The 10 Most Miserable States In America

Flickr/Jair Cabal

Life Evaluation: #37

Emotional Health: #48

Physical Health: #46

Healthy Behavior: #40

Work Environment: #16

Basic Access: #34

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Sandra Cohen-Rose

Life Evaluation: #45

Emotional Health: #35

Physical Health: #29

Healthy Behavior: #17

Work Environment: #47

Basic Access: #44

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/US Army Corps of Engineers

Life Evaluation: #48

Emotional Health: #37

Physical Health: #30

Healthy Behavior: #48

Work Environment: #31

Basic Access: #31

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr

Life Evaluation: #47

Emotional Health: #29

Physical Health: #45

Healthy Behavior: #47

Work Environment: #14

Basic Access: #39

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/US Army Corps of Engineers

Life Evaluation: #31

Emotional Health: #39

Physical Health: #47

Healthy Behavior: #41

Work Environment: #42

Basic Access: #38

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Evan Anderson

Life Evaluation: #46

Emotional Health: #41

Physical Health: #40

Healthy Behavior: #42

Work Environment: #41

Basic Access: #32

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Abby Rose

Life Evaluation: #41

Emotional Health: #40

Physical Health: #41

Healthy Behavior: #35

Work Environment: #50

Basic Access: #30

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Natalie Maynor

Life Evaluation: #34

Emotional Health: #32

Physical Health: #48

Healthy Behavior: #46

Work Environment: #49

Basic Access: #50

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Jason Meredith

Life Evaluation: #49

Emotional Health: #50

Physical Health: #49

Healthy Behavior: #49

Work Environment: #8

Basic Access: #40

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

Flickr/Bob Jagendorf

Life Evaluation: #50

Emotional Health: #49

Physical Health: #50

Healthy Behavior: #44

Work Environment: #25

Basic Access: #48 

Source: Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index. States are ranked from 1-50 where #1 is the top Rank and 50 is the bottom. States are split into quintiles; Green represents the top quintile, blue is second, purple is third, orange is fourth, and red is fifth (bottom). Click here to see how domains are measured. 

By Dina Spector, from: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-miserable-states-in-america-2012-2?op=1