Emily Chan
The rest of the states in the top 10 include New Jersey, Utah, Delaware, Minnesota, Connecticut, Idaho, Nebraska, and Massachusetts.
As the third-happiest state, New Jersey contains the lowest share of people reporting traumatic events during their childhood.
Additionally, it has the second-highest share of people with supportive, loving relationships. Furthermore, the Garden State has the third-lowest separation and divorce rate (17 percent) in the country.
The five least depressed states in the U.S. are Hawaii, New Jersey, Nebraska, Illinois, and New York.
The most depressed were Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia, Maine, and Tennessee. A 2023 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that Tennessee was the most depressed state.
One in five people (22.1 percent) of the population in the Nashville region had been diagnosed with a depressive disorder, per NashvilleHealth.
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