{"id":1318,"date":"2026-06-11T05:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:36:53","slug":"sc-among-the-worst-states-in-the-us-new-national-report-says-heres-where-it-ranks-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=1318","title":{"rendered":"SC among the worst states in the US, new national report says. Here\u2019s where it ranks & why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Carolina has been improving in several areas, such as its economy, productivity and traffic fatalities, but there is still much to work on.<\/p>\n

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In a newly released report, each state was ranked from best to worst based on over 30 different measures and 4,000 indicators. The State of the States report, created and funded by Tulane University and also worked on by other distinguished university professors, combed through 30 years of data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia to provide a long-term progress card for each state.<\/p>\n

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It was a bipartisan group behind the report to make sure it would be exempt from political bias. This project also builds on the , released in 2025, which examined how the United States compares with other countries on similar measures.<\/p>\n

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The measures covered everything from life satisfaction, trust in their neighbors and institutions, civil liberties, education, environment, children and families, economy, workforce, physical and mental health, inequality and more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt a time of such polarization, misinformation, and pessimism, it\u2019s important to get a clear sense of how we\u2019re really doing on what matters most. It turns out that states \u2014 red and blue \u2014 mostly share the same struggles,\u201d said Douglas Harris, director of the State of the Nation Project and an economics professor in the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane.<\/p>\n

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If this were an academic report card, SC would\u2019ve failed. To be fair, the report was fairly grim for much of the unhappy country. The authors concluded that no state was improving on an alarming number of measures, a stronger economy doesn\u2019t improve personal well-being and only a handful of states are improving on any measure of self-reported well-being.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s where SC ranked among the states and the key findings from the report:<\/p>\n

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How\u2019s SC doing?<\/h2>\n

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Out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, SC ranked 42nd<\/b> in the country overall. The state\u2019s average rank was 33.6<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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SC ranked higher, on average, in these areas:<\/p>\n

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