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In all 50 states, older residents have higher well-being than the state's population as a whole, with older residents in Delaware having the largest well-being advantage relative to the overall state population. Older adults living in Wyoming ...

A record-high 68% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, including majorities of most demographic groups.

North Dakota residents in 2013 had the highest well-being in the U.S. for the first time, while West Virginians had the lowest for the fifth straight year. Eleven states' well-being scores have improved steadily since 2010.

For the fifth consecutive year, North Dakota topped all other states in employee perceptions of job creation, according to the Gallup Job Creation Index. Rhode Island workers saw the least job creation in 2013.

The Gallup Economic Confidence Index was negative in all 50 states in the first half of 2012, but positive in the District of Columbia. Residents of West Virginia are by far the most negative in the nation.

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.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index rose in all but five states in 2013. West Virginia remained the least confident state, while Massachusetts, along with the District of Columbia, was the most confident.

North Dakota had the highest Payroll to Population employment rate in the U.S. in 2012; Mississippi and South Carolina had the lowest. Six Midwestern states had among the highest P2P rates and among the lowest underemployment rates.

President Donald Trump's job approval averaged 50% or higher in 17 states in 2018 but was below 40% in 16 states.