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

According to the WalletHub study, Rhode Island was ninth in the category of Women's Health Care & Safety. This category includes the rate of uninsured women — Rhode Island had the fifth lowest rate of uninsured women.

Washington, on the other hand, was No. 7 for Women's Economic & Social Well-Being, which includes categories like median earnings for female workers, the unemployment rate for women, and friendliness toward working moms.

Even though Iowa still ranked high, it had one of the lowest percentages of female-owned businesses, coming in at No. 49. Despite this, Iowa was still able to come in at No. 4 in Women's Economic & Social Well-Being.

Maryland had the fifth highest percentage of women who voted in the 2020 election, and it had the second lowest rate of women in poverty, according to WalletHub.

Vermont has the third lowest rate of uninsured women, only behind Washington, DC, and Massachusetts.

DC has the highest median earnings for female workers in the country (adjusted for cost of living), which is $36,309. That's a whole 1.5 times higher than California's, which is $24,585.

Our capital also had the highest share of women who voted in the last presidential election: 86% of DC's ladies turned up to the polls in 2020.

Hawaii has the highest rate of women-owned businesses — almost a quarter of all businesses in the Aloha State are owned by women. That's twice as many as South Dakota, which is in the No. 51 spot.

New York women have the third longest life expectancy at birth in the country, and they have the fifth highest median earnings.

Conversely, New York is also third for the highest unemployment rate for women in the country, only lower than California and Nevada.

Minnesota actually came in first for Women's Economic & Social Well-Being, but it was knocked out of the top spot overall because of its sixth placement in Women's Health Care & Safety ... even though Minnesotan women have the fifth highest life expectancy at birth and the fourth lowest female homicide rate, and the state is tied for fourth for lowest percentage of women in poverty.

Massachusetts has the lowest rate of uninsured women — only 2.1% of women in Massachusetts are uninsured. Contrast that to the state with the highest rate of uninsured women, Texas, which is seven times higher at 16.5%.

Alaska is tied with New Mexico for the highest female homicide rate, which is nine times higher than the lowest state, Hawaii. Alaska is also No. 49 in female insurance rates.

Georgia has one of the lowest rates for high school graduations for females, and it also has a high percentage of uninsured women.

As stated before, Texas comes in last for the rate of insured women or, alternately, in first for the rate of uninsured women.

Idaho was ranked 50th for median earnings for female workers, only ahead of California. Idaho was also 49th in the percentage of women-owned businesses.

Mississippi has the highest share of women living in poverty — 22.30% — which is almost three times as high as the lowest state, New Hampshire.

Louisiana is just above Mississippi in terms of female poverty, coming in at No. 50.

South Carolina was almost equally ranked in both the Women's Economic & Social Well-Being and the Women's Health Care & Safety rankings, coming in at Nos. 49 and 46, respectively.

Arkansas placed last in the Women's Health Care & Safety category, and it also had the second lowest percentage of women vote in the 2020 election.

Alabama was placed at the bottom of the list for Women's Economic & Social Well-Being, perhaps due to the low rate of female high school graduates, the low turnout in the 2020 election, or the low life expectancy for women at birth.

Oklahoma was ranked 50th in both the Women's Economic & Social Well-Being category and the Women's Health Care & Safety category, with WalletHub painting a bleak picture of life in Oklahoma for women.