Report: WI ranks in the top 15 happiest states in America

Wisconsin is a happy place

MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin has been ranked the 11th happiest state in America, according to an analysis by WalletHub.com.

To put together this list, WalletHub officials compared the 50 states across 31 key indicators of happiness. The data set ranges from emotional health to income level to sports participation rate.

Below are Wisconsin's statistics, according to WalletHub:

Happiness in Wisconsin (1=Happiest; 25=Avg.)

According to WalletHub, the U.S. ranked 18th on this year's World Happiness Report -- down four spots since the previous edition.

Below is a complete list of where each state ranks as it relates to the happiest states in the U.S.:

Overall Rank (1 = Happiest)	State	Total Score	‘Emotional & Physical Well-Being’ Rank	‘Work Environment’ Rank	‘Community & Environment’ Rank
1	Hawaii	68.27	1	30	4
2	Utah	67.84	18	1	2
3	Minnesota	67.26	2	6	10
4	North Dakota	65.62	6	9	6
5	California	63.14	4	24	12
6	Idaho	63.09	24	2	1
7	Maryland	61.78	7	38	5
8	Iowa	61.07	8	18	11
9	South Dakota	60.80	14	13	8
10	Nebraska	59.11	10	17	28
11	Wisconsin	58.87	16	11	14
12	Connecticut	58.24	9	40	18
13	New Jersey	58.10	3	44	38
14	New York	57.35	5	42	39
15	Virginia	57.35	15	25	27
16	Massachusetts	56.85	13	14	42
17	Washington	56.44	29	5	9
18	Colorado	55.38	19	3	46
19	Georgia	55.15	25	16	7
20	North Carolina	53.69	21	21	37
21	Arizona	52.92	27	12	34
22	Texas	52.56	11	28	49
23	Illinois	52.47	12	45	44
24	New Hampshire	52.37	23	27	31
25	Kansas	52.30	22	33	36
26	Nevada	51.80	40	15	3
27	Delaware	51.67	17	37	45
28	Montana	51.08	37	7	17
29	Florida	51.01	20	20	47
30	Pennsylvania	50.54	28	41	15
31	Rhode Island	50.44	30	31	29
32	Indiana	50.20	32	22	25
33	Maine	49.81	36	10	30
34	Michigan	49.52	34	26	20
35	Wyoming	48.90	31	43	22
36	South Carolina	48.26	38	32	13
37	Ohio	48.19	35	36	16
38	Vermont	48.18	26	23	48
39	Oregon	48.05	43	4	24
40	Tennessee	46.13	41	8	40
41	New Mexico	43.35	39	47	35
42	Missouri	42.76	45	34	21
43	Mississippi	41.63	42	46	26
44	Kentucky	39.42	48	19	19
45	Alabama	39.35	46	39	43
46	Oklahoma	38.89	47	35	33
47	Alaska	38.21	33	49	50
48	Louisiana	37.15	44	50	41
49	Arkansas	36.61	50	29	23
50	West Virginia	33.42	49	48	32