North Carolina Ranked As Having 2023’s Second Best State Capital in America

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With 17 state capitals being the most populated cities in their states, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Best State Capitals for Safety & More, as well as expert commentary.

To identify the most livable seats of state government, WalletHub compared all 50 state capitals across 49 key metrics, ranging from the cost of living to K–12 school-system quality.

Best State Capitals

Overall Rank  City State Capital Index  Affordability  Economic Well-Being  Quality of Education & Health  Quality of Life 
1 Austin, TX 65.83 9 1 2 9
2 Raleigh, NC 64.94 1 7 4 10
3 Madison, WI 62.90 21 10 1 3
4 Boise, ID 61.16 23 4 8 6
5 Lincoln, NE 60.78 7 16 10 20
6 Salt Lake City, UT 59.71 26 2 9 16
7 Concord, NH 59.31 3 19 16 25
8 Denver, CO 57.63 37 3 5 14
9 Atlanta, GA 57.28 31 9 18 7
10 Columbus, OH 56.69 14 17 29 12
11 Nashville, TN 56.03 18 6 26 26
12 Oklahoma City, OK 55.94 5 15 27 31
13 Des Moines, IA 55.49 4 28 20 30
14 Helena, MT 55.10 17 18 14 33
15 St. Paul, MN 55.04 27 22 15 21
16 Olympia, WA 54.32 35 23 13 13
17 Bismarck, ND 54.29 10 14 28 35
18 Annapolis, MD 53.83 29 32 6 22
19 Cheyenne, WY 53.75 2 25 30 42
20 Santa Fe, NM 53.47 34 26 12 19
21 Boston, MA 52.65 49 11 7 1
22 Pierre, SD 52.60 6 41 22 39
23 Sacramento, CA 52.32 46 8 23 11
24 Phoenix, AZ 52.28 33 5 34 27
25 Montpelier, VT 52.19 30 38 11 24
26 Albany, NY 50.64 45 40 19 5
27 Salem, OR 50.40 40 13 24 28
28 Frankfort, KY 50.39 13 39 35 32
29 Jefferson City, MO 50.11 11 36 43 34
30 Tallahassee, FL 50.09 41 32 25 18
31 Richmond, VA 49.57 38 24 49 4
32 Harrisburg, PA 49.51 28 30 47 17
33 Columbia, SC 49.37 32 37 37 15
34 Lansing, MI 48.95 16 27 45 37
35 Providence, RI 48.87 47 21 21 8
36 Topeka, KS 48.81 8 34 39 46
37 Springfield, IL 48.74 12 43 33 41
38 Honolulu, HI 48.70 50 20 3 2
39 Indianapolis, IN 48.51 22 29 44 29
40 Juneau, AK 47.21 25 47 17 43
41 Little Rock, AR 45.43 24 31 36 50
42 Carson City, NV 45.37 39 12 46 47
43 Charleston, WV 44.88 20 46 40 44
44 Montgomery, AL 44.66 15 44 50 40
45 Jackson, MS 44.06 19 42 41 49
46 Dover, DE 42.05 42 35 38 48
47 Baton Rouge, LA 41.27 36 48 48 36
48 Hartford, CT 41.18 48 45 32 23
49 Trenton, NJ 39.72 44 49 42 38
50 Augusta, ME 39.44 43 50 31 45

Note: With the exception of “State Capital Index,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

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