The 10 best states in the US for women — and the 10 worst

Gabbi ShawMar 4, 2022, 21:35 IST

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For Women's History Month, WalletHub identified the best and worst states for women in 2022.
Factors included median earnings, depression rate, the number of women-owned businesses, and more.

Starting off with the top 10 states for women, No. 10 is Rhode Island.

Providence, Rhode Island.Sean Pavone/Getty Images

In ninth place is Washington state.

Thousands march through the streets of Seattle.GENNA MARTIN/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The eighth best state for women is the Hawkeye State, Iowa.

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Maryland took the seventh spot.

The Maryland Terrapins celebrate their victory.Greg Fiume/NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Rounding out the back half of the top 10 is Vermont at No. 6.

People walk along Church street in Burlington, Vermont.Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Beginning the top five states for women is a place that's not even technically a state — it's Washington, DC.

Demonstrators gather for the 4th annual Womens March in Washington, DC.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images

Hawaii clinched the No. 4 spot.

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New York is the third best state for women, according to WalletHub.

A woman jogs along the Brooklyn Heights promenade on March 24, 2020, in New York City.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

Falling just short of the top spot is Minnesota, which came in second.

A jogger crossing Minneapolis' famous Stone Arch Bridge.jimkruger/Getty Images

Overall, according to WalletHub, the best place to be a woman in the US is Massachusetts.

A doctor at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Now, moving to the worst states. The 10th worst place to be a woman is Alaska, according to WalletHub.

An Alaskan Inuit woman on Sarichef Island, Alaska.Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images

The next state is Georgia.

A woman holds a clothes hanger with a sign that says "stop the bans" during a protest in Atlanta.Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Texas is, according to WalletHub, the eighth worst state to be a woman.

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Idaho earned the No. 7 placement.

The Idaho Statehouse at the women's march in downtown Boise.Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

In sixth place is Mississippi.

A humanitarian initiative dubbed Operation Rebound in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Marianne Todd/NBAE via Getty Images

Louisiana is the fifth worst state for women, according to the study.

Men and women walk down a levee holding onto each other as they commemorate the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.Sean Gardner/Getty Images

South Carolina was ranked the fourth worst state to be a woman.

Women working at Roper St. Francis Healthcare in North Charleston, South Carolina, in 2020.Mic Smith/AP

Arkansas was ranked the third worst.

Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas.Paul Harris/Getty Images

Only one state was determined to be a worse state for women than Alabama ...

Morning in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.Dan Reynolds Photography/Getty Images

... which was Oklahoma, the worst state to be a woman in the US, according to WalletHub.

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The 10 best states in the US for women &mdash; and the 10 worst