Raising a healthy family sometimes requires many things. But where is the U.S. is the best place for you to put down roots and raise your family?

As always WalletHub is here to help with a rankings list we didn't know we needed. Its annual "Best & Worst States to Raise a Family" rankings sets the states against each other in a battle for quality of life.

Your family's wants and needs don’t always align in a particular state. For instance, a state might offer a low income-tax rate but have a subpar education system. However, families do not need to make these kinds of tradeoffs. They can avoid such problems by knowing which states offer the best combination of qualities that matter most to parents and their kids.

To help with the evaluation process, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 50 key indicators of family-friendliness. The data set ranges from median family salary to housing affordability to unemployment rate.

Once all the numbers were crunched, Tennessee came in at a disappointing 37th on the list.

We were dinged by a high "Affordability" rank (41st, Thanks, Nashville) and "Education and Child Care" (38) ranks. However, our "Socioeconomic" (22) and "Family Fun" (25) ranks were in the top 25. So, that's something.

"Affordability" data included housing costs, debt, average savings, etc. "Education and Child Care" data included quality of public schools, graduation rank, day care quality and child care cost, among other items. Socio-Economic data is divorce rate, average length of marriages, wealth gap, unemployment rate and so on. "FamilyFun" data was number of playgroubds and attractions, sports centers per capita, and a few others.

The list was topped by Minnesota, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Vermont and New Hampshire. Apparently weather was not a factor considered.

On the other end were Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico. At least we're better than most of our neighbors.