Most Exciting States to Retire To

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1	STATES	GO ON VACATION (Number of destinations served by the biggest airport in state)		MAKE FRIENDS (% population over 60)		ENJOY RELATIONSHIP / COMPANIONSHIP (% people 65yrs+ living alone)		START A SMALL BUSINESS (Business 5yr survival rate)		GO WALKING (No. of Hiking trails)		WATCH SPORTS (Number of professional sports teams)		VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES		WRITE A BOOK (Mean Annual Wage for Authors/Writers)		PLAY GOLF (Number of golf courses / country clubs)		EXPLORE THE STATE (No. of attractions on Trip Advisor)		FASTEST / BEST COVERAGE INTERNET		TAXES ON RETIREES		FREE COLLEGE FOR OVER 60S		BEST DISCOUNTS (transport, hunting licences & state park access)		COST OF LIVING INDEX		MEETUP GROUPS (in Most Populous City of the State)		TOTAL

2		Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Value	Score	Total Score	Rank
3	Alabama	15	0.204	23.4	0.592	11.6	0.633	52.1	0.735	520	0.286	0	0	62	0.592	$66,690	0.673	224	0.469	676	0.673	33.7 Mbps & 0.812 Coverage	0.184	5	0.816	3	0.531	4	0.776	89.6	0.857	128	0.306	8.327	17
4	Alaska	44	0.469	18.1	0.041	8.1	0.02	52.1	0.735	540	0.327	0	0	2	0	$65,630	0.653	23	0	446	0.02	27.9 Mbps & 0.782 Coverage	0.122	4	0.633	1	0	3	0.265	128.4	0.102	84	0.184	3.571	50
5	Arizona	129	0.694	23.1	0.551	11.3	0.49	47.9	0.184	2245	0.918	4	0.694	7	0.041	$55,500	0.327	363	0.633	660	0.571	33.9 Mbps & 0.867 Coverage	0.429	5	0.816	1	0	1	0	100.1	0.429	750	0.796	7.573	24
6	Arkansas	11	0.082	23	0.49	11.2	0.449	50	0.49	523	0.306	0	0	78	0.694	$44,400	0.02	181	0.367	673	0.633	25 Mbps & 0.733 Coverage	0.041	4	0.633	3	0.531	3	0.265	88.2	0.918	84	0.184	6.103	36
7	California	202	0.918	20.1	0.082	9.6	0.061	53.2	0.898	9097	1	18	1	108	0.878	$90,970	0.98	978	0.98	560	0.102	29 Mbps & 0.945 Coverage	0.837	4	0.633	3	0.531	3	0.265	142.7	0.041	1630	0.918	10.124	7
8	Colorado	215	0.939	20.2	0.102	9.7	0.102	50	0.49	3543	0.98	5	0.816	32	0.327	$62,670	0.531	276	0.551	628	0.306	40.9 Mbps & 0.904 Coverage	0.551	4	0.633	2	0.204	2	0.041	103.2	0.367	1246	0.898	7.838	23
9	Connecticut	30	0.367	24.3	0.776	12.2	0.837	44.3	0	1045	0.633	0	0	11	0.122	$82,750	0.959	207	0.429	698	0.755	41.8 Mbps & 0.99 Coverage	0.98	1	0	3	0.531	4	0.776	124.2	0.143	27	0.061	7.369	25
10	Delaware	1	0	25.7	0.898	10.9	0.286	49.9	0.388	107	0.041	0	0	3	0.02	$63,430	0.571	43	0.02	470	0.061	44.9 Mbps & 0.975 Coverage	0.898	5	0.816	2	0.204	3	0.265	107.7	0.327	83	0.163	4.958	44
11	Florida	171	0.837	27	0.939	13.1	0.939	50.2	0.551	1139	0.714	11	0.98	86	0.816	$64,070	0.592	1147	1	474	0.082	41.2 Mbps & 0.949 Coverage	0.816	5	0.816	3	0.531	4	0.776	99.2	0.469	223	0.49	11.348	1
