New York
100
Quality of Life by State 2026
New York leads in 2026 with 100 (points). Massachusetts follows at 90.
Top States (2026)
Massachusetts
90
Idaho
60.19
New Jersey
59.81
Wisconsin
59.66
Lowest 5
New Mexico
39.68
Louisiana
40.57
Arkansas
42.07
Mississippi
43.53
Alaska
44.17
Map View (2026)
Color scale: deep blue = higher value, light blue = lower value.
Top 10 by points (2026)
Biggest Movers vs 2025
Massachusetts
+29.77
Alabama
+0.00
Alaska
+0.00
Arizona
+0.00
Arkansas
+0.00
Full Dataset (2026)
| States | points | rank | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 100 | 1st | |
| California | 50.49 | 2nd | |
| Illinois | 54.6 | 3rd | |
| Florida | 58.51 | 4th | |
| Pennsylvania | 57.9 | 5th | |
| Massachusetts | 90 | 6th | |
| New Jersey | 59.81 | 7th | |
| Washington | 49.17 | 8th | |
| Texas | 47.21 | 9th | |
| Minnesota | 58.69 | 10th | |
| Colorado | 53.58 | 11th | |
| Wisconsin | 59.66 | 12th | |
| Michigan | 51.07 | 13th | |
| Oregon | 47.2 | 14th | |
| Ohio | 51.61 | 15th | |
| North Carolina | 52.32 | 16th | |
| Iowa | 56.23 | 17th | |
| Kansas | 52.2 | 18th | |
| Georgia | 51.59 | 19th | |
| Indiana | 51.17 | 20th | |
| Virginia | 56.18 | 21st | |
| Nevada | 44.61 | 22nd | |
| Connecticut | 52.09 | 23rd | |
| Idaho | 60.19 | 24th | |
| Arizona | 51.01 | 25th | |
| Maine | 56.21 | 26th | |
| Nebraska | 52.89 | 27th | |
| Missouri | 51.23 | 28th | |
| Utah | 57.94 | 29th | |
| New Mexico | 39.68 | 30th | |
| Maryland | 49.79 | 31st | |
| Oklahoma | 46.34 | 32nd | |
| Montana | 55.21 | 33rd | |
| South Carolina | 45.65 | 34th | |
| Tennessee | 47.02 | 35th | |
| New Hampshire | 58.21 | 36th | |
| North Dakota | 54.63 | 37th | |
| Wyoming | 57.9 | 38th | |
| Alabama | 47.01 | 39th | |
| Louisiana | 40.57 | 40th | |
| South Dakota | 54.12 | 41st | |
| Hawaii | 49.38 | 42nd | |
| West Virginia | 47 | 43rd | |
| Rhode Island | 52.05 | 44th | |
| Vermont | 52.71 | 45th | |
| Kentucky | 47.53 | 46th | |
| Delaware | 50.03 | 47th | |
| Arkansas | 42.07 | 48th | |
| Mississippi | 43.53 | 49th | |
| Alaska | 44.17 | 50th |
Sources
- US Census Bureau
- US data hub
Methodology & Verification
Data is collected from listed sources, normalized by column definitions, and refreshed from the active dataset tab.