The personal finance website WalletHub ranks Louisiana as the second most stressed state in the nation. WalletHub Analyst Jill Gonzales says Louisiana ranks fifth for average hours worked per week, but the Bayou State has one of the highest percentages of adults living in poverty
“Louisiana has the second-highest percentage of its population living in poverty only second to Mississippi,” said Gonzales.
Healthwise Gonzales said the state has a high percentage of adults in poor health.
“We see that there could be a higher insured population to help more with preventative care, a lot of adults not getting adequate sleep,” said Gonzales.
And safety-wise she said residents are stressed because Louisiana has the second-highest crime rate per capita.
When it comes to family stressors, Gonzales said Louisiana has the fourth-highest divorce rate in the country.
“So not only stressful but it is also expensive, another thing to kind of add on there. Across the board here Louisiana ranked highly unfortunately in pretty much every one of these categories,” said Gonzales.
Louisiana follows Nevada that was ranked by WalletHub as the most stressed.
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