Adults reporting anxiety or depression during COVID-19 pandemic by race U.S. 2020

In December 2020, 38 percent of non-Hispanic Black adults in the United States reported symptoms indicative of an anxiety or depressive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic shows the percentage of adults reporting symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, as of December 21, 2020, by race or ethnicity.

Percentage of adults reporting symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, as of Dec. 2020, by race/ethnicity

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Other non-Hispanic	48.9%
Non-Hispanic Black	48%
Hispanic or Latino	46.3%
All adults	42.4%
Non-Hispanic White	40.9%
Non-Hispanic Asian	33.1%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 9 to 21, 2020

Number of respondents

60,063 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Data based on U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey.
Assessment of symptoms based on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-2) scale.

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