Break from the Grind June 28, 2016

Kiplinger’s Latest Ranking of Best and Worst States for Retirement

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Where you choose to live in retirement can make a huge difference in your quality of life.

Kiplinger Online Editor Stacy Rapacon compiled lists of the 10 States Where You Will Want to Retire and 15 Worst States for Retirement. States were measured on factors such as cost of living, average income for age 65 and older households, average health care costs for retired couples and tax friendliness for retirees.

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The 10 best states, according to Kiplinger, are:

South Dakota
Utah
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Washington
Florida
Arizona
Idaho

The 15 worst states are:

New York
New Jersey
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Montana
Vermont
Wisconsin
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
West Virginia
Minnesota

To read more about why these states were ranked as they were, visit http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/retirement/T006-S001-best-states-for-retirement-2016/index.html, and http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/retirement/T006-S001-worst-states-for-retirement-2016/index.html.