U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released the newest edition of its Healthiest Communities rankings, a comprehensive analysis measuring health and well-being across approximately 3,000 counties and county equivalents in America.

Falls Church, Virginia, has reemerged as the healthiest community in the country, after laying claim to the title and a No. 1 ranking in the inaugural version of Healthiest Communities in 2018. The community’s return to the top bumps Los Alamos County, New Mexico – No. 1 in the three most recent editions of the rankings – to No. 2.

Similar to previous years, the 2024 rankings assess communities on 92 metrics in 10 categories, ranging from........

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