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STATE OF WELL-BEING 2011

City, State and Congressional District Well-Being Reports


The Top Ten Cities for Well-Being Congressional District Rankings The Best and Worst Places to Work The State with the Highest Ever Score

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Hawaii retained its title as the top spot for well-being

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index (WBI) is the preeminent source for health and well-being data in the United States.
About the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
Surveying 1,000 Americans a day, 350 days a year, the WBI is the first and most comprehensive survey of its kind, providing the largest database of behavioral economic metrics. Its the only measure of total well-being in existence today. With four years of data collection and surveys of more than 1.4 million Americans, the WBI has garnered significant national and international recognition. The WBI and associated City, State and Congressional District Reports provide leaders with the The WBI gives governments, intelligence they need to assess communities, employers and and enhance health, happiness health plans unmatched insight into the health of their populations. and productivity. Over the next Leaders are using the WBI findings quarter century, the WBI will survey more than 9 million to quantify and benchmark the people in the United States, well-being of their employees providing timely and in-depth and citizens to inform decisions information about Americans regarding health benefits, work health and well-being. environments, corporate culture and community investment.

Methodology:
The research and methodology underlying the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index and the State and Congressional District Well-Being Reports are based on the World Health Organization definition of health, which is, not only the absence of infirmity and disease but also a state of physical, mental and social well-being. To compile the Well-Being Index, Gallup obtains completed interviews from 1,000 U.S. adults nationally, seven days a week, excluding only major holidays. Based on their response, individuals and communities receive an overall well-being composite score and score of each of six sub-indices including life evaluation, emotional health, physical health, healthy behavior, work environment and basic access. Changes in condition can be tracked over time, and the introduction of both controlled and uncontrolled variable considered. Discrete populations can also be ranked one against another for a stratified view of their relative well-being.

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Top 10 Well-Being States & State Composite Rankings


Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

Top 10 States
1. Hawaii 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. Alaska 5. Utah 6. Colorado 7. Kansas 8. Nebraska 9. New Hampshire 10. Montana
Well-Being Index scores among states vary by a narrow range of just 7.9 points!

State Composite Rankings


1. Hawaii 2. North Dakota 3. Minnesota 4. Alaska 5. Utah 6. Colorado 7. Kansas 8. Nebraska 9. New Hampshire 10. Montana 11. South Dakota 12. Vermont 13. Maryland 14. Massachusetts 15. Virginia 16. Iowa 17. Washington
* Source: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Survey 2011, n= X

18. California 19. Connecticut 20. Oregon 21. Wyoming 22. Wisconsin 23. Idaho 24. New Mexico 25. Maine 26. Arizona 27. Texas 28. Georgia 29. New Jersey 30. North Carolina 31. Pennsylvania 32. Illinois 33. South Carolina 34. New York

35. Rhode Island 36. Louisiana 37. Michigan 38. Indiana 39. Oklahoma 40. Nevada 41. Tennessee 42. Florida 43. Missouri 44. Arkansas 45. Alabama 46. Ohio 47. Delaware 48. Mississippi 49. Kentucky 50. West Virginia

State Composite Map

Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

Top Quintile

2nd Quintile

3rd Quintile

4th Quintile

5th Quintile

Survey Sample Size by State


Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois 5,949 1,026 8,373 3,817 33,118 7,105 4,340 1,022 18,090 9,819 1,086 2,661 12,017 Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana

Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

7,926 4,439 3,819 5,532 5,191 2,486 6,246 7,716 10,427 7,292 3,410 7,615 2,364

Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island

2,599 2,730 1,904 9,159 3,160 18,947 11,681 1,132 13,172 5,161 6,015 18,577 1,305

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

5,358 1,198 7,943 22,473 4,364 1,203 9,927 10,244 2,442 8,081 1,101

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Top 10 Well-Being Cities and Congressional Districts


Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

Top 10 Large Cities *


1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 6. Raleigh-Cary, NC 7. Salt Lake City, UT 8. Rochester, NY 9. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 10. Austin-Round Rock, TX

Top Mid-Size Cities


1. Lancaster, PA 2. Ann Arbor, MI 3. Provo-Orem, UT 4. Boulder, CO 5. Honolulu, HI 6. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 7. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 8. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 9. Durham, NC 10. Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME

Top 10 Small Cities


1. Charlottesville, VA 2. Appleton, WI 3. Barnstable Town, MA 4. Prescott, AZ 5. Billings, MT 6. Burlington-South Burlington, VT 7. Medford, OR 8. Bellingham, WA 9. Springfield, IL 10. Topeka, KS

