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US States With the Lowest Difficulty Running Errands Alone

46 US states ranked by difficulty running errands alone, from lowest to highest. First are Utah (5.15), Maryland (5.41) and New Jersey (5.49). 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.

Every state

RankState% of adults
1Utah5.15
2Maryland5.41
3New Jersey5.49
4Colorado5.65
5Nebraska5.81
6North Dakota5.87
7Connecticut6.14
8Hawaii6.14
9Washington6.16
10Vermont6.23
11Iowa6.39
12New Hampshire6.5
13Minnesota6.51
14Alaska6.51
15Arizona6.67
16Illinois6.8
17Massachusetts7.12
18Oregon7.13
19Virginia7.2
20Wyoming7.24
21Texas7.43
22New York7.44
23Florida7.45
24California7.59
25Idaho7.63
26Delaware7.73
27Wisconsin7.75
28Maine7.82
29Kansas7.87
30Ohio7.98
31Indiana8.04
32Montana8.22
33Georgia8.24
34North Carolina8.31
35South Carolina8.63
36Rhode Island8.98
37Michigan9.03
38Missouri9.69
39New Mexico9.75
40Oklahoma10.1
41Mississippi10.7
42Alabama10.8
43Louisiana10.9
44Arkansas11.3
45Tennessee11.5
46West Virginia13.1

More on difficulty running errands alone

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