With May being Military Appreciation Month and Memorial Day approaching, the personal-finance website WalletHub today (Monday) released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States for Military Retirees.

To help our troops plan their years after service, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 28 key indicators of retirement-friendliness toward veterans. The data set ranges from job opportunities for veterans to housing affordability to quality of VA hospitals.

In the Midwest, South Dakota placed 8th, Missouri place 17th on the Best States list, and Kansas came in at #21. Iowa ranked 36th on the list, just barely avoiding the Worst States list. Wisconsin was next with a ranking of 37th, and Nebraska scraping-by the worst list, coming in at number 40.

The top ranked States (1st through 5th place) were Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Making the worst States list for Military Retirees, was Georgia (#42), followed by Tennessee, California, New Mexico and Washington State.