Does Living in Wisconsin Make People Happy?

Is Wisconsin a happy place? You may have a strong opinion about that question, and you may wonder whether your opinion matches researchers’ data regarding happiness in Wisconsin. Let’s check the source.

Wisconsin’s Happiness by the Numbers

You may have heard people in the media talk about the Happiness Index. Actually, that’s a nickname for the World Happiness Report. According to the trusted pollsters at Gallup, “The World Happiness Report is a partnership among Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the World Happiness Report’s Editorial Board.”

In that report, you can discover the happiest country in the world, Finland. The United States is the 23rd-happiest country. On average, folks in Finland are about 15% happier than Americans.

Visual Capitalist, a producer of blogs and infographics covering financial matters, offers an informative world map to help readers contextualize the World Happiness Report’s rankings.

So, where does Wisconsin rank? Another publisher of finance blogs, WalletHub, offers insights about happiness in American states. In 2023, Utah ranked first with a total score of 69.79. Wisconsin’s score was 55.74, ranking the state 19th.

It may be comforting to know that folks in Wisconsin are happier than the citizens of 31 other states. Then again, it’s best not to view happiness as a competition.

Whatever Wisconsin’s Rank, You Can Achieve Happiness

We ought to be pleased that someone is happy, whether they’re our neighbor or a person living in a far-flung nation. Also, we can use happiness data to help ourselves pursue happiness.

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