Top 10 Congressional Districts


1. California District 14 2. Virginia District 8 3. California District 42 4. Washington District 7 5. North Carolina District 9 6. Maryland District 8 7. Pennsylvania District 16 8. California District 30 9. California District 15 10. California District 48

* Ranking of 190 Cities * Source: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Survey 2011, n=X * U.S. Census Bureau definitions for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) were used to define city populations; City Population = below 250,000 (small); 250,000 to 1 million (mid-size); over 1 million (large)

City Composite Rankings


Top Quintile
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Lancaster, PA Charlottesville, VA Ann Arbor, MI Provo-Orem, UT Boulder, CO Honolulu, HI Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA San Jose-SunnyvaleSanta Clara, CA Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Appleton, WI Barnstable Town, MA WashingtonArlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Durham, NC Prescott, AZ San FranciscoOakland-Fremont, CA Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME Minneapolis-St. PaulBloomington, MN-WI Santa CruzWatsonville, CA Lincoln, NE Lafayette, LA Charlotte-GastoniaConcord, NC-SC Anchorage, AK Olympia, WA Billings, MT 48. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 39. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania tops the City Composite Rankings

Madison, WI Raleigh-Cary, NC Salt Lake City, UT Rochester, NY Huntsville, AL Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Ogden-Clearfield, UT Burlington-South Burlington, VT Salinas, CA San Diego-CarlsbadSan Marcos, CA Austin-Round Rock, TX Boston-CambridgeQuincy, MA-NH Colorado Springs, CO

49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72.

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Cedar Rapids, IA Eugene-Springfield, OR Manchester-Nashua, NH Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA San Antonio, TX Reading, PA San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Salem, OR Lynchburg, VA Bridgeport-StamfordNorwalk, CT Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Kansas City, MO-KS Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Dallas-Fort WorthArlington, TX Medford, OR Little Rock-N Little Rock-Conway, AR Asheville, NC Houston-Sugar LandBaytown, TX Phoenix-MesaScottsdale, AZ Bradenton-SarasotaVenice, FL Greenville-MauldinEasley, SC Portland-VancouverBeaverton, OR-WA

73. 74. 75. 76.

Naples-Marco Island, FL Baltimore-Towson, MD Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Savannah, GA

3rd Quintile
77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. Fayetteville, NC Corpus Christi, TX Albuquerque, NM Wilmington, NC Fayetteville, Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Fort Wayne, IN Baton Rouge, LA Richmond, VA Davenport-MolineRock Island, IA-IL Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Bellingham, WA Sacramento--ArdenArcade--Roseville, CA Winston-Salem, NC Green Bay, WI Springfield, IL Memphis, TN-MS-AR Topeka, KS Columbia, SC Lexington-Fayette, KY Roanoke, VA Springfield, MA Spokane, WA

2nd Quintile
Greeley, CO Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Des Moines-West Demoines, IA Denver-Aurora, CO Boise City-Nampa, ID Seattle-TacomaBellevue, WA Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Wichita, KS Grand RapidsWyoming, MI Nashville-DavidsonMurfreesboroFranklin, TN

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City Composite Rankings (continued)


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99.

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

121. 122.

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

144. 145.

Orlando-Kissimmee, FL Greensboro-High Point, NC

166. Redding, CA 167. 168. Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX

100. New Haven-Milford, CT 101. Albany-SchenectadyTroy,NY 102. Chico, CA 103. Cleveland-ElyriaMentor, OH 104. Pensacola-Ferry PassBrent, FL 105. Tucson, AZ 106. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Virginia Beach107. Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Charleston-N 108. CharlestonSummerville, SC Milwaukee109. Waukesha-West Allis, WI 110. Reno-Sparks, NV 111. Norwich-New London, CT 112. Kennewick-PascoRichland, WA 113. Chicago-NapervilleJoilet, IL-IN-WI 114. Duluth, MN-WI

123. Worcester, MA New York-North New 124. Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 125. South BendMishawaka, IN-MI

Miami-Fort 146. Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 147. New OrleansMetairie-Kenner, LA Detroit-WarrenLivonia, MI

Allentown169. Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 170. Montgomery, AL 171. Visalia-Porterville, CA 172. Clarksville, TN-KY 173. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 174. Chattanooga, TN-GA 175. Peoria, IL 176. HagerstownMartinsburg, MD-WV Palm Bay-MelbourneTitusville, FL

148. Akron,OH 149.

126. Modesto, CA 127. Columbus, OH Cincinnati128. Middletown, OH-KYIN 129. Syracuse, NY Philadephia-Camden130. Wilmington, PA-NJDE-MD 131. St. Louis, MO-IL 132. Fresno, CA Riverside-San 133. Bernardino-Ontario, CA Providence-New 134. Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Scranton--Wilkes135. Barre, PA 136. Springfield, MO 137. Lubbock, TX 138. Evansville, IN-KY 139. Tampa-St. PetersburgClearwater, FL

