Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Top 10 “Happiest” States in America

The happiest states in America are finally revealed. When we say happiest, we mean people with good health and wealth.  Insider Monkey wrote a posting about "Top 10 “Happiest” States in America". Gallup polling revealed in February which U.S states rank the highest according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The survey was conducted daily since January to December 2012 and involved about 350,000 Americans nationwide, Gallup said. The Index measures about 50 well-being items including health, work satisfaction, life evaluation, and others. The items are measured on a scale from 0 to 100, the last representing ideal well-being.

In 2012, there were few changes compared to the previous year in the states with the highest and lowest levels of well-being, Gallup said in a statement on its website.  The overall index of well-being for the nation has not shown any consistent year-on-year changes, picking up 0.5 points on the year, to 66.7. States with the highest well-being were located mainly in the Western, Midwestern and New England regions, while southern regions comprises the most of the states from the down of the list, a pattern that has not changed over the last five years. To see the whole article about the happiest states in America, you should go to Insider Monkey's website.

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