Happy Hawai’i; Happy GC biz

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hawaii’s residents reported the highest well-being among the 50 U.S. states in 2018, reaching the top spot for the seventh time since Gallup began tracking well-being in 2008. Hawaii and Colorado have ranked among the Top 10 states in well-being for 11 straight years, the only two to do so. West Virginia reported the lowest for the 10th straight year. State-level data are based on more than 115,000 surveys with U.S. adults across all 50 states throughout 2018; and Well-Being Index calculated in five essential elements of well-being: Career; Social; Financial; Community and Physical. Each of the five elements was calculated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest possible well-being. Adding up scores in each of the five categories gives each state a well-being score and state ranking. Among the four Gulf Coast states’ rankings, Florida was 20th among all 50 states; Louisiana 43; Alabama 44; Mississippi 47. (Source: Gallup Poll 03/13/19) Gulf Coast Notes: While Hawaii residents are in a state of happiest, businesses there aren’t quite as euphoric. It’s a high-middle-of-the-road state (#36) when it comes to business, according to a Wallet Hub 2018 study. Three of the four Gulf Coast states ranked better than Hawaii among all states: Florida #6; Louisiana #18; and Mississippi #21. Alabama ranked #41. Texas was #1.