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Adult Ranking 2024

 
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Adult Ranking

States that are ranked 1-13 have a lower prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care for adults. States that are ranked 39-51 indicate that adults have a higher prevalence of mental illness and lower rates of access to care.

The seven measures that make up the Adult Ranking include:

  1.  Adults with Any Mental Illness (AMI)
  2.  Adults with Substance Use Disorder in the Past Year
  3.  Adults with Serious Thoughts of Suicide
  4.  Adults with SUD Who Needed But Did Not Receive Treatment
  5.  Adults with AMI Who are Uninsured
  6.  Adults Reporting 14+ Mentally Unhealthy Days a Month Who Could Not See a Doctor Due to Costs
  7.  Adults with AMI with Private Insurance That Did Not Cover Mental or Emotional Problems
Rank Sort descending State
01 New York
02 New Jersey
03 Massachusetts
04 Hawaii
05 Maine
06 Maryland
07 Pennsylvania
08 Connecticut
09 Virginia
10 New Hampshire
11 Delaware
12 Kentucky
13 Rhode Island
14 Wisconsin
15 Michigan
16 Indiana
17 Ohio
18 Florida
19 Vermont
20 Arkansas
21 Iowa
22 California
23 Tennessee
24 Kansas
25 South Carolina
26 South Dakota
27 District of Columbia
28 Minnesota
29 Illinois
30 New Mexico
31 Washington
32 North Carolina
33 West Virginia
34 Arizona
35 Oregon
36 Alabama
37 Louisiana
38 Missouri
39 Georgia
40 Colorado
41 Nebraska
42 Idaho
43 Alaska
44 Texas
45 Mississippi
46 Utah
47 Oklahoma
48 Nevada
49 North Dakota
50 Montana
51 Wyoming

Adult Prevalence of Any Mental Illness (AMI) 2024

 
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Adult Prevalence of Mental Illness - Adults with Any Mental Illness (AMI)

23.08% of adults experienced a mental illness in the past year,equivalent to nearly 60 million Americans.

5.86% experienced a severe mental illness.

The state prevalence of adult mental illness ranges from 19.38% in New Jersey to 29.19% in Utah.

 

According to SAMHSA, “Any Mental Illness (AMI) aligns with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition criteria and is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, other than a developmental or substance use disorder. These estimates are based on indicators of AMI rather than direct measures of diagnostic status.” 

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 New Jersey 19.38% 1,389,000
02 Florida 20.45% 3,563,000
03 Delaware 20.93% 165,000
04 Connecticut 21.05% 599,000
05 New York 21.11% 3,273,000
06 Hawaii 21.47% 234,000
07 Texas 21.94% 4,797,000
08 Illinois 22.01% 2,136,000
09 Mississippi 22.16% 487,000
10 California 22.19% 6,665,000
11 North Carolina 22.19% 1,804,000
12 Virginia 22.28% 1,470,000
13 South Carolina 22.35% 902,000
14 Maryland 22.37% 1,056,000
15 Georgia 22.52% 1,836,000
16 Michigan 22.89% 1,789,000
17 New Hampshire 23.06% 259,000
18 Massachusetts 23.18% 1,292,000
19 Pennsylvania 23.18% 2,352,000
20 Arizona 23.26% 1,308,000
21 Wisconsin 23.66% 1,082,000
22 Kentucky 23.77% 813,000
23 Arkansas 23.86% 546,000
24 Maine 24.07% 268,000
25 Alabama 24.09% 931,000
26 Louisiana 24.34% 838,000
27 Kansas 24.41% 532,000
28 Indiana 24.44% 1,260,000
29 Ohio 24.52% 2,214,000
30 Nevada 24.65% 600,000
31 Rhode Island 24.67% 216,000
32 Minnesota 24.74% 1,077,000
33 South Dakota 24.89% 166,000
34 Alaska 24.96% 132,000
35 Tennessee 25.47% 1,370,000
36 New Mexico 25.67% 414,000
37 Nebraska 25.71% 376,000
38 Oklahoma 25.88% 768,000
39 North Dakota 25.95% 150,000
40 West Virginia 26.28% 367,000
41 Colorado 26.30% 1,186,000
42 Missouri 26.50% 1,248,000
43 District of Columbia 26.63% 143,000
44 Iowa 26.71% 649,000
45 Vermont 26.80% 141,000
46 Montana 27.12% 234,000
47 Washington 27.14% 1,629,000
48 Wyoming 27.44% 121,000
49 Oregon 27.48% 922,000
50 Idaho 28.02% 402,000
51 Utah 29.19% 700,000
52 National 23.08% 58,867,000

Adults with Substance Use Disorder 2024

 
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Adults with Substance Use Disorder in the Past Year

17.82% of adults in the U.S. had a substance use disorder in the past year, totaling over 45 million people.

