People put tons of thought into raising a family. A lot of families move for better school districts, or move to different altogether to get more bang for their buck- raising kids ain’t cheap! WalletHub compared all 50 states across key indicators of family friendliness like health and safety, affordability, family fun, and education and child care. Hey, at least Illinois is in the top 20! Here’s the rest…

Source: WalletHub

Main Findings

State	Rank
Massachusetts	1
New York	2
Vermont	3
Minnesota	4
Nebraska	5
New Hampshire	6
Connecticut	7
Washington	8
North Dakota	9
New Jersey	10
Rhode Island	11
Iowa	12
Utah	13
Wisconsin	14
South Dakota	15
Illinois	16
Maine	17
Virginia	18
Colorado	19
Maryland	20
Pennsylvania	21
Montana	22
Hawaii	23
California	24
Oregon	25
Wyoming	26
Kansas	27
Missouri	28
Delaware	29
Texas	30
Ohio	31
Alaska	32
Indiana	33
Idaho	34
Michigan	35
Tennessee	36
North Carolina	37
Kentucky	38
Florida	39
Arizona	40
Georgia	41
Nevada	42
Alabama	43
Arkansas	44
West Virginia	45
Oklahoma	46
South Carolina	47
Louisiana	48
New Mexico	49
Mississippi	50

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Family Fun	Health & Safety	Education & Child Care	Affordability	Socio-economics
1	Massachusetts	65.21	9	3	2	2	24
2	New York	61.81	2	8	5	6	46
3	Vermont	59.15	44	1	4	30	1
4	Minnesota	58.79	13	9	22	9	7
5	Nebraska	58.49	17	10	12	14	4
6	New Hampshire	58.38	34	2	9	24	5
7	Connecticut	57.67	29	7	7	1	38
8	Washington	57.58	8	18	26	3	16
9	North Dakota	57.57	31	17	3	15	2
10	New Jersey	57.01	21	14	1	4	41
11	Rhode Island	55.72	28	5	17	5	32
12	Iowa	55.58	32	13	11	7	10
13	Utah	54.98	16	19	15	38	3
14	Wisconsin	54.47	20	23	16	19	11
15	South Dakota	54.39	30	12	13	27	8
16	Illinois	54.06	3	31	21	22	43
17	Maine	53.73	46	4	6	33	14
18	Virginia	53.16	27	11	14	13	17
19	Colorado	53.16	7	29	28	18	18
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