International Happiness Day is coming up on March 20. In honor of the holiday, WalletHub conducted a study to determine which cities in the United State are the happiest. In order to determine where people in America are most content with their lives, WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 30 key indicators of happiness, including depression rate, income-growth rate and average leisure time spent per day. Here's what they found:
Top 20 Happiest Cities in America
20) Cape Coral, Florida
19) Anaheim, CA
18) Glendale, CA
17) Oceanside, CA
16) Santa Clarita, CA
15) Overland Park, KS
14) San Francisco, CA
13) Lincoln, NE
12) Fargo, ND
11) Bismarck, ND
10) Pearl City, HI
9) Santa Rosa, CA
8) Scottsdale, AZ
7) Huntington Beach, CA
6) Sioux Falls, SD
5) Madison, WI
4) Irvine, CA
3) San Jose, CA
2) Plano, TX
1) Fremont, CA
WalletHub also found a number of interesting facts about various cities across the U.S.:
- Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines, Florida, all have the lowest depression rate, 12.50 percent, which is 2.3 times lower than in Charleston, West Virginia, the city with the highest at 28.90 percent.
- Laredo, Texas, has the lowest number of suicides per 100,000 residents, 4.78, which is 7.3 times lower than in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the city with the highest at 34.80.
- Fremont, California, has the lowest separation & divorce rate, 15.06 percent, which is 3.2 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 48.13 percent.
- Overland Park, Kansas, has the lowest share of adults sleeping less than 7 hours per night, 25.60 percent, which is two times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 50.10 percent.
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, has the lowest average commute time, 14.40 minutes, which is 2.9 times lower than in New York, the city with the highest at 41.20 minutes.
Did your home town make the list of top 20 happiest cities in America?
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