The 50 States Ranked By Sleep Deprivation

Although sleep is essential for our health many American adults still fail to get enough sleep each night. There are many different studies that show the detrimental effects that lack of sleep have on our physical and mental well-being as well as our productivity and functioning throughout the day. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveyed American adults to find how many hours they get each day, on average. While on a national level 35.1% of adults are sleep deprived, the problem varies significantly from state to state. The list was compiled by 24/7 Wall St. using the data from the CDC based on the percentage of adults by state reporting insufficient sleep (defined as less than seven hours per night).

Here is the list of the states ranked from the smallest to the longest share of adults reporting insufficient sleep.

1. South Dakota
2. Colorado
3. Minnesota
4. Nebraska
5. Idaho
6. Montana
7. Utah
8. Kansas
9. Iowa
10. Vermont
11. Wyoming
12. Oregon
13. North Dakota
14. Washington
15. New Mexico
16. Wisconsin
17. North Carolina
18. New Hampshire
19. Maine
20. Texas
21. Arizona
22. California
23. Missouri
24. Illinois
25. Massachusetts
26. Alaska
27. Connecticut
28. Oklahoma
29. Florida
30. Virginia
31. Nevada
32. Louisiana
33. Rhode Island
34. Mississippi
35. Tennessee
36. New Jersey
37. Arkansas
38. Pennsylvania
39. Delaware
40. Ohio
41. New York
42. West Virginia
43. Indiana
44. South Carolina
45. Georgia
46. Michigan
47. Alabama
48. Maryland
49. Kentucky
50. Hawaii

Where does your state rank?

For the full list of states and their rankings as well as further information on the state’s statistics, see the full article HERE.