{
  "type": "ranking",
  "url": "https://karelbusta.dev/data/sleep/us-states-with-the-worst-sleep",
  "title": "Which US states sleep the worst?",
  "description": "Share of adults sleeping less than 7 hours, by state, from CDC's 2022 BRFSS. Hawaii is worst at 45.9%, Vermont best at 30.0%.",
  "headline": "In Hawaii 45.9% of adults sleep less than 7 hours a night, the highest share of any state.",
  "published": "2026-10-14",
  "rankedBy": {
    "column": "pct_short_sleep",
    "order": "desc",
    "unit": "%"
  },
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "state",
      "label": "State",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "description": "Age-adjusted prevalence of adults reporting < 7 hours of sleep in an average 24-hour period (2000 U.S. standard population).",
      "key": "pct_short_sleep",
      "label": "Short sleep (age-adjusted)",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Lower 95% confidence limit of the age-adjusted prevalence.",
      "key": "ci_low",
      "label": "95% CI low",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Upper 95% confidence limit of the age-adjusted prevalence.",
      "key": "ci_high",
      "label": "95% CI high",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "%"
    },
    {
      "description": "Crude (unadjusted) prevalence of adults reporting < 7 hours of sleep.",
      "key": "pct_short_sleep_crude",
      "label": "Short sleep (crude)",
      "type": "number",
      "unit": "%"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "state": "Hawaii",
      "pct_short_sleep": 45.9,
      "ci_low": 44.2,
      "ci_high": 47.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 45.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "state": "West Virginia",
      "pct_short_sleep": 42.6,
      "ci_low": 40.7,
      "ci_high": 44.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 41.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "state": "Alabama",
      "pct_short_sleep": 41.4,
      "ci_low": 39.2,
      "ci_high": 43.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 40.5
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "state": "Louisiana",
      "pct_short_sleep": 40.5,
      "ci_low": 38.7,
      "ci_high": 42.3,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 39.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "state": "Arkansas",
      "pct_short_sleep": 39.9,
      "ci_low": 38,
      "ci_high": 41.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "state": "Ohio",
      "pct_short_sleep": 39.9,
      "ci_low": 38.7,
      "ci_high": 41.1,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.5
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "state": "Tennessee",
      "pct_short_sleep": 39.8,
      "ci_low": 38,
      "ci_high": 41.7,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "state": "Kentucky",
      "pct_short_sleep": 39.6,
      "ci_low": 37.5,
      "ci_high": 41.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 39.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "state": "Nevada",
      "pct_short_sleep": 39.3,
      "ci_low": 36.8,
      "ci_high": 42,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 10,
      "state": "Florida",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.8,
      "ci_low": 37,
      "ci_high": 40.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 11,
      "state": "Georgia",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.8,
      "ci_low": 37.2,
      "ci_high": 40.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.1
    },
    {
      "rank": 12,
      "state": "New York",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.8,
      "ci_low": 37.7,
      "ci_high": 39.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 13,
      "state": "Maryland",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.7,
      "ci_low": 37.5,
      "ci_high": 40,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 38
    },
    {
      "rank": 14,
      "state": "Indiana",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.6,
      "ci_low": 37.4,
      "ci_high": 39.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 15,
      "state": "Mississippi",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.6,
      "ci_low": 36.7,
      "ci_high": 40.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 16,
      "state": "Pennsylvania",
      "pct_short_sleep": 38.1,
      "ci_low": 36,
      "ci_high": 40.2,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.1
    },
    {
      "rank": 17,
      "state": "New Jersey",
      "pct_short_sleep": 37.9,
      "ci_low": 36.4,
      "ci_high": 39.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 18,
      "state": "Missouri",
      "pct_short_sleep": 37.7,
      "ci_low": 36.1,
      "ci_high": 39.3,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 36.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 19,
      "state": "Alaska",
      "pct_short_sleep": 37.6,
      "ci_low": 35.8,
      "ci_high": 39.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 37.1
    },
    {
      "rank": 20,
      "state": "Delaware",
      "pct_short_sleep": 37.3,
      "ci_low": 35,
      "ci_high": 39.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 21,
      "state": "Texas",
      "pct_short_sleep": 37.1,
      "ci_low": 35.6,
      "ci_high": 38.7,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 36.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 22,
      "state": "Virginia",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.9,
      "ci_low": 35.5,
      "ci_high": 38.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 36.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 23,
      "state": "Illinois",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.7,
      "ci_low": 34.8,
      "ci_high": 38.7,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 36
    },
    {
      "rank": 24,
      "state": "Kansas",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.7,
      "ci_low": 35.3,
      "ci_high": 38,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.5
    },
    {
      "rank": 25,
