With April being Stress Awareness Month and America’s biggest stressors in 2021 being money problems and the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021's Most & Least Stressed States, as well as accompanying videos.
To determine the states with the highest stress levels, WalletHub compared the 50 states across 41 key metrics. The data set ranges from average hours worked per week to the personal bankruptcy rate to the share of adults getting adequate sleep.| Most Stressed States | Least Stressed States |
| 1. Nevada | 41. Kansas |
| 2. Louisiana | 42. Montana |
| 3. New Mexico | 43. New Hampshire |
| 4. West Virginia | 44. Nebraska |
| 5. Mississippi | 45. Wisconsin |
| 6. Oklahoma | 46. North Dakota |
| 7. Tennessee | 47. Iowa |
| 8. California | 48. Minnesota |
| 9. Kentucky | 49. Utah |
| 10. Texas | 50. South Dakota |
Key Stats
- Nebraska has the lowest unemployment rate, 4.20 percent, which is three times lower than in Nevada, the highest at 12.80 percent.
- New Hampshire has the lowest share of the population living in poverty, 7.60 percent, which is 2.7 times lower than in Mississippi, the highest at 20.30 percent.
- Utah has the lowest separation & divorce rate, 15.74 percent, which is 1.7 times lower than in Nevada, the highest at 26.07 percent.
- Vermont has the lowest share of adults in fair or poor health, 12.80 percent, which is 1.9 times lower than in West Virginia, the highest at 24.20 percent.
- Rhode Island has the most psychologists per 100,000 residents, 77, which is 8.6 times more than in Mississippi, the fewest at 9.
