Is Florida One Of The Safest States In The U.S.?

Is Florida one of the safest states in the U.S.? Wallethub did a study of the safest states and they ranked the states in five categories. Those categories are personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness.

So, is Florida one the safest states in the U.S. according to this study? No, Florida is not. They actually are one the the bottom 10 states in safety. Florida ranks #44 overall and are only in the top 25 in one of the five categories. Florida ranked 25th in financial safety. The category were they ranked worst in is road safety where they ranked 46th.

So what states is the safest in the U.S.? It is Vermont and they rank in the top 10 of 4 of the 5 categories. They are #1 in workplace safety and #2 in personal and residential safety.

Below is the Top 10 safest states.

Here are the bottom 10 states in their study.

Tampa is one the best cities for Halloween according to Wallethub. The way they came up with their list is they compared the 100 largest U.S. cities based on 22 key metrics. Some of those metrics are: costume stores per capita, average price per Halloween party ticket, Trick-Or-Treater friendliness, Halloween fun and Halloween weather.

Tampa came is #20 on their list. Tampa is 49th in trick-or-teater friendliness, 12th in Halloween fun and 9th for Halloween weather. Orlando was also in the Top 20 where they landed at #11 on the list.

Check out the Top 10 best cities for Halloween below.

NYC is #1 in friendliness and 3rd in Halloween fun, but they are 88th in Halloween weather.

The are #2 on the list and also #2 in Halloween weather. They are also #6 in friendliness.

Interesting that Miami is 30th in Halloween weather when Tampa is #9. I guess the heat really makes a difference in South Florida. Miami ranks in the Top 10 in friendliness and fun.

The only category Los Angeles is in the Top 10 is for fun. They are in the Top 20 for friendliness and fun.

San Diego is in the Top 25 is all categories, but is #4 for Halloween fun.

San Jose is located near San Francisco and San Francisco is #2 for Halloween weather. Well, San Jose is #5 for weather.

Jersey City is #2 in friendliness, but 59th in fun and 92nd for weather. #7 seems a little high for Jersey City on this list.

Las Vegas is known for fun and they rank #2 in Halloween fun. They also rank 50th in friendliness and 54th in weather, so #8 seems a little high.

Santa Ana is located southeast of Los Angeles and Santa Ana is #7 in friendliness. They are also #66 in fun.

Boston is #3 in friendliness, but 54th in fun and 87th for weather.