With Valentine’s Day around the corner and inflation making dates more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2024’s Best & Worst States for Singles, as well as expert commentary.
To help unattached Americans improve their chances of finding love, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 29 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. Florida | 41. South Carolina | |
| 2. Texas | 42. New Mexico | |
| 3. California | 43. Hawaii | |
| 4. New York | 44. South Dakota | |
| 5. Pennsylvania | 45. Wyoming | |
| 6. Illinois | 46. Kentucky | |
| 7. Wisconsin | 47. Alaska | |
| 8. Ohio | 48. Arkansas | |
| 9. Virginia | 49. North Dakota | |
| 10. New Jersey | 50. West Virginia |
Best vs. Worst
- New Mexico has the highest share of single adults, 1.3 times higher than in Utah, the state with the lowest.
- California has the most fitness and recreational facilities (per square root of population), which is 10.3 times more than in Hawaii, the state with the fewest.
- North Dakota has the lowest unemployment rate for the single population, which is 2.2 times lower than in Louisiana, the state with the highest.
