Best states to live

With the economy struggling and unemployment up, America looks at a dreary 2009 and prospects that things might get worse before they get better.

That doesn’t mean that life isn’t looking fairly rosy in parts of the U.S. Earlier this month, Gallup and disease management company Healthways issued a report ranking the best states in which to live. The ever-vigilant folks at Forbes took the information and converted it into a user-friendly slideshow.

Here are the Top 10, in reverse order:

10. Arizona

9. California

8. Massachusetts

7. Washington

6. Maryland

5. Minnesota

4. Colorado

3. Wyoming

2. Hawaii

1. Utah

To see the rest of the list, and how the states ranked in various categories, visit Forbes.

Advertisement