How does one measure the quality of life? What can that measurement represent for a community? There are many different factors that go into this appraisal. It includes physical health, mental health, social and emotional health, and more. These facets of a person's life can all factored into a wellness score to show where people have the best and worst quality of life. With the information gathered from countyhealthrankings.org, the team at Titlemax put together this map that lays out the U.S. counties with the highest and lowest quality of life in each state. This information can tell us a lot about community satisfaction which in turn can influence other pieces of society such as mortality rates, poverty, unemployment, and graduation percentages. Below are the top 5 counties that rank for the best quality of life and below that, the 5 U.S. counties that rank for the worst quality of life:
1) Douglas County, Colorado
2) Johnson County, Kansas
3) Washington County, Minnesota
4) Montgomery County, Maryland
5) Hamilton County, Indiana
1) East Carroll County, Louisiana
2) McCreary County, Kentucky
3) Quitman County, Mississippi
4) Hudspeth County, Texas
5) McDowell County, West Virginia
