This Is the Best State to Live In

There's no one perfect state in the US to live in, but you can likely find the perfect state for you. WalletHub looked at all 50 of them, examining more than four dozen metrics in five main categories: affordability, including home prices, taxes, and cost of living; economy (e.g., unemployment rate, job opportunities, and median debt); education and health, covering everything from high school graduation rate and quality of schools to life expectancy and premature death rate); quality of life (think commuting time, traffic, and bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues per capita); and safety, which looks at the rate of violent and property crimes, as well as traffic-tied fatalities. Massachusetts shoots to the No. 1 spot, while Mississippi is last. See which other states made the top and bottom 10:

Best States

1. Massachusetts (No. 1 in "Education & Health" category)
2. New Jersey (No. 1 in "Safety" category)
3. New York (No. 1 in "Quality of Life" category)
4. Idaho
5. Virginia
6. New Hampshire
7. Florida
8. Wyoming
9. Minnesota
10. Wisconsin

Worst States

41. West Virginia
42. Kentucky
43. Alabama
44. Oklahoma
45. South Carolina
46. New Mexico (last in "Safety" category)
47. Arkansas
48. Louisiana
49. Alaska (last in "Quality of Life" category)
50. Mississippi (last in "Education & Health" category)

See how other states fared here. (Check out the best states for millennials.)