Well, that’s what the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index says, anyway:

The index includes questions about six types of well-being, including overall evaluation of their lives, emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors (such as whether a person smokes or exercises), and job satisfaction.

North Carolina is 34th, Georgia 23rd, South Carolina 26th, Alabama 33rd, and Virginia 15th.

Happiest states? Utah and Hawaii. Unhappiest? West Virginia and Kentucky.