MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) US News and World Report has released its annual ranking of the states based on several criteria.  Utah ranked as the best state to live in, and Louisiana came in last in the rankings.

South Dakota was ranked 43^rd in health care, 37^th for crime and corrections, 16^th for fiscal stability, 15^th for its educational system, 13^th for robustness of the economy, 11^th for general opportunity, 8^th in infrastructure and 4^th for natural environment.  Overall, South Dakota came in 11^th in the ranking of the best states to live in.