Poor mental health among adults lowest rate U.S. states 2018

This statistic depicts the U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018. As of that year, with around 31 percent, South Dakota had the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health among all U.S. states.

U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018*

Characteristic	Percentage of adults
South Dakota	31.2%
Hawaii	31.7%
Wyoming	32.1%
Florida	32.4%
New Jersey	32.7%
Texas	33.2%
Delaware	33.2%
New York	33.5%
Connecticut	33.6%
Nebraska	34.2%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2018

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Data represent adults who reported that their mental health was "not good" between one and 30 days in the past 30 days. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Date released represents the date figures were accessed.

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