Everyone deals with stress at some point in their life and it can come from a lot of different sources, from work to relationships. While we can’t always eliminate stress completely, it turns out, where you live can play a big role in how stressed you are.
- WalletHub’s annual report on the Most and Least States has just come out for 2024.
- They ranked all 50 states on 40 key indicators of stress, broken down into the categories of work, money, family and health & safety.
- States were compared on everything from average hours worked per week to the share of adults getting adequate sleep.
- This year’s Most Stressed State is Louisiana, which is third for both work-related and health & safety-related stress and fourth for money-related stress.
- Alaska, 14th overall, is number one for work-related stress, while Mississippi, second overall, is first for money-related stress, Nevada, third overall, is tops for family-related stress, and Arkansas, fifth overall, is first for health & safety-related stress.
- Minnesota wins the honor of least stressed state, coming in 50th for money-related stress and near the bottom for all other categories.
The Top 10 Most Stressed States
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- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Arkansas
- West Virginia
- Alabama
- Kentucky
- Oklahoma
- Texas
The 10 Least Stressed States
- Minnesota
- South Dakota
- Utah
- New Hampshire
- Iowa
- Idaho
- North Dakota
- Delaware
- Nebraska
- Hawaii
Source: WalletHub