Looking for a place to retire in comfort? Well we have a list of the worst states to retire to so that you don’t make a big mistake.
This list comes from Bankrate and is a small section of its state retirement ranking list that comes out annually. The list take into accounts for taxes, well-being, cost of living, crime, weather and a few other things. When looking at this list, it is important to understand that the lower a score is, the better it is.
Check out the following gallery to see a list counting down the worst states to retire to in 2017.
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Mississippi
Mississippi may have a great cost of living and weather, buts its poor health care quality, culture,well-being and senior scores have it starting off this list.
- Rank: 10
- State: Mississippi
- Cost of Living: 1
- Weather: 9
- Health Care Quality: 49
- Crime: 25
- Tax: 10
- Culture: 50
- Senior: 36
- Well-being: 42
Worst States to Retire 2017 — California
The weather and culture in California are great. However, that’s really all the state has going for it when it comes to retirement.
- Rank: 9
- State: California
- Cost of Living: 49
- Weather: 1
- Health Care Quality: 42
- Crime: 33
- Tax: 45
- Culture: 2
- Senior: 45
- Well-being: 28
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Oklahoma
Oklahoma has a low cost of living and good weather, but its culture, well-being and health care quality are less than stellar.
- Rank: 8
- State: Oklahoma
- Cost of Living: 3
- Weather: 6
- Health Care Quality: 43
- Crime: 37
- Tax: 11
- Culture: 38
- Senior: 31
- Well-being: 48
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Nevada
Poor health care quality, well-being, senior and cost of living scores bring Nevada to this spot on the list.
- Rank: 7
- State: Nevada
- Cost of Living: 36
- Weather: 4
- Health Care Quality: 50
- Crime: 47
- Tax: 8
- Culture: 11
- Senior: 38
- Well-being: 38
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Kentucky
Kentucky doesn’t have much to offer retirees with its bad culture, well-being and health care quality scores.
- Rank: 6
- State: Kentucky
- Cost of Living: 10
- Weather: 25
- Health Care Quality: 41
- Crime: 10
- Tax: 27
- Culture: 46
- Senior: 26
- Well-being: 49
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Louisiana
Low taxes and decent weather can’t overcome the wealth of other negative aspects that Louisiana offers those looking for retirement.
- Rank: 5
- State: Louisiana
- Cost of Living: 20
- Weather: 12
- Health Care Quality: 40
- Crime: 48
- Tax: 6
- Culture: 43
- Senior: 44
- Well-being: 46
Worst States to Retire 2017 — New Mexico
The only good thing about New Mexico is its weather and that isn’t enough to keep it out of the top five worst states.
- Rank: 4
- State: New Mexico
- Cost of Living: 23
- Weather: 3
- Health Care Quality: 47
- Crime: 50
- Tax: 14
- Culture: 33
- Senior: 23
- Well-being: 34
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Arkansas
Arkansas offers a low cost of living, but its health care quality, culture, well-being and crime earn it the number three spot on this list.
- Rank: 3
- State: Arkansas
- Cost of Living: 2
- Weather: 10
- Health Care Quality: 45
- Crime: 45
- Tax: 34
- Culture: 48
- Senior: 13
- Well-being: 47
Worst States to Retire 2017 — West Virginia
There is a lot of other seniors to talk to in West Virginia, but high taxes, poor weather, as well as bad culture and well-being scores are keeping it down.
- Rank: 2
- State: West Virginia
- Cost of Living: 22
- Weather: 39
- Health Care Quality: 48
- Crime: 19
- Tax: 31
- Culture: 49
- Senior: 3
- Well-being: 50
Worst States to Retire 2017 — Alaska
Alaska has incredibly low taxes and alright well-being, but everything else scores so badly that it takes the top spot in the list of worst states to retire to in 2017.
- Rank: 1
- State: Alaska
- Cost of Living: 48
- Weather: 50
- Health Care Quality: 46
- Crime: 49
- Tax: 1
- Culture: 16
- Senior: 50
- Well-being: 8
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 best states to retire to that you can find here.