Myrtle Beach-North 150. Myrtle BeachConway, SC 151. Yakima, WA Louisville-Jefferson 152. County, KY-IN

5th Quintile
153. Jacksonville, FL 154. Dayton, OH 155. Rockford, IL Las Vegas-Paradise, 156. NV Deltona-Daytona 157. Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 158. Bakersfield, CA 159. Tallahassee, FL 160. Columbus, GA-AL 161. Toledo, OH 162. Canton-Massillon, OH 163. El Paso, TX 164. 165. McAllen-EdinburgMission, TX Youngstown-WarrenBoardman, OH-PA

177. Ocala, FL 178.

179. Erie, PA 180. Binghamton, NY 181. Mobile, AL 182. Charleston, WV 183. Utica-Rome, NY 184. 185. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Hickory-LenoirMorganton, NC

4th Quintile
115. Pittsburgh, PA 116. Trenton-Ewing, NJ 117. Oklahoma City, OK Poughkeepsie118. NewburghMiddletown, NY 119. Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 120. York-Hanover, PA

186. Port St. Lucie, FL 187. Fort Smith, AR-OK Kingsport-Bristol188. Bristol, TN-VA 189. Flint, MI 190. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

140. Knoxville, TN 141. Jackson, MS 142. Stockton, CA 143. Tulsa, OK

Survey Sample Size by City


Akron, OH AlbanySchenectady-Troy, NY Albuquerque, NM AllentownBethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Anchorage, AK Ann Arbor, MI Appleton, WI Asheville, NC Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA AugustaRichmond County, GA-SC Austin-Round Rock, TX Bakersfield, CA Baltimore-Towson, MD Barnstable Town, MA Baton Rouge, LA Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Bellingham, WA Billings, MT Binghamton, NY BirminghamHoover, AL Boise City-Nampa, ID BostonCambridgeQuincy, MA-NH 702 1,243 1,295 1,136 485 368 316 689 5,196 Boulder, CO BradentonSarasota-Venice, FL BremertonSilverdale, WA

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389 835 422 899 1,501 374 455 713 360 766 428 1,896 307 638 7,736 365 2,351 351 2,188 958 845

Columbus, GA-AL Columbus, OH Corpus Christi, TX Dallas-Fort WorthArlington, TX DavenportMoline-Rock Island, IA-IL Dayton, OH Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Denver-Aurora, CO Des Moines-West Demoines, IA Detroit-WarrenLivonia, MI Duluth, MN-WI Durham, NC El Paso, TX Erie, PA EugeneSpringfield, OR Evansville, IN-KY Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville, Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Flint, MI Fort CollinsLoveland, CO Fort Smith, AR-OK Fort Wayne, IN

325 1,985 348 5,729 501 1,061 621 3,272 725 3,758 424 648 598 485 582 466 390 589 427 465 364 552

Fresno, CA Grand RapidsWyoming, MI Greeley, CO Green Bay, WI Greensboro-High Point, NC GreenvilleMauldin-Easley, SC HagerstownMartinsburg, MD-WV Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Hickory-LenoirMorganton, NC Honolulu, HI Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX HuntingtonAshland, WV-KYOH Huntsville, AL IndianapolisCarmel, IN Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL KalamazooPortage, MI Kansas City, MOKS Kennewick-PascoRichland, WA Killeen-TempleFort Hood, TX

830 850 376 404 903 760 309 954 1,570 498 697 4,500 399 542 2,008 563 1,397 399 2,437 395 409

BridgeportStamford-Norwalk, CT Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Burlington-South Burlington, VT Canton-Massillon, OH Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Cedar Rapids, IA Charleston-N CharlestonSummerville, SC Charleston, WV CharlotteGastonia-Concord, NC-SC Charlottesville, VA Chattanooga, TN-GA ChicagoNaperville-Joilet, IL-IN-WI Chico, CA CincinnatiMiddletown, OHKY-IN Clarksville, TN-KY Cleveland-ElyriaMentor, OH Colorado Springs, CO Columbia, SC

622 1,714 792 2,863 397 859 434 357 321 409 1,372 886

5,201

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The Well-Being Index is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where a score of 100 represents ideal well-being.

