March is women’s history month … Do you live in a female-friendly state? WalletHub analyzed all 50 states and D.C. to determine the Best and Worst States for Women. They used a number of factors in their analysis, including median earnings for women, number of women-owned businesses, number of women living in poverty, access to women’s preventative health care, and the female homicide rate.
Here are the Top 5 Best States for Women:
- Minnesota
- Maine
- Vermont
- North Dakota
- Washington, D.C.
These are the 5 Worst States for Women:
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- Oklahoma