SALT LAKE CITY — Utah was ranked as the state with the highest levels of community across the United States, nearly double of the next highest state.

The Social Capital Index report from the Utah Foundation found that Utah earned 13 on their community life sub-index score. The next highest state, Wyoming, earned a score of 7.

While Utah does lead the nation, the score has dipped by nearly 40% from 2013.

“Utah does very well in terms of community life,” said President of the Utah Foundation Shawn Teigen. “We lend helping hands to our neighbors, and we volunteer. However, we are heading in the wrong direction, with rapidly decreasing levels of community life.”

The community score, standardized in 2016, now goes on a scale from 0 to 14, though as states improve or decline in the rankings

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