Where are Americans the Happiest?

The map below shows the happiest states in the U.S. according to Gallup Health and Well-Being Index 2018.

Data are based on more than 115 thousand surveys with U.S. adults.

The Well-Being Index is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest possible wellbeing and 100 represents the highest possible wellbeing. The Well-Being Index including 5 essential elements of wellbeing: Career, Social, Financial, Community, and Physical.

Top scoring states:

1. Hawaii
2. Wyoming
3. Alaska
4. Montana
5. Utah
6. Colorado
7. Vermont
8. Delaware
9. South Dakota
10. North Dakota

State Well-Being Index & Element Ranks (2018)

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

Related post:
– Ranking of the worse and the safest states to live in the U.S.

Data: www.gallup.com