Safest and most dangerous states

by Dr. Eowyn

Do you know how safe or dangerous your state is?

WalletHub compared the 50 states on 48 safety indicators, including:

• Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel
• Fatal occupational injuries per total workers
• Total loss amount from climate disasters per capita
• Murders and non-negligent manslaughters per capita
• Assaults per capita
• Sex offenders per capita
• Bullying incidence rate
• Law-enforcement employees per capita
• Job security
• Unemployment rate
• % of adults with rainy-day funds
• Share of medical uninsured population

Vermont ranked No. 1 as the safest state in the United States, and Mississippi came in dead last.

Here is the list, from safest to most dangerous:

1. Vermont
2. Maine
3. Minnesota
4. Utah
5. New Hampshire
6. Connecticut
7. Rhode Island
8. Hawaii
9. Massachusetts
10. Washington
11. Iowa
12. Wisconsin
13. Oregon
14. Indiana
15. Delaware
16. Maryland
17. North Carolina
18. New Jersey
19. Virginia
20. North Dakota
21. Wyoming
22. Arizona
23. New York
24. Colorado
25. Nebraska
26. West Virginia
27. Idaho
28. Pennsylvania
29. Nevada
30. Ohio
31. Kentucky
32. California
33. New Mexico
34. Michigan
35. Illinois
36. Kansas
37. Georgia
38. South Dakota
39. Tennessee
40. Montana
41. South Carolina
42. Alaska
43. Missouri
44. Alabama
45. Arkansas
46. Florida
47. Texas
48. Oklahoma
49. Louisiana
50. Mississippi

You can read the full study, its methodology, and how your state rates on the various indicators here.

~Eowyn