New study ranks Louisiana as worst state in America, among 10 worst states across multiple metricsBATON ROUGE — A new study has named Louisiana the worst overall state in the union, with the state among the 10 worst states across multiple metrics. First published in 2017, the Best States index from U.S. News and World Report measures how well states perform in 71 metrics across eight categories. 50 overall, with the state's crime and corrections ranking also being dead last when compared to the rest of the country. Utah ranked at the top of the overall ranking, followed by South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska. Louisiana is the only state with a bottom-10 ranking in every category.