U.S. News & World Report released their ninth annual Best States report and Ohio landed at number 38.

In the eight categories used to determine the final rankings – Crime & Corrections, Education, Healthcare, Natural Environment, Economy, Fiscal Stability, Infrastructure and Opportunity – Ohio managed to crack the top half twice – Fiscal Stability (25) and Opportunity (17). It’s lowest ranking came in Natural Environment (41), followed closely by Economy (39).

Ohio’s overall ranking put it below western neighbor Indiana (33) and above its neighbor to the north, Michigan (43). All three states finished in the top half for Opportunity. Other bordering states – Kentucky (39), West Virginia (46) and Pennsylvania (41) fell below Ohio.

Utah topped the list for the third straight year followed by New Hampshire and Idaho. Utah landed at the top of the list despite finishing 48 in Natural Environment; the state is home to five national parks (Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands and Arches), 16 national monuments (including Grand Staircase-Escalante, Dinosaur National Monument and Jurassic National Monument) and the Great Salt Lake.  Louisiana (50), Alaska (49) and Mississippi (48) brought up the bottom of the list.

Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, told U.S. News & World Report she credits the state’s resilient economy.

“Our economic structure is similar to the U.S., so when the U.S. suffers so do we,” Gochnour told the magazine. “But I will say that as a general rule, our lows are higher and our highs are higher – in the last two and a half decades, Utah’s economy has outperformed the nation, had greater strength, and when we’ve had downturns, we have been able to rebound much more quickly in our state.”