Study: Kentucky and Indiana have some of the worst sleepers in the nation

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – Doctors tell us it’s important to get quality sleep every night, and a new study from MattressNextDay has ranked the states with the best sleep hygiene.

The study analyzed health data concerning the appropriate amount of exercise, sleep and mental health and collected search data across 30 terms related to sleep hygiene to identify which states are the most attentive to their bedtime routines. California was ranked at the top of the list, as well as the most searches related to sleep hygiene. At the bottom of the list is West Virginia, which also had the worst ranked searches per 10,000 residents and the highest percentage of residents told they could have depression.

Not far from the bottom of the list, Kentucky was ranked in 49th place overall, as well as 50th in residents doing the correct amount of exercise, 48th in the number of adults sleeping less than 7 hours and 46th for residents who do no physical exercise. Elsewhere in the Tri-State, Indiana was ranked 41st overall, and had the 10th highest percentage of adults told they could have depression. Illinois scored much more favorably, ranking 14th place overall with the 5th highest number of searches per month for sleep hygiene terms.

The following data was provided by MattressNextDay:

Rank	State	Searches per month for sleep hygiene terms	Searches per month per 10,000 residents	Adults who sleep less than 7 hours	States that do the right amount of exercise	% of residents told they could have depression	Adults who do no physical exercise	Index score
1	California	1	1	19	27	3	8	47.24
2	Florida	3	14	29	4	2	14	40.91
3	Colorado	22	36	1	3	25	1	36.56
4	Washington	13	10	9	7	39	3	36.16
5	Texas	2	7	31	17	16	34	35.90
6	Maryland	15	3	34	21	6	17	34.87
7	New York	4	5	28	19	8	37	34.77
8	Minnesota	19	22	2	10	27	9	34.64
9	Hawaii	38	4	50	14	1	6	33.45
10	Connecticut	26	13	24	6	15	20	32.96
11	Georgia	6	2	45	20	13	26	32.66
12	Vermont	49	29	5	1	48	4	32.55
13	Arizona	14	15	27	11	10	19	32.40
14	Illinois	5	11	17	23	7	42	31.78
15	Virginia	11	8	35	26	20	13	31.41
16	Utah	31	19	16	13	43	2	30.61
17	New Jersey	10	9	25	34	11	27	30.44
18	New Hampshire	40	25	11	5	38	7	29.65
19	Wisconsin	21	38	10	15	26	11	29.48
20	North Carolina	9	16	20	33	30	18	28.97
21	Massachusetts	16	24	18	28	17	15	28.90
22	Montana	45	46	7	2	35	16	28.53
23	New Mexico	36	33	13	8	23	22	28.04
24	Oregon	28	41	6	12	46	5	27.99
25	Alaska	48	40	22	9	21	10	27.89
26	Nebraska	37	27	4	36	12	29	27.68
27	Nevada	27	6	42	42	9	28	26.97
28	South Dakota	46	48	3	29	5	24	26.63
29	Rhode Island	42	12	26	18	37	30	26.50
30	Delaware	44	17	32	22	4	41	26.38
31	Pennsylvania	7	18	43	31	18	31	25.13
32	Michigan	12	21	38	24	33	23	24.94
33	South Carolina	23	23	36	25	22	33	23.96
34	Idaho	39	47	8	32	34	12	23.92
35	Wyoming	50	49	21	16	29	21	23.17
36	Iowa	32	43	15	41	14	32	22.85
37	Kansas	33	32	23	38	28	25	22.62
38	North Dakota	47	42	12	40	19	36	21.60
39	Ohio	8	20	44	37	31	38	21.18
40	Maine	43	35	14	39	40	40	18.89
41	Indiana	18	31	39	35	41	39	17.91
42	Tennessee	17	30	37	30	47	44	17.00
43	Missouri	20	34	30	46	36	35	16.84
44	Louisiana	25	28	46	43	44	45	13.16
45	Oklahoma	30	39	33	49	42	43	11.79
46	Mississippi	34	37	40	48	24	49	11.29
47	Alabama	24	26	47	45	32	50	9.91
48	Arkansas	35	45	41	44	45	48	9.81
49	Kentucky	29	44	48	50	49	46	2.96
50	West Virginia	41	50	49	47	50	47	2.37