Georgia Ranks 42nd for Retirement-Friendly States for Military Veterans • The Georgia Virtue

WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key indicators of retirement-friendliness toward veterans. The data set ranges from job opportunities for veterans to housing affordability to quality of VA hospitals.

Source: WalletHub

Best States for Military Retirees

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Economic Environment	Quality of Life	Health Care
1	Florida	61.14	6	3	19
2	South Carolina	60.82	15	2	9
3	Virginia	60.45	4	5	17
4	Minnesota	59.22	18	36	1
5	Connecticut	57.78	35	21	2
6	New Hampshire	57.47	14	8	12
7	Maryland	57.31	23	1	29
8	South Dakota	56.99	13	25	7
9	North Carolina	56.51	5	16	21
10	North Dakota	55.11	1	28	30
11	Alaska	54.87	10	10	35
12	Alabama	54.60	3	17	37
13	Oklahoma	54.05	8	6	43
14	Louisiana	53.89	11	27	22
15	Wyoming	53.56	9	4	50
16	Arizona	52.98	21	7	38
17	Missouri	52.92	22	22	23
18	Massachusetts	52.88	26	49	4
19	Michigan	52.82	19	40	8
20	Montana	52.54	25	18	24
21	Kansas	52.34	37	20	10
22	Arkansas	52.27	24	23	25
23	Pennsylvania	52.10	41	38	5
24	Ohio	51.94	30	41	6
25	Idaho	50.90	40	19	15
26	West Virginia	50.62	7	44	34
27	New Jersey	50.37	31	14	36
28	Kentucky	50.17	28	35	16
29	Utah	49.67	2	34	49
30	Hawaii	49.65	38	11	39
31	Illinois	49.48	34	39	11
32	Texas	49.31	27	31	33
33	Delaware	49.22	48	12	14
34	Indiana	48.71	20	43	32
35	Colorado	48.61	44	15	27
36	Iowa	48.37	17	32	41
37	Wisconsin	48.30	46	29	13
38	New York	48.19	50	47	3
39	Maine	48.03	36	37	20
40	Nebraska	47.44	47	26	18
41	Rhode Island	46.95	12	46	42
42	Georgia	46.85	32	24	44
43	Tennessee	46.03	16	48	40
44	California	45.63	51	9	28
45	New Mexico	45.17	43	13	47
46	Washington	43.17	33	30	51
47	Vermont	42.01	49	42	31
48	Mississippi	41.91	45	33	46
49	Nevada	41.67	39	45	48
50	District of Columbia	41.63	29	50	45
51	Oregon	38.73	42	51	26

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” 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.

Military Retirement in Georgia (1=Best; 25=Avg.):

29^th – Veterans per Capita
24^th – Number of VA Health Facilities per Number of Veterans
17^th – % of Homeless Veterans
38^th – Veteran Job Opportunities
29^th – Housing Affordability
24^th – Number of VA Benefits-Administration Facilities per Number of Veterans
41^st – Quality of VA Hospitals

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