South Carolina Ranked One Of The Worst States for Singles in 2025

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner and inflation making dating more expensive, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best & Worst States for Singles in 2025.

WalletHub compared the 50 states across 29 key indicators of dating-friendliness. The data set ranges from the share of single adults to the unemployment rate for singles to the number of restaurants per capita.

In the report, North Carolina was ranked the 16th best in the nation and South Carolina was ranked the 42nd in the nation.

Best & Worst States for Singles

Overall Rank  State Total Score  Dating Opportunities Rank  Dating Economics Rank  Romance & Fun Rank 
1 Florida 68.21 3 34 2
2 New York 67.86 2 49 1
3 California 67.12 1 50 3
4 Texas 66.99 5 16 4
5 Illinois 61.86 6 38 6
6 Pennsylvania 61.80 7 32 5
7 Wisconsin 60.70 12 12 7
8 Massachusetts 60.10 4 41 10
9 Ohio 59.35 13 20 8
10 Minnesota 57.86 19 3 11
11 New Jersey 56.91 8 25 15
12 Georgia 56.82 10 21 16
13 Virginia 56.39 20 6 21
14 Missouri 56.29 26 7 9
15 Michigan 56.21 9 27 18
16 North Carolina 54.70 21 23 12
17 Arizona 54.11 17 18 23
18 Nevada 54.07 11 28 28
19 Colorado 53.84 24 17 13
20 Oregon 52.67 15 45 14
21 Washington 52.60 18 37 19
22 Connecticut 52.39 14 36 22
23 New Hampshire 51.86 25 15 24
24 Maryland 51.63 16 30 30
25 Utah 51.16 36 1 34
26 Tennessee 51.02 28 33 17
27 Louisiana 50.03 23 44 20
28 Indiana 49.59 34 13 25
29 Rhode Island 49.23 22 42 33
30 Vermont 47.93 29 26 38
31 Alabama 47.55 33 14 37
32 Nebraska 47.40 40 5 31
33 Oklahoma 46.71 37 11 36
34 Maine 46.05 38 31 27
35 Iowa 45.49 41 10 29
36 Montana 44.11 43 19 26
37 Mississippi 44.08 32 35 44
38 Delaware 43.93 30 24 50
39 Idaho 43.56 44 9 35
40 Hawaii 43.41 35 43 40
41 New Mexico 42.67 27 46 49
42 South Carolina 42.60 39 29 39
43 Kansas 42.33 45 8 42
44 South Dakota 42.04 49 2 41
45 Alaska 41.23 31 48 48
46 Kentucky 38.67 46 47 32
47 Wyoming 38.39 48 22 43
48 North Dakota 38.11 50 4 45
49 Arkansas 38.00 42 40 47
50 West Virginia 36.48 47 39 46