Happiness and living the good life are a cornerstone of the American Dream. The authors of the Declaration of Independence made sure to list fundamental rights as those of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" when they drafted the decisive document.
To get a sense of how that part of the American Dream is doing across the country, we concluded our recent roundup of 50 of our favorite maps that explain the social geography of America with the above entry, showing the Gallup-Sharecare Well Being Index for each state in 2017.
