Arizona Near Bottom For Millennial Earnings, Unemployment Rate

With millennials today making up the largest generation in the U.S. workforce yet earning 20 percent less than Baby Boomers did at the same age, Arizona ended up near the bottom on 2017’s Best & Worst States for Millennials.

In order to determine the most livable places for this generation, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 24 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of millennials to average monthly earnings for millennials to millennial unemployment rate.

Living & Working as a Millennial in Arizona (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

27^th – % of Millennials Living with Parents
27^th – Housing Cost for Millennials
24^th – % of Millennials
23^rd – Average Monthly Earnings for Millennials
40^th – Millennial Homeownership Rate
33^rd – Millennial Unemployment Rate
36^th – % of Millennials with Health-Insurance Coverage

Rank	State	Total Score	‘Affordability	‘Education & Health	‘Quality of Life’	‘Economic Health’	‘Civic Engagement’
1	North Dakota	73.78	3	9	1	1	16
2	Minnesota	64.01	8	5	8	15	2
3	South Dakota	63.62	25	4	3	5	15
4	Iowa	63.01	2	7	11	10	5
5	Dist of Columbia	61.75	46	1	2	20	1
6	Utah	60.44	26	16	6	9	4
7	Wyoming	60.22	10	35	5	3	11
8	Wisconsin	60.01	22	6	13	23	3
9	Colorado	59.75	33	11	4	7	10
10	Nebraska	59.1	17	19	7	8	26
11	Vermont	55.08	48	3	12	11	29
12	Washington	54.2	31	26	9	14	18
13	New Hampshire	54.11	42	10	15	6	13
14	Montana	52.23	38	24	10	16	28
15	Kansas	52.15	19	28	18	17	24
16	Massachusetts	51.94	44	8	17	13	25
17	Virginia	51.71	36	12	20	24	7
18	Illinois	49.14	11	13	21	42	30
19	Missouri	48.99	18	29	24	27	20
20	Hawaii	48.26	51	2	19	2	51
21	Pennsylvania	47.55	20	20	30	33	21
22	Ohio	47.37	9	21	32	43	17
23	Idaho	46.66	35	36	23	25	8
24	Maine	46.27	37	25	28	28	9
25	Connecticut	46	39	15	36	26	23
26	Delaware	45.44	30	37	34	12	31
27	Texas	45.37	1	51	14	18	47
28	Alaska	45.29	41	33	42	4	27
29	Maryland	45.2	40	14	41	22	22
30	North Carolina	44.73	24	30	33	39	12
31	Oregon	43.99	47	31	22	37	6
32	Rhode Island	43.65	49	18	29	21	33
33	Indiana	43.45	4	43	27	32	37
34	California	42.95	50	17	16	31	35
35	Michigan	42.85	15	32	38	49	19
36	Kentucky	42.79	6	27	44	44	41
37	New York	42.75	43	22	25	30	44
38	Oklahoma	42.07	5	49	31	19	48
39	Tennessee	41.24	16	38	43	35	38
40	New Jersey	40.72	45	23	39	29	42
41	South Carolina	39.36	29	34	46	40	34
42	Florida	39.3	32	39	35	34	46
43	Georgia	38.4	23	41	40	46	39
44	Nevada	37.43	34	50	26	36	45
45	Louisiana	37.1	12	45	47	45	40
46	Arkansas	36.73	14	46	45	38	49
47	Arizona	36.39	27	48	37	41	43
48	New Mexico	35.98	28	40	50	47	32
49	Alabama	34.75	13	47	48	48	36
50	Mississippi	34.59	21	44	51	50	14
51	West Virginia	32.97	7	42	49	51

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