Massachusetts is one of the happiest states in America. In fact, the Bay State broke the top 10 this year in WalletHub’s Happiest States in America list.
WalletHub compared all 50 states across three metrics covering emotional and physical well-being, work environment and community and environment. States were also compared across 30 happiness indicators, including depression rate, share of adults feeling productive, income growth and unemployment rate.
WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said in addition to pursuing your passions, having a good work-life balance and maintaining an emotional support network, another key way to boost your happiness is living in the right place.
“The happiest states are those that provide above-average quality of life in a wide variety of areas, from strong state economies and high quality physical and mental health care to adequate amounts of leisure time and good weather,” Lupo said.
Massachusetts ranked as the 10th happiest state in the country. The Bay State also ranked fourth in emotional and well-being, fifth for work environment and 45th in the community and environment ranking.
The rankings also noted Massachusetts had the second lowest suicide rate in the country, tied for fifth place with Connecticut for fewest work hours and was fifth for safety.
Hawaii took the No. 1 spot for happiness, followed by Maryland and New Jersey. Utah and Delaware rounded out the top five, respectively.
