With Valentine’s Day around the corner and high inflation making dates more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023's Best & Worst States for Singles.
by Staff
January 30, 2023
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With Valentine’s Day around the corner and high inflation making dates more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023's Best & Worst States for Singles.
To help unattached Americans improve their chances of finding love, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 30 key indicators of dating-friendliness. The data set ranges from the share of single adults to online-dating opportunities to restaurants per capita.
Best States for Singles
Worst States for Singles
1. California
41. Montana
2. New York
42. Alabama
3. Florida
43. South Carolina
4. Texas
44. Alaska
5. Pennsylvania
45. Mississippi
6. Illinois
46. Kentucky
7. New Jersey
47. Wyoming
8. Massachusetts
48. North Dakota
9. Wisconsin
49. Arkansas
10. Virginia
50. West Virginia
Best vs. Worst
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New Mexico has the highest share of single adults, 54.93 percent, which is 1.3 times higher than in Utah, the state with the lowest at 43.28 percent.
California has the most fitness and recreational facilities (per square root of population), 0.816385, which is 11.1 times more than in Hawaii, the state with the fewest at 0.073821.
North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate for the single population, 4.69 percent, which is 2.3 times lower than in Mississippi, the state with the highest at 10.99 percent.
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