Arkansas
Study: Arkansas Ranks 46th in US for Safety
Arkansas ranks 46th out of 50 states for safety, according to a study by WalletHub.
The study used 52 key indicators for safety, categorized into five groups, ranging from assaults per capita to financial losses from climate disasters.
The study’s five categories were personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness. Personal and residential Safety was weighed at 40 possible points, with the other categories at 15 possible points.
Arkansas’ highest category ranking comes in emergency preparedness, where it is ranked 32nd. It came in ahead of Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi and one spot behind Oklahoma.
The top five states overall in the study are Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Utah.
The full results are available here.