Best And Worst States To Raise A Family

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Published 2017-02-07

Where you decide to live can be crucial to raising a family. There are so many decisions to weigh from education to safety to cost of living. To determine the best states for families, WalletHub looked at 40 indicators across five categories: 1) Family Fun, 2) Health & Safety, 3) Education & Child Care, 4) Affordability and 5) Socioeconomics. Each of the 40 indicators were graded on a weighted 100-point scale, with 100 being the most favorable of conditions.

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All Comments (21)

@bryantaylor7735 7 years ago

Lol most affordable housing is tornado alley
@stephaniesendra4556 6 years ago

Who else was silently rooting for their state to win?
@evand.5188 5 years ago

Lol, all the affordable houses are in tornado alley. I wonder why😂
@piper8407 5 years ago

People always get mixed up with New York City and New York State many people Think that all of New York is a city it’s really not 🙄
@quaketh6823 7 years ago

"Alaska has highest violent crime rate" * locks door *
@0000di 6 years ago

Why am I watching this? I'm Canadian. Edit: THX for these many likes?
@moneymoney3780 5 years ago

Who else isnt living in America but is still watching this?
@hassanmuse6997 5 years ago

Minnesota is so underrated they are among the best at every thing but it’s also very cold 🥶
@hunterhowell7668 7 years ago

I'm Raising my family wherever the hell I get a job
@carriesamuelson4301 7 years ago

It's funny cause here in Nebraska, I look out of my window and there's a museum dedicated to Kool-Aid.
@multigrainbar7804 5 years ago

It really depends on the city rather than the state. There are good and bad parts in every state and I think we can all agree on that.
@habibaaibrahim2276 5 years ago

Raised in utah now i live in minnesota
@MrKZdemos 7 years ago

good luck getting a home in la or ny
@eveycardona5023 7 years ago

Living in Arizona is honestly depends on how much money your family has if you live in central Phoenix you're most likely fine
@YxngBull124 6 years ago

Y is Arizona one of the worst states to raise a family, it doesn't matter where u live to raise a family, all u need it a good job, helping hands, hard workers in ur family and more this is bs
@norafevig7493 5 years ago

I live in nd probably the only person watching this video who lives in northdakota
@kylepardo2314 7 years ago

You didint even take education into consideration?
@rhettruggerio148 7 years ago

This is not helpful. It's rather what "areas" to raise a child. For example living in the metropolitan Virginia area of D.C. is vastly different than Appalachian areas of Virginia. You can apply this to almost any state. In other words look for the best areas not best state to live in.
@avae3894 5 years ago

YAY Minnesota’s number four! WHEW 🏁 oh shoot wrong flag again... Btw: MINNESOTANS DON’T HAVE STRANGE ACCENTS OK?! ok...
@fufirex789 5 years ago

LETS GO MINNESOTA!!!