Most Livable State Award 1991-2005

Years:	05	04*	03	02	01	00	99	98	97	96	95	94	93	92	91
Alabama	39	47	47	48	46	42	45	47	47	48	48	49	47	48	49
Alaska	27	31	32	28	37	41	37	33	37	38	29	31	18	18	17
Arizona	36	38	45	40	36	39	42	41	46	40	36	34	28	30	27
Arkansas	48	44	44	47	44	45	46	44	41	33	40	37	35	40	33
California	35	36	38	33	32	36	35	36	34	44	45	40	36	26	23
Colorado	16	23	19	7	2	3	2	8	14	14	9	15	8	16	13
Connecticut	14	9	11	9	6	13	11	12	11	15	12	9	17	11	16
Delaware	17	18	18	19	21	17	26	14	26	21	22	18	34	35	40
Florida	37	37	39	39	40	40	37	39	36	41	39	44	45	43	48
Georgia	38	35	34	35	33	30	31	38	35	34	35	41	39	39	42
Hawaii	26	32	41	43	34	43	41	30	33	27	24	20	9	6	7
Idaho	18	17	20	21	20	24	17	16	12	13	11	15	15	7	5
Illinois	31	26	30	31	31	29	24	25	25	29	30	25	31	32	44
Indiana	21	20	22	20	21	19	16	22	21	20	18	22	25	25	19
Iowa	6	4	2	2	3	2	3	3	8	1	4	3	6	8	14
Kansas	20	11	6	13	7	6	4	10	6	11	2	5	3	5	9
Kentucky	41	42	37	42	43	32	39	42	43	45	46	47	44	46	39
Louisiana	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	50
Maine	15	12	16	15	17	15	15	26	16	16	16	18	13	17	9
Maryland	12	14	14	17	14	17	20	19	27	22	23	23	27	21	21
Massachusetts	7	16	9	5	9	10	9	7	7	12	15	11	20	22	24
Michigan	28	34	28	23	27	28	23	27	20	24	33	35	38	38	35
Minnesota	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	2
Mississippi	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	46	48	50	45
Missouri	22	20	25	26	19	23	18	21	19	23	28	26	24	28	29
Montana	24	27	21	32	39	33	32	32	29	31	21	21	14	24	22
Nebraska	10	8	4	6	10	9	6	2	5	3	5	6	7	4	12
Nevada	29	30	31	34	26	26	27	24	32	28	25	27	23	27	26
New Hampshire	1	1	3	3	13	5	8	11	2	7	8	1	1	2	1
New Jersey	8	5	12	10	11	16	13	13	17	17	20	12	21	23	34
New Mexico	42	41	40	46	47	47	47	45	44	46	41	45	40	42	47
New York	30	33	33	37	35	38	43	35	40	41	43	38	49	44	46
North Carolina	40	45	42	36	42	35	30	34	31	35	31	36	42	36	37
North Dakota	11	15	17	16	25	14	28	9	15	9	14	13	16	13	8
Ohio	32	29	29	25	24	25	25	27	23	25	27	29	29	33	31
Oklahoma	43	40	34	38	41	37	36	37	38	41	38	43	30	37	28
Oregon	34	27	24	27	23	21	22	18	18	19	19	17	22	12	30
Pennsylvania	32	22	27	24	30	34	33	29	30	32	34	32	33	30	36
Rhode Island	23	24	26	30	28	31	34	31	28	30	32	30	37	34	32
South Carolina	44	48	43	41	38	44	40	43	42	37	42	42	43	41	38
South Dakota	9	10	8	13	16	11	19	6	10	6	7	14	10	14	4
Tennessee	47	46	48	43	45	46	44	46	44	36	44	39	41	47	42
Texas	45	39	36	29	29	27	29	40	39	39	37	33	32	28	25
Utah	19	19	13	12	5	4	5	4	4	5	1	7	2	1	3
Vermont	3	3	7	18	15	12	14	17	13	8	17	8	11	9	6
Virginia	5	7	5	4	4	8	12	15	9	10	10	10	12	19	15
Washington	25	25	23	21	18	22	21	23	24	26	26	24	26	14	20
West Virginia	46	43	46	45	48	49	49	48	48	47	47	48	46	45	41
Wisconsin	13	13	10	11	8	6	7	5	3	4	5	2	5	10	9
Wyoming	4	6	14	8	12	20	10	20	22	18	13	28	19	20	18

* The 2004 (last year) rankings for Connecticut, Oklahoma, South Carolina & Wisconsin were incorrect the first few hours this table was posted. The Connecticut ranking had been shown as 13th instead of the correct 9th and Wisconsin had been shown as 9th instead of the correct 13th. Oklahoma had been shown as 48th instead of the correct 40th and South Carolina had been shown as 40th instead of the correct 48th. We apologize for this error. The 2005 rankings were (and are) correct.

Rankings of States in Most Livable State Awards 1991 to 2005

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