Rankings of States in Most Livable State Awards 1991 to 2000

[2000 Rankings] [43 Factors] [Press Release]

[State Rankings for the 43 Factors in 2000]

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

Years:

00

99

98

97

96

95

94

93

92

91

Alabama

42

45

47

47

48

48

49

47

48

49

Alaska

41

37

33

37

38

29

31

18

18

17

Arizona

39

42

41

46

40

36

34

28

30

27

Arkansas

45

46

44

41

33

40

37

35

40

33

California

36

35

36

34

44

45

40

36

26

23

Colorado

3

2

8

14

14

9

15

8

16

13

Connecticut

13

11

12

11

15

12

9

17

11

16

Delaware

17

26

14

26

21

22

18

34

35

40

Florida

40

37

39

36

41

39

44

45

43

48

Georgia

30

31

38

35

34

35

41

39

39

42

Hawaii

43

41

30

33

27

24

20

9

6

7

Idaho

24

17

16

12

13

11

15

15

7

5

Illinois

29

24

25

25

29

30

25

31

32

44

Indiana

19

16

22

21

20

18

22

25

25

19

Iowa

2

3

3

8

1

4

3

6

8

14

Kansas

6

4

10

6

11

2

5

3

5

9

Kentucky

32

39

42

43

45

46

47

44

46

39

Louisiana

48

48

50

50

50

50

50

50

49

50

Maine

15

15

26

16

16

16

18

13

17

9

Maryland

17

20

19

27

22

23

23

27

21

21

Massachusetts

10

9

7

7

12

15

11

20

22

24

Michigan

28

23

27

20

24

33

35

38

38

35

Minnesota

1

1

1

1

2

3

4

4

3

2

Mississippi

50

50

49

49

49

49

46

48

50

45

Missouri

23

18

21

19

23

28

26

24

28

29

Montana

33

32

32

29

31

21

21

14

24

22

Nebraska

9

6

2

5

3

5

6

7

4

12

Nevada

26

27

24

32

28

25

27

23

27

26

New Hampshire

5

8

11

2

7

8

1

1

2

1

New Jersey

16

13

13

17

17

20

12

21

23

34

New Mexico

47

47

45

44

46

41

45

40

42

47

New York

38

43

35

40

41

43

38

49

44

46

North Carolina

35

30

34

31

35

31

36

42

36

37

North Dakota

14

28

9

15

9

14

13

16

13

8

Ohio

25

25

27

23

25

27

29

29

33

31

Oklahoma

37

36

37

38

41

38

43

30

37

28

Oregon

21

22

18

18

19

19

17

22

12

30

Pennsylvania

34

33

29

30

32

34

32

33

30

36

Rhode Island

31

34

31

28

30

32

30

37

34

32

South Carolina

44

40

43

42

37

42

42

43

41

38

South Dakota

11

19

6

10

6

7

14

10

14

4

Tennessee

46

44

46

44

36

44

39

41

47

42

Texas

27

29

40

39

39

37

33

32

28

25

Utah

4

5

4

4

5

1

7

2

1

3

Vermont

12

14

17

13

8

17

8

11

9

6

Virginia

8

12

15

9

10

10

10

12

19

15

Washington

22

21

23

24

26

26

24

26

14

20

West Virginia

49

49

48

48

47

47

48

46

45

41

Wisconsin

6

7

5

3

4

5

2

5

10

9

Wyoming

20

10

20

22

18

13

28

19

20

18