South Carolina Ranked as 5th Best State for Retired Military to Live

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WalletHub has released its list of the best states for retired military to live. For the 2017 list, South Carolina has been ranked #5.

Please see below for the complete list and ranking of all 51 states and US territories.

Best States for Military Retirees

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	‘Economic Environment’ Rank	‘Quality of Life’ Rank	‘Health Care’ Rank
1	Florida	63.74	8	2	4
2	Montana	62.12	24	7	1
3	New Hampshire	59.83	2	3	29
4	Wyoming	59.40	27	5	3
5	South Carolina	57.93	10	1	27
6	Alaska	57.18	3	12	32
7	Maine	57.06	5	6	33
8	Texas	55.76	7	43	8
9	Arizona	55.20	12	18	17
10	Virginia	55.12	6	8	43
11	Idaho	54.95	21	28	9
12	Georgia	54.93	11	15	25
13	Alabama	54.79	1	25	38
14	Oklahoma	54.77	19	11	23
15	Washington	53.72	9	13	37
16	Pennsylvania	52.97	39	17	10
17	Minnesota	52.51	20	24	21
18	South Dakota	51.90	22	20	28
19	Massachusetts	51.69	14	49	6
20	Kentucky	51.04	16	39	20
21	Arkansas	50.80	26	31	19
22	Hawaii	50.74	18	30	30
23	Michigan	50.65	17	42	14
24	New Mexico	50.11	40	33	11
25	Missouri	49.89	30	32	13
26	Tennessee	49.72	13	46	26
27	Nevada	49.62	4	37	45
28	Wisconsin	49.52	44	21	18
29	Colorado	49.45	31	14	31
30	Vermont	49.09	50	10	7
31	Delaware	48.53	42	9	40
32	Louisiana	48.21	33	36	22
33	California	48.03	51	16	5
34	New York	47.87	49	41	2
35	Ohio	47.56	38	38	16
36	Oregon	47.52	32	44	15
37	Indiana	46.60	23	45	35
38	Maryland	46.54	28	4	49
39	North Dakota	46.48	37	40	24
40	Illinois	46.24	34	48	12
41	Mississippi	46.20	15	47	39
42	Iowa	46.06	35	23	42
43	Nebraska	45.51	36	22	44
44	Kansas	43.84	41	26	47
45	West Virginia	43.36	47	29	34
46	Connecticut	42.97	29	19	50
47	Utah	42.58	25	50	36
48	North Carolina	42.47	43	27	48
49	Rhode Island	41.31	48	35	41
50	New Jersey	37.17	46	34	51
51	District of Columbia	36.45	45	51	46

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