New HavenMilford, CT New OrleansMetairie-Kenner, LA New York-North New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Norwich-New London, CT Ocala, FL

980 1,174

PortlandVancouverBeaverton, OR-WA PoughkeepsieNewburghMiddletown, NY Prescott, AZ Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA Provo-Orem, UT Raleigh-Cary, NC Reading, PA Redding, CA Reno-Sparks, NV Richmond, VA Riverside-San BernardinoOntario, CA Roanoke, VA Rochester, NY Rockford, IL Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA Salem, OR

2,921

656 462 1,863 730 1,262 569 319 549 1,432 3,662 448 1,364 352 2,210 540 399 1,705 1,793 2,719

15,674 415 431 851 1,637 485 1,147 1,907 793 660 556 431

Kingsport-BristolBristol, TN-VA Knoxville, TN Lafayette, LA Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Lancaster, PA Lansing-East Lansing, MI Las VegasParadise, NV Lexington-Fayette, KY Lincoln, NE Little Rock-N Little Rock-Conway, AR Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Lubbock, TX Lynchburg, VA Madison, WI

429 963 317 581 781 526 1,664 516 433 873 9,465 1,556 310 316 907

ManchesterNashua, NH McAllen-EdinburgMission, TX Medford, OR Memphis, TN-MSAR Miami-Fort LauderdalePompano Beach, FL MilwaukeeWaukesha-West Allis, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Mobile, AL Modesto, CA Montgomery, AL Myrtle BeachNorth Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC Naples-Marco Island, FL NashvilleDavidsonMurfreesboroFranklin, TN

514 390 364 1,283

Ogden-Clearfield, UT Oklahoma City, OK Olympia, WA Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA OrlandoKissimmee, FL Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Palm BayMelbourneTitusville, FL Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

3,839

1,979

4,224 465 472 489 375 342

Peoria, IL PhiladephiaCamdenWilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Phoenix-MesaScottsdale, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Port St. Lucie, FL Portland-South PortlandBiddeford, ME

6,933

4,828 3862 440

Salinas, CA Salt Lake City, UT San Antonio, TX San DiegoCarlsbad-San Marcos, CA

1,927

872

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San FranciscoOakland-Fremont, CA San JoseSunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA San Luis ObispoPaso Robles, CA Santa BarbaraSanta MariaGoleta, CA Santa CruzWatsonville, CA Santa RosaPetaluma, CA Savannah, GA Scranton--WilkesBarre, PA

3,920

Seattle-TacomaBellevue, WA Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

4,465 488 419 825 302 940 572 3,422 577 885 465

Tampa-St. PetersburgClearwater, FL Toledo, OH Topeka, KS Trenton-Ewing, NJ Tucson, AZ Tulsa, OK Utica-Rome, NY Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Virginia BeachNorfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Visalia-Porterville, CA

2,606 769 379 416 1,539 1,246 441 374 1,981 425

WashingtonArlingtonAlexandria, DC-VAMD-WV Wichita, KS Wilmington, NC Winston-Salem, NC Worcester, MA Yakima, WA York-Hanover, PA YoungstownWarren-Boardman, OH-PA

6,198

1,490 410 495 325 597 346

South BendMishawaka, IN-MI Spokane, WA Springfield, IL Springfield, MA Springfield, MO St. Louis, MO-IL Stockton, CA Syracuse, NY

765 529 664 973 319 629

855

751

Tallahassee, FL

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Congressional District Rankings


1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. CA-14 VA-08 CA-42 WA-07 NC-09 MD-08 PA-16 CA-30 CA-15 CA-48 VA-10 IL-10 KS-03 NC-04 CO-06 MN-03 WA-01 MA-07 MN-02 MN-01 NY-08 UT-02 TX-07 CA-29 AZ-05 MI-09 TX-03 CA-50 CA-13 VA-11 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. HI-02 NJ-11 CA-24 TX-22 NH-01 GA-06 CA-36 CA-26 CO-02 ND-01 TX-21 OR-01 NY-14 WA-08 CA-12 AK-01 MI-03 DC-01 IA-04 CA-23 CA-17 TN-05 CA-06 CA-11 TX-24 MN-04 HI-01 TX-26 NE-02 ME-01 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. AZ-06 IA-01 NY-18 CA-51 NY-26 CA-46 UT-01 OH-12 MD-03 WI-05 IL-06 MA-10 MA-04 CA-04 IL-13 AL-06 MN-07 UT-03 PA-04 MN-05

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North Dakota residents were most positive about their work situations

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99.

