11

24

14

23

35

42

3

50

48

17

34

46

43

7

15

15

30

41

40

39

2

METHODOLOGY