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Feeling Stressed? California ranked one of most stressed-out state in US
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Jun 12, 2014
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Feeling Stressed? California ranked one of most stressed-out state in US
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.
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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.

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:

  • Florida 
  • Georgia
  • New Jersey
  • California
  • Nevada
  • Illinois
  • New York
  • Maryland
  • North Carolina 
  • Arizona

The least stressed-out state? North Dakota.