9.41% of adults in America had a drug use disorder in the past year.

11.28% of adults in America had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.

The state prevalence of adults with substance use disorder ranges from 14.15% in Utah to 24.30% in Alaska.

According to SAMHSA, “Substance Use Disorder (SUD) estimates are based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition criteria. SUD is defined as meeting the criteria for drug or alcohol use disorder. Beginning with the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, questions on prescription drug use disorder were asked of all past year users of prescription drugs, regardless of whether they misused prescription drugs.” 

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 Utah 14.15% 340,000
02 Alabama 15.19% 587,000
03 Florida 15.30% 2,665,000
04 South Carolina 15.42% 622,000
05 Texas 15.45% 3,380,000
06 North Carolina 15.71% 1,277,000
07 Arkansas 15.76% 361,000
08 New Jersey 16.34% 1,171,000
09 Hawaii 16.35% 178,000
10 Tennessee 16.49% 887,000
11 Mississippi 16.82% 370,000
12 Georgia 16.99% 1,385,000
13 New Hampshire 17.37% 195,000
14 Kentucky 17.41% 596,000
15 Nebraska 17.58% 257,000
16 Kansas 17.69% 386,000
17 Maryland 17.73% 837,000
18 Virginia 17.79% 1,173,000
19 New York 17.81% 2,762,000
20 Illinois 17.86% 1,733,000
21 Arizona 17.97% 1,011,000
22 Pennsylvania 18.01% 1,827,000
23 California 18.04% 5,418,000
24 Idaho 18.17% 260,000
25 South Dakota 18.24% 121,000
26 Connecticut 18.39% 523,000
27 Michigan 18.42% 1,440,000
28 Wisconsin 18.44% 844,000
29 West Virginia 18.68% 261,000
30 Maine 18.80% 209,000
31 Delaware 18.81% 148,000
32 Missouri 18.89% 889,000
33 Indiana 19.08% 983,000
34 Massachusetts 19.16% 1,068,000
35 Ohio 19.19% 1,733,000
36 Iowa 19.32% 469,000
37 Oklahoma 19.66% 584,000
38 Wyoming 20.21% 89,000
39 Washington 20.23% 1,214,000
40 Minnesota 20.43% 890,000
41 Louisiana 20.62% 710,000
42 North Dakota 20.80% 120,000
43 Montana 21.00% 181,000
44 Nevada 21.60% 525,000
45 Rhode Island 22.61% 198,000
46 Oregon 22.71% 762,000
47 Vermont 22.79% 120,000
48 Colorado 23.08% 1,040,000
49 New Mexico 23.55% 380,000
50 District of Columbia 24.22% 130,000
51 Alaska 24.30% 128,000
52 National 17.82% 45,438,000

Adults with Serious Thoughts of Suicide 2024

 
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Adults with Serious Thoughts of Suicide

5.04% of adults reported experiencing serious thoughts of suicide. The estimated number of adults with serious suicidal thoughts in the U.S. is over 12.8 million.

After slight decreases in suicide deaths in 2019 and 2020, the number of individuals who died by suicide in 2022 was the highest number ever recorded in the U.S.

The state prevalence of adults with serious thoughts of suicide ranges from 4.16% in Connecticut to 7.12% in Utah.

