The 10 Best States to Retire 2017

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When choosing where to retire to, there’s a lot of information to take in. Luckily, there’s a list of the best states to retire to that can help with that.

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Bankrate releases a list of the best states to retire to ever year and its list for 2017 is now available. The publication looks at several different factors when determining how to rank a state for retirement. This includes weather, taxes, crime, culture, well being, the presence of other seniors and a few other categories. Lower scores are better than higher ones in this list.

With the release of its new list for the best states to retire to in 2017, InvestorPlace has decided to look at the top 10 states from that list. You can check them out in the following gallery and see what makes them so great for retirement.

Best States to Retire 2017 — Idaho

Idaho kicks off the list with its low crime rate and cost of living. The state also gets decent scores in the well being and health care categories.

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  • Rank: 10
  • State: Idaho
  • Cost of Living: 5
  • Weather: 31
  • Health Care Quality: 20
  • Crime: 4
  • Tax: 22
  • Culture: 42
  • Senior: 37
  • Well-being: 19

Best States to Retire 2017 — Wisconsin

Wisconsin takes the next spot on the list with good health care quality and well-being scores. Even if its weather and taxes may not be the best.

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  • Rank: 9
  • State: Wisconsin
  • Cost of Living: 24
  • Weather: 42
  • Health Care Quality: 2
  • Crime: 16
  • Tax: 46
  • Culture: 29
  • Senior: 22
  • Well-being: 6

Best States to Retire 2017 — South Dakota

South Dakota also isn’t sporting the best weather, but it does have some of the lowest taxes on this list. Combine that with decent scores in other categories and you can understand how it made it to the top 10.

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  • Rank: 8
  • State: South Dakota
  • Cost of Living: 26
  • Weather: 40
  • Health Care Quality: 18
  • Crime: 20
  • Tax: 3
  • Culture: 34
  • Senior: 20
  • Well-being: 15

Best States to Retire 2017 — Massachusetts

Massachusetts has great scores for well-being, health care quality and culture. However, its cost of living is a little high.

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  • Rank: 7
  • State: Massachusetts
  • Cost of Living: 45
  • Weather: 29
  • Health Care Quality: 5
  • Crime: 17
  • Tax: 40
  • Culture: 3
  • Senior: 24
  • Well-being: 9

Best States to Retire 2017 — Virginia

Virginia has a very good score for crime, which helps make up for its higher cost of living and senior scores.

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  • Rank: 6
  • State: Virginia
  • Cost of Living: 31
  • Weather: 16
  • Health Care Quality: 16
  • Crime: 5
  • Tax: 23
  • Culture: 14
  • Senior: 42
  • Well-being: 29

Best States to Retire 2017 — Minnesota

The weather and taxes in Minnesota aren’t the best. However, its positive well-being, culture and health care quality scores propel it to the top five in this list.

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  • Rank: 4
  • State: Minnesota
  • Cost of Living: 30
  • Weather: 47
  • Health Care Quality: 3
  • Crime: 14
  • Tax: 43
  • Culture: 7
  • Senior: 34
  • Well-being: 4

Best States to Retire 2017 — Iowa

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  • Rank: 4
  • State: Iowa
  • Cost of Living: 14
  • Weather: 36
  • Health Care Quality: 9
  • Crime: 15
  • Tax: 20
  • Culture: 35
  • Senior: 9
  • Well-being: 10

Best States to Retire 2017 — Maine

Great scores for health care quality, other seniors living nearby and low crime are what bring Maine into the top three best states to retire to.

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  • Rank: 3
  • State: Maine
  • Cost of Living: 38
  • Weather: 44
  • Health Care Quality: 1
  • Crime: 2
  • Tax: 35
  • Culture: 19
  • Senior: 2
  • Well-being: 11

Best States to Retire 2017 — Colorado

Colorado takes the number two spot on the list with great heal care quality and well-being. It also has decent scores in most other categories.

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  • Rank: 2
  • State: Colorado
  • Cost of Living: 33
  • Weather: 20
  • Health Care Quality: 7
  • Crime: 26
  • Tax: 16
  • Culture: 9
  • Senior: 46
  • Well-being: 3

Best States to Retire 2017 — New Hampshire

It is easy to see why New Hampshire tops the list. Sure, its weather and cost of living are a bit high, but it scored incredibly well in almost every other category.

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  • Rank: 1
  • State: New Hampshire
  • Cost of Living: 40
  • Weather: 45
  • Health Care Quality: 4
  • Crime: 3
  • Tax: 7
  • Culture: 6
  • Senior: 14
  • Well-being: 2

You can follow this link to see the where each of the 50 states falls on the list of places to retire. InvestorPlace has also collected a list of the 10 worst states to retire to that you can find here.


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