Best Retirement States

 

Florida is #1.

Alabama is ranked as 37th best.

 

Wallethub has the data:

 

 

Best & Worst States to Retire

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Affordability Rank	Quality of Life Rank	Health Care Rank
1	Florida	62.76	2	2	27
2	Minnesota	62.74	27	6	1
3	Colorado	61.71	15	18	3
4	Wyoming	60.79	1	3	38
5	South Dakota	60.76	18	19	4
6	Pennsylvania	60.44	22	5	9
7	New Hampshire	58.64	23	8	14
8	Delaware	58.62	4	35	18
9	North Dakota	58.45	14	30	13
10	Wisconsin	57.75	17	20	21
11	Virginia	57.08	21	14	19
12	North Carolina	56.72	7	16	36
13	Missouri	56.44	13	31	32
14	Alaska	56.23	16	37	15
15	Maine	55.83	33	1	20
16	Iowa	55.52	28	9	29
17	Vermont	55.04	37	7	10
18	Utah	54.80	25	22	25
19	Ohio	54.17	26	12	34
20	South Carolina	53.45	8	38	39
21	California	53.38	39	24	5
22	Montana	53.17	35	11	16
23	Massachusetts	53.06	49	4	2
24	Idaho	53.04	29	26	30
25	Michigan	52.69	32	13	31
26	Texas	52.37	20	34	35
27	Nebraska	51.85	43	21	8
28	Nevada	51.53	5	42	43
29	Connecticut	51.52	45	17	6
30	Arizona	51.41	34	29	23
31	Kansas	50.85	30	28	37
32	Georgia	50.24	19	39	40
33	Oklahoma	50.04	10	47	42
34	Illinois	49.66	41	15	28
35	New York	49.58	47	10	11
36	Maryland	49.54	44	25	17
37	Alabama	48.93	3	43	49
38	Tennessee	48.58	6	48	46
39	Oregon	48.33	42	32	26
40	Indiana	48.29	31	33	41
41	Hawaii	47.75	50	27	7
42	Arkansas	47.70	12	49	44
43	West Virginia	47.48	11	44	50
44	Rhode Island	47.02	40	40	22
45	New Jersey	46.36	46	36	12
46	New Mexico	45.99	38	45	33
47	Washington	45.81	48	23	24
48	Mississippi	45.33	9	50	47
49	Louisiana	44.54	24	46	48
50	Kentucky	42.46	36	41	45