The Least and Most Stressed States in 2018
Is it the traffic? Is it the commute? Perhaps it's working long hours. And perhaps it's all of these combines, plus some more. The most common causes of stress include relationships, money, job pressure, sleep deprivation, and poor nutrition.
The following list is based on a recent report by the career web site Zippia. States are ranked most to least stressed.
Other criteria taken into consideration include unemployment, population density, home price to income ration and percent of uninsured people. The higher any of these was, the more stressful the people of the state are. The data is from the U.S. Census' American Community Survey for 2012-2016.
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No. 1 New Jersey
Unemployment rate: 7.9 percent
Median income: $74K
Uninsured: 10.7 percent
Hours worked: 38.5
Home price to income ratio: 4.3
Sorbis / Shutterstock.comNo. 2 Georgia
Unemployment rate: 8.5 percent
Median income: $51K
Uninsured: 15.8 percent
Hours worked: 39.1
Home price to income ratio: 3
Darryl Brooks / Shutterstock.comNo. 3 Florida
Unemployment rate: 8.4 percent
Median income: $49K
Uninsured: 16.4 percent
Hours worked: 38.5
Home price to income ratio: 3.4
Greenseas / Shutterstock.comNo. 4 California
Unemployment rate: 8.7 percent
Median income: $64K
Uninsured: 12.6 percent
Hours worked: 37.9
Home price to income ratio: 6.4
ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.comNo. 5 New York
Unemployment rate: 7.5 percent
Median income: $61K
Uninsured: 8.6 percent
Hours worked: 38.4
Home price to income ratio: 4.7
ShutterstockNo. 6 Louisiana
Unemployment rate: 7.7 percent
Median income: $46K
Uninsured: 14.1 percent
Hours worked: 39.9
Home price to income ratio: 3.2
Bob Pool / Shutterstock.comNo. 7 Maryland
Unemployment rate: 6.7 percent
Median income: $76K
Uninsured: 8.1 percent
Hours worked: 38.9
Home price to income ratio: 3.8
Lissandra Melo / Shutterstock.comNo. 8 North Carolina
Unemployment rate: 8.3 percent
Median income: $48K
Uninsured: 13.2 percent
Hours worked: 38.9
Home price to income ratio: 3.3
MilesbeforeIsleep / Shutterstock.comNo. 9 Virginia
Unemployment rate: 5.9 percent
Median income: $66K
Uninsured: 10.7 percent
Hours worked: 39
Home price to income ratio: 3.8
Albert Pego / Shutterstock.comNo. 10 Mississippi
Unemployment rate: 9.6 percent
Median income: $40K
Uninsured: 14.6 percent
Hours worked: 39.3
Home price to income ratio: 2.6
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No. 1 Iowa
Unemployment rate: 4.5 percent
Median income: $55K
Uninsured: 6.4 percent
Hours worked: 38.7
Home price to income ratio: 2.4
ShutterstockNo. 2 Minnesota
Unemployment rate: 4.8 percent
Median income: $63K
Uninsured: 6.1 percent
Hours worked: 38.1
Home price to income ratio: 3
ShutterstockNo. 3 Nebraska
Unemployment rate: 4.2 percent
Median income: $54K
Uninsured: 9.7 percent
Hours worked: 39.3
Home price to income ratio: 2.5
Mark W Lucey / Shutterstock.comNo. 4 North Dakota
Unemployment rate: 2.8 percent
Median income: $59K
Uninsured: 8.6 percent
Hours worked: 40.6
Home price to income ratio: 2.77
ShutterstockNo. 5 South Dakota
Unemployment rate: 4.1 percent
Median income: $52K
Uninsured: 10.3 percent
Hours worked: 39.7
Home price to income ratio: 2.81
ShutterstockNo. 6 Vermont
Unemployment rate: 5 percent
Median income: $56K
Uninsured: 5.3 percent
Hours worked: 37.8
Home price to income ratio: 3.9
ShutterstockNo. 7 Wisconsin
Unemployment rate: 5.5 percent
Median income: $55K
Uninsured: 7.2 percent
Hours worked: 38.3
Home price to income ratio: 3.1
Jay Yuan / Shutterstock.comNo. 8 Utah
Unemployment rate: 5.1 percent
Median income: $63K
Uninsured: 12 percent
Hours worked: 37
Home price to income ratio: 3.6
ShutterstockNo. 9 Kansas
Unemployment rate: 5.3 percent
Median income: $53K
Uninsured: 10.5 percent
Hours worked: 39.1
Home price to income ratio: 2.6
Robert D Brozek / Shutterstock.comNo. 10 Maine
Unemployment rate: 6 percent
Median income: $51K
Uninsured: 9.5 percent
Hours worked: 38.1
Home price to income ratio: 3.5
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