12	Georgia	244	0.98	19.7	0.061	9.6	0.061	49.9	0.388	910	0.592	4	0.694	61	0.551	$66,820	0.694	421	0.714	636	0.388	39.1 Mbps & 0.906 Coverage	0.612	5	0.816	3	0.531	4	0.776	90	0.816	1208	0.857	9.531	9
13	Hawaii	57	0.551	25	0.837	10.7	0.204	51.1	0.653	486	0.265	0	0	7	0.041	$51,210	0.143	98	0.122	452	0.041	22.5 Mbps & 0.96 Coverage	0.878	4	0.633	3	0.531	1	0	197.6	0	248	0.531	5.43	42
14	Idaho	18	0.224	21.8	0.204	10.4	0.163	49.6	0.347	801	0.51	0	0	31	0.265	$52,330	0.163	119	0.265	652	0.469	25.6 Mbps & 0.82 Coverage	0.265	3	0.408	1	0	2	0.041	94.3	0.612	208	0.469	4.405	45
15	Illinois	233	0.959	22	0.286	11.5	0.571	51	0.633	711	0.449	6	0.878	101	0.857	$66,820	0.694	739	0.898	694	0.735	40.4 Mbps & 0.923 Coverage	0.673	1	0	3	0.531	3	0.265	89.7	0.837	1993	0.98	10.246	6
16	Indiana	50	0.49	22.1	0.327	11.1	0.388	52.6	0.816	577	0.367	2	0.51	61	0.551	$71,500	0.857	422	0.755	731	0.939	36.7 Mbps & 0.857 Coverage	0.327	3	0.408	1	0	3	0.265	89.5	0.878	268	0.571	8.449	16
17	Iowa	28	0.327	23.6	0.633	12.2	0.837	55	0.959	314	0.184	0	0	90	0.837	$52,780	0.184	393	0.694	791	0.98	24.7 Mbps & 0.837 Coverage	0.245	2	0.204	1	0	2	0.041	91.4	0.755	119	0.286	7.166	27
18	Kansas	13	0.122	22.2	0.347	11.3	0.49	49.9	0.388	218	0.143	1	0.469	78	0.694	$60,230	0.449	227	0.49	797	1	39.9 Mbps & 0.819 Coverage	0.204	1	0	2	0.204	3	0.265	86.5	0.98	63	0.143	6.388	33
19	Kentucky	51	0.51	23	0.49	11	0.327	50	0.49	559	0.347	0	0	82	0.735	$55,400	0.306	247	0.531	646	0.429	30.5 Mbps & 0.853 Coverage	0.306	3	0.408	3	0.531	2	0.041	94.2	0.633	192	0.429	6.513	31
20	Louisiana	56	0.531	21.8	0.204	11	0.327	50.7	0.592	148	0.082	2	0.51	37	0.449	$42,080	0	156	0.347	633	0.367	35.1 Mbps & 0.846 Coverage	0.286	4	0.633	3	0.531	4	0.776	93.5	0.653	264	0.551	6.839	30
21	Maine	22	0.286	28.7	1	13.8	1	53.2	0.898	1046	0.653	0	0	36	0.408	$72,400	0.878	136	0.286	614	0.245	21.2 Mbps & 0.897 Coverage	0.592	3	0.408	2	0.204	4	0.776	115.2	0.224	165	0.367	8.225	20
22	Maryland	93	0.612	21.9	0.265	10.6	0.184	48.7	0.245	803	0.531	3	0.612	35	0.367	$74,750	0.898	196	0.388	667	0.592	51.3 Mbps & 0.967 Coverage	0.857	2	0.204	3	0.531	4	0.776	128	0.122	541	0.714	7.898	21
23	Massachusetts	147	0.796	22.9	0.449	12	0.735	55.7	0.98	1712	0.816	5	0.816	39	0.469	$76,870	0.918	421	0.714	698	0.755	43.5 Mbps & 0.976 Coverage	0.918	2	0.204	3	0.531	5	1	129.7	0.082	1852	0.959	11.142	2
24	Michigan	143	0.714	24.2	0.735	12.1	0.776	50.7	0.592	922	0.612	4	0.694	161	0.959	$61,010	0.49	904	0.959	712	0.878	28.7 Mbps & 0.883 Coverage	0.49	2	0.204	2	0.204	2	0.041	90.1	0.776	396	0.653	9.777	8
25	Minnesota	162	0.816	22.2	0.347	11.1	0.388	54.8	0.939	592	0.388	5	0.816	231	1	$65,110	0.612	502	0.796	725	0.918	36.8 Mbps & 0.881 Coverage	0.469	1	0	3	0.531	2	0.041	101.2	0.408	870	0.837	9.306	12
