Texas is still seeing droves of new residents moving in and whenever you introduce a huge influx of people into a concentrated area, bad things are always bound to happen.
In a new study from WalletHub, Texas ranked as the third least safe state to live in the nation!
According to NBC DFW, researchers analyzed 52 key metrics, ranging from violent crime rates and traffic fatalities to the financial losses incurred due to climate disaster, to determine their rankings.
Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst, said of the research, "The safest states in America protect their residents from harm in a multitude of different ways, from keeping crime rates low and maintaining safe roadways to having strong economies and job markets that prevent people from falling into dangerous financial situations.
"They have high levels of occupational safety and disaster preparedness, too. In addition, states are made safer by efforts that individual residents take, such as forming a neighborhood watch or working in firefighting and EMT jobs at high rates."
Texas ranked as the 48th safest state, just ahead of Mississippi and Louisiana.
The ten safest states included Wyoming, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Connecticut, Hawaii, Utah, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and the safest state in the nation Vermont.
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