Health experts recommend people should get at least 7 hours of sleep a night. Tennessee is one of a half dozen states where more than 40% of the population doesn’t get 7 hours of sleep, on average, according to the 2022 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps data.
Nationwide, 35.2% of the population averages less than 7 hours of sleep a night, according to the data assembled for the Health Rankings report by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The worst states for sleep and their share of the population that lacked 7 hours of sleep last year were:
1. Hawaii — 43.2%
2. West Virginia — 42.5%