CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
Happiest States
03-07-11
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
If you want to be happy, you need to live in the western U.S. According to the
annual ‘Happiest States’ ranking by Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2010,
Hawaii and Wyoming lead this year’s ranking along with three other western states
in the top ten.
The results come from interviews with more than 350,000 American adults who took
part in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index in 2010. This is the second year
of the survey.
The well-being score for each state is an average of six sub-categories, including:
life evaluation (self-evaluation about your present life situation and anticipated
one in five years); emotional health; work environment (such as job satisfaction);
physical health; healthy behavior; basic access (access to healthcare, a doctor, a
safe place to exercise and walk, as well as community satisfaction).
HAPPIEST STATES 2010
1. Hawaii
2. Wyoming
3. North Dakota
4. Alaska
5. Colorado
6. Minnesota
7. South Dakota
8. Utah
9. Connecticut
10. Nebraska
Not much changed amongst the top ten in 2010 as six states were on the top ten from
last year. Vermont dropped the most from 5th to 19th. It was followed by Vermont
which dropped from 6th to 17th and Montana which ranked 3rd fell to 14th. California
moved up one position to 18th. Its neighboring states Arizona dropped 8 positions to
29th, Oregon dropped one position to 27th and Nevada improved two positions 44th from
the 2009 ranking.
To view the report, go to www.well-beingindex.com
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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