That's according to the latest "Community Well-Being Rankings and Access to Care" report from Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index.
The annual survey conducts hundreds of thousands of interviews in every community in the nation each year to track "how people feel about and experience their daily lives" and to provide "a broad perspective on the aspects of life that matter most to people."
The results are aggregated every year into a general well-being index.
Of the 190 communities surveyed, the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach area came in 49th overall, which was just outside the top ten for major metro areas.
The well-being index is further broken down into five categories, and in some of them, Miamians do pretty well:
- eighth overall for physical
well-being, described as "having good health and enough energy to get things done daily." - 18th overall for social
well-being, described as "having supportive relationships and love in your life." - 26th overall for
described as "liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your goals."purpose ,
- 86th overall for
community , described as "liking where you live, feeling safe, and having pride in your community." - 171st overall for financial well-being, "managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security."
It turns out, however, that Florida is particularly noted for being home to some of the highest-ranking communities in the nation. Our neighbors to the west, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island area, came in number one overall. The Sarasota area ranked third.
Miami did actually rank higher than Florida's other major urban metro areas. Jacksonville was ranked 77th, Orlando was 79th, and Tampa had a particularly poor showing at 148th.