Which State Is Healthiest?

Rankings for each of 23 factors used to figure the healthiest state

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

[1998 Rankings] [Factors] [Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 1998] [Methodology] [Press Release]

See factors page for key to the 1 through 23 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

22

23

Alabama

3

4

18

7

3

16

18

28

50

6

21

19

23

3

5

28

37

3

10

28

43

30

11

Alaska

48

32

29

50

36

28

6

23

33

50

37

50

37

20

12

3

7

23

47

1

1

9

34

Arizona

33

13

1

30

5

38

3

2

6

19

35

39

25

16

44

30

24

44

45

8

9

4

14

Arkansas

8

2

4

4

8

12

15

4

4

13

42

5

31

21

15

43

13

13

21

19

39

20

6

California

41

28

6

46

40

36

36

6

28

36

17

47

11

28

34

16

48

36

19

35

10

20

50

Colorado

5

29

8

47

17

47

5

14

1

40

27

48

27

34

33

12

34

49

32

12

11

12

14

Connecticut

29

47

43

23

32

33

44

40

3

33

2

26

5

22

39

19

41

40

42

47

7

50

25

Delaware

8

18

41

27

17

1

41

26

33

48

8

9

6

2

47

45

21

14

37

32

7

32

32

Florida

14

20

27

3

24

31

10

7

30

3

7

1

3

19

40

32

40

20

7

41

30

25

29

Georgia

8

12

32

38

11

24

37

9

12

30

20

42

8

9

11

37

47

48

48

36

32

38

25

Hawaii

27

39

20

48

41

49

28

49

13

46

18

45

23

38

50

36

NA

NA

NA

40

13

38

45

Idaho

45

19

15

43

17

46

8

15

43

44

50

44

46

44

8

33

43

25

34

7

18

1

11

Illinois

13

25

12

26

16

12

46

38

38

37

19

16

19

14

36

28

16

24

18

42

29

21

29

Indiana

17

15

20

15

28

21

28

41

48

16

24

20

31

23

29

34

2

12

6

39

28

6

25

Iowa

35

33

44

9

46

38

33

33

9

28

40

10

46

39

35

8

25

11

35

26

42

38

44

Kansas

31

24

42

17

23

40

39

35

32

28

31

32

36

30

28

27

39

45

48

20

41

25

11

Kentucky

16

7

39

12

8

3

25

18

16

16

30

6

29

26

14

41

1

9

2

33

34

25

12

Louisiana

2

3

16

19

4

2

23

5

30

8

15

25

9

5

1

24

9

6

29

34

45

45

32

Maine

42

42

49

29

50

5

19

31

21

9

28

3

45

48

31

38

12

33

33

14

24

48

7

Maryland

8

39

34

36

7

4

43

35

45

25

13

35

4

6

49

46

44

17

43

44

12

30

36

Massachusetts

37

50

46

21

48

12

48

30

18

10

1

11

14

43

42

9

29

43

14

49

21

49

11

Michigan

19

27

29

31

15

21

42

48

35

21

25

31

30

13

13

6

11

8

35

22

21

12

39

Minnesota

43

46

34

39

34

41

39

42

20

22

11

40

42

40

48

7

46

34

27

21

33

46

29

Mississippi

1

1

10

8

1

9

33

8

36

10

47

17

16

10

2

44

31

2

13

25

47

41

3

Missouri

22

17

34

5

13

21

17

27

22

10

14

8

22

11

19

22

6

7

5

23

38

15

25

Montana

35

26

24

33

21

37

2

22

25

15

43

29

44

46

24

21

42

30

40

5

46

30

41

Nebraska

37

35

39

14

8

41

38

35

4

33

31

34

39

35

32

14

38

28

30

14

48

30

30

Nevada

22

21

3

35

44

6

1

17

47

47

34

33

7

29

18

4

4

37

25

2

7

5

39

NewHampshire

50

49

48

37

48

9

30

45

41

18

12

21

40

49

43

11

15

46

26

38

17

45

NA

New Jersey

19

48

14

25

29

8

50

13

2

43

6

13

2

27

46

25

35

38

24

50

31

12

18

New Mexico

22

5

2

44

30

48

4

3

29

35

46

46

21

25

4

23

33

42

1

4

4

20

49

New York

19

44

6

28

34

27

49

11

7

22

3

30

1

8

23

35

30

29

19

45

37

15

43

North Carolina

7

13

29

22

2

25

22

16

23

40

38

24

26

7

17

49

10

19

39

30

24

38

47

North Dakota

45

43

45

18

31

41

14

44

8

2

10

14

49

42

7

10

28

10

3

9

50

38

2

Ohio

27

21

24

13

24

9

45

34

18

13

16

12

34

17

37

40

3

5

41

43

27

20

25

Oklahoma

26

6

9

6

13

30

10

11

42

19

45

27

33

12

21

47

22

27

46

18

26

4

6

Oregon

49

23

13

24

36

31

9

19

26

32

36

15

28

37

25

26

27

25

23

12

8

9

47

Pennsylvania

22

35

17

2

22

16

26

45

15

4

4

4

15

31

45

2

19

15

15

46

36

45

39

Rhode Island

31

39

50

11

38

20

47

43

37

4

5

7

17

33

27

5

36

31

4

48

14

41

16

South Carolina

4

8

10

16

11

16

30

10

10

27

44

28

12

1

8

42

20

1

38

27

22

45

20

South Dakota

43

30

20

20

41

44

33

45

39

26

33

22

50

32

3

20

45

22

44

10

49

25

4

Tennessee

5

8

20

10

6

12

19

20

17

7

9

18

18

4

25

50

5

18

12

37

35

30

26

Texas

29

11

5

45

38

28

30

1

24

37

29

41

10

15

22

17

32

16

8

17

19

9

43

Utah

34

35

34

49

43

50

13

32

46

40

48

49

35

47

16

39

49

47

22

6

3

2

18

Vermont

39

45

46

34

33

26

19

39

44

30

39

36

41

50

37

13

23

41

15

16

16

47

34

Virginia

17

33

32

40

24

16

23

29

49

45

41

38

13

18

41

18

17

32

30

29

15

20

36

Washington

47

31

24

41

44

33

16

23

11

37

22

37

20

36

29

31

26

39

9

15

2

41

48

West Virginia

14

8

34

1

17

7

12

21

40

1

26

2

38

41

10

48

8

4

11

31

44

38

16

Wisconsin

39

35

27

32

24

33

26

50

27

22

23

23

43

24

19

1

14

20

15

24

25

32

20

Wyoming

12

16

18

42

46

45

6

23

14

49

49

43

48

45

6

15

18

35

27

3

40

15

40

METHODOLOGY