      "state": "South Carolina",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.6,
      "ci_low": 35.1,
      "ci_high": 38,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 26,
      "state": "Connecticut",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.4,
      "ci_low": 34.9,
      "ci_high": 37.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 27,
      "state": "Michigan",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.4,
      "ci_low": 35,
      "ci_high": 37.7,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 28,
      "state": "Oklahoma",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.2,
      "ci_low": 34.7,
      "ci_high": 37.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.5
    },
    {
      "rank": 29,
      "state": "Rhode Island",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.2,
      "ci_low": 34.4,
      "ci_high": 38.2,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 35.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 30,
      "state": "Arizona",
      "pct_short_sleep": 36.1,
      "ci_low": 34.4,
      "ci_high": 37.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 34.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 31,
      "state": "California",
      "pct_short_sleep": 35.2,
      "ci_low": 33.8,
      "ci_high": 36.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 34.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 32,
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "pct_short_sleep": 35,
      "ci_low": 33.1,
      "ci_high": 37,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 34.1
    },
    {
      "rank": 33,
      "state": "Utah",
      "pct_short_sleep": 34.3,
      "ci_low": 33,
      "ci_high": 35.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 34.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 34,
      "state": "Iowa",
      "pct_short_sleep": 34.2,
      "ci_low": 32.8,
      "ci_high": 35.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 35,
      "state": "New Mexico",
      "pct_short_sleep": 34.1,
      "ci_low": 32.1,
      "ci_high": 36.3,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 36,
      "state": "North Dakota",
      "pct_short_sleep": 34,
      "ci_low": 32.2,
      "ci_high": 35.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 33.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 37,
      "state": "Wisconsin",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.9,
      "ci_low": 32.6,
      "ci_high": 35.2,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.8
    },
    {
      "rank": 38,
      "state": "New Hampshire",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.8,
      "ci_low": 31.8,
      "ci_high": 35.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 33
    },
    {
      "rank": 39,
      "state": "Maine",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.4,
      "ci_low": 31.9,
      "ci_high": 34.9,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 40,
      "state": "Wyoming",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.4,
      "ci_low": 31.4,
      "ci_high": 35.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 41,
      "state": "Idaho",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.2,
      "ci_low": 31.8,
      "ci_high": 34.7,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.5
    },
    {
      "rank": 42,
      "state": "Massachusetts",
      "pct_short_sleep": 33.2,
      "ci_low": 31.9,
      "ci_high": 34.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 43,
      "state": "Montana",
      "pct_short_sleep": 32.9,
      "ci_low": 31.4,
      "ci_high": 34.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 31.7
    },
    {
      "rank": 44,
      "state": "South Dakota",
      "pct_short_sleep": 32.9,
      "ci_low": 29.4,
      "ci_high": 36.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 31.2
    },
    {
      "rank": 45,
      "state": "Washington",
      "pct_short_sleep": 32.8,
      "ci_low": 32,
      "ci_high": 33.6,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 32.4
    },
    {
      "rank": 46,
      "state": "District of Columbia",
      "pct_short_sleep": 31.8,
      "ci_low": 29.7,
      "ci_high": 34,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 31.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 47,
      "state": "Oregon",
      "pct_short_sleep": 31.8,
      "ci_low": 30.2,
      "ci_high": 33.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 30.9
    },
    {
      "rank": 48,
      "state": "Nebraska",
      "pct_short_sleep": 31.5,
      "ci_low": 29.9,
      "ci_high": 33.1,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 30.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 49,
      "state": "Colorado",
      "pct_short_sleep": 30.6,
      "ci_low": 29.4,
      "ci_high": 31.8,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 30.3
    },
    {
      "rank": 50,
      "state": "Minnesota",
      "pct_short_sleep": 30.3,
      "ci_low": 29.3,
      "ci_high": 31.4,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 29.6
    },
    {
      "rank": 51,
      "state": "Vermont",
      "pct_short_sleep": 30,
      "ci_low": 28.5,
      "ci_high": 31.5,
      "pct_short_sleep_crude": 29.6
    }
  ],
  "dataset": {
    "title": "Short sleep in the United States by state and county",
    "url": "https://karelbusta.dev/data/sleep/datasets/us-short-sleep",
    "source": {
      "citation": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Population Health. U.S. Chronic Disease Indicators (CDI), indicator SLP03 \"Short sleep duration among adults\", Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2022. data.cdc.gov dataset hksd-2xuw, retrieved 2026-10-14.",
      "publisher": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
      "sampleSize": "BRFSS 2022 adult telephone survey respondents in 50 states, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (per-state sample sizes not published in this dataset)",
      "title": "CDC BRFSS 2022 via U.S. Chronic Disease Indicators (SLP03)",
      "url": "https://data.cdc.gov/d/hksd-2xuw",
      "year": 2022
    }
  }
}