Minnesota Ranked as one of the Best States to Live!

“Deciding on a place to call home can be a tough process,” the study states. “You’ll need to balance things like the cost of living with job opportunities, quality of education, and safety. Personal preference also comes into the equation, as you’ll want to live somewhere with the types of attractions, recreational opportunities, and weather that suit you.”

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Minnesota’s fifth-place finish sets it behind the top pick, Massachusetts, as well as Idaho, perennial New York-resident punching bag New Jersey, and Wisconsin.

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The study ranked states in five parent categories: Affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety. Inside each of those categories, many metrics were used to build the ranking.

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Minnesota ranked well in most categories, but placed 29th in the economy ranking. It was buoyed by placing fifth in education and health, 10th in quality of life, and 14th in affordability, the latter of which considered factors like housing affordability, median annual property taxes, cost of living, median annual household income, and homeownership rate.

Here are the states that landed inside the top 10.

Massachussetts

Idaho

New Jersey

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Florida

New Hampshire

Utah

New York

Pennsylvania

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And here are the 10 that brought up the rear.

40. Tennessee

41. Alabama

42. West Virginia

43. Oklahoma

44. South Carolina

45. Nevada

46. Alaska

47. Mississippi

48. Arkansas

49. Louisiana

50. New Mexico