2020’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family

Raising a healthy, stable family sometimes requires moving to a new state. And the reasons for moving are often similar: career transitions, better schools, financial challenges or a general desire to change settings.
But wants and needs don’t always align in a particular state. For instance, a state might offer a low income-tax rate but have a subpar education system. However, families do not need to make these kinds of tradeoffs. They can avoid such problems by knowing which states offer the best combination of qualities that matter most to parents and their kids.
To help with the evaluation process, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 50 key indicators of family-friendliness. Our data set ranges from median family salary to housing affordability to unemployment rate. Read on for the complete ranking, relocation advice from our panel of experts and a full description of our methodology.
Best States for Families

Overall Rank (1 = Best)	State	Total Score	‘Family Fun’ Rank	‘Health & Safety’ Rank	‘Education & Child Care’ Rank	‘Affordability’ Rank	‘Socio-economics’ Rank
1	Minnesota	63.71	12	3	6	13	4
2	Massachusetts	63.22	8	4	4	20	15
3	North Dakota	62.40	30	6	1	8	1
4	Vermont	61.09	43	1	3	28	6
5	New Hampshire	60.94	39	2	7	9	5
6	New York	60.71	1	17	16	4	45
7	New Jersey	59.12	21	15	5	1	29
8	Nebraska	58.02	14	13	12	18	10
9	Connecticut	56.76	26	9	2	5	40
10	Washington	56.39	7	28	26	3	18
11	South Dakota	56.37	33	10	10	24	7
12	Iowa	56.34	32	14	11	15	8
13	Wisconsin	56.28	20	16	17	12	11
14	Rhode Island	56.15	24	8	14	2	36
15	Colorado	54.25	6	22	28	32	12
16	Illinois	54.23	3	31	22	23	37
17	California	53.88	2	36	38	14	28
18	Maine	53.47	46	5	9	25	17
19	Utah	53.02	18	25	21	37	3
20	Virginia	52.66	28	18	15	16	20
21	Wyoming	52.55	34	7	8	44	16
22	Montana	51.70	31	19	13	45	9
23	Hawaii	51.55	16	12	30	34	14
24	Pennsylvania	50.71	11	27	29	10	24
25	Kansas	50.03	35	30	23	21	13
26	Missouri	49.76	23	32	24	19	19
27	Oregon	48.81	10	20	36	33	23
28	Ohio	48.16	17	26	27	7	44
29	Idaho	47.85	40	11	46	47	2
30	Maryland	47.35	22	40	18	17	32
31	Delaware	46.88	45	21	20	27	25
32	Indiana	46.73	36	34	31	11	21
33	Texas	45.59	5	49	41	38	31
34	Michigan	45.30	38	23	42	6	27
35	Alaska	44.09	15	29	35	26	47
36	Kentucky	43.88	44	33	19	29	39
37	Tennessee	43.58	25	38	32	41	22
38	North Carolina	43.55	27	37	25	40	30
39	Florida	42.07	9	41	37	50	43
40	Nevada	40.94	4	43	49	49	46
41	Arizona	40.78	13	35	48	48	26
42	Georgia	39.42	29	45	43	35	42
43	South Carolina	39.25	42	39	34	43	34
44	Oklahoma	37.02	37	50	40	42	33
45	Arkansas	36.98	47	47	33	36	35
46	Alabama	36.78	48	44	45	22	38
47	West Virginia	36.57	50	24	39	39	41
48	Louisiana	36.35	19	46	47	31	49
49	Mississippi	31.88	49	48	44	30	50
50	New Mexico	30.68	41	42	50	46	48

By: WalletHub
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2020’s Best & Worst States to Raise a Family

01.07.2020