The Associated Press

Some people are counting the days until they give notice for the last time, while others will be forced into leaving the workforce.

Few of us, to be sure, want to work until we drop, and so sooner or later we have to think about retirement and make plans for it.

Enter WalletHub. The personal-finance website has weighed affordability, health-care options and more than 40 other financial and lifestyle criteria to come up with a ranking of the best and worst states in which to retire.

And Oregon, it turns out, is not one of the better places to be.

Are you ready to retire -- or at least ready to start thinking about it? Check out the following list for possible destinations.

Don't Edit

5 most affordable states for retirement, according to WalletHub

Don't Edit

1. Florida

Don't Edit

2. Alabama

Don't Edit

3. Mississippi

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

4. South Carolina

Don't Edit

5. Texas

Don't Edit

Top 25 states for retirement (all factors), according to WalletHub

Don't Edit

25. California

Affordability: 34

Quality of life: 15

Health care: 15

Don't Edit

24. Kansas

Affordability: 24

Quality of life: 26

Health care: 35

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

23. Maine

Affordability: 39

Quality of life: 10

Health care: 14

Don't Edit

22. North Carolina

Affordability: 19

Quality of life: 31

Health care: 34

Don't Edit

21. Massachusetts

Affordability: 44

Quality of life: 2

Health care: 3

Don't Edit

20. Texas

Affordability: 5

Quality of life: 38

Health care: 38

Don't Edit

19. North Dakota

Affordability: 35

Quality of life: 21

Health care: 6

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

18. South Carolina

Affordability: 4

Quality of life: 39

Health care: 37

Don't Edit

Social security checks (AP)

17. Ohio

Affordability: 20

Quality of life: 27

Health care: 28

Don't Edit

16. Michigan

Affordability: 29

Quality of life: 16

Health care: 21

Don't Edit

15. Missouri

Affordability: 17

Quality of life: 36

Health care: 26

Don't Edit

14. Arizona

Affordability: 28

Quality of life: 29

Health care: 12

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

13. Idaho

Affordability: 18

Quality of life: 19

Health care: 31

Don't Edit

12. Wisconsin

Affordability: 30

Quality of life: 4

Health care: 20

Don't Edit

11. Delaware

Affordability: 15

Quality of life: 28

Health care: 17

Don't Edit

10. Minnesota

Affordability: 43

Quality of life: 1

Health care: 1

Don't Edit

9. Pennsylvania

Affordability: 23

Quality of life: 5

Health care: 22

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

8. Wyoming

Affordability: 8

Quality of life: 12

Health care: 36

Don't Edit

7. Iowa

Affordability: 27

Quality of life: 8

Health care: 10

Don't Edit

6. Utah

Affordability: 16

Quality of life: 14

Health care: 16

Don't Edit

5. Virginia

Affordability: 14

Quality of life: 13

Health care: 24

Don't Edit

4. New Hampshire

Affordability: 25

Quality of life: 3

Health care: 9

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

3. Colorado

Affordability: 26

Quality of life: 22

Health care: 4

Don't Edit

2. South Dakota

Affordability: 9

Quality of life: 22

Health care: 5

Don't Edit

1. Florida

Affordability: 1

Quality of life: 7

Health care: 27

Don't Edit

Oregon

The Beaver State landed at No. 35 overall. Its affordability rank is 40th. Quality of life: 24. Health care: 30.

Don't Edit

More

Go to WalletHub for more information, its methodology and even a list of which states have the most museums per capita. Read on.

Don't Edit

Don't Edit

-- Douglas Perry

@douglasmperry

Visit

to get Oregonian/OregonLive journalism delivered to your email inbox.