June is National Safety Month. With the U.S. devastated by the coronavirus pandemic this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2020’s safest states.
To determine the most secure states, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 53 key metrics. The data set ranges from the state’s coronavirus support to assaults per capita and the unemployment rate.
The report showed that the safest states are Maine, Vermont, Minnesota, Utah, Wyoming, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The least-safest states were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Key statistics from the report included:
- South Dakota has the fewest murders and non-negligent manslaughters per 100,000 residents, 1.36, which is 8.4 times fewer than in Louisiana, the most at 11.37.
- New Hampshire has the fewest thefts per 1,000 residents, 12.75, which is 2.8 times fewer than in New Mexico, the most at 35.55.
- New Jersey has the most law-enforcement employees per 100,000 residents, 473, which are 2.2 times more than in Washington, the fewest at 211.
- Delaware has the lowest share of high school students who were bullied online, 10.10 percent, which is 2.1 times lower than in Louisiana, the highest at 21.20 percent.