America's Most and Least Stressful Cities
The cities listed here are 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Generally, MSAs are defined as a central city and its county, and possibly surrounding counties, if a significant portion of the area's population commutes between the counties on a regular basis.
100 Largest Metro Areas
(Ranked in order from most stressful to least stressful)
Rank Metro Area
1 Tacoma, WA
2 Miami, FL
3 New Orleans, LA
4 Las Vegas, NV-AZ
5 New York, NY
6 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA
7 Mobile, AL
8 Stockton-Lodi, CA
9 Detroit, MI
10 Dallas, TX
11 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
12 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
13 Houston, TX
14 Fort Lauderdale, FL
15 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
16 St. Louis, MO-IL
17 Denver, CO
18 Jacksonville, FL
19 Jersey City, NJ
20 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ
21 Orlando, FL
22 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
23 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
24 Oakland, CA
25 Kansas City, MO-KS
26 Chicago, IL
27 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
28 San Antonio, TX
29 Albuquerque, NM
30 Tucson, AZ
31 Gary, IN
32 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
33 Baton Rouge, LA
34 Bakersfield, CA
35 Baltimore, MD
36 Sacramento, CA
37 Tulsa, OK
38 Memphis, TN-AR-MS
39 Nashville, TN
40 Birmingham, AL
41 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC
42 San Francisco, CA
43 Atlanta, GA
44 Colorado Springs, CO
45 Fresno, CA
46 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
47 Toledo, OH
48 Indianapolis, IN
49 Philadelphia, PA-NJ
50 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH
51 Youngstown-Warren, OH
52 Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD
53 Dayton-Springfield, OH
54 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
55 Newark, NJ
56 San Jose, CA
57 Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC
58 Wichita, KS
59 El Paso, TX
60 Austin-San Marcos, TX
61 Oklahoma City, OK
62 Louisville, KY-IN
63 Springfield, MA
64 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT
65 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
66 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI
67 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
68 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
69 Richmond-Petersburg, VA
70 Bergen-Passaic, NJ
71 Charleston-North Charleston, SC
72 Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
73 Akron, OH
74 Pittsburgh, PA
75 San Diego, CA
76 Knoxville, TN
77 Boston, MA-NH-ME
78 Hartford, CT
79 Columbia, SC
80 Ventura, CA
81 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
82 Columbus, OH
83 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV
84 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
85 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA
86 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
87 Syracuse, NY
88 New Haven-Meriden, CT
89 Rochester, NY
90 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton, PA
91 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
92 Honolulu, HI
93 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC
94 Omaha, NE-IA
95 Ann Arbor, MI
96 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
97 Nassau-Suffolk, NY
98 Orange County, CA
99 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA
100 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
The cities listed here are the 114 Mid-sized Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranging in population from approximately 500,000 to 200,000.
114 Mid-size Metro Areas
(Ranked in order from most stressful to least stressful)
Rank Metro Area
1 Galveston-Texas City, TX
2 Flint, MI
3 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL
4 Bremerton, WA
5 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
6 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
7 Daytona Beach, FL
8 Modesto, CA
9 Brazoria, TX
10 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
11 Salem, OR
12 Spokane, WA
13 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
14 Olympia, WA
15 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL
16 Rockford, IL
17 Eugene-Springfield, OR
18 Lafayette, LA
19 Montgomery, AL
20 Ocala, FL
21 Merced, CA
22 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
23 Corpus Christi, TX
24 Longview-Marshall, TX
25 Chico-Paradise, CA
26 Columbus, GA-AL
27 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI
28 Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL
29 Hickory-Morganton, NC
30 Charleston, WV
31 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI
32 Anchorage, AK
33 Naples, FL
34 Yakima, WA
35 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
36 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS
37 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA
38 Pensacola, FL
39 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA
40 Myrtle Beach, SC
41 Lawrence, MA-NH
42 Atlantic-Cape May, NJ
43 Greeley, CO
44 Savannah, GA
45 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA
46 Wilmington, NC
47 Chattanooga, TN-GA
48 Fort Smith, AR-OK
49 Santa Rosa, CA
50 Worcester, MA-CT
51 Macon, GA
52 Salinas, CA
53 Lowell, MA-NH
54 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC
55 Springfield, IL
56 Brockton, MA
57 Killeen-Temple, TX
58 Laredo, TX
59 Waterbury, CT
60 Boise City, ID
61 Odessa-Midland, TX
62 Bridgeport, CT
63 Boulder-Longmont, CO
64 Reno, NV
65 Canton-Massillon, OH
66 Jackson, MS
67 Fayetteville, NC
68 Springfield, MO
69 Reading, PA
70 Johnstown, PA
71 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
72 Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY
73 Trenton, NJ
74 Tallahassee, FL
75 Waco, TX
76 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX
77 Erie, PA
78 Amarillo, TX
79 Huntsville, AL
80 Lansing-East Lansing, MI
81 Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY
82 Roanoke, VA
83 Gainesville, FL
84 Manchester, NH
85 Newburgh, NY-PA
86 South Bend, IN
87 York, PA
88 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
89 Duluth-Superior, MN-WI
90 Hamilton-Middletown, OH
91 Asheville, NC
92 Peoria-Pekin, IL
93 Lexington, KY
94 Lynchburg, VA
95 Portland, ME
96 Lubbock, TX
97 Fort Wayne, IN
98 Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME
99 New London-Norwich, CT-RI
100 Dutchess County, NY
101 Green Bay, WI
102 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
103 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA
104 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
105 Des Moines, IA
106 Binghamton, NY
107 Lincoln, NE
108 Stamford-Norwalk, CT
109 Danbury, CT
110 Lancaster, PA
111 Madison, WI
112 Utica-Rome, NY
113 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA
114 Provo-Orem, UT
The cities listed here are the 117 Smallest Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranging in population from approximately 200,000 to 55,000.