26	Mississippi	9	0.041	22.4	0.388	11.5	0.571	49.9	0.388	98	0.02	0	0	30	0.245	$58,470	0.408	147	0.327	710	0.857	0.252 Mbps & 0.702 Coverage	0.02	5	0.816	2	0.204	3	0.265	84.7	1	30	0.122	5.672	41
27	Missouri	71	0.571	23.5	0.612	11.6	0.633	46.8	0.082	791	0.49	4	0.694	84	0.776	$56,860	0.367	448	0.776	671	0.612	38.5 Mbps & 0.801 Coverage	0.163	3	0.408	3	0.531	3	0.265	88.3	0.898	292	0.592	8.47	15
28	Montana	20	0.245	26.4	0.918	12.1	0.776	56	1	844	0.551	0	0	54	0.531	$53,690	0.245	110	0.204	649	0.449	20.3 Mbps & 0.692 Coverage	0	2	0.204	2	0.204	3	0.265	108.2	0.286	28	0.082	5.96	39
29	Nebraska	33	0.408	22	0.286	11.8	0.694	46.4	0.041	114	0.061	0	0	36	0.408	$50,570	0.082	233	0.51	595	0.163	27.1 Mbps & 0.824 Coverage	0.224	1	0	1	0	2	0.041	92.8	0.673	154	0.347	3.938	49
30	Nevada	143	0.714	21.8	0.204	10.1	0.122	48.1	0.204	648	0.429	2	0.51	8	0.082	$53,800	0.286	111	0.224	609	0.224	34.3 Mbps & 0.918 Coverage	0.633	5	0.816	2	0.204	3	0.265	108.8	0.265	703	0.776	5.958	40
31	New Hampshire	13	0.122	25.6	0.878	11.4	0.551	47.1	0.102	1283	0.755	0	0	27	0.143	$60,030	0.429	117	0.245	658	0.551	37.4 Mbps & 0.943 Coverage	0.755	2	0.204	2	0.204	4	0.776	108	0.306	114	0.245	6.266	35
32	New Jersey	183	0.878	22.7	0.408	11.1	0.388	48.6	0.224	891	0.571	3	0.612	39	0.469	$80,690	0.939	365	0.653	708	0.837	52 Mbps & 0.99 Coverage	1	1	0	2	0.204	4	0.776	122.4	0.163	84	0.184	8.306	18
33	New Mexico	23	0.306	24.1	0.714	12.3	0.878	46.2	0.02	1110	0.673	0	0	64	0.653	$69,330	0.816	89	0.102	703	0.816	30 Mbps & 0.803 Coverage	0.143	3	0.408	1	0	3	0.265	87.2	0.939	184	0.408	7.141	28
34	New York	194	0.898	23	0.49	12.1	0.776	49.9	0.388	2617	0.939	10	0.939	151	0.939	$91,280	1	868	0.939	602	0.184	46.7 Mbps & 0.976 Coverage	0.939	1	0	3	0.531	3	0.265	155.9	0.02	6425	1	10.247	5
35	North Carolina	175	0.857	22.7	0.408	10.9	0.286	52.2	0.776	1758	0.837	3	0.612	62	0.592	$67,560	0.755	560	0.837	617	0.265	42.4 Mbps & 0.931 Coverage	0.714	3	0.408	3	0.531	3	0.265	95.5	0.571	629	0.735	9.449	10
36	North Dakota	11	0.082	21.3	0.122	11	0.327	47.4	0.143	58	0	0	0	29	0.204	$53,350	0.204	105	0.163	414	0	28.6 Mbps & 0.922 Coverage	0.653	4	0.633	2	0.204	4	0.776	96.5	0.51	29	0.102	4.123	48
37	Ohio	42	0.449	23.9	0.653	12	0.735	53.1	0.878	1119	0.694	8	0.898	113	0.898	$53,790	0.265	699	0.857	720	0.898	32.1 Mbps & 0.919 Coverage	0.694	2	0.204	3	0.531	3	0.265	92.1	0.714	382	0.633	10.266	4
38	Oklahoma	30	0.367	21.7	0.143	11.2	0.449	50.6	0.571	281	0.163	1	0.469	77	0.673	$46,860	0.041	205	0.408	754	0.959	26.8 Mbps & 0.745 Coverage	0.061	3	0.408	3	0.531	3	0.265	86.7	0.959	171	0.388	6.855	29
39	Oregon	73	0.592	24.2	0.735	11.9	0.714	52.7	0.857	2176	0.898	2	0.51	35	0.367	$69,070	0.796	218	0.449	655	0.531	39.1 Mbps & 0.897 Coverage	0.51	3	0.408	2	0.204	2	0.041	134.3	0.061	1210	0.878	8.551	13
