Best States To Raise Kids

(Washington-AP) -- The Children's Rights Council ranking of the best states in which to raise a child:

1. Maine

2. Massachusetts

3. Connecticut

4. Vermont

5. New Hampshire

6. North Dakota

7. Maryland

8. Kansas

9. Wisconsin

10. Iowa

11. Minnesota

12. Rhode Island

13. Hawaii

14. Alaska

15. Nebraska

16. Pennsylvania

17. New Jersey

18. Washington

19. North Carolina

20. Delaware

21. Colorado

22. Utah

23. Virginia

24. Missouri

25. Michigan

26. Wyoming

27. South Dakota

28. Georgia

29. Ohio

30. Montana

31. Alabama

32. West Virginia

33. Illinois

34. New York

35. Kentucky

36. Florida

37. Indiana

38. Tennessee

39. South Carolina

40. Oregon

41. Idaho

42. Mississippi

43. Arkansas

44. Nevada

45. Oklahoma

46. California

47. Arizona

48. Texas

49. New Mexico

50. Louisiana

51. Washington, D.C.