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North Dakota ranked first among six Midwestern states in the top 10 in Gallup's Job Creation Index in 2012, according to employees' reports of hiring activity at their places of work. Maine had the lowest score.

Hawaii residents have the highest well-being in the U.S. for the sixth time since 2008. Alaska is among the top two states for the third straight year.

Wyoming, North Dakota and Utah residents were most confident in the U.S. economy in 2017, while Vermont residents were least confident.

For the fifth time in eight years, Hawaii claimed the top spot among U.S. states for well-being, while 2014's highest well-being state, Alaska, slipped to second. West Virginia had the lowest well-being for the seventh consecutive year.

Residents of the 50 states vary widely in how they view their own state's taxes, ranging from three-quarters saying their taxes are too high in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, to less than a quarter in Wyoming and Alaska.

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

Gallup's U.S. Standard of Living Index found Alaskans report the highest standard of living, while West Virginians report the lowest. The index rose in nearly all states in 2013, with the exceptions of Oklahoma and the District of Columbia.

One in four Mississippians struggled to afford food in 2013 -- more than in any other state for the sixth straight year, while about one in 10 Alaskans reported the same.

Since 2008-2009, the diabetes rate has increased in 18 U.S. states while declining in none. Obesity has risen in 34 states during that time.

Slightly more Americans were living with a cancer diagnosis in 2009 than were in 2008, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data, due in part to an increase among seniors. Cancer diagnosis rates are highest in Maine, South Dakota, and ...