With Valentine’s Day around the corner and the average date costing close to $100, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst States for Singles, as well as accompanying videos and expert commentary.
To help unattached Americans improve their chances of finding love, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 30 key indicators of dating-friendliness. The data set ranges from the share of single adults to online-dating opportunities to restaurants per capita.
| Best States for Singles | Worst States for Singles |
| 1. California | 41. South Carolina |
| 2. New York | 42. Idaho |
| 3. Florida | 43. Alaska |
| 4. Texas | 44. Alabama |
| 5. Pennsylvania | 45. Kentucky |
| 6. Illinois | 46. Mississippi |
| 7. Massachusetts | 47. Wyoming |
| 8. New Jersey | 48. North Dakota |
| 9. Wisconsin | 49. Arkansas |
| 10. Virginia | 50. West Virginia |
Best vs. Worst
- Louisiana has the highest share of single adults, 54.18 percent, which is 1.3 times higher than in Utah, the state with the lowest at 42.87 percent.
- California has the most fitness and recreational facilities (per square root of population), 0.783228, which is 10.7 times more than in Hawaii, the state with the fewest at 0.072955.
- North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate for the single population, 4.37 percent, which is 2.6 times lower than in Mississippi, the state with the highest at 11.40 percent.
