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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
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.
To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-singles/31667
Originally posted on Modern Salon
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