What are the top 5 US states to live?

I have been looking on google and all I keep getting are the worse and best states to live in. I need them to be the top 5 by population count and not by what some blogger thinks is the best. Thanks to everyone that posts.

Public Comments

1. The top five most populated states are: California36,961,664 Texas24,782,302 New York19,541,453 Florida18,537,969 Illinois12,910,409 Those are estimated populations as of 2009.
2. if your looking for by population or any other statistics just use city-data.com
3. would you like to consider New Mexico (Albaquerque)?
4. My five: Arizona California Hawaii New Mexico Florida