WI-02 VT-01 NE-01 VA-07 CA-53 NJ-07 IL-09 MI-15 MN-06 CA-08 TN-07 VA-06 GA-07 AR-02 CA-16 MO-02 AZ-03 IA-03 FL-20

101. PA-07 102. AZ-08 103. ID-01 104. SD-01 105. TX-32 106. CA-40 107. TX-10 108. MT-01 109. CO-04 110. NJ-05 111. CO-05 112. NJ-12 113. TX-17 114. NM-01 115. CT-05 116. CA-39 117. OH-02 118. SC-04 119. MD-04 120. NH-02

121. SC-02 122. MA-09 123. IL-07 124. KS-01 125. MD-01 126. CA-52 127. MA-08 128. IA-02 129. PA-06 130. MA-03 131. CA-10 132. NJ-08 133. RI-01 134. CO-01 135. MD-05 136. MN-08 137. NY-01 138. TX-25 139. NE-03 140. NY-25

100. VA-01

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No states increased in obesity in 2011

141. OK-05 142. WI-01 143. TX-23 144. TX-14 145. WI-03 146. CT-02 147. CA-09 148. FL-19 149. NC-13 150. WY-01 151. CA-45 152. CA-25 153. WA-04 154. CT-03 155. NY-29 156. LA-06 157. WI-08 158. OR-05 159. ID-02 160. GA-09 161. WA-03 162. MA-05 163. OH-10 164. OH-14 165. FL-14 166. AL-05 167. MO-09 168. IN-05 169. CT-04 170. FL-13

171. PA-18 172. MD-06 173. IN-03 174. IN-04 175. CT-01 176. GA-05 177. TX-31 178. TX-27 179. NM-03 180. KS-04 181. PA-13 182. NC-12 183. CO-03 184. CA-44 185. MI-08 186. NY-20 187. FL-07 188. GA-10 189. MI-06 190. KS-02

191. MA-01 192. MI-02 193. TN-06 194. VA-02 195. CA-27 196. IL-08 197. GA-13 198. GA-11 199. VA-05 200. FL-22 201. FL-24 202. TN-09 203. IA-05 204. GA-04 205. OR-02 206. PA-08 207. GA-12 208. VA-04 209. CA-49 210. AZ-01

211. CA-28 212. IL-16 213. TX-19 214. TX-11 215. CA-01 216. WA-09 217. NY-11 218. KY-03 219. TX-05 220. MD-07 221. MA-06 222. IL-18 223. NJ-06 224. NC-03 225. WA-05 226. IL-14 227. NC-11 228. PA-17 229. NC-05 230. NY-19

231. CA-03 232. NV-03 233. OR-04 234. MI-11 235. FL-18 236. TX-02 237. NJ-04 238. FL-06 239. OK-01 240. PA-19 241. SC-01 242. CA-19 243. OK-03 244. NJ-03 245. NY-17 246. OH-16 247. FL-01 248. FL-09 249. NY-21 250. NC-06

251. NY-02 252. NC-08 253. MI-01 254. IL-17 255. LA-02 256. MS-03 257. GA-03 258. CA-32 259. MO-06 260. WI-06 261. FL-11 262. TX-06 263. WA-02 264. MO-07 265. CO-07 266. AR-03 267. LA-04 268. CA-37 269. NV-02 270. GA-08 271. RI-02

These state-level data are based on daily surveys conducted from January through December 2011.

272. PA-05 273. DE-01 274. OH-05 275. NC-07 276. AZ-02 277. MO-04 278. TX-13 279. TX-04 280. CA-21

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281. NY-09 282. OR-03 283. CA-34 284. CA-07 285. KY-01 286. OH-17 287. NY-04 288. SC-05 289. PA-10 290. TX-01 291. FL-10 292. NM-02 293. CA-33 294. NJ-09 295. TX-12 296. OH-13 297. SC-06 298. TX-15 299. OH-07 300. FL-15 301. IN-09 302. WA-06 303. LA-03 304. TX-18 305. MI-04 306. WI-07 307. TX-28 308. NY-23 309. NY-22 310. CA-41

311. PA-03 312. NY-27 313. CA-22 314. LA-05 315. IN-01 316. CA-47 317. IL-12 318. OH-08 319. MA-02 320. ME-02 321. PA-09 322. CA-05 323. IL-05 324. CA-43 325. TN-02 326. CA-31 327. MO-05 328. TX-29 329. MI-10 330. MS-04 331. WV-01 332. TX-30 333. CA-02 334. FL-02 335. PA-15 336. SC-03 337. PA-14 338. MD-02 339. OK-04 340. TX-09

341. MO-01 342. GA-01 343. FL-21 344. IL-15 345. LA-07 346. FL-08 347. TX-20 348. LA-01 349. IN-08 350. OH-04 351. CA-38 352. FL-05 353. IL-03 354. NY-28 355. NY-03 356. OH-03 357. IL-11 358. MO-03 359. AZ-07 360. NY-13 361. FL-25 362. NY-15 363. FL-12 364. KY-06 365. FL-16 366. AL-02 367. VA-03 368. AL-01 369. MI-12 370. KY-04

