America: Quality of Life Index by City 2021 Mid-Year

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Raleigh, NC, United States 197.3 119.8 65.5 75.6 69.7 3.2 32.8 22.6 83.9
Charlotte, NC, United States 193.3 133.8 55.8 74.6 69.7 2.5 35.2 28.4 84.0
Columbus, OH, United States 193.2 130.1 56.3 74.0 71.7 2.9 25.2 26.5 71.3
Madison, WI, United States 190.7 108.7 66.6 78.9 68.1 3.6 23.6 19.0 51.6
Buffalo, NY, United States 190.6 116.2 55.7 77.1 74.2 1.5 22.2 25.0 66.4
Oklahoma City, OK, United States 188.4 106.3 50.5 77.6 64.8 3.1 25.6 20.9 77.6
Richmond, VA, United States 187.8 115.7 54.6 73.9 67.6 3.9 22.0 31.1 81.3
Austin, TX, United States 187.8 129.4 63.4 70.9 63.9 3.7 34.1 36.4 82.1
Kansas City, MO, United States 184.1 123.8 42.3 77.5 66.9 2.1 26.1 31.1 75.1
Victoria, Canada 182.5 77.5 63.8 70.3 75.3 7.9 28.5 14.6 92.5
San Diego, CA, United States 181.4 106.7 63.3 70.2 75.7 5.5 33.8 35.0 97.1
San Jose, CA, United States 178.3 133.9 53.2 73.4 74.6 6.1 38.3 45.6 95.5
Seattle, WA, United States 177.1 113.9 50.4 73.6 86.6 5.0 41.8 28.5 91.7
Dallas, TX, United States 176.4 131.8 49.8 65.8 67.7 2.4 35.4 41.9 81.9
Quebec City, Canada 176.2 82.9 85.3 71.6 68.6 4.7 27.5 28.4 48.0
Indianapolis, IN, United States 175.3 129.7 43.1 73.2 65.0 1.8 29.1 41.8 69.9
Calgary, Canada 175.3 107.7 65.0 76.4 73.9 3.6 30.0 23.9 33.1
Jacksonville, FL, United States 174.8 126.7 43.7 68.5 68.3 2.9 35.8 40.3 87.8
Ottawa, Canada 174.5 87.8 74.0 75.1 75.0 5.2 31.1 21.4 44.5
Saint Louis, MO, United States 174.3 126.2 29.3 80.4 66.3 1.6 27.2 39.0 74.8
Spokane, WA, United States 174.0 101.3 45.6 63.7 68.4 5.3 23.7 19.7 67.1
Cincinnati, OH, United States 173.5 116.6 50.0 68.8 64.7 2.2 25.1 43.3 73.2
Portland, OR, United States 172.4 93.8 50.0 73.8 78.7 4.4 33.2 31.0 89.6
Vancouver, Canada 171.3 84.0 63.0 75.5 74.4 11.6 37.4 24.9 91.2
Pittsburgh, PA, United States 170.3 113.3 61.2 75.6 78.6 2.2 38.1 46.2 72.1
San Antonio, TX, United States 169.9 106.4 51.2 71.6 63.1 2.3 30.3 45.0 80.6
Tampa, FL, United States 169.3 91.3 51.6 69.3 76.3 3.6 35.9 29.6 84.7
Orlando, FL, United States 168.3 104.9 47.7 62.5 67.0 2.9 36.8 35.4 87.2
Salt Lake City, UT, United States 168.1 137.3 67.2 71.4 64.4 5.8 35.3 61.9 66.5
Boston, MA, United States 167.7 97.7 64.7 75.4 88.8 8.3 45.4 26.8 71.7
Sacramento, CA, United States 165.8 98.4 51.5 68.7 77.2 6.4 27.0 44.1 90.6
Albuquerque, NM, United States 164.6 101.3 30.0 66.6 61.6 3.0 25.1 27.1 67.1
Nashville, TN, United States 164.2 97.1 52.3 63.9 71.7 3.6 39.0 35.7 83.0
Minneapolis, MN, United States 163.4 99.9 46.7 78.5 81.4 3.9 36.6 26.2 49.5
Cleveland, OH, United States 162.8 100.6 35.3 80.9 76.8 1.4 33.7 38.9 73.1
Halifax, Canada 162.6 73.6 59.2 70.2 75.1 6.0 30.8 23.0 59.0
Edmonton, Canada 162.5 92.2 57.3 78.7 74.3 3.6 29.5 29.1 32.1
Houston, TX, United States 161.4 133.3 36.1 71.7 63.2 2.3 42.2 56.2 85.5
Milwaukee, WI, United States 161.2 103.9 32.8 65.7 76.5 2.3 28.5 28.8 61.0
