Report: WI ranks 7th among states with biggest bullying problems; 4th for students bullied at school
MILWAUKEE -- Wisconsin ranks seventh on a list of states with the biggest bullying problems, according to an analysis by WalletHub.com.
To put together this list, WalletHub officials compared 47 states and the District of Columbia across 20 metrics, ranging from bullying incident rate to truancy costs for schools to share of high school student bullied online.
According to WalletHub, Wisconsin ranks eighth for bullying prevalence, 36th for bullying impact and treatment and third for anti-bullying laws.
Below are Wisconsin's bullying statistics, according to WalletHub:
WalletHub says overall, a child is bullied in the United States every seven minutes, and only four in 100 adults will intervene, while only 11 percent of the child's peers will step in.
Below is a complete list of where each state ranks as it relates to bullying problems:
Overall Rank |
State* |
Total Score |
‘Bullying Prevalence’ Rank |
‘Bullying Impact & Treatment’ Rank |
‘Anti-Bullying Laws’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Louisiana | 73.56 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
2 | Arkansas | 68.22 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
3 | Missouri | 62.88 | 3 | 18 | 9 |
4 | Idaho | 61.28 | 4 | 32 | 14 |
5 | Alaska | 59.95 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
6 | North Dakota | 59.25 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
7 | Wisconsin | 56.28 | 8 | 36 | 3 |
8 | West Virginia | 55.38 | 11 | 12 | 22 |
9 | Michigan | 55.36 | 6 | 26 | 31 |
10 | Wyoming | 55.35 | 17 | 24 | 2 |
11 | Iowa | 54.34 | 10 | 20 | 28 |
12 | Mississippi | 53.56 | 21 | 5 | 19 |
13 | Montana | 53.36 | 25 | 37 | 1 |
14 | South Carolina | 53.27 | 26 | 4 | 21 |
15 | Texas | 53.25 | 27 | 3 | 26 |
16 | Alabama | 52.91 | 31 | 8 | 5 |
17 | New Mexico | 52.27 | 29 | 17 | 4 |
18 | Georgia | 51.59 | 18 | 16 | 25 |
19 | Nebraska | 50.58 | 23 | 29 | 10 |
20 | Pennsylvania | 49.67 | 14 | 23 | 34 |
21 | South Dakota | 49.09 | 15 | 33 | 27 |
22 | Maryland | 48.98 | 12 | 35 | 35 |
23 | New York | 48.88 | 5 | 13 | 47 |
24 | New Hampshire | 48.76 | 16 | 40 | 15 |
25 | Oklahoma | 48.45 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
26 | North Carolina | 48.00 | 37 | 11 | 8 |
27 | Hawaii | 47.94 | 34 | 19 | 12 |
28 | Utah | 47.22 | 28 | 38 | 16 |
29 | Illinois | 46.77 | 19 | 15 | 44 |
30 | Kentucky | 46.53 | 13 | 31 | 42 |
31 | Maine | 46.31 | 33 | 39 | 6 |
32 | Arizona | 45.99 | 39 | 21 | 7 |
33 | Tennessee | 43.87 | 32 | 10 | 45 |
34 | New Jersey | 43.15 | 20 | 30 | 41 |
35 | Ohio | 42.32 | 35 | 28 | 33 |
36 | Indiana | 41.84 | 40 | 22 | 24 |
37 | Rhode Island | 40.26 | 22 | 46 | 36 |
38 | Connecticut | 39.27 | 24 | 44 | 43 |
39 | Nevada | 38.96 | 46 | 14 | 11 |
40 | Kansas | 37.66 | 41 | 41 | 18 |
41 | Florida | 36.54 | 44 | 6 | 38 |
42 | California | 33.72 | 43 | 34 | 36 |
43 | District of Columbia | 33.28 | 42 | 43 | 28 |
44 | Colorado | 32.24 | 36 | 45 | 46 |
45 | Virginia | 32.15 | 45 | 27 | 40 |
46 | Delaware | 31.12 | 47 | 42 | 23 |
47 | Vermont | 30.02 | 38 | 48 | 39 |
48 | Massachusetts | 21.45 | 48 | 47 | 48 |