371. AL-03 372. IL-19 373. NC-02 374. PA-11 375. OH-15 376. TX-08 377. IN-07 378. OH-09 379. NY-12 380. MI-07 381. NY-05 382. TN-08 383. NC-01 384. NY-24 385. TN-04 386. CA-18 387. TX-16 388. NJ-01 389. CA-20 390. GA-02 391. NC-10 392. KY-02 393. OH-06 394. FL-04 395. CA-35 396. IL-04 397. NJ-10 398. AL-07 399. PA-02 400. OH-01 401. AR-01 402. OH-11 403. NJ-02 404. IN-02 405. MI-14 406. OH-18 407. OK-02 408. NY-06 409. MI-05 410. AL-04 411. TN-03 412. NJ-13 413. AR-04 414. PA-12 415. MS-02 416. MS-01 417. IL-02 418. TN-01 419. NY-10 420. NY-07 421. NV-01 422. VA-09 423. WI-04 424. IL-01 425. WV-03 426. WV-02 427. IN-06 428. FL-17 429. MO-08 430. AZ-04 431. FL-23 432. PA-01 433. NY-16 434. FL-03 435. MI-13 436. KY-05

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Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

AK-01 AL-01 AL-02 AL-03 AL-04 AL-05 AL-06 AL-07 AR-01 AR-02 AR-03 AR-04 AZ-01 AZ-02 AZ-03 AZ-04 AZ-05 AZ-06 AZ-07 AZ-08 CA-01 CA-02 CA-03 CA-04 CA-05 CA-06 CA-07 CA-08 CA-09 CA-10

1,026 803 878 751 859 928 985 606 826 970 1,068 862 1,043 1,477 882 436 904 1,178 666 1,418 1,033 1,085 795 1,076 542 817 544 568 651 678

CA-11 CA-12 CA-13 CA-14 CA-15 CA-16 CA-17 CA-18 CA-19 CA-20 CA-21 CA-22 CA-23 CA-24 CA-25 CA-26 CA-27 CA-28 CA-29

766 503 422 652 478 481 667 561 863 474 702 858 700 738 669 554 486 497 515 673 381 314 451 334 376 560 457 309 354 509

CA-41 CA-42 CA-43 CA-44 CA-45 CA-46 CA-47 CA-48 CA-49 CA-50 CA-51 CA-52 CA-53 CO-01 CO-02 CO-03 CO-04 CO-05 CO-06 CO-07 CT-01 CT-02 CT-03 CT-04 CT-05 DC-01 DE-01 FL-01 FL-02 FL-03

857 483 455 672 834 584 313 695 697 689 430 638 603 734 842 1,174 1,063 1,100 1,142 913 876 1,075 803 644 883 730 1,022 877 874 388

FL-04 FL-05 FL-06 FL-07 FL-08 FL-09 FL-10 FL-11 FL-12 FL-13 FL-14 FL-15 FL-16 FL-17 FL-18 FL-19 FL-20 FL-21

811 1,180 928 1,013 747 687 693 479 697 921 973 902 891 366 402 785 559 317

FL-22 FL-23 FL-24 FL-25 GA-01 GA-02 GA-03 GA-04 GA-05 GA-06 GA-07 GA-08 GA-09 GA-10 GA-11 GA-12 GA-13 HI-01

619 316 778 373 722 455 913 438 632 686 917 740 948 942 765 634 779 461

HI-02 IA-01 IA-02 IA-03 IA-04 IA-05 ID-01 ID-02 IL-01 IL-02 IL-03 IL-04 IL-05 IL-06 IL-07 IL-08 IL-09 IL-10

593 824 849 862 913 863 1,350 1,251 446 427 423 195 484 513 519 637 548 596

CA-30 CA-31 CA-32 CA-33 CA-34 CA-35 CA-36 CA-37 CA-38 CA-39 CA-40

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Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

IL-11 IL-12 IL-13 IL-14 IL-15 IL-16 IL-17 IL-18 IL-19 IN-01 IN-02 IN-03 IN-04 IN-05 IN-06 IN-07 IN-08 IN-09 KS-01 KS-02 KS-03 KS-04 KY-01 KY-02 KY-03 KY-04 KY-05 KY-06 LA-01 LA-02

795 767 626 706 840 775 784 827 757 741 860 949 949 974 809 726 841 920 919 1,001 919 910 966 930 874 919 838 881 792 433

LA-03 LA-04 LA-05 LA-06 LA-07 MA-01 MA-02 MA-03 MA-04 MA-05 MA-06 MA-07 MA-08 MA-09 MA-10 MD-01 MD-02 MD-03 MD-04 MD-05 MD-06 MD-07 MD-08 ME-01 ME-02 MI-01 MI-02 MI-03 MI-04 MI-05

