Advisory Board August 7, 2024
U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its 2024 “Healthiest Communities Rankings,” which ranks counties and county equivalents on 10 health-related criteria, and named Falls Church, Virginia as the healthiest community in the United States.
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Methodology
For the rankings, U.S. News evaluated nearly 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents across 92 metrics in 10 health and health-related categories considered to be key factors in community health by the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics:
- Population health, weighted 14.15%
- Equity, weighted 12.23%
- Education, weighted 12.15%
- Economy, weighted 11.08%
- Housing, weighted 9.46%
- Food and nutrition, weighted 8.77%
- Environment, weighted 8.62%
- Public safety, weighted 8.46%
- Community vitality, weighted 7.62%
- Infrastructure, weighted 7.46%
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