With April being Stress Awareness Month and the coronavirus becoming America’s biggest stressor in 2020, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Most & Least Stressed States.
To determine the states with the highest stress levels, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 41 key metrics. The data set ranges from average hours worked per week to personal bankruptcy rate to share of adults getting adequate sleep.
North Carolina came in at #17 and South Carolina came in at #20 among the most stressed states in America:
Overall Rank (1=Most Stressed) |
State | Total Score | ‘Work-Related Stress’ Rank | ‘Money-Related Stress’ Rank | ‘Family-Related Stress’ Rank | ‘Health- & Safety-Related Stress’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Louisiana | 57.30 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
2 | Mississippi | 56.20 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
3 | New Mexico | 52.68 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
4 | Arkansas | 52.00 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
5 | West Virginia | 51.96 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 3 |
6 | Nevada | 51.03 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 11 |
7 | Kentucky | 50.59 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
8 | Alabama | 50.30 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
9 | Oklahoma | 50.13 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 5 |
10 | Alaska | 49.23 | 1 | 46 | 36 | 23 |
11 | Tennessee | 48.26 | 42 | 5 | 25 | 4 |
12 | Georgia | 47.06 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 16 |
13 | Florida | 47.05 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 21 |
14 | Oregon | 45.43 | 49 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
15 | Arizona | 44.61 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
16 | Texas | 44.27 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 18 |
17 | North Carolina | 43.89 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 19 |
18 | New York | 43.76 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 35 |
19 | Indiana | 43.28 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 12 |
20 | South Carolina | 43.12 | 45 | 19 | 22 | 14 |
21 | Michigan | 42.91 | 23 | 34 | 17 | 15 |
22 | Idaho | 42.90 | 44 | 9 | 38 | 13 |
23 | Ohio | 42.50 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 24 |
24 | Illinois | 41.70 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 28 |
25 | Pennsylvania | 41.29 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 22 |
26 | Missouri | 41.22 | 21 | 28 | 45 | 9 |
27 | Maine | 40.76 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 29 |
28 | Wyoming | 40.17 | 2 | 44 | 39 | 31 |
29 | Rhode Island | 40.08 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 40 |
30 | California | 40.00 | 35 | 12 | 21 | 42 |
31 | Montana | 39.20 | 18 | 26 | 41 | 27 |
32 | Nebraska | 38.69 | 32 | 48 | 4 | 34 |
33 | Vermont | 38.65 | 34 | 7 | 37 | 44 |
34 | Connecticut | 38.20 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 45 |
35 | Virginia | 37.95 | 27 | 42 | 18 | 36 |
36 | Washington | 37.28 | 46 | 29 | 35 | 26 |
37 | New Jersey | 37.18 | 15 | 38 | 40 | 33 |
38 | Massachusetts | 36.97 | 39 | 36 | 23 | 37 |
39 | Kansas | 36.45 | 25 | 37 | 46 | 25 |
40 | Delaware | 36.05 | 26 | 33 | 27 | 49 |
41 | Maryland | 35.76 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 48 |
42 | Wisconsin | 35.49 | 28 | 43 | 31 | 38 |
43 | Colorado | 35.46 | 48 | 27 | 28 | 46 |
44 | Hawaii | 33.73 | 16 | 39 | 44 | 47 |
45 | New Hampshire | 32.01 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 43 |
46 | Utah | 31.92 | 50 | 32 | 49 | 32 |
47 | Iowa | 31.38 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 39 |
48 | South Dakota | 30.55 | 41 | 47 | 50 | 30 |
49 | North Dakota | 30.17 | 10 | 50 | 48 | 41 |
50 | Minnesota | 27.62 | 38 | 49 | 47 | 50 |
Do you think the Carolinas are overly stressed?