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.

[2000 Rankings] [Factors] [Healthiest State Rankings 1993 to 2000] [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

5

21

3

3

9

34

6

21

17

13

20

7

3

36

14

5

1

40

30

5

Alaska

44

31

11

35

44

37

2

50

37

14

49

46

18

12

10

7

3

40

5

9

11

Arizona

35

13

2

26

14

43

8

19

35

2

38

10

19

31

44

36

50

50

10

4

21

Arkansas

6

2

4

5

12

7

13

13

42

9

6

26

21

16

41

11

19

5

39

20

6

California

42

30

21

NA

NA

41

40

36

17

3

47

12

26

44

19

47

33

23

8

20

50

Colorado

10

28

18

45

27

48

10

40

27

22

48

25

28

35

18

27

47

35

9

12

32

Connecticut

24

47

47

40

26

33

46

33

2

36

23

11

23

40

15

40

45

35

7

50

36

Delaware

12

19

29

14

1

3

30

48

8

25

7

5

5

47

35

16

21

19

16

32

24

Florida

14

19

30

27

21

28

15

3

7

12

1

2

25

36

32

34

27

8

32

25

12

Georgia

11

12

34

8

7

14

26

30

20

12

44

8

4

9

39

21

20

30

32

38

39

Hawaii

16

41

10

49

34

49

28

46

18

45

46

24

33

50

9

46

44

49

11

38

46

Idaho

43

23

14

41

30

46

6

44

50

11

45

48

42

5

22

44

36

23

19

1

13

Illinois

16

24

17

19

11

20

46

37

19

23

30

19

15

39

11

25

17

40

27

21

28

Indiana

16

16

18

17

46

21

23

16

24

26

22

34

27

24

34

10

13

13

29

6

22

Iowa

41

34

44

43

30

36

21

28

40

48

11

44

37

28

6

22

10

35

44

38

44

Kansas

32

22

40

29

30

34

20

28

31

43

32

31

22

30

31

41

31

40

43

25

17

Kentucky

13

7

42

10

15

2

26

16

30

30

7

28

32

13

39

1

5

5

38

25

7

Louisiana

1

3

15

2

5

1

23

8

15

8

20

9

3

2

19

12

4

30

42

45

31

Maine

45

40

49

25

43

8

38

9

28

35

5

31

48

33

30

31

32

13

23

48

20

Maryland

9

41

42

15

15

13

43

25

13

19

36

3

8

49

50

31

13

30

13

30

49

Massachusetts

34

50

40

44

47

27

45

10

1

43

15

7

43

42

6

43

49

40

17

49

4

Michigan

21

29

37

18

9

26

41

21

25

33

34

30

16

18

4

4

10

2

19

12

35

Minnesota

45

44

34

48

44

39

42

22

11

48

40

38

40

43

15

49

24

19

33

46

27

Mississippi

1

1

15

1

2

4

21

10

47

6

18

15

2

1

38

17

2

2

46

41

14

Missouri

21

17

39

13

13

16

18

10

14

40

12

23

14

11

21

6

7

8

36

15

18

Montana

32

26

24

30

15

40

3

15

43

7

25

49

45

13

29

38

39

30

48

30

37

Nebraska

38

38

38

39

21

44

39

33

31

50

35

38

34

34

11

34

27

23

47

30

30

Nevada

26

18

3

8

21

25

1

47

34

4

27

18

29

19

3

2

48

19

5

5

42

New Hampshire

48

48

48

34

48

12

34

18

12

39

28

40

49

44

13

24

41

30

12

45

17

New Jersey

16

49

8

33

38

24

50

43

6

20

14

4

35

44

32

48

38

40

28

12

26

New Mexico

26

4

1

21

35

45

5

35

46

5

43

35

31

8

24

29

36

7

3

20

49

New York

21

45

6

31

39

30

46

22

3

14

33

1

11

25

41

17

42

19

35

15

41

North Carolina

8

14

30

12

4

19

25

40

38

23

24

22

6

22

43

14

23

2

24

38

43

North Dakota

38

43

45

46

15

47

17

2

10

29

21

50

44

10

5

45

17

46

50

38

1

Ohio

24

19

13

16

15

15

43

13

16

42

9

36

13

37

46

7

16

23

25

20

19

Oklahoma

31

6

7

11

33

21

12

19

45

10

16

37

12

29

44

19

25

47

32

4

8

Oregon

50

25

24

28

40

31

11

32

36

27

19

29

39

26

28

41

21

13

6

9

49

Pennsylvania

26

39

11

22

28

18

30

4

4

40

3

12

24

47

24

20

9

13

34

45

34

Rhode Island

26

35

49

37

28

10

46

4

5

45

4

20

30

27

22

29

35

8

14

41

15

South Carolina

3

7

8

6

6

11

30

27

44

21

26

5

1

13

37

13

10

23

22

45

29

South Dakota

45

27

27

32

8

38

7

26

33

27

17

47

36

6

2

5

34

47

49

25

2

Tennessee

5

7

18

4

9

6

15

7

9

34

10

16

9

21

49

7

25

13

37

30

10

Texas

30

10

5

22

35

29

33

37

29

1

42

14

10

20

8

36

8

13

21

9

40

Utah

36

35

26

47

41

50

9

40

48

32

50

27

47

4

48

50

40

8

2

2

33

Vermont

36

46

46

38

37

17

29

30

39

47

29

42

50

38

13

33

45

23

20

47

25

Virginia

20

33

30

19

15

21

36

45

41

30

37

17

20

41

26

26

30

40

15

20

39

Washington

48

32

27

42

42

35

18

37

22

37

41

33

38

31

26

39

27

23

1

41

45

West Virginia

14

10

34

7

24

5

14

1

26

16

2

40

41

17

47

3

1

8

45

38

9

Wisconsin

38

37

30

36

24

32

36

22

23

38

31

45

17

23

1

22

15

35

26

32

23

Wyoming

6

14

21

24

49

41

4

49

49

18

39

43

46

7

17

27

43

35

41

15

3

METHODOLOGY