Where Does Texas Rank Overall Against the Rest of the Country?

Putting state pride aside and taking an objective look at the Lonestar State, where do you think it would rank among the rest of the nation?

A recent report by US News won't rub a lot of Texans the right way, ranking Texas in the bottom third against the rest of the country. US News ranked each state on Health Care, Education, Economy, Opportunity, Infrastructure, Crime & Corrections, Fiscal Stability, and Quality of Life, then compiling for an overall rank.

Several factors were taken into account for each category. For example, Heath Care Access, Health Care Quality, and Public Health each made up an equal part of the Health Care category's score, whereas the Economy score was made up by 50% growth, 30% employment, and 20% business environment. The complete breakdown of the methodolgy can be found HERE.

Overall, Texas came in at #36, scoring high in Economy and Fiscal Stability, but incredibly low in Opportunity and Quality of Life.

The complete list...

Overall Rank	State	Health Care	Education	Economy	Opportunity	Infrastructure	Crime & Corrections	Fiscal Stability	Quality of Life
1	Iowa	3	5	17	4	1	15	21	9
2	Minnesota	7	13	20	3	6	11	24	2
3	Utah	10	3	2	35	8	14	1	22
4	North Dakota	14	10	19	17	2	23	2	1
5	New Hampshire	13	4	11	1	37	2	26	4
6	Washington	2	6	3	27	4	39	27	21
7	Nebraska	19	9	21	13	9	19	11	14
8	Massachusetts	5	1	9	14	45	5	40	25
9	Vermont	6	8	31	6	35	7	16	26
10	Colorado	9	20	1	28	14	29	31	10
11	Wisconsin	17	18	27	8	26	22	19	3
12	Idaho	18	30	7	42	10	6	7	20
13	Maryland	16	11	24	2	25	26	23	31
14	South Dakota	21	17	28	24	7	40	4	5
15	Florida	34	7	5	36	11	31	3	33
16	Oregon	20	33	6	32	3	20	30	18
17	Hawaii	1	29	23	18	27	17	35	36
18	Delaware	25	32	10	7	18	46	15	24
19	New Jersey	12	2	41	10	28	3	49	49
20	Virginia	29	12	30	9	39	4	14	41
21	Wyoming	33	15	47	15	36	12	9	11
22	Maine	22	19	37	26	43	1	29	12
23	North Carolina	37	16	18	40	24	21	6	34
24	Connecticut	4	14	43	29	41	8	41	38
25	New York	15	23	35	43	19	10	28	37
26	Tennessee	43	28	13	31	15	41	5	28
27	Montana	26	22	26	37	34	36	12	13
28	Rhode Island	8	27	29	34	48	13	33	23
29	Kansas	30	21	42	12	16	37	39	16
30	Missouri	39	25	33	21	20	45	10	15
31	Georgia	42	31	14	33	17	35	13	32
32	California	11	26	4	46	38	28	43	50
33	Indiana	40	35	25	11	30	30	8	48
34	Nevada	35	44	12	19	5	44	38	43
35	Illinois	27	24	39	22	13	24	50	47
36	Texas	38	37	8	47	21	27	17	46
37	Michigan	32	36	22	20	40	32	32	29
38	Pennsylvania	23	38	34	16	29	25	42	44
39	Arizona	24	43	16	45	12	38	34	39
40	Ohio	36	41	32	25	23	18	37	40
41	Kentucky	45	34	45	30	22	9	46	27
42	South Carolina	41	48	15	39	33	42	18	30
43	Oklahoma	48	39	36	38	31	34	22	17
44	Alaska	28	40	50	5	42	50	47	19
45	Arkansas	49	42	40	41	46	47	20	7
46	Alabama	46	47	38	48	32	43	25	35
47	West Virginia	44	45	49	23	50	33	36	45
48	New Mexico	31	50	46	44	47	49	44	8
49	Mississippi	50	46	48	49	49	16	45	6
50	Louisiana	47	49	44	50	44	48	48	42