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2024’s Safest States in America – WalletHub Study

October 21, 2024

With every new headline about a mass shooting, terrorist attack, hate crime or natural disaster, many of us fear for our safety and that of our loved ones. Americans have to worry about their financial safety as well, as the government continues to work on slowing down inflation.

Certain states keep their residents safer than others. In order to determine the safest states in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 52 key safety indicators grouped into five different categories. Our data set ranges from assaults per capita to the total loss amount from climate disasters per capita to the unemployment rate.

Top 5 Safest States in 2024

  1. Vermont
  2. New Hampshire
  3. Maine
  4. Massachusetts
  5. Utah

Safest States in the U.S.

Overall Rank*  State Total Score  Personal & Residential Safety Rank  Financial Safety Rank  Road Safety Rank  Workplace Safety Rank  Emergency Preparedness Rank 
1 Vermont 67.94 6 1 4 2 9
2 New Hampshire 65.58 1 2 8 42 3
3 Maine 64.19 4 3 15 22 2
4 Massachusetts 63.59 3 4 3 24 10
5 Utah 62.67 27 14 7 1 4
6 Hawaii 60.11 11 6 27 15 11
7 Connecticut 59.51 2 26 20 28 16
8 Minnesota 59.04 22 9 2 6 23
9 Rhode Island 57.45 19 13 11 38 8
10 Wyoming 55.87 15 15 21 21 21
11 Idaho 55.60 17 24 5 47 13
12 Indiana 55.53 12 43 13 8 29
13 Iowa 55.48 5 25 1 5 46
14 Arizona 54.29 34 21 48 7 6
15 Virginia 54.19 30 11 24 3 31
16 Maryland 53.87 29 20 19 17 22
17 New Jersey 53.28 8 41 14 29 24
18 Washington 53.25 43 19 30 11 7
19 Wisconsin 52.95 25 8 16 33 20
20 Delaware 52.84 7 28 40 41 12
21 Kentucky 52.72 10 35 32 16 30
22 Oregon 51.65 46 18 28 9 15
23 North Carolina 51.50 14 29 31 4 40
24 New York 51.27 20 33 6 30 26
25 Alaska 51.21 49 23 36 13 1
26 Michigan 50.79 38 40 35 10 17
27 North Dakota 50.43 9 10 10 50 35
28 Pennsylvania 50.03 23 22 25 26 27
29 South Dakota 49.19 13 5 18 48 39
30 West Virginia 49.07 24 39 22 45 19
31 Illinois 48.31 21 46 23 23 38
32 Ohio 48.04 31 30 17 31 25
33 New Mexico 47.98 41 37 49 14 14
34 Nebraska 47.55 18 12 9 39 42
35 Kansas 45.79 28 17 12 34 45
36 Nevada 45.22 50 50 42 19 5
37 California 45.06 48 45 47 20 18
38 Montana 44.37 37 7 29 36 32
39 Missouri 43.84 26 27 43 27 41
40 Tennessee 43.46 47 31 37 12 37
41 South Carolina 43.32 42 32 46 18 33
42 Georgia 42.92 33 48 39 25 36
43 Colorado 42.00 44 16 34 43 28
44 Alabama 41.85 32 42 26 37 43
45 Oklahoma 39.92 36 34 38 35 44
46 Florida 37.66 35 44 41 43 47
47 Arkansas 36.85 45 36 45 46 34
48 Texas 36.41 39 38 44 32 48
49 Mississippi 35.13 16 47 50 49 50
50 Louisiana 33.27 40 49 33 40 49

Notes: *No. 1 = Safest
With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

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