Well-Being Index Report: The Happiest City In The United States Is A Warm One [VIDEO]
It's definitely no coincidence that one of the happiest cities in the nation is a warm one.
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In a new report that surveyed more than 176,000 randomly-selected adults across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, it found that the happiest city is found in the Sunshine State.
According to TODAY, the highest levels of happiness among the country's 100 biggest metro areas are found in Sarasota, Florida along with the neighboring communities of North Port and Bradenton.
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The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that residents in the high-ranked cities smoked 55 percent less than those in low well-being cities. Those that ranked low also had less access to food and helathcare
Another big difference found between the cities was the state of their teeth. Residents of low-ranked cities were found to have been much less likely to have visited a dentist in the last year.
"Good oral health makes a difference in well-being and that's not something people would normally think about," Dan Witters, research director for the index said. "People in high well-being cities take good care of their teeth."
The top 10 cities on the list were:
- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
- El Paso, Texas
- Austin-Round Rock, Texas
- Provo-Orem, Utah
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The lowest 10 communities found at the bottom of the index are:
- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania
- Toledo, Ohio
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Dayton, Ohio
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Indiana
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida
- Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- Columbus, Ohio
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan
- Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana
Those in the highest ranked had the following in common: they exercised more often, were less likely to be obese, had fewer health problems and reported feeling safe where they lived.
