Anxiety rates in children by state | 2023

Hawaii has the lowest prevalence of anxiety in children, while Vermont has the highest, according to data published by the United Health Foundation Dec. 5.

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Amelia Ickes

Here are the states ranked by anxiety rates among children between ages 3 and 17, with the national average being 9.2%:

  1. Hawaii: 4.6%
  2. Texas: 6.7%
  3. Georgia: 7%
  4. California: 7.3%
  5. Illinois: 7.5%
  6. Alaska: 7.7%
  7. Alabama: 7.8%
  8. Mississippi: 8%
  9. Delaware: 8.1%
  10. Nevada: 8.3%

      10. New Jersey: 8.3%

      12. Florida: 8.4%

      12. Nebraska: 8.4%

      14. Tennessee: 8.5%

      15. North Carolina: 9%

      15. South Carolina: 9%

      17. Arizona: 9.1%

      17. Louisiana: 9.1%

      17. New York: 9.1%

      20. Missouri: 9.2%

  1. Minnesota: 9.8%
  2. Virginia: 9.9%
  3. Oklahoma: 10%
  4. Connecticut: 10.1%

      24. Michigan: 10.1%

  1. Maryland: 10.2%
  2. North Dakota: 10.4%
  3. Colorado: 10.5%
  4. New Mexico: 10.6%

      29. South Dakota: 10.6%

  1. Idaho: 10.7%
  2. Iowa: 10.8%

      32. Ohio: 10.8%

      34. Arkansas: 10.9%

  1. Kansas: 11.1%
  2. Rhode Island: 11.3%

      36. Wyoming: 11.3%

  1. Pennsylvania: 11.4%
  2. West Virginia: 11.7%
  3. Wisconsin: 11.8%
  4. Utah: 12%
  5. Oregon: 12.5%
  6. Washington: 12.7%
  7. Indiana: 13%
  8. Massachusetts: 13.2%
  9. Kentucky: 13.3%
  10. Montana: 13.4%
  11. New Hampshire: 16%
  12. Maine: 16.1%
  13. Vermont: 16.9%
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