Last year Utah was the happiest state in America, but this year, a different state took the No. Hawaii is the happiest state in AmericaHawaii ranked as the No. 1 happiest state in the U.S. with an overall score of 68.71. The 10 happiest states in AmericaHawaii Maryland New Jersey Utah Delaware Minnesota Connecticut Idaho Nebraska Massachusetts Maryland moved up from No. The state ranked third in the emotional and physical well-being metric, tenth in the work environment and sixth in the community and environment rank.

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