What you should know
Although many different elements contribute to a person’s overall happiness, where they live can also have an impact on their happiness. With this in mind, WalletHub analyzed all 50 states across 30 key metrics (from the rate of depression to feelings of productivity, income and unemployment) to determine which state is the happiest and least happy in 2023. It turns out that the tri-state area is located among the 20 happiest states, with New Jersey in the top five, according to the study.
NEW JERSEY — What is happiness?
Although many different elements contribute to a person’s overall happiness, where they live can also have an impact on their happiness.
With this in mind, WalletHub analyzed all 50 states across 30 key metrics (from depression rate to feelings of productivity, income and unemployment) to determine which state is the happiest and least happy in 2023.
It turns out that the tri-state area is among the 20 happiest states, with New Jersey in the top five, according to the study.
New Jersey’s overall ranking is due in part to its strong performance in three different categories: physical and emotional well-being (No. 3), work environment (No. 14), and community and environment (No. 29).
New Jersey also performed well in specific key metrics, contributing to its overall ranking. The Garden State had the lowest suicide rate in the country and the third-lowest divorce rate. However, it did not fare well in long-term unemployment, which is one of the highest in the country.
Right behind New Jersey, Connecticut ranks No. 6 overall as the happiest state in the country, thanks in part to ranking No. 6 in the physical and emotional well-being category, No. 32 in the category of work environment and position No. 8 in the community and environment category.
When it comes to certain key metrics, Connecticut had the fifth-lowest suicide rate in the country and the fifth-lowest work hours.
However, the state did not perform as well in other key metrics, having the fourth-lowest income growth and the fifth-highest long-term unemployment rate.
Although a respectable ranking, outside of the tri-state area, New York was the state that fared the worst, ranking #16 overall as the happiest state with a #7 ranking in the individual category of physical well-being and emotional and n° 39 both for the work environment, as well as for the community and the environment.
So which state turned out to be the happiest? That would be Utah. The stellar result is due to the state taking first place in both the workplace environment and the individual community and environment categories.
On the other end of the spectrum is the state of West Virginia, which turned out to be the least happy state in the country.
To find out the metrics used or see the full list, Click here.
2023-09-13 20:19:48
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