Louisiana ranks second worst in study identifying the safest states in U.S.

Louisiana came in second lowest in a new study by the WalletHub website that examines safety risks facing residents of each of the 50 states, based on five key dimensions.

Louisiana earned a total score of 32.53 in the study by the personal finances website, with the maximum score set at 100. Examples of safety risks in the analysis included health concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and fears about natural disasters, terrorism and road safety.

In the “Personal & Residential Safety” category, the state received a rank of 43rd, and in the “Financial Safety” grouping, the state earned the rank of 49th. On the issue of traffic safety, the state ranked 34th.

The WalletHub analysis also ranked states in the categories of workplace safety and emergency preparedness.

The study examined safety issues in each state by looking at 53 indicators within the five broad categories. Indicators included coronavirus aid, assaults per capita and the state’s overall jobless rate.

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State Rankings Based on Personal Safety Issues

Overall Rank (1 = Safest)	State	Total Score	‘Personal & Residential Safety’ Rank	‘Financial Safety’ Rank	‘Road Safety’ Rank	‘Workplace Safety’ Rank	‘Emergency Preparedness’ Rank
1	Maine	66.02	1	20	1	22	1
2	Vermont	65.48	2	7	10	14	9
3	Minnesota	62.42	11	4	3	1	21
4	Utah	61.71	21	13	7	4	6
5	Wyoming	59.21	6	15	16	20	22
6	Iowa	59.21	3	3	4	10	44
7	Massachusetts	58.84	10	1	2	30	10
8	New Hampshire	58.82	7	10	22	43	4
9	Connecticut	58.81	4	17	23	24	16
10	Rhode Island	58.15	8	26	6	39	11
11	Washington	57.53	34	9	20	12	8
12	Oregon	56.99	26	21	18	9	13
13	Hawaii	55.89	22	8	43	21	5
14	New Jersey	53.71	9	23	28	23	24
15	Virginia	53.29	29	14	21	2	31
16	Maryland	52.32	30	22	19	15	23
17	Indiana	52.20	19	33	24	11	29
18	North Dakota	51.83	5	2	5	50	37
19	Wisconsin	51.71	20	19	15	34	18
20	Idaho	51.20	24	16	11	47	17
21	Delaware	50.83	13	37	17	40	14
22	Michigan	50.83	45	28	26	13	15
23	New York	50.40	12	24	8	32	28
24	Kentucky	50.37	15	43	35	16	30
25	Arizona	50.33	42	32	48	7	7
26	North Carolina	49.88	16	25	39	6	43
27	Nevada	49.78	48	40	45	3	3
28	New Mexico	49.64	38	45	49	5	12
29	Alaska	48.52	50	30	37	18	2
30	Nebraska	47.60	14	6	13	38	40
31	California	47.37	46	27	42	17	19
32	West Virginia	46.88	18	34	31	45	20
33	Pennsylvania	46.45	23	31	29	31	27
34	Illinois	45.92	33	41	9	25	34
35	Ohio	45.29	36	46	14	26	26
36	Colorado	44.45	39	5	40	42	25
37	Kansas	44.41	28	18	12	27	47
38	Montana	44.07	31	12	27	41	33
39	Tennessee	43.70	47	38	33	8	36
40	South Dakota	43.33	27	11	25	49	39
41	South Carolina	41.46	44	39	46	19	38
42	Georgia	40.91	25	50	44	28	35
43	Alabama	40.22	32	35	36	33	46
44	Missouri	40.12	37	29	38	29	41
45	Oklahoma	37.45	35	47	32	46	45
46	Texas	36.61	40	36	30	37	48
47	Arkansas	36.14	49	42	41	35	32
48	Florida	34.63	41	44	47	44	42
49	Louisiana	32.53	43	49	34	36	49
50	Mississippi	32.00	17	48	50	48	50

Source: WalletHub.com

This article was first published by The Center Square.

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