🔵 Is New Jersey a good state to live in?
🔵 US News & World Report releases list of best states to live in
🔵 Rankings are based on health, education, crime, infrastructure, etc.
health care. education. economy. Financial stability. Where does your state excel?
U.S. News & World Report has released its list of “Best States to Live in,” using thousands of data points to measure how well states are working for their citizens.
The rankings take into account the state's economy, roads, bridges, internet and other infrastructure, public safety, natural environment, state government's fiscal stability, and the opportunities state government provides its residents, as well as health care and education. It has been.
The publication said there was more emphasis on health care and education, based on research into what matters most to people. Then came the state economy, the infrastructure, and the opportunities the state offers. Fiscal stability is then weighted, followed by crime and corrections, and then the state's natural environment.
So, where does New Jersey rank?
not bad.
New Jersey ranks 14th best, with an area of ​​8,719 square miles, a gross domestic product (GDP) of $799 billion, more than 50% of the population with a college degree, more than 9.2 million people, and a median income of $51,884. It is a state. According to the report, they will live there.
“Home to local music legends like Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra and Whitney Houston, New Jersey doesn't just produce popular hitmakers. It's also home to world-class music. Universities, cutting-edge technology and bioscience companies, and a high-speed turnpike,” U.S. News & World Report said.
New Jersey was an important manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution and both World Wars, and served as a major defense hub during the Cold War, the report said.
He added that the New Jersey Turnpike opened in 1951 and that the two light rail lines (Hudson-Bergen Line and River Line) were instrumental in revitalizing cities in the 21st century, especially in North Jersey.
Many information and technology companies are also based in New Jersey, and the state is a leader in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co. headquartered in New Jersey.
New Jersey's tourism industry is also a major economic boost. U.S. News & World Report calls Atlantic City “the East Coast's answer to Las Vegas, a mega-casino hub, and the rest of the Jersey Shore attracting millions of tourists each year.” specifically mentioned.
New Jersey ranked fourth in education and health care and fifth in crime and corrections. It ranks 16th in the infrastructure sector and 24th in the economy and natural environment sector.
However, New Jersey ranks 43rd in terms of opportunity for its citizens and 48th in fiscal stability.
Based on metrics used by U.S. News & World Report, Utah is the best state to live in. New Hampshire is ranked as the third most livable state after Nebraska, Minnesota, and Idaho.
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