Advisory Board March 27, 2024
WalletHub recently released its annual list of the most stressed states in America, with Louisiana ranking as the most-stressed state and Minnesota ranking as the least stressed.
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Methodology
For the list, WalletHub compared all 50 states on 40 different metrics across four key dimensions:
- Work-related stress, including average hours worked per week, average commute time, and job security (25 points)
- Money-related stress, including median income, median credit score, and economic security (25 points)
- Family-related stress, including separation and divorce rates, childcare costs, and parental stress (25 points)
- Health and safety-related stress, including share of adults in fair or poor health, physical activity rate, and suicide rate (25 points)
Each metric was graded on...
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