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Where would you be happiest?\u00a0 Would sunny Hawaii keep a smile on your face, or does the bustling\u00a0pace of New York City keep you cheery?\u00a0 Does the state you live in effect your overall well being?\u00a0 Researchers think so.\u00a0 A new survey shows the happiest states across the U.S.<\/p>\n
About 350,000 people across the nation were asked\u00a0about their emotional health.\u00a0 Things like work environment, healthy behaviors, laugh frequency, and stress were talked about.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
With this information people were asked to rate their happiness based on a five year outlook.\u00a0 Here are the top 15 happiest states according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index:<\/p>\n
Hawaii
\nFlorida
\nTennessee
\nArizona
\nMississippi
\nMontana
\nSouth Carolina
\nAlabama
\nMaine
\nAlaska
\nNorth Carolina
\nWyoming
\nIdaho
\nSouth Dakota
\nTexas<\/p>\n
Here are the state\u2019s with the lowest scores:<\/p>\n
Rhode Island
\nMassachusetts
\nOhio
\nIllinois
\nCalifornia
\nIndiana
\nMichigan
\nNew Jersey
\nConnecticut
\nNew York<\/p>\n
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According the results sunshine and surfing can increase your quality of life, along with the laid back attitude you can find Tennessee.\u00a0 Folks in Connecticut and New York say the biggest problem in their state is the high cost of living.<\/p>\n
Other tid-bits from the survey:<\/strong> Money effects ranking<\/strong> Where would you be happiest?\u00a0 Would sunny Hawaii keep a smile on your face, or does the bustling\u00a0pace of New York City keep you cheery?\u00a0 Does the state you live in effect your overall well being?\u00a0 Researchers think so.\u00a0 A new survey shows the happiest states across the U.S. About 350,000 people across the nation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nDelaware residents reported the worst work environments
\nVermont is the healthiest state
\nMassachusetts has the best access to necessities<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the survey money problems can effect where a state landed in the survey.\u00a0\u00a0 Some residents said they didn\u2019t have access to good paying jobs or adequate health care.\u00a0 Researchers say this will be a tough issue to change considering the recent economic problems many states are facing.\u00a0 Layoffs are on the horizon for many states as they try to balance a short fall in funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"