Baltimore Among Most Stressed Cities, Study Finds

BALTIMORE, MD - Baltimore is among the most stressed cities in America, according to a new survey by WalletHub.

Hoping to reveal the cities where Americans are better able to cope with stress-creating issues like money, work, family and relationships, WalletHub’s number crunchers looked at data related to 30 key metrics, such as weekly work hours, suicide rates and debt load, among others. Information came from sources including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others.

When all the numbers were crunched, WalletHub deemed Newark, New Jersey, as America’s most stressed city.

Here's a list of the top 15 most stressed cities, according to WalletHub:

1. Newark, New Jersey
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Cleveland, Ohio
4. Jackson, Mississippi
5. Miami, Florida
6. Birmingham, Alabama
7. San Bernadino, California
8. Rochester, New York
9. Augusta, Georgia
10. Shreveport, Louisiana
11. Baltimore, Maryland
    
12. Las Vegas, Nevada
13. Richmond, Virginia
14. Memphis, Tennessee
15. Mobile, Alabama

“In the U.S., stress affects more than 100 million people,” WalletHub explained in its report. One estimate shows that “workplace-related stress alone costs society more than $300 billion per year.”

According to WalletHub, Fremont, California, is America’s least-stressed city.

Plano, Texas, came in second least-stressed, or 149th on the list of 150.

To check out the full rankings, visit WalletHub. Details about methodology can be found here.

- By Sherri Lonon and Elizabeth Janney

Photo of Baltimore skyline by Patrick Gillespie via Flickr, licensed under CC BY 4.0.