Oklahoma had the highest percentage of adults reporting symptoms of anxiety or depression in late June and early July, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Aug. 23.
The ranking is based on data from the Household Pulse Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics. The national survey has been performed weekly since April 23, 2020. The following figures are from the most recent survey phase conducted between April 14 and July 5.
Among 55,046 adults surveyed between June 23 and July 5, 29 percent reported experiencing anxiety or depression symptoms.
Here's how each state and the District of Columbia stack up.
Note: The list includes ties and results in a numerical listing of 46.
- Oklahoma — 37.5 percent of adults report anxiety or depression symptoms
- New Mexico — 36.6
- Oregon — 36
- Alabama — 35.9
- Nevada — 35.6
- Kentucky — 34.3
- West Virginia — 34.1
- Arizona — 33.4
- Mississippi — 33
- Hawaii — 32.9
- South Carolina — 32
- Texas — 31.6
- North Carolina — 31.2
Ohio — 31.2 - Georgia — 30.5
- Maryland — 30.4
- California — 30.3
- Missouri — 30
- New Hampshire — 29.9
- Louisiana — 29.8
Tennessee — 29.8 - Michigan — 29
- Idaho — 28.9
- Indiana — 28.8
- Washington — 28.3
- Utah — 28.1
- District of Columbia — 28
- Colorado — 27.9
- Kansas — 27.5
Wyoming — 27.5 - Alaska — 27.4
- North Dakota — 27.1
- Montana — 26.9
- Connecticut — 26.8
- New York — 26.7
- Florida — 26.6
- Massachusetts — 26.5
- Arkansas — 26.4
- Rhode Island — 26.2
- Virginia — 25.9
- Delaware — 25.8
Pennsylvania — 25.8 - Nebraska — 25.5
Vermont — 25.5 - Iowa — 25.3
- South Dakota — 25.2
- Wisconsin — 24.8
- Illinois — 24
- Maine — 23.7
- New Jersey — 21.9
- Minnesota — 21.6
Editor's note: This article was updated Aug. 30 at 8:07 a.m.