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Citing high rates of poverty and poor health among factors determining the ranking, another study has ranked Louisiana as America’s worst state to live in, the USA Today network reports.
The WalletHub study compared the 50 states across 51 key indicators of livability, ranging from housing costs and income growth to the education rate and hospital systems.
Massachusetts ranked No. 1 as the top state to live in, while Louisiana’s neighbors Arkansas ranked No. 48, Mississippi 45th and Texas 36th.
Among the Louisiana individual rankings within the report: Housing costs, 40th; percentage of population in poverty, 49th; income growth, 47th; adults in fair or poor health, 46th; and average weekly work hours, 45th.
