National Snapshot

The national American Distress Index reads 44.6 (Typical). On average, its inputs sit higher than in 45% of their own quarterly histories since 2005 Across 51 state-level composites, 20 sit in the two most distressed fifths, with an average score of 50.0 and scores ranging from 9.0 to 85.4. State badges below show each state's composite distress score, rank, and quintile.

State Distress Map

AK TX MI CA VA FL MN LA KY WI NY IL WV ME MD ID NC WA MO GA OR MT IA HI OH IN MS OK SC TN AR MA AL PA NJ AZ NE SD NH VT NV CT NM CO RI ND WY DE KS UT DC

Click any state to view its full distress profile. State color reflects distress quintile.

All State Profiles

AL 68.7

Alabama

Second-most distressed fifth #13
AK 38.4

Alaska

Second-least distressed fifth #35
AZ 49.5

Arizona

Middle fifth #29
AR 60.2

Arkansas

Second-most distressed fifth #20
CA 63.4

California

Second-most distressed fifth #18
CO 38.2

Colorado

Second-least distressed fifth #36
CT 49.4

Connecticut

Middle fifth #30
DE 72.7

Delaware

Most distressed fifth #6
DC 75.9

District of Columbia

Most distressed fifth #3
FL 67.4

Florida

Second-most distressed fifth #14
GA 69.1

Georgia

Second-most distressed fifth #11
HI 26.0

Hawaii

Least distressed fifth #42
ID 24.9

Idaho

Least distressed fifth #43
IL 70.9

Illinois

Most distressed fifth #8
IN 44.2

Indiana

Second-least distressed fifth #33
IA 29.5

Iowa

Second-least distressed fifth #41
KS 36.8

Kansas

Second-least distressed fifth #37
KY 69.0

Kentucky

Second-most distressed fifth #12
LA 84.5

Louisiana

Most distressed fifth #2
ME 29.9

Maine

Second-least distressed fifth #40
MD 59.7

Maryland

Middle fifth #21
MA 45.5

Massachusetts

Second-least distressed fifth #32
MI 72.2

Michigan

Most distressed fifth #7
MN 30.5

Minnesota

Second-least distressed fifth #39
MS 70.3

Mississippi

Most distressed fifth #10
MO 51.1

Missouri

Middle fifth #27
MT 20.3

Montana

Least distressed fifth #47
NE 22.0

Nebraska

Least distressed fifth #46
NV 85.4

Nevada

Most distressed fifth #1
NH 9.0

New Hampshire

Least distressed fifth #51
NJ 50.7

New Jersey

Middle fifth #28
NM 73.9

New Mexico

Most distressed fifth #4
NY 59.7

New York

Middle fifth #21
NC 52.1

North Carolina

Middle fifth #26
ND 12.1

North Dakota

Least distressed fifth #50
OH 60.8

Ohio

Second-most distressed fifth #19
OK 73.8

Oklahoma

Most distressed fifth #5
OR 65.2

Oregon

Second-most distressed fifth #16
PA 57.8

Pennsylvania

Middle fifth #23
RI 52.3

Rhode Island

Middle fifth #25
SC 65.6

South Carolina

Second-most distressed fifth #15
SD 15.5

South Dakota

Least distressed fifth #49
TN 53.8

Tennessee

Middle fifth #24
TX 64.8

Texas

Second-most distressed fifth #17
UT 24.4

Utah

Least distressed fifth #44
VT 17.6

Vermont

Least distressed fifth #48
VA 40.9

Virginia

Second-least distressed fifth #34
WA 47.1

Washington

Middle fifth #31
WV 70.4

West Virginia

Most distressed fifth #9
WI 33.7

Wisconsin

Second-least distressed fifth #38
WY 23.3

Wyoming

Least distressed fifth #45

Reading the State Distress Index

Each state score is the mean of 4 equal-weighted domains built from input percentile ranks. Rank #1 is the most distressed jurisdiction in the current state cross-section; quintile labels group states into fifths of that ranked list.

Top fifth Most distressed fifth by state rank
Middle Middle fifth of the state distribution
Bottom fifth Least distressed fifth by state rank
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