Most stressed states U.S. 2019

This statistic shows the most stressed states in the United States based on select measures as of 2019. According to the data, Louisiana was the most stressed state, followed by Mississippi and Arkansas.

Most stressed states in the United States as of 2019

Characteristic	Total stress score
Louisiana	59.94
Mississippi	58.71
Arkansas	56.2
Kentucky	54.77
West Virginia	54.68
New Mexico	54.57
Alabama	52.19
Nevada	51.06
Alaska	49.68
Oklahoma	49.48

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Release date

April 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

"In order to determine the most and least stressed states, WalletHub compared the 50 states across four key dimensions: 1) Work-Related Stress, 2) Money-Related Stress, 3) Family-Related Stress, 4) Health- & Safety-Related Stress.
We evaluated those dimensions using 40 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest level of stress.
We then determined each state’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order our sample."

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