A new study revealed the most and least lonely states in the United States, the results of which show sunshine doesn't cure all problems.
Maine, Florida, and Ohio were declared the three loneliest states in the U.S. in a study from AgingInPlace.org. On the other end of the scale, Utah, Alaska, and Hawaii were declared the three least lonely. Results were reached by consulting a loneliness scale, made up of five different metrics: percentage of single-person households, percentage of people widowed, percentage of people divorced, searches for dating apps per 10,000 people, and searches for friendship apps per 10,000 people.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, the least lonely state in the U.S. is Utah, with a loneliness score of just 0.72/10. This has much to do with the state's massive, famously tight-knight Mormon community, which keeps divorce and single households low. Alaska is the second least lonely, with a loneliness score of 2.32/10, despite being the most sparsely populated state in the country.
The authors of the study stress that their measurement isn't definitive, and urge sociologists to examine it further. “These metrics do give some unique insights into behavioral trends of the citizens of these states, and while AgingInPlace.org is not an authority on this, certainly this would be interesting data for sociologists to examine further,” AgingInPlace.org outreach associate Zeke Harker told Forbes.Loneliness also seems mostly disconnected from politics, with red and blue states appearing haphazardly across the board.
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