Louisiana named the most unsafe state in the US

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As part of research to find the happiest states in the country, Nicerx determined that Louisiana was the most unsafe state in the United States.

To determine which states were the safest, WalletHub compared all 50 states across 53 safety indicators grouped into the following categories: Personal & Residential Safety, Financial Safety, Road Safety, Workplace Safety, and Emergency Preparedness.

Indicators that were used to determine the safest states include: DUIs per capita, road quality, unemployment rate, debt per income, poverty rate, number of mass shootings, assaults per capita, law enforcement employees per capita, and the share of families with children aged 0 to 17 who feel they live in safe neighborhoods.

Each state was given a score between 0 and 100 for each metric, with 100 being the safest. This score was used to determine which states are the safest in the U.S.

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Rank State Safety Score
1 Louisiana 33.18
2 Mississippi 34.46
3 Texas 34.78
4 Arkansas 37.05
5 Oklahoma 38.43
6 Montana 38.93
7 Alabama 41.21
8 Florida 41.22
9 Missouri 41.48
10 Tennessee 42.6

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