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 Connecticut 4.16% 118,000
02 New York 4.29% 665,000
03 Massachusetts 4.36% 243,000
04 New Jersey 4.37% 313,000
05 Maryland 4.41% 208,000
06 Maine 4.56% 51,000
07 Hawaii 4.64% 50,000
08 South Carolina 4.67% 188,000
09 North Carolina 4.70% 382,000
10 Rhode Island 4.74% 41,000
11 Pennsylvania 4.74% 481,000
12 Delaware 4.75% 37,000
13 Virginia 4.76% 314,000
14 Florida 4.80% 836,000
15 New Hampshire 4.87% 55,000
16 Mississippi 4.94% 109,000
17 California 4.97% 1,491,000
18 Texas 4.98% 1,090,000
19 Georgia 5.02% 410,000
20 Minnesota 5.07% 221,000
21 Tennessee 5.11% 275,000
22 Arizona 5.15% 290,000
23 Wisconsin 5.16% 236,000
24 Ohio 5.21% 470,000
25 Arkansas 5.23% 120,000
26 District of Columbia 5.25% 28,000
27 Illinois 5.26% 511,000
28 Kansas 5.31% 116,000
29 Vermont 5.35% 28,000
30 Kentucky 5.41% 185,000
31 Michigan 5.42% 424,000
32 Alabama 5.44% 210,000
33 Oklahoma 5.47% 162,000
34 Alaska 5.47% 29,000
35 Louisiana 5.51% 190,000
36 Iowa 5.51% 134,000
37 Washington 5.51% 331,000
38 New Mexico 5.55% 90,000
39 Indiana 5.56% 287,000
40 South Dakota 5.59% 37,000
41 Missouri 5.61% 264,000
42 Oregon 5.61% 188,000
43 North Dakota 5.68% 33,000
44 West Virginia 5.71% 80,000
45 Nevada 5.75% 140,000
46 Wyoming 5.84% 26,000
47 Colorado 5.91% 266,000
48 Montana 6.02% 52,000
49 Nebraska 6.15% 90,000
50 Idaho 6.68% 96,000
51 Utah 7.12% 171,000
52 National 5.04% 12,860,000

Adults with AMI Who Are Uninsured 2024

 
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Adults with AMI Who Are Uninsured

10.1% of adults (over 5.9 million people) with a mental illness are uninsured, compared to 9.3% of adults without a mental illness.

In 2022, 64% of adults who were uninsured said that they did not have health insurance because they could not afford it.

The state prevalence of uninsured adults with mental illness ranges from 2.60% in the District of Columbia to 22.90% in Texas.

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 District of Columbia 2.60% 4,000
02 Vermont 3.40% 5,000
03 Oregon 4.40% 43,000
04 Maine 4.50% 12,000
05 Rhode Island 4.50% 11,000
06 Hawaii 4.60% 12,000
07 Wisconsin 4.70% 48,000
08 Maryland 4.90% 55,000
09 New Hampshire 4.90% 13,000
10 New York 5.00% 162,000
11 New Mexico 5.20% 22,000
12 Massachusetts 5.30% 68,000
13 Virginia 5.40% 80,000
14 Kentucky 5.60% 44,000
15 Pennsylvania 5.80% 133,000
16 Iowa 6.40% 45,000
17 New Jersey 6.40% 84,000
18 Idaho 6.50% 27,000
19 Michigan 6.50% 115,000
20 Indiana 6.60% 84,000
21 Delaware 7.10% 11,000
22 Colorado 7.20% 88,000
23 Connecticut 7.50% 42,000
24 Louisiana 7.50% 64,000
25 Ohio 7.50% 164,000
26 Arkansas 7.80% 40,000
27 California 7.80% 522,000
28 Alaska 7.90% 10,000
29 Washington 7.90% 137,000
30 Nevada 8.70% 55,000
31 Utah 8.70% 64,000
32 Minnesota 9.10% 100,000
33 Illinois 9.30% 197,000
34 Nebraska 9.40% 33,000
35 Missouri 9.50% 127,000
36 West Virginia 10.50% 41,000
37 Arizona 10.60% 132,000
38 Montana 11.80% 27,000
39 South Dakota 12.40% 19,000
40 Tennessee 12.80% 182,000
41 North Dakota 12.90% 18,000
42 Kansas 13.50% 70,000
43 South Carolina 13.60% 111,000
44 Alabama 14.40% 132,000
45 Florida 14.90% 516,000
46 North Carolina 15.50% 271,000
47 Oklahoma 16.10% 121,000
48 Georgia 18.70% 351,000
49 Wyoming 19.70% 24,000
50 Mississippi 22.80% 111,000
51 Texas 22.90% 1,068,000
52 National 10.10% 5,916,000

Adults with AMI with Private Insurance That Did Not Cover Mental or Emotional Problems 2024

 
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Adults with AMI with Private Insurance That Did Not Cover Mental or Emotional Problems

10.2% of adults who experienced a mental illness in the past year had private health insurance that did not cover mental or emotional problems.

