Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The State(s) of Being Happy: How the 50 US States Rank in Terms of Happiness



Gallup-Healthways recently released a report on the happiest states in the country based on six index domains: life evaluation; emotional health; work environment; physical health; healthy behaviors; and basic access. As they explain in the report...


So based on these six domain evaluations, which are the happiest states in the union? Well here's a map so you can geographically see how happiness seems to be arranged across the country, as well as a graphic from the report showing last year's and this year's rankings.

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What's also interesting is to see how each state scored for each domain area...

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