United States Peace Index
2012 Rank 2011 Rank State 2012 Score 2011 Score
1 1 Maine 1.31 1.34
2 2 Vermont 1.55 1.50
2 3 New Hampshire 1.55 1.54
4 4 Minnesota 1.61 1.62
5 8 Utah 1.72 1.83
6 5 North Dakota 1.74 1.71
7 6 Washington 1.78 1.75
7 12 Hawaii 1.78 1.91
9 10 Rhode Island 1.79 1.87
10 11 Iowa 1.87 1.88
11 13 Nebraska 1.93 2.08
12 7 Massachusetts 2.00 1.80
13 9 Oregon 2.07 1.85
14 15 Connecticut 2.19 2.21
15 17 West Virginia 2.20 2.28
16 16 Idaho 2.23 2.24
18 17 Montana 2.27 2.28
17 23 Wyoming 2.26 2.49
19 19 Wisconsin 2.30 2.30
20 14 South Dakota 2.32 2.17
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The United States Peace Index (USPI) is a measurement of American States and cities by their peacefulness. Created by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the creators of the Global Peace Index, it is said to be the first in a series of National sub-divisions by their peacefulness. The USPI was created first due to plentiful data and a large amount of diversity between states for level of peace. The United States ranked 88/158 on the Global Peace index for 2012. The U.S. index was released on 6 April 2011, at 00:01 Eastern Time and the second edition released on 24 April 2012.