State Population by Rank, 2011

The following table lists the top ten most livable states in the U.S., according to 2011 and 2008 rank. To determine a state's livability rating, each state's rankings in 44 categories were averaged by CQ Press. Some of the positive factors included household income, homeownership, job growth, and educational attainment. The negative factors included crime rate, poverty rate, infant mortality rate, and unemployment rate. The least livable state is Mississippi, a spot it has held on the CQ Press list for nine of the last 10 years.

State	July 2011 pop.
California	37,691,912
Texas	25,674,681
New York	19,465,197
Florida	19,057,542
Illinois	12,869,257
Pennsylvania	12,742,886
Ohio	11,544,951
Michigan	9,876,187
Georgia	9,815,210
North Carolina	9,656,401
New Jersey	8,821,155
Virginia	8,096,604
Washington	6,830,038
Massachusetts	6,587,536
Indiana	6,516,922
Arizona	6,482,505
Tennessee	6,403,353
Missouri	6,010,688
Maryland	5,828,289
Wisconsin	5,711,767
Minnesota	5,344,861
Colorado	5,116,796
Alabama	4,802,740
South Carolina	4,679,230
Louisiana	4,574,836
Kentucky	4,369,356
Oregon	3,871,859
Oklahoma	3,791,508
Connecticut	3,580,709
Iowa	3,062,309
Mississippi	2,978,512
Arkansas	2,937,979
Kansas	2,871,238
Utah	2,817,222
Nevada	2,723,322
New Mexico	2,082,224
West Virginia	1,855,364
Nebraska	1,842,641
Idaho	1,584,985
Hawaii	1,374,810
Maine	1,328,188
New Hampshire	1,318,194
Rhode Island	1,051,302
Montana	998,199
Delaware	907,135
South Dakota	824,082
Alaska	722,718
North Dakota	683,932
Vermont	626,431
DC	617,996
Wyoming	568,158
Total U.S.	311,591,917

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