Infrastructure has a big impact on the quality of day-to-day life.
Whether you’re struggling to get around because of poor road quality, unreliable public transportation, or your neighborhood experiences frequent power outages, weak infrastructure can make everyday life more difficult.
It’s also something that varies massively from state to state.
US News & World Report compiled a ranking of states with the best and worst infrastructure, which forms part of its annual ranking of the best states to live in.
To determine the quality of each state’s infrastructure, US News & World Report examined three categories: energy, internet access, and transportation.
For energy, it calculated the average retail electricity price, power grid reliability, and renewable energy usage.
Internet access was analyzed by looking at the broadband subscription internet and access to high-speed broadband internet.
For transport, the metrics were commute time, bridge quality, road quality, and public transit usage. Each state was then ranked based on these metrics.
US News & World Report prioritized recent and standardized data from government sources to compile the ranking.
Here is the infrastructure quality of all 50 states, from worst to best.
50. West Virginia
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49. Mississippi
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48. Alaska
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47. Rhode Island
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46. Louisiana
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45. New Mexico
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44. Hawaii
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43. Pennsylvania
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42. Michigan
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41. Maine
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40. Arkansas
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39. Virginia
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38. Massachusetts
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37. Wisconsin
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36. Wyoming
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35. Missouri
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34. New York
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33. Montana
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32. California
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31. Ohio
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30. Alabama
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29. South Carolina
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28. Kentucky
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27. Idaho
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26. North Carolina
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25. Connecticut
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24. Maryland
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23. Arizona
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22. Indiana
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21. Illinois
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20. Georgia
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19. Oklahoma
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18. New Hampshire
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17. Tennessee
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16. Texas
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15. Iowa
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14. Vermont
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13. Delaware
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12. New Jersey
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11. Florida
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10. Colorado
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9. Minnesota
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8. Washington
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7. North Dakota
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6. South Dakota
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5. Kansas
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4. Utah
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3. Nebraska
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2. Oregon
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1. Nevada
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