"Researchers analyzed six common factors affecting dating in each state - from the population (and percentage of single people in it), expenses for the average date in the area (and availability of bars and restaurants to have those dates in), documented online interest in dating (ex: dating apps and dating tip queries on search engines) and how much folks are spending on dating apps."
"Utah was found to be the most difficult state to date in, with the highest score in the difficulty index at 98.89. Here's how it measures up: Single population: 44.7% Average date cost: $121 Bars per 100K people: 4 Restaurants per 100K people: 101 Dating app spending per capita: $0.33 Dating searches per 100K people: 2,138 The other nine states with the highest difficulty scores included: Washington Index score: 90.89 Maine Index score: 87.8 IdahoIndex score: 87.06 Alabama Index score: 86.41 Tennessee Index score: 85.25"
Six factors were analyzed for each state: population and percentage of single people, average date cost and availability of bars and restaurants, documented online interest in dating, and per-capita spending on dating apps. Data points were combined into a Dating Difficulty Index scored from 0 to 100, where higher numbers indicate greater difficulty finding dates. Utah ranked most difficult with a score of 98.89 and metrics including a 44.7% single population, $121 average date cost, four bars per 100K people, 101 restaurants per 100K, $0.33 dating-app spending per capita, and 2,138 dating searches per 100K. Other high-difficulty states included Washington, Maine, Idaho, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Hawaii, Virginia, and New Jersey. Low-difficulty examples included Rhode Island (score 0), South Dakota, Louisiana, and New York.
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