Rankings of States in Most Livable State Awards 1991 to 2001

[2001 Rankings] [43 Factors] [Press Release] [Methodology]

[State Rankings for the 43 Factors in 2001]

Ranking of "1" is "Most Livable"; "50" is Not

Years:

01

00

99

98

97

96

95

94

93

92

91

Alabama

46

42

45

47

47

48

48

49

47

48

49

Alaska

37

41

37

33

37

38

29

31

18

18

17

Arizona

36

39

42

41

46

40

36

34

28

30

27

Arkansas

44

45

46

44

41

33

40

37

35

40

33

California

32

36

35

36

34

44

45

40

36

26

23

Colorado

2

3

2

8

14

14

9

15

8

16

13

Connecticut

6

13

11

12

11

15

12

9

17

11

16

Delaware

21

17

26

14

26

21

22

18

34

35

40

Florida

40

40

37

39

36

41

39

44

45

43

48

Georgia

33

30

31

38

35

34

35

41

39

39

42

Hawaii

34

43

41

30

33

27

24

20

9

6

7

Idaho

20

24

17

16

12

13

11

15

15

7

5

Illinois

31

29

24

25

25

29

30

25

31

32

44

Indiana

21

19

16

22

21

20

18

22

25

25

19

Iowa

3

2

3

3

8

1

4

3

6

8

14

Kansas

7

6

4

10

6

11

2

5

3

5

9

Kentucky

43

32

39

42

43

45

46

47

44

46

39

Louisiana

49

48

48

50

50

50

50

50

50

49

50

Maine

17

15

15

26

16

16

16

18

13

17

9

Maryland

14

17

20

19

27

22

23

23

27

21

21

Massachusetts

9

10

9

7

7

12

15

11

20

22

24

Michigan

27

28

23

27

20

24

33

35

38

38

35

Minnesota

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

4

4

3

2

Mississippi

50

50

50

49

49

49

49

46

48

50

45

Missouri

19

23

18

21

19

23

28

26

24

28

29

Montana

39

33

32

32

29

31

21

21

14

24

22

Nebraska

10

9

6

2

5

3

5

6

7

4

12

Nevada

26

26

27

24

32

28

25

27

23

27

26

New Hampshire

13

5

8

11

2

7

8

1

1

2

1

New Jersey

11

16

13

13

17

17

20

12

21

23

34

New Mexico

47

47

47

45

44

46

41

45

40

42

47

New York

35

38

43

35

40

41

43

38

49

44

46

North Carolina

42

35

30

34

31

35

31

36

42

36

37

North Dakota

25

14

28

9

15

9

14

13

16

13

8

Ohio

24

25

25

27

23

25

27

29

29

33

31

Oklahoma

41

37

36

37

38

41

38

43

30

37

28

Oregon

23

21

22

18

18

19

19

17

22

12

30

Pennsylvania

30

34

33

29

30

32

34

32

33

30

36

Rhode Island

28

31

34

31

28

30

32

30

37

34

32

South Carolina

38

44

40

43

42

37

42

42

43

41

38

South Dakota

16

11

19

6

10

6

7

14

10

14

4

Tennessee

45

46

44

46

44

36

44

39

41

47

42

Texas

29

27

29

40

39

39

37

33

32

28

25

Utah

5

4

5

4

4

5

1

7

2

1

3

Vermont

15

12

14

17

13

8

17

8

11

9

6

Virginia

4

8

12

15

9

10

10

10

12

19

15

Washington

18

22

21

23

24

26

26

24

26

14

20

West Virginia

48

49

49

48

48

47

47

48

46

45

41

Wisconsin

8

6

7

5

3

4

5

2

5

10

9

Wyoming

12

20

10

20

22

18

13

28

19

20

18