Happiest States in America

Friday, December 18, 2009 at 8:36 pm

Happiest States in America ? Tennessee is home to country music, sour mash whiskey and Tennessee football. Is it any surprise it’s among the happiest states in the America.

A study released Thursday ranked Tennessee as the fourth-happiest state based on the answers of Tennesseans and what researchers called objective measures of good living. The Centers for Disease Control polled more than 1.3 million people across the country, and only three states — Louisiana, Hawaii and Florida — ranked higher in happiness than the Volunteer State.

The state-by-state list, from Happiest States in America :

1. Louisiana

2. Hawaii

3. Florida

4. Tennessee

5. Arizona

6. South Carolina

7. Mississippi

8. Montana

9. Alabama

10. Maine

11. Wyoming

12. Alaska

13. North Carolina

14. South Dakota

15. Texas

16. Idaho

17. Vermont

18. Arkansas

19. Georgia

20. Utah

21. Oklahoma

22. Delaware

23. Colorado

24. New Mexico

25. North Dakota

26. Minnesota

27. Virginia

28. New Hampshire

29. Wisconsin

30. Oregon

31. Iowa

32. Kansas

33. Nebraska

34. West Virginia

35. Kentucky

36. Washington

37. District of Columbia

38. Missouri

39. Nevada

40. Maryland

41. Pennsylvania

42. Rhode Island

43. Ohio

44. Massachusetts

45. Illinois

46. California

47. New Jersey

48. Indiana

49. Michigan

50. Connecticut

51. New York

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Written by: Asif Jah

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