The Finding
Of the 14 research reports released in 2025, there were a lot of key findings. The Utah Foundation’s Board of Directors selected the top 10. In 1st place:
“In 2025, Utah had the highest Social Capital Index score in the nation and has consistently been among the top states over the previous 12 years.”
The Details
How does Utah do so well? This year, Utah ranks first or second nationally across three of the seven subindices: social trust, family health, and community life. Only three other states have more than two subindices in the top five: Minnesota, Maine, and New Hampshire.
The 2025 index shows that Utah is grouped favorably with some Midwestern and Northeastern states. Colorado also performs very well.
Utah’s Social Capital Index score is 82 out of 100, a continued downward trend from 2013, when it was 96. Utah’s 2025 score is well above the United States’ score of 44.
The Background
Read more about this finding in its full report here.
And learn more about social capital here.
And here is the full Social Capital Index series.
Coming Up
Learn about the other nine top findings from 2025 in our Significant Statistics blog posts.
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