How Maine ranks by state

Stats from 2014-2019

BEST	RANK
Least amount of violent crime	1
New organic farms	2
Increase in jobs/income @ women's businesses	1
States that residents least want to leave*	1
Blueberries grown	1
Peace factor rating	1
Easiest voting for non felons	1
Low rate of chronic homelessness	1
Lowest incarceration rate	1
New England agricultural sales	1
Highest percent of beginning farmers	2
Museums per capita	2
Lowest FBI crime rates	2
Seafood harvest	3
Children's health	3
Politically engaged	4
Greenhouse emissions	5
Decline in opioid prescriptions	5
Teen volunteer rate	6
Have health insurance	7
Teen age birth rate	7
Homicide rate	8
Savings rate	8
Lowest % of hangovers	9
Volunteering per person	10
% of newcomers with college degrees	10
8th grade math proficiency	10
Most Peace Corps volunteers per capita	10
Employment rate	11
Best school systems	13
Kids Count ranking status of children	14
Percent of residents volunteering	15
WORST
Temperature records	36
Income	38
Food stamp use	40
Unemployment insurance	40
Affordable & available housing	41
Broadband speed	42
Rural road repair	43
Post recession economic growth	43
Rural road repair	43
Student debt rate	43
GDP growth	43
Financial insecurity of two senior families	43
Food insecurity	43
Maine's economy rated by Wallet Hub	46
Maine's average weekly wage	47
Post recession economic growth	47
Serious food insecurity	47
Teachers' salaries	48
Tax burden	48
Real income growth	49
Households receiving welfare	49
Percent on welfare	49
Median age (oldest)	50
Consumption of alcohol	50
Greatest increase in extreme child poverty	50
* Tied with Montana and Hawaii