633 807 802 754 805 905 868 743 693 729 731 712 596 670 913 917 683 771 646 736 908 635 817 1,182 1,262 956 834 745 879 659

MI-06 MI-07 MI-08 MI-09 MI-10 MI-11 MI-12 MI-13 MI-14 MI-15 MN-01 MN-02 MN-03 MN-04 MN-05 MN-06 MN-07 MN-08 MO-01 MO-02 MO-03 MO-04 MO-05 MO-06 MO-07 MO-08 MO-09 MS-01 MS-02 MS-03

782 731 715 623 623 663 600 348 382 670 916 862 902 774 795 910 970 1,005 621 868 793 875 738 851 923 876 902 812 785 830

MS-04 MT-01 NC-01 NC-02 NC-03 NC-04 NC-05 NC-06 NC-07 NC-08 NC-09 NC-10 NC-11 NC-12 NC-13 ND-01 NE-01

847 2364 665 733 913 1,022 1,009 1,037 867 807 948 901 1041 684 809 1,132 851

NE-02 NE-03 NH-01 NH-02 NJ-01 NJ-02 NJ-03 NJ-04 NJ-05 NJ-06 NJ-07 NJ-08 NJ-09 NJ-10 NJ-11 NJ-12 NJ-13

824 845 925 946 728 802 944 849 765 621 766 568 473 424 820 796 394

NM-01 NM-02 NM-03 NV-01 NV-02 NV-03 NY-01 NY-02 NY-03 NY-04 NY-05 NY-06 NY-07 NY-08 NY-09 NY-10 NY-11 NY-12

1,074 993 1,000 480 1,109 1,073 639 551 579 561 378 416 321 637 384 442 381 271

Southern states continue to have the lowest well-being in the nation

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Congressional Districts Survey Sample Size (continued)


Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

NY-13 NY-14 NY-15 NY-16 NY-17 NY-18 NY-19 NY-20 NY-21 NY-22 NY-23 NY-24 NY-25 NY-26 NY-27 NY-28 NY-29 OH-01 OH-02 OH-03 OH-04 OH-05 OH-06 OH-07 OH-08

453 649 480 290 486 635 662 972 984 939 1,020 1,000 843 931 852 660 1,052 652 793 742 798 759 773 759 709

OH-09 OH-10 OH-11 OH-12 OH-13 OH-14 OH-15 OH-16 OH-17 OH-18 OK-01 OK-02 OK-03 OK-04 OK-05 OR-01 OR-02 OR-03 OR-04 OR-05 PA-01 PA-02 PA-03 PA-04 PA-05

689 608 572 852 690 696 717 695 655 773 1,023 973 1,020 1,029 969 1,089 1,476 875 1,369 1,092 492 623 1,134 1,082 1,143

PA-06 PA-07 PA-08 PA-09 PA-10 PA-11 PA-12 PA-13 PA-14 PA-15 PA-16 PA-17 PA-18 PA-19 RI-01 RI-02 SC-01 SC-02 SC-03 SC-04 SC-05 SC-06 SD-01 TN-01 TN-02

1,052 945 860 1,078 1,113 915 1,025 726 886 964 990 1,070 1,049 1,119 637 645 1088 932 833 877 841 688 1,198 924 955

TN-03 TN-04 TN-05 TN-06 TN-07 TN-08 TN-09 TX-01 TX-02 TX-03 TX-04 TX-05 TX-06 TX-07 TX-08 TX-09 TX-10 TX-11 TX-12 TX-13 TX-14 TX-15 TX-16 TX-17 TX-18

829 947 879 899 1,054 819 492 796 570 680 923 711 631 641 817 330 791 801 697 788 708 431 535 818 444

TX-19 TX-20 TX-21 TX-22 TX-23 TX-24


TX-25 TX-26 TX-27 TX-28 TX-29 TX-30 TX-31 TX-32 UT-01 UT-02 UT-03 VA-01 VA-02 VA-03 VA-04 VA-05 VA-06 VA-07 VA-08

790 346 823 741 732 604 848 1,048 493 510 377 419 989 747 1,424 1,591 1,256 933 809 635 822 941 997 922 818

VA-09 VA-10 VA-11 VT-01 WA-01 WA-02 WA-03 WA-04 WA-05 WA-06 WA-07 WA-08 WA-09 WI-01 WI-02 WI-03 WI-04 WI-05 WI-06 WI-07 WI-08 WV-01 WV-02 WV-03 WY-01

902 1,037 874 1,203 1,013 1,198 1,273 1,137 1,350 1,150 909 1,008 1,010 886 1,127 1,034 668 1,048 1,026 1,110 1,044 778 846 767 1,101

