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Rankings of States in Most Livable State Awards 1991 to 2002

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Ranking of "1" is "Most Livable"; "50" is Not

Years:

02

01

00

99

98

97

96

95

94

93

92

91

Alabama

48

46

42

45

47

47

48

48

49

47

48

49

Alaska

28

37

41

37

33

37

38

29

31

18

18

17

Arizona

40

36

39

42

41

46

40

36

34

28

30

27

Arkansas

47

44

45

46

44

41

33

40

37

35

40

33

California

33

32

36

35

36

34

44

45

40

36

26

23

Colorado

7

2

3

2

8

14

14

9

15

8

16

13

Connecticut

9

6

13

11

12

11

15

12

9

17

11

16

Delaware

19

21

17

26

14

26

21

22

18

34

35

40

Florida

39

40

40

37

39

36

41

39

44

45

43

48

Georgia

35

33

30

31

38

35

34

35

41

39

39

42

Hawaii

43

34

43

41

30

33

27

24

20

9

6

7

Idaho

21

20

24

17

16

12

13

11

15

15

7

5

Illinois

31

31

29

24

25

25

29

30

25

31

32

44

Indiana

20

21

19

16

22

21

20

18

22

25

25

19

Iowa

2

3

2

3

3

8

1

4

3

6

8

14

Kansas

13

7

6

4

10

6

11

2

5

3

5

9

Kentucky

42

43

32

39

42

43

45

46

47

44

46

39

Louisiana

49

49

48

48

50

50

50

50

50

50

49

50

Maine

15

17

15

15

26

16

16

16

18

13

17

9

Maryland

17

14

17

20

19

27

22

23

23

27

21

21

Massachusetts

5

9

10

9

7

7

12

15

11

20

22

24

Michigan

23

27

28

23

27

20

24

33

35

38

38

35

Minnesota

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

3

4

4

3

2

Mississippi

50

50

50

50

49

49

49

49

46

48

50

45

Missouri

26

19

23

18

21

19

23

28

26

24

28

29

Montana

32

39

33

32

32

29

31

21

21

14

24

22

Nebraska

6

10

9

6

2

5

3

5

6

7

4

12

Nevada

34

26

26

27

24

32

28

25

27

23

27

26

New Hampshire

3

13

5

8

11

2

7

8

1

1

2

1

New Jersey

10

11

16

13

13

17

17

20

12

21

23

34

New Mexico

46

47

47

47

45

44

46

41

45

40

42

47

New York

37

35

38

43

35

40

41

43

38

49

44

46

North Carolina

36

42

35

30

34

31

35

31

36

42

36

37

North Dakota

16

25

14

28

9

15

9

14

13

16

13

8

Ohio

25

24

25

25

27

23

25

27

29

29

33

31

Oklahoma

38

41

37

36

37

38

41

38

43

30

37

28

Oregon

27

23

21

22

18

18

19

19

17

22

12

30

Pennsylvania

24

30

34

33

29

30

32

34

32

33

30

36

Rhode Island

30

28

31

34

31

28

30

32

30

37

34

32

South Carolina

41

38

44

40

43

42

37

42

42

43

41

38

South Dakota

13

16

11

19

6

10

6

7

14

10

14

4

Tennessee

43

45

46

44

46

44

36

44

39

41

47

42

Texas

29

29

27

29

40

39

39

37

33

32

28

25

Utah

12

5

4

5

4

4

5

1

7

2

1

3

Vermont

18

15

12

14

17

13

8

17

8

11

9

6

Virginia

4

4

8

12

15

9

10

10

10

12

19

15

Washington

21

18

22

21

23

24

26

26

24

26

14

20

West Virginia

45

48

49

49

48

48

47

47

48

46

45

41

Wisconsin

11

8

6

7

5

3

4

5

2

5

10

9

Wyoming

8

12

20

10

20

22

18

13

28

19

20

18