WalletHub usually considers a wide range of factors in determining the safest states in America, including the number of assaults, mass shootings, and terrorist attacks. This year, with the coronavirus pandemic still in play, it's also considering the percentage of residents who are fully vaccinated. That's one of 55 metrics the site looked at across five categories: personal and residential, financial, road, workplace, and emergency preparedness. The result finds seven of the top 10 safest states are in the Northeast. Wallethub's rankings of the 10 safest and least safe states follow.
Safest states:
- Vermont
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- Minnesota
- Utah
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- New Jersey
Least safe states:
- Tennessee
- Missouri
- Florida
- Alabama
- Montana
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
See where the other states rank
here. (Or check out Wallethub's ranking of the best states in which to live
here.)
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