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Measuring the ‘safest states’ or ‘most dangerous states‘ isn’t based on one single metric because there are obviously an array of factors in life that impact that… Crime is just one component but road safety, economic stability, natural disasters, all of that need to be factored in.
A new study ranked all fifty nifty united states to list out the safest and the most dangerous states using five different metrics: Personal and Residential Safety, Financial Safety, Road Safety, Workplace Safety, and Emergency Preparedness. What it found is Louisiana is the most dangerous state among all 50 states.
Ranking The Most Dangerous States In America
Overall, the states on the Gulf Coast seem to have been heavily impacted by hurricanes. On the Emergency Preparedness scale, Louisiana ranked 49th, Mississippi 50th, Texas 48th, Florida 47th, and Alabama 40th.
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Texas
- Florida
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Colorado
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Missouri
- Tennessee
- Montana
- California
- South Carolina
- Illinois
Those are the most dangerous states in America. On the study from WalletHub, they actually list out the ‘Safest States‘ so the ones above are listed in reverse order with Louisiana being ranked as the least safe state in the country, Mississippi at 49th, and so on and so forth.
My home state of Florida only ranked 44th in road safety. I was certain we would rank 50th as the most dangerous state on the roads given how many horrible drivers there are here but that honor was taken by Mississippi.
Parsing out the data further and just looking at Personal & Residential Safety Rank, the least safe states are Alaska (most dangerous) followed by Oregon, Nevada, California, Tennessee, Colorado, Michigan, Washington, Arkansas, South Carolina, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.
For what it’s worth, Vermont was ranked as the safest state to live in of all 50. Vermont was followed by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Utah, and Connecticut.