Everybody everywhere gets the blues from time to time but as it turns out your location may have something to do with how often it occurs and how severe it gets. A non profit organization called Mental Health America has done a state by state study of the U.S. and has ranked each state in the union based on the prevalence of depression reported there. Listed below is a chart of the top ten least depressed States followed by a chart of the top ten most depressed according to their survey.
Top 10 least depressed states: (shiny happy people states)
1.South Dakota
2.Hawaii
3.New Jersey
4.Iowa
5.Maryland
6.Minnesota
7.Louisiana
8.Illinois
9.North dakota
10.Texas
Top 10 most depressed states:
1.Utah
2.West Virginia
3.Kentucky
4.Rhode Island
5.Nevada
6.Oklahoma
7.Idaho
8.Missouri
9.Ohio
10.Wyoming
P.S. ----California ranked 15th least depressed and New York 19th least depressed.
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