Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from Gallup and Sharecare
The pursuit of happiness is a basic American value, written into the Declaration of Independence.
This map shows how Americans in each state rate their overall happiness and well-being on an index assembled by Gallup and Sharecare.
South Dakota and Vermont top the list, while West Virginia and Louisiana are struggling.
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Happiness and living the good life are a cornerstone of the American Dream. The authors of the Declaration of Independence made sure to list fundamental rights as those of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” when they drafted the decisive document.
To get a sense of how that part of the American Dream is doing across the country, we concluded our recent roundup of 50 of our favorite maps that explain the social geography of America with the above entry, showing the Gallup-Sharecare Well Being…
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