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- US News & World Report ranked the best countries living in the US in 2025.
- It weighed 71 metrics in eight categories, including education, health, crime and nature.
- Utah was named the best state that lives in the US for the third year in a row.
Where you live is one of the biggest decisions in your life.
People choose where to put the roots down for all kinds of reasons – whether it is cost reduction, finding better jobs, enjoying nature or more access to public transport.
Finding the right place is not always easy, but data can make it much easier. Each year is US news and a world report Rets all 50 states Based on factors, including their economy, education, health, infrastructure, crime and their natural environment. Scientists considered 71 different metrics to promote the best country to live.
In 2025, most of the best states to live, Midwest and New -Anglia were. Utah took the first place for the third year in a row, with New Hampshire the number two in the second line. Idaho moved from its 2024th to third place and Minnesota was fourth. South -Dakota was the only new new Annex to the best.
Despite the southern flowering economy and the reputation of long -term affordability and job growth, Florida was the only Southern State to compile the list. This may mean a wider shift in the region's appeal as the market forces, as well as the political and social shifts, continue to transform the dears of living, school systemsAnd the culture of the south.
According to the US News & World Report, read the top ten states to live in the US. Although each state has strengths and areas, many good schools and hospitals, strong public security and many opportunities for outdoor enjoyment.
Population data comes from the US Census.
10. Washington
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Population: 7,958,180
Known: The economic opportunities driven by the Seattle technology sector often attract new residents in Washington. The plenty of landscapes of the Northwest Pacific and the activities of leisure are also tempting.
Erin Sanchez said he found his Seattle in the suburbs of both worlds in the essay essay, published in December 2024.
“We live on a quiet street where the cities of Covington and Maple Valley meet, and the suburban life is mixed with nature. We have enough space for the garden and the hiking and bicycle trails are minutes away,” Sanchez wrote.
High place: Natural Environment (from 7th State 7)
Is less high: Opportunity (40. 50 from the State)
9. Massachusetts
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Population: 7,136,171
Known: With larger universities, world -class hospitals, and the vigorous technical innovation sector, which are concentrated in Boston, the Massachusetts economy is a major malfunction.
In 2019, writer Jamie Evan Bichelman moved with her partner Boston. Finally, he moved to the suburbs of Sudbury to save housing. Boston job opportunities were an important step.
“Despite the experienced downsides, we also have Boston to thank. We grew up in adulthood and promoted our careers there,” Bichelman wrote in Business Insider's 2024 essay.
High place: Health Care (Second State)
Is less high: Infrastructure (from 39th states 39.)
8. South -Dakota
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Population: 924,669
Known: Affordable, family-friendly cities with untouched access to nature are a big draw for the inhabitants of South Dakota.
In 2023, Kseniya Melnikova moved to New York to South -Dakota with her daughter.
“Nature is less curated here and more accessibleTo. Parks are protected as natural zones rather than carefully manicured gardens, promoting more symbiotic relations with nature and wildlife, “Melnikova wrote to Business Insider's essay, published in April 2024.
High place: Infrastructure (another from 50 states)
High place: Health Care (46. 50 states)
7. Vermont
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Population: 648,493
Known: The rich space, the charm of a small town and the relatively affordable housing have attracted people to the vermon.
In 2024, Taylor and Tatum Barnes left their Brooklyn studio with one bedroom with a 2.6 -acre Hartford Vermontis Dartmouth College.
Millennial cost $ 160,000.
“Compared to New York, the mortgage is half of what we paid for the rent,” Tatum said.
High place: Opportunity (first of 50 states)
Is less high: Fiscal stability (from 41. 50 states)
6. Florida
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Population: 23 372 215
Known: Living in a tropical, palm-rich paradise all year round is one of the reasons why Florida is one of the fastest developing countries in the US. Five in his metropolitan area – including Orlando and Panama City – experienced the largest population in the country last year.
The data analyst is Allie Hubers and his wife moved from the center to Destin, Florida. “We still can't believe that we live from the ocean for 10 minutes, not to mention some of the best beaches in the US,” he wrote in the Business Insider's essay published in April.
High place: Economy (first of 50 states)
Is less high: Opportunity (47. 50 states)
5. Nebraska
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Population: 2 005 465
Known: If Nebraska Pawnee recently announced a program that pays to move to people, other parts of the Cornhusker state do not need such stimuli.
Nebraskan's indigenous Bill Mackenzie told Business Insider in 2024 that he and his wife retired in California, Florida Texas and Arizona, but did not find a place to fit their budget and taste. They decided to spend some of the year in Nebraska and some in Mexico.
High place: Infrastructure (first of 50 states)
Is less high: Economy (from 50 State 29.))
4. Minnesota
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Population: 5793 151
Known: being “10,000 lakes land”.
Amena Ahmed moved from Ewing to Minneapoli in 2019 and stayed after graduation. He found that he enjoyed more at the lake than on the beach.
“But I have grown more of these freshwater lakes than the 'true' ocean beaches,” he said in 2023. “Privacy and peaceful environment make the experience more enjoyable than what I am used to on the Jersey shore, which looks less clean and more passionate.”
High place: Opportunity (seventh 50 states)
Is less high: Economy (28th out of 50 states)
3. Idaho
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Population: 2 001,619
Known: Idaho may be synonymous with unintentional potato, but it has much more to offer. The state climbs a favorable list of the best states of the year from fifth to fifth place to live.
The family who moved to Idaho, California, found it clean and quiet, with good school opportunities for children.
High place: Economy (Fourth of 50 states)
Is less high: Education (29. 50 states)
2. New Hampshire
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Population: 1 409 032
Known: The “granite country” has picturesque landscapes and relatively little crime.
Business Insider's co -worker Kelly Burch moved to New Hampshire's rural area after living in the suburbs of Boston and have found that it would be a better place to raise her children.
“Our small town has a very close community that consists of people grew up here and transplants like us,” he wrote in 2024.
High place: Crime and corrections (first of 50 states)
Is less high: Fiscal stability (from the 37th states)
1. Utah
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Population: 3 503 613
Known: Utah took the best part of the US News & World Report.
It has a variety of places of residence, from Salt Lake City, over 200,000 in population and more peculiar cities like Midway, a popular ski destination.
San Diego moved to Salt Lake City for the millennium said the cost of living and childcare were lower; He was drawn by the natural beauty, safety and family friendliness of Utah.
The best: Fiscal stability (first of 50 states)
The worst: Opportunity (19th State 19.)