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Key Findings
1.
West Virginia
2.
Kansas
3.
Mississippi
4.
Oklahoma
5.
Alabama
6.
Missouri (tie)
6.
Arkansas (tie)
8.
Tennessee
9.
Iowa
10.
Indiana
11.
Georgia
12.
North Dakota
13.

Michigan (tie)
13.
South Dakota (tie)
15.
Texas
16.

Nebraska
17.
Kentucky (tie)
17.
New Mexico (tie)
19.

Louisiana
20.
Montana
21.
Ohio (tie)
21.

Pennsylvania (tie)
23.
South Carolina
24.
Minnesota
25.
Wyoming
26.
Illinois
27.
North Carolina
28.
Maryland
29.
Wisconsin
30.
Nevada
31.
Delaware
32.
Virginia
33.
Idaho
34.
Florida
35.
Colorado
36.
Utah
37.
Oregon
38.
New Hampshire
39.
Connecticut
40.
Rhode Island
41.
Arizona
42.
Maine
43.
Washington
44.
Vermont
45.
New Jersey
46.
Alaska (tie)
46.
New York (tie)
48.
California
49.
Massachusetts
50.
All 50 states were then ranked, with No.
1 being the state where $500,000 and Social Security will last the longest.
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