Happiest States In The U.S.
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A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC Where To Be Happy When it comes to happiness, where you live matters. Hawaii is the happiest state and Louisiana the gloomiest, according to a University of Vermont study that looked at how often positive and negative words appeared in millions of tweets across the country. While tourism and context variables make this an imperfect measure of the happiness of a state’s residents, results were similar to previous wellbeing surveys. Socioeconomic factors that influence happiness in the U.S., such as poverty, unemployment and government resources, also account for some of the variation in life satisfaction levels in countries around the world. Sources: PLoS ONE, e Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index THE HUFFINGTON POST How The U.S. Stacks Up The Assorted States Of Happiness 6.10 and above 6.05–6.09 6.00–6.04 5.95–5.99 5.94 and below DC Napa, Calif. Longmont, Colo. San Clemente, Calif. Santa Cruz, Calif. Green Bay, Wis. Simi Valley, Calif. Lafayette, Colo. Asheville, N.C. Spokane, Wash. Boulder, Colo. Fort Collins, Colo. Santa Barbara, Calif. Santa Rosa, Calif. San Jose, Calif. 0 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 Hungary Portugal Greece Turkey Estonia Russian Federation Italy Poland Slovak Republic Japan Korea Slovenia Spain Czech Republic Chile France Brazil Germany United Kingdom Belgium Luxembourg Ireland United States Israel Australia New Zealand Mexico Austria Canada Finland Netherlands Denmark Sweden Iceland Norway Switzerland 7.5 10 0 Cities with the highest average word happiness scores Life satisfaction index (the higher the number, the more satisfied) Word happiness score (the higher the number, the happier)
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A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC
Where To Be HappyWhen it comes to happiness, where you live matters. Hawaii is the happiest state and Louisiana the gloomiest, according to a University of Vermont study that looked at how often positive and negative words appeared in millions of tweets across the country. While tourism and context variables make this an imperfect measure of the happiness of a state’s residents, results were similar to previous wellbeing surveys. Socioeconomic factors that influence happiness in the U.S., such as poverty, unemployment and government resources, also account for some of the variation in life satisfaction levels in countries around the world.
Sources: PLoS ONE, �e Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index THE HUFFINGTON POST
How The U.S. Stacks Up
The Assorted States Of Happiness
6.10 and above6.05–6.096.00–6.045.95–5.995.94 and below
DCNapa, Calif.
Longmont, Colo.
San Clemente, Calif.
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Green Bay, Wis.
Simi Valley, Calif.
Lafayette, Colo.
Asheville, N.C.
Spokane, Wash.
Boulder, Colo.
Fort Collins, Colo.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Santa Rosa, Calif.
San Jose, Calif.
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Cities with the highest averageword happiness scores
Life satisfaction index (the higher the number, the more satisfied)
Word happiness score (the higher the number, the happier)
