Mass. is No. 2 Safest State in the Country: Study

MASSACHUSETTS—June is National Safety Month, and according to statistics, three in 10 parents worry about their children's safety at school, and one in six Americans cite terrorism as the most important problem in the country.

In terms of safety, Massachusetts is nearly the best place to live in the U.S., only second to Vermont, according to a new 2016's Safest States in America report released by personal finance website WalletHub.

WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key metrics. The data set ranges from “number of assaults per capita” to “unemployment rate” to “estimated losses from climate disasters.”

Safety in Massachusetts (1=Safest; 25=Avg.)

• 7th – Number of Murders & Non-Negligent Manslaughters per Capita
• 11th – Estimated Property Losses from Climate Disasters per Capita
• 1st – Fatal Occupational Injury Rate per 100,000 Full-Time Workers
• 1st – Number of Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles of Travel
• 26th – Number of Law-Enforcement Employees per Capita
• 23rd – Unemployment Rate
• 3rd – Bullying-Incidents Rate
• 10th – Number of Sex Offenders per Capita
• 1st – Share of Population Lacking Health Insurance
• 6th – Number of Thefts per Capita

Behind Vermont and Massachusetts in the top 10 are: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, Minnesota, Virginia, Utah.

Go here for the full report.

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