Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Utah instead of Jersey, you would:
Health
live 4.0 years less
In Jersey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Utah, that number is 79 years (78 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020.
Economy
be 41.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Jersey, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In Utah, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.
Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2023), OECD Regional Demography (2020), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025). How we calculate this
