With April being Stress Awareness Month and millennials reporting the highest average stress levels of any generation, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2019's Most & Least Stressed States as well as accompanying videos.
To determine the states with the highest stress levels, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 40 key metrics. The data set ranges from average hours worked per week to personal bankruptcy rate to share of adults getting adequate sleep.
Most Stressed States
1 Louisiana
2 Mississippi
3 Arkansas
4 Kentucky
5 West Virginia
6 New Mexico
7 Alabama
8 Nevada
9 Alaska
10 Oklahoma
Least Stressed States
41 Montana
42 Hawaii
43 Wisconsin
44 New Hampshire
45 Iowa
46 South Dakota
47 North Dakota
48 Massachusetts
49 Utah
50 Minnesota
Key Stats
- Hawaii has the lowest unemployment rate, 2.4 percent, which is 2.8 times lower than in Alaska, the highest at 6.6 percent.
- New Hampshire has the lowest share of the population living in poverty, 8.1 percent, which is 2.7 times lower than in Mississippi, the highest at 21.5 percent.
- Utah has the lowest separation & divorce rate, 15.88 percent, which is 1.6 times lower than in Nevada, the highest at 26.19 percent.
- Minnesota has the lowest share of adults in fair or poor health, 12.17 percent, which is two times lower than in Mississippi, the highest at 24.03 percent.
- Vermont has the most psychologists per 100,000 residents, 73.64, which is 4.9 times more than in Mississippi, the fewest at 15.07.
To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-stressed-states/32218/
Watch a YouTube video summarizing the study.
