--- title: These Are the Best (and Worst) States for Retirement description: New Hampshire is the best state to retire in, according to a new study. The New England state beat out Florida and Nevada. authors: - name: Jennifer Calfas url: https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 339 covers: - Retirement - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/jencalfas former_staff: true published: '2017-03-29T04:01:50.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T05:32:32.000Z' section: Retirement tags: - looking forward - new hampshire - onetime - Retirement - lookingforward word_count: 254 canonical: https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Retired executive fly fishing on a river.](https://img.money.com/2017/03/new-hampshire-retire.jpg) *Joe Klementovich enjoying retirement on the Androscoggin River during early spring fly fishing season.* Dreaming of [retirement](https://money.com/early-retirement-tips/)? Imagine yourself in New Hampshire. That's the best state to retire in, according to a new ranking from the finance website [Bankrate.com](http://www.bankrate.com/retirement/states-ranked-from-first-to-worst-on-retirement-2/). The project rates each state based on how ideal it is for retirees, measuring things like the cost of living, healthcare quality, crime and overall wellbeing. New Hampshire came out on top thanks to its second-best rating for seniors’ wellbeing, third-lowest crime rate and fourth-best healthcare quality, Bankrate said. Other top-ranking states include Colorado, Maine, Iowa and Minnesota. Interestingly, some states known for their retirement communities — Arizona, Florida and Nevada — didn't even crack Bankrate’s top 10. As for last place? It was Alaska, due to its cold weather, high crime rate and low percentage of senior citizens, among other factors. Each year, *Money* [releases its own list](https://money.com/collection-post/best-places-retire-2016/) of the best cities in the U.S. to retire, which considers how local taxes will take a bite out of your nest egg. [In 2016](https://money.com/collection-post/best-places-retire-2016/), cities in Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nevada and Washington took the top rankings for their regions. Bankrate's full list — in order from best to worst states to retire in — can be viewed below: 1. New Hampshire 2. Colorado 3. Maine 4. Iowa 5. Minnesota 6. Virginia 7. Massachusetts 8. South Dakota 9. Wisconsin 10. Idaho 11. Utah 12. Arizona 13. Nebraska 14. Vermont 15. Pennsylvania 16. North Dakota 17. Florida 18. Delaware 19. Rhode Island 20. North Carolina 21. Wyoming 22. Michigan 23. Texas 24. Kansas 25. South Carolina 26. Oregon 27. Tennessee 28. Missouri 29. Montana 30. Alabama 31. Washington 32. Connecticut 33. Ohio 34. Illinois 35. Georgia 36. Hawaii 37. New York 38. New Jersey 39. Indiana 40. Maryland 41. Mississippi 42. California 43. Oklahoma 44. Nevada 45. Kentucky 46. Louisiana 47. New Mexico 48. Arkansas 49. West Virginia 50. Alaska ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Retirement", "item": "https://money.com/retirement/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Places to Retire", "item": "https://money.com/places-to-retire/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "These Are the Best (and Worst) States for Retirement" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/", "name": "These Are the Best (and Worst) States for Retirement", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-03-29T04:01:50.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T05:32:32.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "These Are the Best (and Worst) States for Retirement", "articleSection": "Retirement", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/03/new-hampshire-retire.jpg", "width": 5130, "height": 3407, "caption": "Retired executive fly fishing on a river." } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Calfas", "url": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/jencalfas" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-03-29T04:01:50.000Z", "description": "New Hampshire is the best state to retire in, according to a new study. The New England state beat out Florida and Nevada.", "abstract": "New Hampshire is the best state to retire in, according to a new study. The New England state beat out Florida and Nevada.", "@id": "https://money.com/best-state-retire-study/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T05:32:32.000Z", "wordCount": 254, "keywords": [ "looking forward", "new hampshire", "onetime", "Retirement", "lookingforward" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Retirement", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Retirement community", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_community" ] } ] } ] } ```