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The 10 Healthiest Communities For Well-Being in America (Hint: Colorado Nabbed 6 of the Top 10 Spots)
Los Alamos County, New Mexico, was named the healthiest community in America in Top rankings from US News, with Colorado taking 6 of 10 spots.
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Los Alamos County, New Mexico turned out to be the healthiest community in the U.S., according to the extensive research underwritten by the Aetna Foundation, with research by U.S. News and World Report that examined nearly 3,000 locations across the country on dozens of factors that shape community health and well-being,
Los Alamos received a perfect score for measurements including drinking water quality, affordable housing availability, park access, and number of college educated citizens.
Perhaps most notably, Colorado grabbed 6 of the top 10 spots. Three counties in Colorado ranked in the top five, including Douglas County (2nd), Broomfield County (fourth), and Routt County (5th). Falls Church, Virginia was ranked third most healthy.
They all scored above the national average in at least eight of the 10 categories—Education, Equity, Economy, Population Health, Housing, Food & Nutrition, Public Safety Infrastructure, Environment, and Community Vitality.
The project serves as a tool to inform residents, community health leaders and elected officials about policies and best practices for better health outcomes by assessing which communities offer their citizens the greatest opportunity to live a productive, healthy life.
The analysis of 84 metrics of well-being seemed to parallel how well a county was doing during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well. The No.1 ranked community, Los Alamos County, had seen just 124 cases per 100,000 residents by late August, compared with a national average more than 10 times that rate.