Short sleep duration among children and adolescents by state U.S. 2016-2018

From 2016 to 2018, almost half of children and adolescents living in Mississippi were experiencing short sleep duration. In comparison, around 25 percent of children and teens in Maine experienced short sleep duration. This statistic shows the percentage of children and adolescents with short sleep duration in the United States from 2016 to 2018, by state.

Percentage of children and adolescents with short sleep duration in the United States from 2016 to 2018, by state*

Characteristic	Percentage of children
Mississippi	48.9%
Louisiana	46.6%
West Virginia	42.9%
Alabama	42.5%
Arkansas	40.8%
Georgia	40.3%
South Carolina	40.2%
Delaware	39.1%
Tennessee	39.1%
Indiana	38.6%
Florida	38.6%
Hawaii	38.4%
Maryland	37.4%
North Carolina	36.8%
Texas	36.7%
District of Columbia	36.5%
New York	36.2%
Missouri	35.8%
Kentucky	35.8%
Arizona	35.6%
Oklahoma	35.3%
Ohio	34.8%
New Jersey	34.6%
California	34.2%
Rhode Island	33.9%
New Mexico	33.8%
Connecticut	32.8%
Pennsylvania	32.8%
Virginia	32.7%
Michigan	32.4%
Nevada	32.4%
Wyoming	31.9%
Nebraska	30.8%
Washington	30.5%
Kansas	30.3%
Illinois	30.1%
Massachusetts	30%
South Dakota	30%
Utah	29.3%
Iowa	29%
Wisconsin	28.9%
Alaska	27.7%
Oregon	27.6%
Montana	27.5%
New Hampshire	27%
Idaho	26.9%
Colorado	26.8%
Vermont	25.6%
Minnesota	25.4%
North Dakota	25.4%
Maine	25.3%

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2016 to 2018

Number of respondents

99,842 respondents

Age group

4 months to 17 years

Supplementary notes

* Short sleep duration is defined as <12 hours for infants aged 4–11 months, <11 hours for children aged 1–2 years, <10 hours for children aged 3–5 years, <9 hours for children aged 6–12 years, and <8 hours for adolescents aged 13–17 years.

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