State rankings in the following categories with the variable upon which ranking is based in parentheses: education (adults over 25 with a bachelor's degree in 2015), employment (March 2017 unemployment rate - Bureau of Labor Statistics), health (obesity rate from 2015 - Centers for Disease Control), insured (uninsured rate in 2015 - US Census), sleep (share of adults that report at least 7 hours of sleep each night from 2016 - Disease Control), wealth (poverty rate 2014/15 - US Census). In each category, the lower the ranking, the more favorable. This data is based on data presented in a May 17, 2017 Axios article, "The Emoji States of America".
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