South Dakota was found to be the least stressed state, while Louisiana was the most stressed, according to WalletHub’s annual ranking.
WalletHub compared all 50 states across 4 key dimensions — work-related stress, money-related stress, family-related stress, and health- and safety-related stress — which were evaluated using 40 metrics, ranging from residents’ average hours worked per week to the state’s quality of infrastructure. The health- and safety-related component factored in each state’s share of adults in fair or poor health, with diagnoses of depression, mental health, suicide rate and more. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are the 10 most and least stressed states, along with their overall score out of 100:
Most
1. Louisiana: 62.86
2. Kentucky: 58.18
3. New Mexico: 57.65
4. West Virginia: 56.20
5. Arkansas: 55.60
6. Nevada: 53.82
7. Oklahoma: 53.47
8. Oregon: 52.39
9. Mississippi: 52.16
10. Alabama: 50.99
Least
1. South Dakota: 32.35
2. Utah: 32.61
3. Minnesota: 33.50
4. New Hampshire: 33.51
5. Vermont: 33.77
6. Idaho: 35.12
7. North Dakota: 35.84
8. Connecticut: 36.46
9. Massachusetts: 36.54
10. Iowa: 37.28
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