2017’s Safest States in America

From Wallet Hub, June 6, 2017

With every new headline about a mass shooting, terrorist attack, hate crime or natural disaster, many of us fear for our safety and that of our loved ones. Safety is a fundamental human need. And we require some form of it, such as personal and financial protection, in every setting of daily life. But we’re likely to feel more secure in some states than in others.

In order to determine the safest states in America, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states across 37 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories. Their data set ranges from assaults per capita to unemployment rate to total loss amounts from climate disasters per capita. Read on ... LINK

HAWAII

• Rank 10th
• Score -- 58.60
• Personal and Residential Safety – 11th
• Financial Safety – 2nd
• Road Safety – 42nd
• Workplace Safety – 18th
• Emergency Preparedness – 10th
• Lowest Unemployment – 1st
• Lowest Uninsured Population – 3rd
• Highest Percentage of Adults with Rainy-day funds – 4th