Back in October, the New York Times ran a piece on the best states for retirement. Its report was based on a study by WalletHub and listed the top five state as Florida, Minnesota, Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota.

But we’re not retired in any of those states. Where is Kentucky on the list?

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Affordability Rank	Quality of Life Rank	Health Care Rank
1	Fla.	62.76	2	2	27
2	Minn.	62.74	27	6	1
3	Colorado	61.71	15	18	3
4	Wyoming	60.79	1	3	38
5	S.D.	60.76	18	19	4
6	Penn.	60.44	22	5	9
7	N.H.	58.64	23	8	14
8	Delaware	58.62	4	35	18
9	N.D.	58.45	14	30	13
10	Wis.	57.75	17	20	21
11	Virginia	57.08	21	14	19
12	N.C.	56.72	7	16	36
13	Missouri	56.44	13	31	32
14	Alaska	56.23	16	37	15
15	Maine	55.83	33	1	20
16	Iowa	55.52	28	9	29
17	Vermont	55.04	37	7	10
18	Utah	54.80	25	22	25
19	Ohio	54.17	26	12	34
20	S.C.	53.45	8	38	39
21	California	53.38	39	24	5
22	Montana	53.17	35	11	16
23	Mass.	53.06	49	4	2
24	Idaho	53.04	29	26	30
25	Michigan	52.69	32	13	31
26	Texas	52.37	20	34	35
27	Nebraska	51.85	43	21	8
28	Nevada	51.53	5	42	43
29	Conn.	51.52	45	17	6
30	Arizona	51.41	34	29	23
31	Kansas	50.85	30	28	37
32	Georgia	50.24	19	39	40
33	Okla.	50.04	10	47	42
34	Illinois	49.66	41	15	28
35	New York	49.58	47	10	11
36	Maryland	49.54	44	25	17
37	Alabama	48.93	3	43	49
38	Tenn.	48.58	6	48	46
39	Oregon	48.33	42	32	26
40	Indiana	48.29	31	33	41
41	Hawaii	47.75	50	27	7
42	Arkansas	47.70	12	49	44
43	W.V.	47.48	11	44	50
44	R.I.	47.02	40	40	22
45	N.J.	46.36	46	36	12
46	N.M.	45.99	38	45	33
47	Wash.	45.81	48	23	24
48	Miss.	45.33	9	50	47
49	Louisiana	44.54	24	46	48
50	Kentucky	42.46	36	41	45

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric category.

That’s right. Kentucky ranks 50th out of 50 states and is the worst place for an older person to retire. In the three categories that are used to determine a state’s standing, the Bluegrass State ranks 36th in affordability, 41st in quality of life and 45th in health care. Usually, we can rely on Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana as being a bigger disaster in terms of places to live, but nope, we’re No. 1 in terms of suckiness.