The state prevalence of adults with AMI whose private insurance did not cover mental or emotional problems ranges from 3.60% in Vermont to 24.70% in Mississippi.

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 Vermont 3.60% 3,000
02 Washington 3.70% 30,000
03 Rhode Island 3.80% 5,000
04 Ohio 5.80% 65,000
05 Maryland 6.10% 35,000
06 New York 6.10% 100,000
07 District of Columbia 6.60% 6,000
08 Virginia 6.60% 54,000
09 Massachusetts 6.70% 47,000
10 Oregon 6.90% 36,000
11 Iowa 7.00% 25,000
12 Alaska 7.20% 4,000
13 Maine 7.40% 9,000
14 Indiana 8.00% 51,000
15 Wisconsin 8.00% 49,000
16 Colorado 8.10% 57,000
17 Delaware 8.80% 7,000
18 New Hampshire 8.80% 14,000
19 Georgia 8.90% 75,000
20 Illinois 9.30% 98,000
21 Kansas 9.40% 26,000
22 Michigan 9.40% 80,000
23 Kentucky 9.50% 31,000
24 New Jersey 9.50% 78,000
25 South Dakota 9.60% 8,000
26 California 10.30% 316,000
27 Nevada 10.30% 30,000
28 Connecticut 10.80% 35,000
29 New Mexico 11.00% 20,000
30 Hawaii 11.10% 13,000
31 Tennessee 11.10% 69,000
32 Minnesota 11.30% 66,000
33 Missouri 11.30% 73,000
34 Pennsylvania 11.40% 135,000
35 Florida 11.80% 194,000
36 Idaho 11.80% 28,000
37 Louisiana 12.00% 33,000
38 Utah 12.70% 62,000
39 Arkansas 12.90% 27,000
40 Wyoming 13.10% 7,000
41 Oklahoma 13.20% 41,000
42 North Carolina 13.40% 109,000
43 Arizona 13.80% 76,000
44 Alabama 15.80% 66,000
45 North Dakota 15.90% 13,000
46 Texas 16.50% 350,000
47 Montana 16.70% 14,000
48 South Carolina 16.80% 58,000
49 Nebraska 17.60% 39,000
50 West Virginia 20.00% 23,000
51 Mississippi 24.70% 42,000
52 National 10.20% 2,929,000

Adults Reporting 14+ Mentally Unhealthy Days a Month Who Could Not See a Doctor Due to Costs 2024

 
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Adults Reporting 14+ Mentally Unhealthy Days a Month Who Could Not See a Doctor Due to Costs

24.58% of adults who reported experiencing 14 or more mentally unhealthy days each month were not able to see a doctor due to costs. This was a 2% increase over last year’s report.

High costs of mental health care are a critical barrier to access. In 2022, 58.9% of adults with a mental illness in the past year who sought or thought they should receive mental health care said the reason they did not receive it was because they thought it would cost too much.

The prevalence of adults with 14+ mentally unhealthy days a month who could not see a doctor due to cost ranges from 12.88% in Hawaii to 34.95% in Georgia.

