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Hawaii led the U.S. in financial well-being in 2014. Southern states accounted for all of the 10 lowest financial well-being scores.

Americans' opinions of Canada and Great Britain have slumped to new lows, with Japan and Italy replacing them at the top of this year's country ratings.

Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming were the most conservative states in 2012, with 49% to 50% of residents identifying as conservative in each. Residents of Washington, D.C., (41%) and Massachusetts (31%) were the most liberal.

Vermont residents are the most likely to report exercising frequently and eating produce regularly. Delaware ranks last in frequent exercise, while Oklahoma is at the bottom for produce consumption.

The number of states where conservatives outnumber liberals declined in 2017 to the lowest in Gallup's trend since 2008. Wyoming is still the most conservative state; Vermont and Massachusetts are the most liberal.

Washington, D.C., (55.7%) and North Dakota (52.2%) had the highest Payroll to Population rates in 2013. West Virginia and Mississippi had the lowest, at 36.1% and 37.1%, respectively.

Well-being was highest again in Hawaii and lowest in West Virginia across all 50 states that Gallup and Healthways surveyed in the first half of 2011. North Dakota has shown the biggest improvement in well-being for any state thus far in 2011.

Arkansas and Kentucky lead all states in reported drops in their uninsured rates from 2013 to 2014. Uninsured rates fell more in states that chose to expand Medicaid and set up their own marketplace exchanges than in those that didn't.

Nearly half of U.S. states saw their well-being scores decline in 2017, according to the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. No states saw improvement.

In 1947, Americans weren't sold on whether the U.S. should buy Greenland for $1 billion. Polls showed 33% in favor, 38% opposed and 28% unsure.