12.5%
Reference guide
Anxiety statistics in the United States.
A clear, source-linked look at how anxiety is measured, reported, and experienced. Each figure carries its data date, so it can be quoted with care.
Read the numbers carefully
Symptoms, diagnoses, and surveys are not the same thing.
This page keeps each measure in its own lane. Recent CDC figures describe self-reported symptoms or feelings. NIMH figures describe diagnosed anxiety disorders from an earlier national survey. That distinction matters when comparing data across sources.
SourceCDC FastStats, 2025 National Health Interview Survey data↗
18.2%
of U.S. adults reported any anxiety symptoms in the prior two weeks in 2022.
26.6%
of adults ages 18 to 29 reported anxiety symptoms in the prior two weeks in 2022.
21.4%
of women reported anxiety symptoms in the prior two weeks in 2022, compared with 14.8% of men.
19.1%
of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the prior year in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.
22.8%
of adults with a past-year anxiety disorder experienced serious impairment in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.
470 million
people worldwide were estimated to be living with an anxiety disorder in 2023.
Sources & methodology
Primary sources, with their original dates preserved.
The figures above come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the World Health Organization. Sources are linked beside every statistic so readers can review the original definitions and methods.
These numbers describe populations, not any one person. They are not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prediction of what support will be right for an individual.
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CalmSelfRewire. “Anxiety Statistics in the United States.” Updated October 6, 2026.
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