--- title: These Are the Most Stressed-Out States in America description: Beaches, sunshine and citrus fruit apparently don't bring peace of mind to the residents of this state canonical: https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-08T16:39:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:30.542Z og:title: These Are the Most Stressed-Out States in America og:description: Beaches, sunshine and citrus fruit apparently don't bring peace of mind to the residents of this state og:url: https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0156aa8a9a574d4d/698696aad0b6f2cd0d304c3d/490630541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Florida commute og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Most Stressed-Out States in America twitter:description: Beaches, sunshine and citrus fruit apparently don't bring peace of mind to the residents of this state twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0156aa8a9a574d4d/698696aad0b6f2cd0d304c3d/490630541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is The Most Stressed-Out State In America > Sponsored content. 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Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 8, 2014 4:39 PM UTC **Updated July 10, 5pm** What stresses you out? A long commute? Check. Being unemployed? Check. Working long hours? Check. Living in Florida? Double check. Florida wins the unhappy distinction of being the most stressed-out state in the country, according to a study by a real estate blog. [Movoto used statistics](http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/stressed-states-maps/) from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey on the percentage of people without health insurance, housing expenses and hours worked per week in order to measure stress across the country. Florida’s combination of high unemployment (11.3% between 2008 and 2012) and its high rate of people without health insurance during that time (25.8%) made it the most stressed-out state in the country, according to the site’s methodology. After Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, California and Nevada were the most stressed-out. Long commutes stress out Georgians, high population density is getting on New Jerseyans’ nerves, Californians pay too much for housing, and Nevadans have unemployment rates and low insurance rates. We live in a stressed-out nation, but North Dakotans were the least stressed in the lower 48, according to the criteria. \[[Movoto](http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/stressed-states-maps/)\] _This story was updated to clarify the origin of the statistics used by Movoto to calculate stress_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/"},"headline":"This Is The Most Stressed-Out State In America","datePublished":"2014-06-08T16:39:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:30.542Z","description":"Beaches, sunshine and citrus fruit apparently don't bring peace of mind to the residents of this state","url":"https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","States"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0156aa8a9a574d4d/698696aad0b6f2cd0d304c3d/490630541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0156aa8a9a574d4d/698696aad0b6f2cd0d304c3d/490630541.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Florida commute","caption":"Florida commute","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2845160/stress-state-america-study/","name":"This Is The Most Stressed-Out State In America"}}]}] ```