117 Smallest Metro Areas
(Ranked in order from most stressful to least stressful)
Rank Metro Area
1 Yuba City, CA
2 Gadsden, AL
3 Sherman-Denison, TX
4 Anniston, AL
5 Pueblo, CO
6 Jackson, MI
7 Pine Bluff, AR
8 Redding, CA
9 Kenosha, WI
10 Danville, VA
11 Panama City, FL
12 Florence, AL
13 Racine, WI
14 Kankakee, IL
15 Rocky Mount, NC
16 Lake Charles, LA
17 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ
18 Las Cruces, NM
19 Florence, SC
20 Medford-Ashland, OR
21 Alexandria, LA
22 Decatur, IL
23 Decatur, AL
24 Sumter, SC
25 Flagstaff, AZ-UT
26 Terre Haute, IN
27 Janesville-Beloit, WI
28 Joplin, MO
29 Dover, DE
30 Bellingham, WA
31 Topeka, KS
32 Monroe, LA
33 Fitchburg-Leominster, MA-NH
34 New Bedford, MA
35 Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV
36 St. Joseph, MO
37 Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH
38 Mansfield, OH
39 Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR
40 Benton Harbor, MI
41 Cumberland, MD-WV
42 Santa Fe, NM
43 Wheeling, WV-OH
44 Grand Junction, CO
45 Muncie, IN
46 Greenville, NC
47 Wichita Falls, TX
48 Tyler, TX
49 Houma, LA
50 Goldsboro, NC
51 Victoria, TX
52 Lewiston-Auburn, ME
53 Hattiesburg, MS
54 Elmira, NY
55 Nashua, NH
56 Yuma, AZ
57 Punta Gorda, FL
58 Jackson, TN
59 Auburn-Opelika, AL
60 Yolo, CA
61 Albany, GA
62 Casper, WY
63 Kokomo, IN
64 Tuscaloosa, AL
65 Charlottesville, VA
66 Pocatello, ID
67 Great Falls, MT
68 Hagerstown, MD
69 Glens Falls, NY
70 Altoona, PA
71 Lima, OH
72 Dothan, AL
73 Owensboro, KY
74 Bangor, ME
75 Lawton, OK
76 Sioux City, IA-NE
77 Fort Walton Beach, FL
78 San Angelo, TX
79 Missoula, MT
80 Jonesboro, AR
81 Pittsfield, MA
82 Eau Claire, WI
83 Jacksonville, NC
84 Barnstable-Yarmouth, MA
85 Abilene, TX
86 Jamestown, NY
87 Cedar Rapids, IA
88 Williamsport, PA
89 Athens, GA
90 Enid, OK
91 Elkhart-Goshen, IN
92 Cheyenne, WY
93 Billings, MT
94 Wausau, WI
95 Burlington, VT
96 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
97 Lawrence, KS
98 Bloomington, IN
99 Sharon, PA
100 Rapid City, SD
101 Lafayette, IN
102 Sheboygan, WI
103 Columbia, MO
104 Sioux Falls, SD
105 St. Cloud, MN
106 Corvallis, OR
107 Iowa City, IA
108 Grand Forks, ND-MN
109 Champaign-Urbana, IL
110 La Crosse, WI-MN
111 Bloomington-Normal, IL
112 Dubuque, IA
113 Rochester, MN
114 Bryan-College Station, TX
115 State College, PA
116 Fargo-Moorhead, ND-MN
117 Bismarck, ND
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