Are you stressed out? A new study by WalletHub shows that Louisiana is the third most stressed state in the country.
“Largely in part because it has the second highest poverty rate in the country, 12% of the residents Louisiana haven’t seen a doctor in the past year because of the high costs,” Wallethub analyst Chip Lupo said.
Lupo says another reason is that Louisiana has the second lowest median credit score in the country.
“The median credit score in Louisiana is 675 and on the traditional credit score scale that ranks just above fair credit,” Lupo said.
With credit scores at that level, that means the majority of Louisiana residents may experience trouble getting credit; and those who do, pay more in interest rates.
And Lupo says those financial burdens oftentimes lead to other stress factors.
“Louisiana is among the ten worst states for both the share of adults reporting poor mental health and the share of the adults diagnosed with depression,” Lupo said.
The two most stressed states according to the study are, in order, New Mexico and Nevada. At the other end of the spectrum, the least stressed state in the country is Nebraska.
Here is the Wallethub study.
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