Are you convinced that you live in the most stressed out place in the world? Well, now you can at least check if it’s the most stressed out place in the USA.
WalletHub has released a list of 2017’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America. To determine the most and least stressed out cities, analysts compared 150 cities across 30 key metrics broken down into four categories: work stress, financial stress, family stress, and health and safety stress. WalletHub says, “Our data set ranges from average weekly work hours to debt load to divorce and suicide rates.”
“When stress reaches an unmanageable level […] — that is, when it turns “chronic” — we become vulnerable to its damaging effects such as health problems and loss of productivity. In the U.S., stress affects more than 100 million people. The leading causes? Money tops the list, followed by work, family and relationships. By one estimate, workplace-related stress alone costs society more than $300 billion per year.”
Newark, NJ tops the list of most stressed out cities, followed by Detroit, MI, and Cleveland, OH. Jackson MS, and Miami, FL round out the top five.
The least stressed out city, meanwhile, is Fremont, CA. Fremont is followed by Plano, TX; Overland Parks, KS; Scottsdale, AZ; and Sioux Falls, SD.
Looking at isolated variables, Detroit was found to have the highest poverty rate, while Cleveland has the highest divorce rate.
Chronic stress is believed to be connected to health problems that include, but are not limited to, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, depression and anxiety, and any number of chronic inflammation-related illnesses.
The highest number of people in fair-poor health were found in Corpus Christie, TX; El Paso, TX; Jackson MS; Riverside CA, and San Bernadino, CA. And the lowest number of people in fair-poor health were in San Jose, CA; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Fremont, CA; and Lincoln, NE.
Las Vegas, unsurprisingly, gets the least sleep, while St. Louis has the highest crime rate.
Massage, meditation, and relaxation techniques such as breathing exercises are all spa and wellness offerings that are used to combat chronic stress.
Here is WalletHub’s full list of American cities from most to least stressed out. For more details on the methodology, and more details of each city’s score and stress causes, see here.
1 Newark, NJ
2 Detroit, MI
3 Cleveland, OH
4 Jackson, MS
5 Miami, FL
6 Birmingham, AL
7 San Bernardino, CA
8 Rochester, NY
9 Augusta, GA
10 Shreveport, LA
11 Baltimore, MD
12 Las Vegas, NV
13 Richmond, VA
14 Memphis, TN
15 Mobile, AL
16 Cincinnati, OH
17 Montgomery, AL
18 Hialeah, FL
19 New Orleans, LA
20 Buffalo, NY
21 Baton Rouge, LA
22 Philadelphia, PA
23 Akron, OH
24 Chicago, IL
25 Norfolk, VA
26 Toledo, OH
27 Milwaukee, WI
28 Tulsa, OK
29 Fresno, CA
30 Fayetteville, NC
31 Houston, TX
32 St. Louis, MO
33 Springfield, MO
34 Columbus, GA
35 Orlando, FL
36 Los Angeles, CA
37 North Las Vegas, NV
38 Washington, DC
39 Stockton, CA
40 Long Beach, CA
41 Santa Ana, CA
42 Chattanooga, TN
43 Tampa, FL
44 Little Rock, AR
45 Indianapolis, IN
46 Providence, RI
47 Oxnard, CA
48 Kansas City, MO
49 New York, NY
50 Tucson, AZ
51 Tacoma, WA
52 Aurora, CO
53 Bakersfield, CA
54 Vancouver, WA
55 Newport News, VA
56 Glendale, AZ
57 Sacramento, CA
58 Phoenix, AZ
59 Knoxville, TN
60 Reno, NV
61 Denver, CO
62 Corpus Christi, TX
63 Huntsville, AL
64 Moreno Valley, CA
65 Yonkers, NY
66 Jacksonville, FL
67 Oakland, CA
68 Worcester, MA
69 Jersey City, NJ
70 Ontario, CA
71 Dallas, TX
71 Pittsburgh, PA
73 Fort Wayne, IN
74 Atlanta, GA
75 Laredo, TX
76 Wichita, KS
77 Spokane, WA
78 Anaheim, CA
79 Arlington, TX
80 Oceanside, CA
81 Oklahoma City, OK
82 Albuquerque, NM
83 Boston, MA
84 Columbus, OH
85 Riverside, CA
86 Fontana, CA
87 Henderson, NV
88 Nashville, TN
89 Portland, OR
90 Brownsville, TX
91 Lexington-Fayette, KY
92 Fort Worth, TX
93 Garden Grove, CA
94 Modesto, CA
95 Tallahassee, FL
96 Greensboro, NC
97 Aurora, IL
98 Chula Vista, CA
99 San Francisco, CA
100 Winston-Salem, NC
101 San Diego, CA
102 Grand Rapids, MI
103 Chesapeake, VA
104 Anchorage, AK
105 Garland, TX
106 St. Petersburg, FL
107 El Paso, TX
108 Fort Lauderdale, FL
109 St. Paul, MN
110 Colorado Springs, CO
111 Lubbock, TX
112 Louisville, KY
113 Des Moines, IA
114 Amarillo, TX
115 Santa Clarita, CA
116 Mesa, AZ
117 Virginia Beach, VA
118 Austin, TX
119 Seattle, WA
120 Omaha, NE
121 Minneapolis, MN
122 Durham, NC
123 San Antonio, TX
124 Tempe, AZ
125 Glendale, CA
126 Charlotte, NC
127 Irving, TX
128 Grand Prairie, TX
129 Raleigh, NC
130 Port St. Lucie, FL
131 Rancho Cucamonga, CA
132 Honolulu, HI
133 Salt Lake City, UT
134 Santa Rosa, CA
135 Lincoln, NE
136 Cape Coral, FL
137 Huntington Beach, CA
138 San Jose, CA
139 Pembroke Pines, FL
140 Chandler, AZ
141 Boise, ID
142 Madison, WI
142 Peoria, AZ
144 Gilbert, AZ
145 Irvine, CA
146 Sioux Falls, SD
147 Scottsdale, AZ
148 Overland Park, KS
149 Plano, TX
150 Fremont, CA
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