Do not be surprised that New Jersey is the third happiest state in America. While the stress and troubles here in the Garden State are real, it is the way we manage them. WalletHub conducted a thorough analysis of factors that make the population of a state achieve overall happiness.
In their methodology they considered emotional and physical well-being, work environment and community environment in each state to rank the happiest states in the country. According to the study, New Jersey ranked high in happiness because New Jerseyans have the lowest share of people reporting traumatic events during their childhood. As anybody knows, when you grow up in New Jersey, most of the child population let things slide a little more than our friends in the Midwest or western states.
New Jersey also ranks as having the second highest satisfaction rate and the second lowest depression rates. The study also reported what I see daily, we have the second highest share of people who have supportive relationships and love in their lives. Loyalty is big here in New Jersey in both family and friend relationships.
While divorce statistics are high throughout the country, the study points out that New Jersey has the third lowest separation and divorce rate in the country at close to 17%. That low percentage is much lower than the average state which is in the low forty percentile. Here in the Garden State, we have the third highest share of households earning over $75,000 per year.
As we all know.
