Ohio rated as one of the worst states in the US, study says

A study has ranked Ohio in the No. 36 spot in the country, making it the 15th-worst state.

A U.S. News & World Report rated states based on their ranking in 71 metrics across eight categories: crime & corrections, economy, education, fiscal stability, health care, infrastructure, natural environment, and opportunity.

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While Ohio ranked No. 36 overall, it did rank within the top 20 in two important categories:

• Opportunity
• Fiscal stability

Here is how the Buckeye State ranked in the remaining categories.

• No. 27 in education
• No. 30 in infrastructure
• No. 33 in crime and corrections
• No. 35 in health care
• No. 39 in economy
• No. 41 in natural environment

The study ranked Utah as the best overall state and Louisiana as the worst.

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