US States With the Highest Difficulty Walking or Climbing Stairs

47 US states ranked by difficulty walking or climbing stairs, from highest to lowest. First are Mississippi (23.8), Arkansas (22.6) and West Virginia (22.5). The middle one of the 47 has 14.9.

What this measures

Adults with serious trouble walking or climbing stairs. 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.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	Mississippi	23.8
2	Arkansas	22.6
3	West Virginia	22.5
4	Louisiana	21.5
5	Oklahoma	21
6	Alabama	20.3
7	Tennessee	20.1
8	Missouri	18.6
9	South Carolina	18.2
10	Delaware	16.6
11	New Mexico	16.5
12	Georgia	16.1
13	Wyoming	16
14	North Carolina	16
15	Michigan	16
16	Indiana	15.9
17	Texas	15.9
18	Virginia	15.8
19	Ohio	15.8
20	Idaho	15.7
21	Kansas	15.5
22	New York	15.1
23	Florida	15
24	Wisconsin	14.9
25	California	14.9
26	Arizona	14.8
27	Illinois	14.5
28	Maine	14.4
29	South Dakota	14.4
30	Alaska	14.4
31	Montana	14.1
32	Rhode Island	14
33	Oregon	13.8
34	Iowa	13.5
35	Nebraska	13.2
36	Massachusetts	12.7
37	New Hampshire	12.7
38	Minnesota	12.7
39	Hawaii	12.7
40	Maryland	12.6
41	North Dakota	12.6
42	Utah	12.4
43	New Jersey	12.1
44	Colorado	12.1
45	Washington	12
46	Vermont	11.1
47	Connecticut	10.6

More on difficulty walking or climbing stairs

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