Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
California is known for its great weather, beautiful beaches, laid-back lifestyle, and...stress?
A new list of the most stressed states in America ranks California in the top five. Rounding out the list? Florida, Georgia, New Jersey and Nevada.
Movoto, the online real estate brokerage, compiled the list using data from the U.S. Census and six criteria: commute times, unemployment, hours worked, population density, percentage of income spent on housing, and percentage of population without health insurance.
Randy Nelson, the editor of the Movoto blog, joins Take Two to explain how the list was compiled.
The 10 most stressed states:
The least stressed-out state? North Dakota.