The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ is happy to be located in the happiest state in the country. , according to a 2018 Gallup poll. This is the record seventh year Â鶹´«Ã½ has held the top spot and the 11th consecutive year the state has been in the top 10.
“I totally agree with that,” said Kayla Hackett, a UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ junior studying economics. “I feel like wherever I walk on campus or downtown everyone is friendly, and it¡¯s easy to talk to people. Everyone seems really open with each other, and it¡¯s nice just to see smiles around.”
The Gallup poll used five metrics to determine overall wellbeing: career, social, financial, community and physical. Â鶹´«Ã½ leads all states in career, social and financial wellbeing and was the only state to be among the top five states in all metrics.
“I¡¯m not surprised,” said Thackeray Taylor, a UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ junior in studio arts. “It makes sense because people have the ocean out here and with enough sunny days that¡¯s everything.”
The Gallup poll surveyed more than 115,000 adults in all 50 states throughout 2018 to determine each state¡¯s score.
The other states in the top 10 are Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Vermont, Delaware, South Dakota and North Dakota.
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