Ohio residents are not big on complaining, study says. See which states complain the most
Ohio residents know how to look on the bright side. A recent study found that people in Ohio complain less than most residents of the United States.
The results are based on a survey by online tutoring company Preply. Researchers surveyed 2,000 people throughout the country, asking how often they complain, their views on others who complain, the topics people don’t want to hear about and the subjects they could relate to.
Answers were scored and adjusted on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 representing the most complaints. Mississippi scored 99.77.
“Across all of the typical topics people make a fuss about, Mississippians are the most likely to complain about their physical health, debt, and passwords and verifications,” said Matt Zajechowski at Preply.
The results revealed that states on the west coast and in the midwest were the least likely to complain. From Kansas to Ohio, respondents said they did not complain very often.
On the other hand, complaints were high east of Ohio and in several southern states.
States with the most complainers
- Mississippi: with a complaint score of 99.77
- Alabama: 98.38
- Nevada: 96.94
- West Virginia: 96.08
- Nebraska: 94.87
- Iowa: 93.58
- New York: 91.94
- Texas: 91.86
- Virginia: 91.73
- Colorado: 91.68
- New Mexico: 91.63
- Tennessee: 91.60
- Maryland: 91.23
- Wisconsin: 90.65
- Arkansas: 90.58
States with the least complainers
- Georgia: 80.65
- Oregon: 81.12
- Connecticut: 81.91
- Kansas: 83.52
- Minnesota: 83.97
- North Carolina: 84.01
- Missouri: 85.36
- Illinois: 85.52
- Utah: 85.64 and Massachusetts: 85.99 tied for ninth place
- Indiana: 86.54
- Washington: 86.61
- Kentucky: 86.89, Ohio: 87.17 and Oklahoma: 87.27 tied at no. 13
Topics people complain about most
- Costs of things
- How people drive
- Quality of things
- Politics
- Traffic
- Lack of income
- Physical health
- Work
- Weather
- Other people complaining
Other key findings
- Residents in Mississippi, Alabama and Nevada ranked as the biggest complainers in the country.
- Georgia, Oregon and Connecticut were the least likely to complain.
- Americans complain most about prices, how people drive and the quality of things.
- A third of the respondents said they had cut ties with people who complained too much.
- Overall, 64% of Americans believe complaining negatively affects their mental health.
- Nearly 25% of Americans say if they could pick one topic to never hear a complaint about again, they would choose politics.
