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Difficulty doing errands alone: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Difficulty doing errands alone. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Types of disability among adults by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
Download full table CSVSource: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)
Washington: 7.2Idaho: 6.9Montana: 7.4North Dakota: 5.8Minnesota: 5.8Michigan: 8.3Ohio: 8.2Pennsylvania: 7.3New York: 7.5Vermont: 6.9New Hampshire: 7.4Maine: 7.8Arizona: 8California: 8New Mexico: 8.2Texas: 8.1Louisiana: 10.7Mississippi: 9.8Alabama: 9.3Florida: 8.2Georgia: 9South Carolina: 8.2North Carolina: 7.6Virginia: 8District of Columbia: 6.1Maryland: 5.7Delaware: 7.8New Jersey: 5.1Connecticut: 6.3Rhode Island: 7.2Massachusetts: 6.7Oregon: 9.7Utah: 6.9Wyoming: 7.7Nevada: 8.1Colorado: 6.6South Dakota: 7Nebraska: 6.5Kansas: 8.3Oklahoma: 10.2Iowa: 6Missouri: 9Wisconsin: 8.2Illinois: 7.6Kentucky: 10.4Arkansas: 11.1Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 11.6Indiana: 8.6Alaska: 7.1Hawaii: 6.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5.1 to 6.8 %
  • Group 2: 6.8 to 7.4 %
  • Group 3: 7.4 to 8.1 %
  • Group 4: 8.1 to 9 %
  • Highest: 9 to 11.6 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1West Virginia11.6
2Arkansas11.1
3Louisiana10.7
4Kentucky10.4
5Oklahoma10.2
6Mississippi9.8
7Oregon9.7
8Alabama9.3
9Georgia9
9Missouri9
11Indiana8.6
12Kansas8.3
12Michigan8.3
14Florida8.2
14New Mexico8.2
14Ohio8.2
14South Carolina8.2
14Wisconsin8.2
19Nevada8.1
19Texas8.1
21Arizona8
21California8
21Virginia8
24Delaware7.8
24Maine7.8
26Wyoming7.7
27Illinois7.6
27North Carolina7.6
29New York7.5
30Montana7.4
30New Hampshire7.4
32Pennsylvania7.3
33Rhode Island7.2
33Washington7.2
35Alaska7.1
36South Dakota7
37Idaho6.9
37Utah6.9
37Vermont6.9
40Hawaii6.8
41Massachusetts6.7
42Colorado6.6
43Nebraska6.5
44Connecticut6.3
45District of Columbia6.1
46Iowa6
47Minnesota5.8
47North Dakota5.8
49Maryland5.7
50New Jersey5.1

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by difficulty doing errands alone (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-difficulty-doing-errands-alone/

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