How Safe Is Your State? The Top 20 Riskiest Places to Live in America

The 2023 study by WalletHub ranked the least-safe states in the US, considering factors such as personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety, and emergency preparedness. Here’s a rundown of the 20 least-safe states:

1. Louisiana – Ranked as the least-safe state overall. Notably, it has the highest fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel and is tied for most assaults per capita.
2. Mississippi – Ranked as the least-safe in WalletHub’s financial safety, road safety, and emergency preparedness metrics.
3. Arkansas – Notable for being the third least-safe state in road safety and workplace safety.
4. Texas – It’s the 11th least-safe state in personal and residential safety and the third least-safe in emergency preparedness.
5. Florida – Ranked 16th in personal and residential safety and 5th in road safety, workplace safety, and emergency preparedness.
6. Alabama – Considered the eighth least-safe state in emergency preparedness and the sixth worst for financial safety.
7. Oklahoma – Ranks 34th for personal and residential safety and 33rd in financial safety.
8. Colorado – The least-safe state in personal and residential safety, and sixth worst in workplace safety.
9. Montana – 10th least-safe state for workplace safety.
10. Missouri – Ranked 20th in personal and residential safety and 19th in financial safety.
11. Tennessee – Third least-safe state in personal and residential safety.
12. South Carolina – Seventh least-safe in both personal and residential safety and road safety.
13. Georgia – Ranked third worst state for financial safety.
14. Kansas – Considered the sixth least-safe state in emergency preparedness.
15. California – Second least-safe state in personal and residential safety.
16. Ohio – Ranked seventh in financial safety and 18th in workplace safety.
17. South Dakota – Second least-safe state in workplace safety.
18. Illinois – Ranked fifth in financial safety.
19. Nebraska – Ranks as the 19th least-safe state overall.
20. Nevada – Ranked fourth in financial safety and fifth in personal and residential safety.

These rankings highlight the diverse safety challenges faced by different states, ranging from financial instability to high crime rates and emergency preparedness issues.