A study conducted by a research team headed by Jason Rentfrow of the University of Cambridge in England as part of the Gallup Organization's Well-Being Index, has published a list of happiest states in America, as reported by livescience.com. The data was based on over 350,000 individuals and were interviewed within the twelve months of 2008.
To generate the list of happiest states in America, the research team used six types of well-being index, including evaluating people lives, analyzing emotional health & physical health, looking into healthy behaviors (smoker or non-smoker), and questioning respondent’s job satisfaction.
Utah is on top of the happiest state in America today, follows by Hawaii, while California ranks number nine. The top 10 happiest states are the following (maximum 100 points):
- Utah: 69.2
- Hawaii: 68.2
- Wyoming: 68
- Colorado: 67.3
- Minnesota: 67.3
- Maryland: 67.1
- Washington: 67.1
- Massachusetts: 67
- California: 67
- Arizona: 66.8
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