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Rankings of States in Most Livable State Awards 1991 to 2003

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

Years: 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91
Alabama 47 48 46 42 45 47 47 48 48 49 47 48 49
Alaska 32 28 37 41 37 33 37 38 29 31 18 18 17
Arizona 45 40 36 39 42 41 46 40 36 34 28 30 27
Arkansas 44 47 44 45 46 44 41 33 40 37 35 40 33
California 38 33 32 36 35 36 34 44 45 40 36 26 23
Colorado 19 7 2 3 2 8 14 14 9 15 8 16 13
Connecticut 11 9 6 13 11 12 11 15 12 9 17 11 16
Delaware 18 19 21 17 26 14 26 21 22 18 34 35 40
Florida 39 39 40 40 37 39 36 41 39 44 45 43 48
Georgia 34 35 33 30 31 38 35 34 35 41 39 39 42
Hawaii 41 43 34 43 41 30 33 27 24 20 9 6 7
Idaho 20 21 20 24 17 16 12 13 11 15 15 7 5
Illinois 30 31 31 29 24 25 25 29 30 25 31 32 44
Indiana 22 20 21 19 16 22 21 20 18 22 25 25 19
Iowa 2 2 3 2 3 3 8 1 4 3 6 8 14
Kansas 6 13 7 6 4 10 6 11 2 5 3 5 9
Kentucky 37 42 43 32 39 42 43 45 46 47 44 46 39
Louisiana 49 49 49 48 48 50 50 50 50 50 50 49 50
Maine 16 15 17 15 15 26 16 16 16 18 13 17 9
Maryland 14 17 14 17 20 19 27 22 23 23 27 21 21
Massachusetts 9 5 9 10 9 7 7 12 15 11 20 22 24
Michigan 28 23 27 28 23 27 20 24 33 35 38 38 35
Minnesota 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 2
Mississippi 50 50 50 50 50 49 49 49 49 46 48 50 45
Missouri 25 26 19 23 18 21 19 23 28 26 24 28 29
Montana 21 32 39 33 32 32 29 31 21 21 14 24 22
Nebraska 4 6 10 9 6 2 5 3 5 6 7 4 12
Nevada 31 34 26 26 27 24 32 28 25 27 23 27 26
New Hampshire 3 3 13 5 8 11 2 7 8 1 1 2 1
New Jersey 12 10 11 16 13 13 17 17 20 12 21 23 34
New Mexico 40 46 47 47 47 45 44 46 41 45 40 42 47
New York 33 37 35 38 43 35 40 41 43 38 49 44 46
North Carolina 42 36 42 35 30 34 31 35 31 36 42 36 37
North Dakota 17 16 25 14 28 9 15 9 14 13 16 13 8
Ohio 29 25 24 25 25 27 23 25 27 29 29 33 31
Oklahoma 34 38 41 37 36 37 38 41 38 43 30 37 28
Oregon 24 27 23 21 22 18 18 19 19 17 22 12 30
Pennsylvania 27 24 30 34 33 29 30 32 34 32 33 30 36
Rhode Island 26 30 28 31 34 31 28 30 32 30 37 34 32
South Carolina 43 41 38 44 40 43 42 37 42 42 43 41 38
South Dakota 8 13 16 11 19 6 10 6 7 14 10 14 4
Tennessee 48 43 45 46 44 46 44 36 44 39 41 47 42
Texas 36 29 29 27 29 40 39 39 37 33 32 28 25
Utah 13 12 5 4 5 4 4 5 1 7 2 1 3
Vermont 7 18 15 12 14 17 13 8 17 8 11 9 6
Virginia 5 4 4 8 12 15 9 10 10 10 12 19 15
Washington 23 21 18 22 21 23 24 26 26 24 26 14 20
West Virginia 46 45 48 49 49 48 48 47 47 48 46 45 41
Wisconsin 10 11 8 6 7 5 3 4 5 2 5 10 9
Wyoming 14 8 12 20 10 20 22 18 13 28 19 20 18