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State Domain Rankings


Life Evaluation Index
Top 5
Alaska
Hawaii North Dakota Maryland Utah

Rankings from data collected January 2, 2011 December 29, 2011

Emotional Health
Bottom 5 Top 5
45.6 45.4 45.3 43.2 41.1
Hawaii North Dakota Alaska Minnesota Nebraska

Bottom 5
83.8 82.4 82.2 81.6 81.6
Rhode Island Nevada Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky

60.2 59.1 57.7 54.5 54.1

Ohio Arkansas Missouri Kentucky West Virginia

78.0 77.8 77.7 76.3 75.5

Work Environment
Top 5
North Dakota Vermont Kansas Oregon Utah

Physical Health
Bottom 5 Top 5
44.1 43.8 43.4 42.4 40.6
Minnesota Colorado New Hampshire Hawaii Nebraska

Bottom 5
79.9 79.3 79.3 79.2 79.0
Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Kentucky West Virginia

54.3 51.4 50.5 50.4 50.2

Rhode Island Florida New York Mississippi Delaware

74.2 74.2 74.1 71.6 69.9

Healthy Behaviors
Top 5
Hawaii New Hampshire Vermont New Mexico California

Basic Access
Bottom 5 Top 5
60.0 59.7 59.5 59.3 59.1
Minnesota Massachusetts Wisconsin Hawaii New Hampshire

Bottom 5
86.6 86.6 85.8 85.6 85.4
Louisiana Alaska West Virginia Nevada Mississippi

68.9 67.2 67.2 67.1 66.9

Mississippi Arkansas Missouri Kentucky Oklahoma

79.2 79.0 78.5 78.0 77.6

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About the State, Congressional District & City Reports

Survey Methods:
The survey methods for Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index relies on live (not automated) interviewers, dual-frame random-digit-dial (RDD) sampling (which includes landlines as well as wireless phone sampling to reach those in wireless-only households), and a random selection method for choosing respondents within a household. Additionally, daily tracking includes Spanish-language interviews for respondents who speak only Spanish, includes interviews in Alaska and Hawaii. The data are weighted daily to compensate for disproportional ties in selection probabilities and non-response. The data are weighted to match targets from the U.S. Census Bureau by age, sex, region, gender, education, ethnicity and race. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Composite Score is comprised of six sub-indices: Life Evaluation, Emotional Health, Physical Health, Healthy Behavior, Work Environment and Basic Access. The Life Evaluation Sub-Index is partially based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale and combines the evaluation of ones present life situation with ones anticipated life situation five years from now. The Emotional Health Sub-Index is primarily a composite of respondents daily experiences, asking respondents to think about how they felt yesterday along nine dimensions. The Physical Health Sub-Index is comprised of questions related to: Body Mass Index, disease burden, sick days, physical pain, daily energy, history of disease and daily health experiences. The Healthy Behavior Sub-Index includes items measuring life style habits with established relationships to health outcomes. The Work Environment Sub-Index surveys workers on several factors to gauge their feelings and perceptions about their work environment. The Basic Access Sub-Index is based on thirteen items measuring residents access to food, shelter, healthcare and a safe and satisfying place to live.

Survey Dates:
January 2, 2011 through December 29, 2011

Sample Information:
Total Surveys: 353,492 respondents aged 18 and older Maximum Sample Size: Cities: 15,674 respondents States: 33,118 respondents Congressional Districts: 2,364 respondents Minimum Sample Size: Cities: 302 respondents States: 1,022 respondents Congressional District: 195 respondents *

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls. The Well-Being Index composite result is an average of six domains: life evaluation, emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors, work environment and basic access. Among states, overall WellBeing Index results ranged from a high of 70.2 (Hawaii) to a low of 62.3 (West Virginia). The 2011 national average for Well-Being was 66.2, Life Evaluation - 48.8, Emotional Health 79.0, Physical Health 76.7, Healthy Behaviors 63.4, Work Environment 47.2 and Basic Access - 81.9. For detailed descriptions of the domains, visit the methodology section of www.well-beingindex.com.

Margin of Error:
For results based on the overall 353,492 respondents, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is 0.2 percentage points.

Position Scale:
Each State is positioned from 1-50, based on composite scores as compared to all States; Each Congressional District is positioned from 1-436, based on composite scores as compared to all Congressional Districts; Each City (Metropolitan Statistical Area) is positioned from 1-190, based on composite scores as compared to all Cities.

Composite Result:
0 (bottom) 100 (top) Scale For results based on 5,000, 1.4 percentage points For results based on 1,000, 3.1 percentage points For results based on 500, 4.4 percentage points For results based on 300, 5.7 percentage points

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