As the novel coronavirus pandemic forces a large portion of the U.S. workforce to work remotely, a newly released WalletHub survey ranked the best and worst states to work from home.

The survey ranked the 50 states and District of Columbia on 12 metrics falling into two buckets. The first main category is "work environment", which includes the share of remote workers in the state pre-pandemic and share of households with internet access. The second category is "living environment", which takes into account factors such as the average cost of internet and average home density.

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