These are the most and least stressed cities in America, survey finds
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Stress is an inescapable part of life that many deal with routinely.
Issues like work, health, and money are among the top worries for Americans, and there are certain cities where it's tougher for people to manage stress based on findings in a recent survey by WalletHub.
The personal finance company created a report ranking the most and least stressed cities in the U.S.
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FILE-People walk down a street in the downtown area of a U.S. city. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Data was collected by comparing 182 cities assessing four categories: work stress, financial stress, family stress, and health and safety stress.
The team then examined 39 metrics coupled with those specific categories and graded them on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the highest stress levels.
Here are the most and least stressed cities in the nation.
Most stressed cities in the U.S.
- Cleveland
- Detroit
- Baltimore
- Memphis
- Gulfport, Mississippi
- Philadelphia
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Akron, Ohio
- New Orleans
- Jackson, Mississippi
Least stressed cities in the U.S.
- Fremont, California
- South Burlington, Vermont
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Bismark, North Dakota
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Boise, Idaho
- Nashua, New Hampshire
- Portland, Maine
- Overland Park, Kansas
The complete list of ranked cities can be found here.
This story was reported from Washington, D.C.