{"id":91823,"date":"2019-03-04T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=91823"},"modified":"2019-03-04T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:51:00","slug":"happy-to-live-study-work-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/04\/happy-to-live-study-work-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy to live, study and work in Hawai\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Students<\/p>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> is happy to be located in the happiest state in the country. Hawaiʻi<\/span> ranks number one in the U.S.<\/abbr> for well-being<\/a>, according to a 2018 Gallup poll. This is the record seventh year Hawaiʻi<\/span> has held the top spot and the 11th consecutive year the state has been in the top 10.<\/p>\n

“I totally agree with that,” said Kayla Hackett<\/strong>, a 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa junior studying economics. “I feel like wherever I walk on campus or downtown everyone is friendly, and it\u2019s easy to talk to people. Everyone seems really open with each other, and it\u2019s nice just to see smiles around.”<\/p>\n

The Gallup poll used five metrics to determine overall wellbeing: career, social, financial, community and physical. Hawaiʻi<\/span> leads all states in career, social and financial wellbeing and was the only state to be among the top five states in all metrics.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not surprised,” said Thackeray Taylor<\/strong>, a 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa junior in studio arts. “It makes sense because people have the ocean out here and with enough sunny days that\u2019s everything.”<\/p>\n

The Gallup poll surveyed more than 115,000 adults in all 50 states throughout 2018 to determine each state\u2019s score.<\/p>\n

The other states in the top 10 are Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Vermont, Delaware, South Dakota and North Dakota.<\/p>\n

Read more about the Gallup wellbeing survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hawaiʻi<\/span> ranks number one in the U.S.<\/abbr> for well-being, according to a 2018 Gallup poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[947],"class_list":["post-91823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t