(CLEVELAND) Ohio ranked number seventeen on 2019’s Best States to Retire according to personal finance website WalletHub, who compared compared the 50 states across 46 key metrics. The study looked at everything from adjusted cost of living to weather to quality of public hospitals.
Ohio finished 20 for "Affordability" and 27 in "Quality of Life."
Best States to Retire
1. Florida
2. South Dakota
3. Colorado
4. New Hampshire
5. Virginia
6. Utah
7. Iowa
8. Wyoming
9. Pennsylvania
10. Minnesota
Worst States to Retire
41. Maryland
42. Louisiana
43. Mississippi
44. Arkansas
45. New Mexico
46. New Jersey
47. Vermont
48. West Virginia
49. Rhode Island
50. Kentucky
Best vs. Worst
- Arkansas has the lowest adjusted cost-of-living index for retirees, 85.95, which is 2.2 times lower than in Hawaii, where it is highest at 188.34.
- Louisiana has the lowest median annual cost of elderly housekeeping, $36,608, which is 1.8 times lower than in Washington, where it is highest at $64,064.
- Alaska has the highest share of the population aged 65 and older still working, 23.37 percent, which is 1.8 times higher than in West Virginia, where it is lowest at 12.83 percent.
Florida has the highest share of the population aged 65 and older, 19.40 percent, which is 1.9 times higher than in Alaska, where it is lowest at 10.10 percent.
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