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Smoking Rates Remain Highest in Kentucky, Lowest in Utah

Nationwide, smoking rates range from a high of 29% in Kentucky to a low of 11% in Utah, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data collected in the first half of 2011. Smoking rates continue to be highest in the South and Midwest and ...

Early Voting Higher Than in Past U.S. Midterms

Four in 10 U.S. registered voters say they have already voted or plan to vote before Election Day, a higher proportion than in prior midterm elections.

Hawaii Remains State With Least Stress

Hawaii residents, on average, remained the least likely in the U.S. to say they felt stressed on any given day in 2012, at 32.1%. West Virginia residents were the most likely to report feeling stress, at 47.1%.

Healthcare Coverage Still Uneven Across U.S. Metro Areas

The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.

Mississippians Go to Church the Most; Vermonters, Least

Mississippians were the most frequent churchgoers in the nation in 2009, with 63% of residents attending weekly or almost every week. Frequent church attendance clusters in the Southern and Midwestern states; Utah (56%) is the exception. ...

Ukrainians Denounce Kremlin, Pivot to U.S.

Gallup surveys in Ukraine show the war has destroyed the last shred of Ukrainian support for Russia, while approval of the U.S. is at an all-time high.

North Dakotans Continue to Report Best Jobs Situation

Workers in North Dakota report a more positive hiring situation at their places of employment than workers in any other state. Workers in Maine and Oregon report the least positive hiring situations.

Africans Divided on Russia's Leadership Before Ukraine War

Africans' support for Russia was mixed in the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Wyoming, North Dakota and Mississippi Most Conservative

Wyoming, North Dakota and Mississippi are the most right-leaning states in the union, while Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are the most liberal.

Texas Uninsured Rate Drifts Further From Other States

For the fifth straight year, Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the U.S. -- the 28.8% of residents without healthcare coverage in 2012 is the highest for any state since Gallup and Healthways began tracking it in 2008.