MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minnesota and North Dakota are ranked in the top three states to have a baby, according to WalletHub.

Best states to have a baby

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WalletHub compared states based on factors of cost, health care, baby-friendliness and family-friendliness. They used 31 metrics to determine the ranking, including cost of delivery and pediatricians per capita.

Here are the top five states to have a baby in, according to a WalletHub study :

Massachusetts

North Dakota

Minnesota

New Hampshire

Maine

The bottom three states were Nevada, Alabama and Mississippi.

Local perspective:

Here is how Minnesota landed in some of the ranking categories.

No. 2 in Family-friendliness

No. 7 in Baby Friendliness

No. 7 in Health care

No. 23 in cost

Neighboring states ra

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