Can you guess it?
The Pacific Northwest state that’s home to Amazon AMZN, +0.96% and Microsoft MSFT, +1.12% — not to mention producing almost half of the apples grown in the U.S. — was named the No. 1 state in the union in U.S. News & World Report’s Best State Rankings for 2019.
“Renewable energy projects create significant new revenues for rural communities where most of these projects are sited,” Washington governor and Democratic presidential nominee Jay Inslee said in a statement. “New wind development projects in Washington generate millions of dollars in annual lease payments; much of it goes to small rural landowners.”
New Hampshire was the second-best state overall, boosted by being the No. 1 state for both public safety and in opportunities for its growing population of immigrants and refugees, with Minnesota, Utah and Vermont rounding out the top five.
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