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 Hawaii 12.88% 16,793
02 Rhode Island 13.90% 18,748
03 Vermont 15.04% 12,752
04 Massachusetts 15.84% 127,266
05 Oregon 17.44% 103,696
06 Connecticut 18.34% 75,156
07 Delaware 18.37% 20,855
08 New Mexico 18.49% 48,170
09 Pennsylvania 18.66% 283,014
10 Wisconsin 18.84% 138,097
11 Maine 18.85% 33,832
12 Iowa 19.10% 63,036
13 New Hampshire 19.41% 36,583
14 Michigan 19.45% 253,407
15 Maryland 19.48% 134,072
16 Minnesota 19.55% 125,782
17 New York 20.25% 480,099
18 California 20.26% 855,786
19 New Jersey 20.75% 204,236
20 District of Columbia 20.87% 15,247
21 West Virginia 21.17% 62,187
22 Virginia 21.25% 232,815
23 Washington 21.35% 213,394
24 Indiana 21.90% 190,222
25 Colorado 22.16% 161,822
26 North Dakota 22.27% 18,476
27 Ohio 22.76% 375,207
28 South Dakota 22.90% 19,731
29 Montana 23.00% 32,700
30 Nebraska 23.52% 42,413
31 Illinois 24.54% 327,839
32 Alaska 25.15% 20,818
33 Kentucky 25.28% 141,765
34 Idaho 26.02% 56,813
35 Louisiana 26.14% 181,572
36 Arizona 26.25% 245,891
37 Utah 27.74% 110,845
38 Kansas 27.83% 97,880
39 Florida 27.91% 733,717
40 Tennessee 28.19% 309,054
41 Missouri 29.17% 236,191
42 South Carolina 29.22% 186,625
43 Oklahoma 29.71% 159,026
44 Arkansas 30.37% 142,055
45 North Carolina 30.71% 387,402
46 Mississippi 31.15% 108,393
47 Nevada 32.26% 115,706
48 Wyoming 32.97% 21,562
49 Alabama 33.24% 233,201
50 Texas 34.38% 1,223,117
51 Georgia 34.95% 462,803
52 National 24.58% 9,897,868

Adults with SUD who needed but did not receive treatment 2024

 
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Adults with SUD Who Needed But Did Not Receive Treatment

Over three-quarters (76.9%) of all adults with a substance use disorder did not receive the treatment they needed.

Most adults with SUD who sought or thought about receiving treatment reported they didn’t because they thought they should have been able to handle their drug or alcohol use on their own (75.4%).

This was followed by: Not ready to start treatment (58.6%), not ready to stop or cut back using alcohol or drugs (48.4%), thought it would cost too much (47.7%), and did not know how or where to get treatment (47.3%).

The state prevalence of adults with SUD with unmet treatment needs ranges from 67.24% in West Virginia to 83.99% in Illinois.

Rank Sort descending State Percentage Number
01 West Virginia 67.24% 224,000
02 Kentucky 69.57% 500,000
03 Wyoming 70.11% 71,000
04 Arkansas 70.51% 324,000
05 Maine 70.55% 165,000
06 Tennessee 71.39% 765,000
07 Indiana 71.49% 688,000
08 Kansas 71.54% 299,000
09 Mississippi 71.62% 299,000
10 Alabama 72.15% 510,000
11 New York 72.59% 2,331,000
12 South Dakota 72.88% 100,000
13 Pennsylvania 72.90% 1,505,000
14 Montana 73.01% 149,000
15 Missouri 73.11% 766,000
16 Iowa 73.30% 356,000
17 Utah 73.67% 300,000
18 Idaho 73.74% 225,000
19 Massachusetts 73.87% 873,000
20 New Mexico 74.15% 278,000
21 Oklahoma 74.44% 479,000
22 Ohio 74.57% 1,542,000
23 New Jersey 74.91% 1,008,000
24 Michigan 74.98% 1,251,000
25 District of Columbia 75.02% 124,000
26 Nebraska 75.19% 213,000
27 South Carolina 75.64% 585,000
28 Vermont 75.70% 92,000
29 Florida 75.97% 2,329,000
30 New Hampshire 76.54% 175,000
31 Louisiana 77.15% 615,000
32 Virginia 77.45% 1,006,000
33 North Dakota 77.62% 94,000
34 Wisconsin 77.65% 723,000
35 Colorado 78.36% 907,000
36 Minnesota 78.40% 757,000
37 Hawaii 78.52% 151,000
38 Texas 78.54% 3,099,000
39 Connecticut 79.14% 478,000
40 Rhode Island 79.32% 190,000
41 Delaware 79.32% 129,000
42 Nevada 79.33% 470,000
43 Washington 79.53% 1,116,000
44 North Carolina 79.56% 1,217,000
45 Arizona 79.59% 894,000
46 Oregon 79.91% 691,000
47 Maryland 80.01% 691,000
48 Georgia 80.36% 1,245,000
49 Alaska 81.51% 109,000
50 California 82.77% 4,963,000
51 Illinois 83.99% 1,624,000
52 National 76.90% 39,692,000