Anxiety rates in children by state | 2023

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%

21. Minnesota: 9.8%
22. Virginia: 9.9%
23. Oklahoma: 10%
24. Connecticut: 10.1%

      24. Michigan: 10.1%

26. Maryland: 10.2%
27. North Dakota: 10.4%
28. Colorado: 10.5%
29. New Mexico: 10.6%

      29. South Dakota: 10.6%

31. Idaho: 10.7%
32. Iowa: 10.8%

      32. Ohio: 10.8%

      34. Arkansas: 10.9%

35. Kansas: 11.1%
36. Rhode Island: 11.3%

      36. Wyoming: 11.3%

38. Pennsylvania: 11.4%
39. West Virginia: 11.7%
40. Wisconsin: 11.8%
41. Utah: 12%
42. Oregon: 12.5%
43. Washington: 12.7%
44. Indiana: 13%
45. Massachusetts: 13.2%
46. Kentucky: 13.3%
47. Montana: 13.4%
48. New Hampshire: 16%
49. Maine: 16.1%
50. Vermont: 16.9%

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