The Best Overall State? Fla. Moved Up to No. 10 This Year

U.S. News & Earth Report ranked Fla. No. 10 this calendar year as overall best state, up from 13 very last 12 months. Established by using a survey of residents, the record covers 8 categories.

MIAMI – The Sunshine State – with its dazzling beach locations, interesting nightlife and picture-fantastic climate – is shining vivid in a new annual study.

In accordance to the latest standings from U.S. Information & Earth Report, Florida ranks 10th overall amongst the “Best States in the U.S.” And we’re on the increase.

Florida concluded at No. 13 in 2019.

Condition rankings have been determined centered on the ordinary of 3 a long time of facts from an yearly survey that asked 70,000 people today to rank their point out in 8 classes – wellness treatment, schooling, economic climate, infrastructure, possibility, fiscal security, crime and corrections, and natural surroundings.

Florida – a paradise for the younger and aged, drinking water-sports activities enthusiasts, golfers and many others from all walks of everyday living – rated at No. 3 in schooling, No. 8 in financial state, and No. 8 in fiscal steadiness in this year’s survey.

New York, which has a substantial amount of transplants in Florida, arrived in at No. 21 total, two spots behind New Jersey. Washington was No. 1 in general in the 2021 rankings, followed by Minnesota, Utah, New Hampshire and Idaho.

The bottom 5 were being Alabama, West Virginia, New Mexico, Mississippi and Louisiana.

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