WalletHub: Safest States in America

by CC News 10/21/2024

written by CC News 10/21/2024

According to WalletHub, California is the 37th safest state in the United States in their latest study on Safest States in America for 2024.

In order to determine the safest states in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 52 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories. The data set ranges from assaults per capita to the total loss amount from climate disasters per capita to the unemployment rate.

According to the data, Vermont ranked as the safest state in the United States followed by New Hampshire and Maine. The top five was rounded out by Massachusetts and Utah

“The safest states in America protect their residents from harm in a multitude of different ways, from keeping crime rates low and maintaining safe roadways to having strong economies and job markets that prevent people from falling into dangerous financial situations. They have high levels of occupational safety and disaster preparedness, too. In addition, states are made safer by efforts that individual residents take, such as forming a neighborhood watch or working in firefighting and EMT jobs at high rates.” Chip Lupo, WalletHub Analyst

Meanwhile, Florida, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana at No. 50 were the bottom five states.

Safest States in the U.S.

Overall Rank*	State	Total Score	Personal & Residential Safety Rank	Financial Safety Rank	Road Safety Rank	Workplace Safety Rank	Emergency Preparedness Rank
1	Vermont	67.94	6	1	4	2	9
2	New Hampshire	65.58	1	2	8	42	3
3	Maine	64.19	4	3	15	22	2
4	Massachusetts	63.59	3	4	3	24	10
5	Utah	62.67	27	14	7	1	4
6	Hawaii	60.11	11	6	27	15	11
7	Connecticut	59.51	2	26	20	28	16
8	Minnesota	59.04	22	9	2	6	23
9	Rhode Island	57.45	19	13	11	38	8
10	Wyoming	55.87	15	15	21	21	21
11	Idaho	55.60	17	24	5	47	13
12	Indiana	55.53	12	43	13	8	29
13	Iowa	55.48	5	25	1	5	46
14	Arizona	54.29	34	21	48	7	6
15	Virginia	54.19	30	11	24	3	31
16	Maryland	53.87	29	20	19	17	22
17	New Jersey	53.28	8	41	14	29	24
18	Washington	53.25	43	19	30	11	7
19	Wisconsin	52.95	25	8	16	33	20
20	Delaware	52.84	7	28	40	41	12
21	Kentucky	52.72	10	35	32	16	30
22	Oregon	51.65	46	18	28	9	15
23	North Carolina	51.50	14	29	31	4	40
24	New York	51.27	20	33	6	30	26
25	Alaska	51.21	49	23	36	13	1
26	Michigan	50.79	38	40	35	10	17
27	North Dakota	50.43	9	10	10	50	35
28	Pennsylvania	50.03	23	22	25	26	27
29	South Dakota	49.19	13	5	18	48	39
30	West Virginia	49.07	24	39	22	45	19
31	Illinois	48.31	21	46	23	23	38
32	Ohio	48.04	31	30	17	31	25
33	New Mexico	47.98	41	37	49	14	14
34	Nebraska	47.55	18	12	9	39	42
35	Kansas	45.79	28	17	12	34	45
36	Nevada	45.22	50	50	42	19	5
37	California	45.06	48	45	47	20	18
38	Montana	44.37	37	7	29	36	32
39	Missouri	43.84	26	27	43	27	41
40	Tennessee	43.46	47	31	37	12	37
41	South Carolina	43.32	42	32	46	18	33
42	Georgia	42.92	33	48	39	25	36
43	Colorado	42.00	44	16	34	43	28
44	Alabama	41.85	32	42	26	37	43
45	Oklahoma	39.92	36	34	38	35	44
46	Florida	37.66	35	44	41	43	47
47	Arkansas	36.85	45	36	45	46	34
48	Texas	36.41	39	38	44	32	48
49	Mississippi	35.13	16	47	50	49	50
50	Louisiana	33.27	40	49	33	40	49

Notes: *No. 1 = Safest
With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

Source: WalletHub

CC News

Publisher of ContraCosta.news and host of several Podcast Shows focusing on Contra Costa County and State of California.

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