US States With the Lowest Difficulty Walking or Climbing Stairs

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

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.