US States With the Highest Difficulty Running Errands Alone

46 US states ranked by difficulty running errands alone, from highest to lowest. First are West Virginia (13.1), Tennessee (11.5) and Arkansas (11.3). The middle one of the 46 has 7.59.

What this measures

Adults who have trouble doing errands alone, such as going to a doctor or shopping. Source: .

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

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More on difficulty running errands alone

• US States With the Lowest Difficulty Running Errands Alone
• Difficulty running errands alone by US state: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.