Each state's infrastructure, ranked worst to best

Oregon was ranked among the states with one of the best infrastructure systems in the country. Slow internet, long commutes, and expensive electricity are often beyond our control. Yet, these daily inconveniences can make a massive impact on your quality of life. US News & World Report ranked the quality of infrastructure across all 50 states. Infrastructure has a big impact on the quality of day-to-day life. Whether you're struggling to get around because of poor road quality, unreliable public transportation, or your neighborhood experiences frequent power outages, weak infrastructure can make everyday life more difficult. It's also something that varies massively from state to state. US News & World Report compiled a ranking of states with the best and worst infrastructure, which forms part of its annual ranking of the best states to live in. To determine the quality of each state's infrastructure, US News & World Report examined three categories: energy, internet access, and transportation. For energy, it calculated the average retail electricity price, power grid reliability, and renewable energy usage. Internet access was analyzed by looking at the broadband subscription internet and access to high-speed broadband internet. For transport, the metrics were commute time, bridge quality, road quality, and public transit usage. Each state was then ranked based on these metrics. US News & World Report prioritized recent and standardized data from government sources to compile the ranking. Here is the infrastructure quality of all 50 states, from worst to best. 50. West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia. Transportation: 49th Energy: 49th Internet access: 49th 49. Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi. Transportation: 46th Energy: 47th Internet access: 48th 48. Alaska Anchorage, Alaska. Transportation: 12th Energy: 48th Internet access: 47th 47. Rhode Island Providence, Rhode Island. Transportation: 50th Energy: 44th Internet access: 36th 46. Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana. Transportation: 48th Energy: 38th Internet access: 44th 45. New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico. Transportation: 37th Energy: 16th Internet access: 50th 44. Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii. Transportation: 28th Energy: 50th Internet access: 16th 43. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Transportation: 47th Energy: 36th Internet access: 34th 42. Michigan Detroit, Michigan. Transportation: 38th Energy: 37th Internet access: 38th 41. Maine Portland, Maine. /iStockphoto Transportation: 43rd Energy: 40th Internet access: 32nd 40. Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas. Transportation: 33rd Energy: 33rd Internet access: 41st 39. Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia. Transportation: 34th Energy: 28th Internet access: 37th 38. Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts. Transportation: 45th Energy: 43rd Internet access: 14th 37. Wisconsin Milwaukee, Transportation: 31st Energy: 12th Internet access: 42nd 36. Wyoming Cheyenne, Wyoming. Transportation: 6th Energy: 18th Internet access: 46th 35. Missouri Kansas City, Missouri. Transportation: 36th Energy: 22nd Internet access: 33rd 34. New York New York, New York. Transportation: 32nd Energy: 35th Internet access: 27th 33. Montana Billings, Montana. Transportation: 11th Energy: 14th Internet access: 45th 32. California Los Angeles, California. Transportation: 42nd Energy: 46th Internet access: 8th 31. Ohio Columbus, Ohio. /iStockphoto Transportation: 16th Energy: 32nd Internet access: 39th 30. Alabama Dusk Over The Downtown Urban City Center /iStockphoto Transportation: 21st Energy: 19th Internet access: 40th 29. South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina. /iStockphoto Transportation: 40th Energy: 20th Internet access: 25th 28. Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky. Transportation: 17th Energy: 30th Internet access: 30th 27. Idaho Boise, Idaho. /iStockphoto Transportation: 20th Energy: 9th Internet access: 43rd 26. North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina. Transportation: 23rd Energy: 26th Internet access: 29th 25. Connecticut Bridgeport, Connecticut. Transportation: 39th Energy: 45th Internet access: 3rd 24. Maryland Baltimore, Maryland. Transportation: 44th Energy: 29th Internet access: 7th 23. Arizona Phoenix, Arizona. Transportation: 25th Energy: 17th Internet access: 23rd 22. Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana. Transportation: 13th Energy: 27th Internet access: 26th 21. Illinois Chicago, Illinois. Transportation: 29th Energy: 15th Internet access: 19th 20. Georgia Atlanta, Georgia. Transportation: 18th Energy: 34th Internet access: 12th 19. Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Transportation: 19th Energy: 11th Internet access: 28th 18. New Hampshire Manchester, New Hampshire. /iStockphoto Transportation: 41st Energy: 39th Internet access: 1st 17. Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee. Transportation: 14th Energy: 31st Internet access: 13th 16. Texas Des Moines, Iowa. Transportation: 27th Energy: 24th Internet access: 10th 15. Iowa Des Moines, Iowa. Transportation: 35th Energy: 2nd Internet access: 35th 14. Vermont Burlington, Vermont. Transportation: 1st Energy: 42nd Internet access: 20th 13. Delaware Wilmington, Delaware. /iStockphoto Transportation: 8th Energy: 25th Internet access: 18th 12. New Jersey Newark, New Jersey. Transportation: 15th Energy: 41st Internet access: 6th 11. Florida Jacksonville, Florida. Transportation: 22nd Energy: 13th Internet access: 11th 10. Colorado Denver, Colorado. Transportation: 24th Energy: 23rd Internet access: 5th 9. Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota. Transportation: 2nd Energy: 8th Internet access: 24th 8. Washington Seattle, Washington. Transportation: 30th Energy: 6th Internet access: 9th 7. North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota. Transportation: 7th Energy: 5th Internet access: 21st 6. South Dakota Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Transportation: 26th Energy: 1st Internet access: 31st 5. Kansas Wichita, Kansas. /iStockphoto Transportation: 3rd Energy: 10th Internet access: 15th 4. Utah Salt Lake City, Utah. Transportation: 10th Energy: 21st Internet access: 4th 3. Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska. Transportation: 5th Energy: 3rd Internet access: 22nd 2. Oregon Portland, Oregon. Transportation: 4th Energy: 4th Internet access: 17th 1. Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada. Transportation: 9th Energy: 7th Internet access: 2nd Read the original article on Business Insider

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