Is Texas A Happy State? Survey Says – Meh …

A new study says that, on the happiness scale, Texas is just "ok" while our neighbors in New Mexico are flat out bummed.

A new WalletHub study just ranked all 50 of the United States of America in terms of happiness and Texans are apparently just kinda "meh" on the subject.

Hawaii is the happiest state, Texas is fairly centered and New Mexico came in damn near last. With all those dispensaries, you'd think NM would have won this one, right?

Well ... for good, bad or otherwise ... this does bear out another recent study that said  Texas is more fun than New Mexico. Just sayin'. Although, honestly, I think all of the results of these "studies" are really in the eye of the beholder

How Did WalletHub Figure This Out?

WalletHub says it determined the happiest states by analyzing all 50 across three main dimensions: emotional and physical well-being, work environment, and community and environment. Within these categories, researchers used 30 weighted metrics—such as depression rates, income levels, and physical health—each graded on a 100-point scale. The weighted averages from these metrics produced the overall scores and final rankings. - Newsweek

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Where Did Texas And New Mexico Rank?

Texas came in a little south of center at 37 while New Mexico was only 6 places from last at 44. See the entire USA map and rankings here. Hawaii was #1 for folks being happy which makes sense. It's beautiful, they don't bother with that daylight savings time BS and they have hula girls.

They also really have to be happy there; where else are they gonna go? Outside of "island hopping", their nearest neighbors, (California), are over 2,500 miles away.

Fun Fact: Technically, California isn't the closest state. Depending on where you measure from, Alaska is closer than Cally.