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Which US states sleep the worst?

In Hawaii 45.9% of adults sleep less than 7 hours a night, the highest share of any state.

Which US states sleep the worstShort sleep (age-adjusted) (%)

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1	Hawaii	45.9%	44.2	47.6	45.6
2	West Virginia	42.6%	40.7	44.5	41.3
3	Alabama	41.4%	39.2	43.6	40.5
4	Louisiana	40.5%	38.7	42.3	39.8
5	Arkansas	39.9%	38	41.8	38.7
6	Ohio	39.9%	38.7	41.1	38.5
7	Tennessee	39.8%	38	41.7	38.8
8	Kentucky	39.6%	37.5	41.9	39.3
9	Nevada	39.3%	36.8	42	38.9
10	Florida	38.8%	37	40.8	37.4
11	Georgia	38.8%	37.2	40.4	38.1
12	New York	38.8%	37.7	39.9	38.4
13	Maryland	38.7%	37.5	40	38
14	Indiana	38.6%	37.4	39.9	37.7
15	Mississippi	38.6%	36.7	40.6	37.8
16	Pennsylvania	38.1%	36	40.2	37.1
17	New Jersey	37.9%	36.4	39.5	37.4
18	Missouri	37.7%	36.1	39.3	36.8
19	Alaska	37.6%	35.8	39.4	37.1
20	Delaware	37.3%	35	39.6	35.6
21	Texas	37.1%	35.6	38.7	36.9
22	Virginia	36.9%	35.5	38.4	36.2
23	Illinois	36.7%	34.8	38.7	36
24	Kansas	36.7%	35.3	38	35.5
25	South Carolina	36.6%	35.1	38	35.4
26	Connecticut	36.4%	34.9	37.9	35.7
27	Michigan	36.4%	35	37.7	35.2
28	Oklahoma	36.2%	34.7	37.8	35.5
29	Rhode Island	36.2%	34.4	38.2	35.6
30	Arizona	36.1%	34.4	37.8	34.8
31	California	35.2%	33.8	36.5	34.8
32	North Carolina	35.0%	33.1	37	34.1
33	Utah	34.3%	33	35.5	34.2
34	Iowa	34.2%	32.8	35.6	32.9
35	New Mexico	34.1%	32.1	36.3	32.8
36	North Dakota	34.0%	32.2	35.9	33.2
37	Wisconsin	33.9%	32.6	35.2	32.8
38	New Hampshire	33.8%	31.8	35.8	33
39	Maine	33.4%	31.9	34.9	32.7
40	Wyoming	33.4%	31.4	35.4	32.3
41	Idaho	33.2%	31.8	34.7	32.5
42	Massachusetts	33.2%	31.9	34.5	32.7
43	Montana	32.9%	31.4	34.5	31.7
44	South Dakota	32.9%	29.4	36.5	31.2
45	Washington	32.8%	32	33.6	32.4
46	District of Columbia	31.8%	29.7	34	31.9
47	Oregon	31.8%	30.2	33.4	30.9
48	Nebraska	31.5%	29.9	33.1	30.6
49	Colorado	30.6%	29.4	31.8	30.3
50	Minnesota	30.3%	29.3	31.4	29.6
51	Vermont	30.0%	28.5	31.5	29.6

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Hawaii (45.9%), West Virginia (42.6%) and Alabama (41.4%) have the largest shares of adults who usually sleep less than 7 hours in 24 hours, the minimum the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends. Vermont (30.0%), Minnesota (30.3%) and Colorado (30.6%) have the smallest. Nationally the figure is 36.8%.

The numbers are age-adjusted estimates from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of adults, published by the CDC with 95% confidence intervals. Many neighbouring states' intervals overlap, so a difference of a point or two in rank is not meaningful.

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