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Oregon was ranked among the states with one of the best infrastructure systems in the country.
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Slow internet, long commutes, and expensive electricity are often beyond our control.
Yet, these daily inconveniences can make a massive impact on your quality of life.
US News & World Report ranked the quality of infrastructure across all 50 states.
Infrastructure has a big impact on the quality of day-to-day life.
Whether you’re struggling to get around because of poor road quality, unreliable public transportation, or your neighborhood experiences frequent power outages, weak infrastructure can make everyday life more difficult.
It’s also something that varies massively from state to state.
US News & World Report compiled a ranking of states with the best and worst infrastructure, which forms part of its annual ranking of the best states to live in.
To determine the quality of each state’s infrastructure, US News & World Report examined three categories: energy, internet access, and transportation.
For energy, it calculated the average retail electricity price, power grid reliability, and renewable energy usage.
Internet access was analyzed by looking at the broadband subscription internet and access to high-speed broadband internet.
For transport, the metrics were commute time, bridge quality, road quality, and public transit usage. Each state was then ranked based on these metrics.
US News & World Report prioritized recent and standardized data from government sources to compile the ranking.
Here is the infrastructure quality of all 50 states, from worst to best.
50. West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia.
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Transportation: 49th
Energy: 49th
Internet access: 49th
49. Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi.
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Transportation: 46th
Energy: 47th
Internet access: 48th
48. Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska.
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Transportation: 12th
Energy: 48th
Internet access: 47th
47. Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island.
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Transportation: 50th
Energy: 44th
Internet access: 36th
46. Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Transportation: 48th
Energy: 38th
Internet access: 44th
45. New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Transportation: 37th
Energy: 16th
Internet access: 50th
44. Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Transportation: 28th
Energy: 50th
Internet access: 16th
43. Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Transportation: 47th
Energy: 36th
Internet access: 34th
42. Michigan
Detroit, Michigan.
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Transportation: 38th
Energy: 37th
Internet access: 38th
41. Maine
Portland, Maine.
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Transportation: 43rd
Energy: 40th
Internet access: 32nd
40. Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Transportation: 33rd
Energy: 33rd
Internet access: 41st
39. Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Transportation: 34th
Energy: 28th
Internet access: 37th
38. Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts.
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Transportation: 45th
Energy: 43rd
Internet access: 14th
37. Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Transportation: 31st
Energy: 12th
Internet access: 42nd
36. Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Transportation: 6th
Energy: 18th
Internet access: 46th
35. Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri.
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Transportation: 36th
Energy: 22nd
Internet access: 33rd
34. New York
New York, New York.
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Transportation: 32nd
Energy: 35th
Internet access: 27th
33. Montana
Billings, Montana.
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Transportation: 11th
Energy: 14th
Internet access: 45th
32. California
Los Angeles, California.
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Transportation: 42nd
Energy: 46th
Internet access: 8th
31. Ohio
Columbus, Ohio.
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Transportation: 16th
Energy: 32nd
Internet access: 39th
30. Alabama
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