Wyoming Ranked 1st In Best Run States For The Second Year In A Row

Wyoming comes in first place in 24/7 Wall St.’s Best Run States for the second year in a row. The state has high marks in many categories including high school graduation rate. A whopping 92.3% of state residents age 25 or older have at least a high school diploma — the highest rate in the country. The state also has the fourth lowest rate of violent crimes and the sixth lowest unemployment rate. Wyoming has the smallest population of any state in the country.

> State debt per capita: $2,452 (18th lowest)
> Pct. without health insurance: 14.9% (21st highest)
> Pct. below poverty line: 10.3% (7th lowest)
> Unemployment: 5.8% (6th lowest)

To see where the other states landed in the rankings, Click here.