40	Pennsylvania	146	0.776	25.1	0.857	12.8	0.898	51.8	0.714	1923	0.857	8	0.898	85	0.796	$63,140	0.551	716	0.878	700	0.796	41.4 Mbps & 0.947 Coverage	0.776	2	0.204	2	0.204	3	0.265	103.2	0.367	663	0.755	10.592	3
41	Rhode Island	21	0.265	24.4	0.816	13.5	0.959	47.4	0.143	210	0.122	0	0	10	0.102	$67,260	0.735	66	0.061	607	0.204	46.7 Mbps & 0.982 Coverage	0.959	1	0	1	0	3	0.265	118.6	0.184	207	0.449	5.264	43
42	South Carolina	28	0.327	24.3	0.776	11.5	0.571	48.9	0.286	475	0.224	0	0	28	0.163	$53,430	0.224	366	0.673	562	0.122	39.3 Mbps & 0.882 Coverage	0.449	5	0.816	3	0.531	2	0.041	95.5	0.571	244	0.51	6.284	34
43	South Dakota	14	0.163	23.3	0.571	11.3	0.49	52.5	0.796	165	0.102	0	0	29	0.204	$56,590	0.347	100	0.143	583	0.143	26.8 Mbps & 0.853 Coverage	0.347	3	0.408	1	0	2	0.041	99.7	0.449	21	0.041	4.245	47
44	Tennessee	144	0.755	22.9	0.449	10.8	0.245	49.4	0.327	1145	0.735	4	0.694	63	0.633	$50,770	0.122	286	0.571	632	0.347	36.6 Mbps & 0.899 Coverage	0.531	5	0.816	3	0.531	3	0.265	90	0.816	458	0.673	8.51	14
45	Texas	258	1	17.9	0.02	8.4	0.041	51.5	0.694	1333	0.776	10	0.939	191	0.98	$57,550	0.388	855	0.918	687	0.714	46.9 Mbps & 0.869 Coverage	0.408	2	0.204	3	0.531	3	0.265	91.7	0.735	844	0.816	9.429	11
46	Utah	96	0.633	15.8	0	7.2	0	49.6	0.347	2096	0.878	2	0.51	34	0.347	$50,630	0.102	139	0.306	642	0.408	37.2 Mbps & 0.949 Coverage	0.796	2	0.204	3	0.531	3	0.265	96.9	0.49	499	0.694	6.511	32
47	Vermont	10	0.061	27.6	0.98	13	0.918	51.4	0.673	483	0.245	0	0	28	0.163	$62,480	0.51	73	0.082	623	0.286	22.4 Mbps & 0.861 Coverage	0.388	1	0	3	0.531	4	0.776	116.7	0.204	117	0.265	6.082	37
48	Virginia	98	0.653	21.7	0.143	10.7	0.204	46.7	0.061	1354	0.796	0	0	52	0.51	$70,740	0.837	354	0.612	675	0.653	48.7 Mbps & 0.899 Coverage	0.571	4	0.633	3	0.531	3	0.265	101.4	0.388	137	0.327	7.184	26
49	Washington	119	0.673	21.7	0.143	10.2	0.143	47.3	0.122	2696	0.959	4	0.694	31	0.265	$68,010	0.776	327	0.592	654	0.51	41 Mbps & 0.942 Coverage	0.735	4	0.633	2	0.204	3	0.265	112.2	0.245	1794	0.939	7.898	22
50	West Virginia	8	0.02	27.3	0.959	13.6	0.98	49.3	0.306	446	0.204	0	0	127	0.918	$65,260	0.633	107	0.184	629	0.327	29.9 Mbps & 0.752 Coverage	0.102	3	0.408	1	0	3	0.265	92.4	0.694	15	0	6	38
51	Wisconsin	37	0.429	23.9	0.653	11.7	0.673	52.6	0.816	635	0.408	3	0.612	83	0.755	$60,390	0.469	521	0.816	677	0.694	37.5 Mbps & 0.853 Coverage	0.367	1	0	2	0.204	3	0.265	95.7	0.531	338	0.612	8.304	19
52	Wyoming	14	0.163	23.9	0.653	10.8	0.245	48.8	0.265	734	0.469	0	0	31	0.265	$47,670	0.061	53	0.041	652	0.469	29.9 Mbps & 0.752 Coverage	0.082	5	0.816	2	0.204	2	0.041	94.5	0.592	19	0.02	4.386	46
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