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Frequent mental distress, 14+ days: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Frequent mental distress, 14+ days. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Frequent distress, checkups and personal doctors by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 13.3 %
RI 14.5 %
DE 16.1 %
CT 13.9 %
NJ 13.2 %
MD 14.2 %
MA 13.3 %
VT 15.1 %
NH 15 %

Lowest: 12.6 to 14 %
Group 2: 14 to 15.2 %
Group 3: 15.2 to 16 %
Group 4: 16 to 17.5 %
Highest: 17.5 to 19.9 %

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.


1	Arkansas	19.9
2	Louisiana	19.8
3	West Virginia	19.3
4	Oregon	19
5	Oklahoma	18.6
6	Kentucky	18.4
7	New Mexico	18.2
8	Nevada	18.1
9	Alabama	18
10	Missouri	17.5
11	Wisconsin	17.2
12	Michigan	17
12	Ohio	17
14	Indiana	16.9
15	Maine	16.4
16	Montana	16.3
16	Washington	16.3
18	Delaware	16.1
18	Georgia	16.1
20	Pennsylvania	16
21	Kansas	15.9
22	Alaska	15.7
22	Texas	15.7
22	Virginia	15.7
25	Florida	15.6
25	Idaho	15.6
27	Utah	15.5
28	Wyoming	15.4
29	Colorado	15.2
29	South Carolina	15.2
31	Vermont	15.1
32	New Hampshire	15
33	Iowa	14.9
34	California	14.8
35	North Carolina	14.7
36	Rhode Island	14.5
37	Arizona	14.2
37	Maryland	14.2
37	New York	14.2
40	Minnesota	14
41	Connecticut	13.9
42	South Dakota	13.8
43	Mississippi	13.6
44	Nebraska	13.5
45	District of Columbia	13.3
45	Massachusetts	13.3
47	New Jersey	13.2
48	Illinois	13
49	Hawaii	12.7
50	North Dakota	12.6

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 frequent mental distress, 14+ days (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 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-frequent-mental-distress-14-plus-days/

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