In kind of surprising (and alarming) news, a new study has determined that Texas is not as safe as we would’ve liked.
Research from WalletHub says that Texas is No. 48, or the third least safe state in the nation, based on metrics that include “emergency preparedness and for residents' personal and residential, financial, workplace, and road safety. Factors that weighed into the rankings include specific crime rates per capita, the share of the population that is uninsured, road quality ratings, workplace injury statistics, and more.”
Mississippi (50) and Louisiana (49) ranked behind Texas, and Florida (47) and Arkansas (46) rounded out the top five least safe states.
Per CultureMap Dallas, Texas specifically ranked third to last in the nationwide "emergency preparedness" category, which was determined “based on the prevalence of climate disasters causing $1 billion or more in damages from 1980-2024, and the loss amount resulting from those disasters.”
The five safest states are all conveniently enough located in the Northeast. They are: Vermont (1), Massachusetts (2), Maine (3), New Hampshire (4), and Connecticut (5).
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