Don't Worry, Be Happy

Posted by: Mark Marich on September 23, 2009 Source: Policy Dialogue on Entrepreneurship

Despite the gloomy outlook from entrepreneurs on the status of the U.S. economic recovery, a recent story in the Wall Street Journal suggests that entrepreneurs are typically a happy bunch. 

Somewhat surprising numbers considering the risk and long hours involved in running one's own business, but not surprising to those who have a passion for what they do.

The numbers come thanks to research done for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index which tracks the well-being for each of the 435 congressional districts in the U.S. andbi-annually on each of the 50 states.

So which states and congressional districts top the overall list for well-being? The top ten states are: 

1. Utah
2. Hawaii
3. Wyoming
4. Colorado
5. Minnesota
6. Maryland
7. Washington
8. Massachusetts
9. California
10. Arizona

The top districts are: 

1. California 14 -- Rep. Anna Eshoo (D)
2. Georgia 6 -- Rep. Tom Price (R)
   
3. California 48 -- Rep. John Campbell (R)
4. Colorado 6 -- Rep. Mike Coffman (R)
5. New Jersey 11 -- Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)
6. California 50 -- Rep. Brian Bilbray (R)
7. California 30 -- Rep. Henry Waxman (D)
8. Maryland 8 -- Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D)
9. California 46 -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R)
10. California 26 --  Rep. David Dreier (R)

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