Florida ranked high in U.S. News & World Report's Best States list for 2025, but Utah took it for the third year running. Here's where we did well.

Hawaii. Worst state: Mississippi ... New Mexico: The state was No. 50 in Education, 49th in Crime & Corrections and 42nd in Infrastructure, with average-to-low rankings for the rest.

Rhode Island built new homes at the slowest pace in the continental United States last year and is dead last in residential ...

That 922-unit increase in homes, or 0.2%, ranked 49th in the nation behind Alaska, 50th and Hawaii, 51st. Over the last five years, Rhode Island home growth looks even more anemic. The state added ...