Anchorage, AK, United States 160.3 99.7 37.6 61.2 91.8 2.9 27.2 16.6 41.6
Atlanta, GA, United States 160.1 116.5 37.6 68.4 76.9 3.8 42.0 45.1 89.7
Denver, CO, United States 159.9 109.2 56.2 69.3 73.3 4.4 36.3 42.8 56.3
Mississauga, Canada 158.6 85.2 57.3 70.0 73.0 8.9 38.8 24.2 58.7
Tucson, AZ, United States 158.1 70.5 49.6 59.5 64.8 4.3 29.2 26.2 72.7
Baltimore, MD, United States 158.0 115.6 25.0 76.6 72.4 2.0 31.1 50.4 81.2
Oakland, CA, United States 156.9 87.7 36.3 78.9 91.4 7.9 37.7 36.2 96.4
Montreal, Canada 156.5 83.9 70.4 64.6 70.0 6.7 39.6 33.1 52.4
Honolulu, HI, United States 155.8 74.8 56.0 73.0 100.7 8.0 41.2 36.7 95.3
Washington, DC, United States 155.5 99.8 42.4 69.5 83.8 5.3 40.4 40.1 81.6
Kelowna, Canada 154.6 63.5 48.1 75.3 71.5 6.4 28.9 25.3 59.7
Toronto, Canada 151.1 89.5 59.5 75.7 74.9 11.0 45.2 38.1 65.3
San Francisco, CA, United States 150.2 110.3 43.3 65.3 93.9 7.6 50.9 47.4 97.3
Chicago, IL, United States 146.9 107.5 34.9 66.6 78.9 3.6 42.1 44.8 66.1
Las Vegas, NV, United States 146.8 105.3 44.4 55.6 68.5 3.2 27.4 52.8 57.4
Miami, FL, United States 146.2 74.8 46.8 62.9 79.0 5.5 43.0 38.9 85.7
Regina, Canada 145.8 92.8 46.8 67.8 70.8 4.4 17.2 39.9 14.3
Phoenix, AZ, United States 145.5 103.8 47.7 67.1 68.3 3.9 32.6 56.3 53.8
Philadelphia, PA, United States 142.2 91.3 38.5 69.4 79.5 4.0 39.2 53.7 78.0
Winnipeg, Canada 139.7 84.2 43.2 69.0 72.0 3.7 31.5 37.0 24.7
New York, NY, United States 139.2 100.0 53.0 61.8 100.0 8.8 42.8 57.7 79.7
Hamilton, Canada 138.7 75.0 47.0 80.2 66.9 7.2 33.6 54.8 61.1
Brasilia, Brazil 137.3 39.4 39.2 51.9 40.0 10.5 29.9 33.5 99.0
Los Angeles, CA, United States 131.2 97.3 51.4 61.6 79.7 7.3 60.5 66.5 95.5
Detroit, MI, United States 130.3 100.7 26.4 61.1 67.5 1.3 45.1 58.5 66.0
San Juan, Puerto Rico 119.9 53.3 31.0 62.9 71.8 6.0 37.5 50.8 71.2
Montevideo, Uruguay 119.1 28.7 45.6 67.6 51.1 18.2 37.8 49.0 98.0
Medellin, Colombia 118.6 26.9 48.5 76.1 29.4 15.8 39.2 62.6 99.8
Guadalajara, Mexico 118.4 30.1 38.4 79.5 35.6 8.8 40.7 64.3 92.8
San Jose, Costa Rica 114.3 38.1 44.6 61.6 48.8 9.6 64.0 51.9 99.5
Monterrey, Mexico 110.6 30.9 51.4 67.7 40.2 14.1 31.7 71.1 80.4
Panama City, Panama 106.8 28.2 53.4 59.1 56.7 11.5 34.5 64.5 67.8
Quito, Ecuador 105.5 24.4 39.3 67.6 43.7 13.4 42.9 67.1 99.0
Santiago, Chile 99.9 28.8 43.1 66.2 50.5 19.3 37.4 69.9 90.2
Belo Horizonte, Brazil 99.5 19.6 36.0 63.2 36.4 24.1 43.2 52.7 98.5
Guatemala City, Guatemala 93.2 21.8 37.2 61.9 45.5 15.3 48.2 72.4 99.9
Buenos Aires, Argentina 92.7 23.4 36.8 68.8 37.1 32.8 47.6 52.5 98.3
Mexico City, Mexico 87.5 35.2 30.4 64.7 38.1 13.3 52.1 82.8 92.4
Bogota, Colombia 86.3 22.6 36.0 64.6 30.0 23.5 51.4 70.1 97.1
Sao Paulo, Brazil 80.8 24.2 29.8 58.2 40.4 17.7 50.6 79.5 99.0
Lima, Peru 79.7 26.3 30.1 60.1 35.7 17.1 50.4 84.8 97.7
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 74.8 25.3 22.3 44.2 38.9 18.9 51.4 67.5 88.2
Caracas, Venezuela 73.7 13.9 15.5 38.7 47.3 16.6 35.6 73.8 99.9