As the novel coronavirus pandemic forces a large portion of the U.S. workforce to work remotely, a newly released WalletHub survey ranked the best and worst states to work from home.

The survey ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia on 12 metrics that fall into two buckets. The first main category is "work environment," which includes the share of remote workers in the state pre-pandemic and percentage of households with internet access. The second category is "living environment," which takes into account factors such as the average cost of internet and average home density.

Delaware came out on top as the best state for remote work buoyed by a No. 2 ranking in "work environment" and No. 7 ranking in "living environment." Rounding out the worst states to work from home were Mississippi, Hawaii and Alaska. See which other states came out on top in the slideshow above.