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The third in Gallup's "State of the States" series reveals that residents of North Dakota, Utah, and Texas are among the least negative U.S. residents about the nation's economy, while those living in Rhode Island, Michigan, and Maine are the ...

Utah residents are least likely to be satisfied with their area's air quality, followed by residents of several other Western states. Residents of states in the northern Midwest are among the most likely to be satisfied.

Utah scores best by far across 13 forward-looking metrics that might determine which U.S. states will be the best places to live in the future. West Virginia scores lowest.

On a state-by-state basis, U.S. adults' satisfaction with their own standard of living -- that is, "all the things you can buy and do" -- falls in a fairly narrow range, from 82.3% in North Dakota at the high end to 69% in Nevada at the low end.

Gallup editors offer their picks for some of the most important world discoveries -- and most highly read international stories -- in 2022.

A Global Wellbeing Initiative study finds people worldwide are more likely to feel at peace with their own thoughts than to not, but this is not true everywhere.

Even as the West slapped Russia with economic sanctions after invading Ukraine, Russians remained upbeat about their local economic conditions.

For the third year in a row, Connecticut residents were the most likely to say they visited a dentist in the last 12 months, followed closely by those in Massachusetts. Mississippians were least likely to say they go to the dentist.

Americans value diversity in higher education but continue to oppose using race as a factor in college admissions.

Hawaii had the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. in 2014, at 19.0%. For the second year in a row, Mississippi had the highest obesity rate, with 35.2% of residents classified as obese according to residents' self-reported height and weight.