Would you say your health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? Select only one answer.
Asked of: All persons born before 2002
Self-rated general health · Asked in 21 waves, 2020 · 1,661,957 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Excellent | Very good | Good | Fair | Poor | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21 | web | 69,944 | 60,063 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 20 (2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07 | web | 72,484 | 62,234 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 19 (2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23 | web | 71,939 | 61,254 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 18 (2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09 | web | 58,729 | 49,931 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 17 (2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26 | web | 88,716 | 76,034 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 16 (2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12 | web |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 16% |
| 31% |
| 31% |
| 17% |
| 4% |
| 60063 |
| ±0.8 |
| AK | 15% | 32% | 30% | 17% | 6% | 1318 | ±4 |
| AL | 13% | 29% | 31% | 20% | 6% | 800 | ±6 |
| AR | 11% | 29% | 30% | 22% | 8% | 695 | ±6 |
| AZ | 15% | 30% | 35% | 17% | 3% | 1692 | ±4 |
| CA | 16% | 30% | 31% | 18% | 5% | 4836 | ±3 |
| CO | 22% | 37% | 26% | 13% | 3% | 1741 | ±4 |
| CT | 21% | 33% | 26% | 15% | 5% | 959 | ±5 |
| DC | 26% | 34% | 28% | 11% | 1% | 772 | ±7 |
| DE | 14% | 34% | 31% | 13% | 8% | 746 | ±6 |
| FL | 20% | 29% | 30% | 16% | 5% | 2013 | ±4 |
| GA | 14% | 31% | 35% | 17% | 2% | 1130 | ±5 |
| HI | 18% | 32% | 33% | 14% | 3% | 592 | ±7 |
| IA | 15% | 32% | 32% | 18% | 3% | 909 | ±5 |
| ID | 16% | 30% | 30% | 18% | 7% | 1134 | ±5 |
| IL | 15% | 34% | 31% | 18% | 2% | 1462 | ±4 |
| IN | 14% | 26% | 35% | 21% | 4% | 1116 | ±4 |
| KS | 15% | 31% | 32% | 16% | 6% | 992 | ±5 |
| KY | 13% | 26% | 35% | 19% | 7% | 761 | ±6 |
| LA | 13% | 26% | 34% | 19% | 7% | 646 | ±6 |
| MA | 22% | 35% | 28% | 13% | 3% | 1691 | ±4 |
| MD | 18% | 29% | 33% | 17% | 3% | 1447 | ±4 |
| ME | 17% | 29% | 30% | 19% | 4% | 582 | ±6 |
| MI | 15% | 30% | 31% | 18% | 6% | 1438 | ±4 |
| MN | 17% | 35% | 30% | 15% | 3% | 1411 | ±4 |
| MO | 15% | 32% | 35% | 14% | 4% | 888 | ±5 |
| MS | 9% | 26% | 32% | 26% | 7% | 455 | ±7 |
| MT | 13% | 37% | 29% | 17% | 4% | 672 | ±7 |
| NC | 17% | 27% | 33% | 20% | 3% | 988 | ±5 |
| ND | 15% | 35% | 30% | 19% | 1% | 528 | ±6 |
| NE | 17% | 34% | 30% | 15% | 4% | 911 | ±5 |
| NH | 18% | 31% | 27% | 21% | 2% | 930 | ±6 |
| NJ | 17% | 32% | 29% | 19% | 4% | 1070 | ±5 |
| NM | 13% | 31% | 35% | 16% | 6% | 1184 | ±5 |
| NV | 12% | 29% | 32% | 20% | 6% | 981 | ±5 |
| NY | 13% | 34% | 33% | 15% | 5% | 1209 | ±5 |
| OH | 12% | 35% | 32% | 17% | 4% | 893 | ±5 |
| OK | 14% | 28% | 31% | 21% | 6% | 862 | ±5 |
| OR | 18% | 28% | 31% | 19% | 4% | 1570 | ±4 |
| PA | 16% | 32% | 31% | 16% | 5% | 1601 | ±4 |
| RI | 18% | 31% | 33% | 15% | 3% | 605 | ±7 |
| SC | 15% | 34% | 26% | 21% | 4% | 805 | ±5 |
| SD | 20% | 34% | 31% | 12% | 3% | 591 | ±6 |
| TN | 15% | 30% | 31% | 19% | 4% | 924 | ±5 |
| TX | 14% | 32% | 28% | 19% | 6% | 2869 | ±4 |
| UT | 21% | 33% | 29% | 14% | 3% | 1866 | ±3 |
| VA | 18% | 32% | 31% | 15% | 3% | 1545 | ±4 |
| VT | 16% | 40% | 30% | 13% | 2% | 751 | ±6 |
| WA | 18% | 31% | 29% | 18% | 4% | 2276 | ±3 |
| WI | 13% | 37% | 32% | 14% | 5% | 945 | ±5 |
| WV | 11% | 22% | 31% | 28% | 8% | 658 | ±7 |
| WY | 17% | 38% | 29% | 12% | 4% | 603 | ±7 |
Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) · US adults 18+ living in housing units (50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 95,604 |
| 82,192 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 15 (2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-16 to 2020-09-28 | web | 99,302 | 85,555 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 14 (2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-09-02 to 2020-09-14 | web | 110,019 | 94,739 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 13 (2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons born before 2002. | 2020-08-19 to 2020-08-31 | web | 109,051 | 93,136 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 12 (2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-16 to 2020-07-21 | web | 86,792 | 79,776 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 11 (2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-09 to 2020-07-14 | web | 91,605 | 84,492 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 10 (2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-07-02 to 2020-07-07 | web | 90,767 | 83,960 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 9 (2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-25 to 2020-06-30 | web | 98,663 | 91,272 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 8 (2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-18 to 2020-06-23 | web | 108,062 | 99,918 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 7 (2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-11 to 2020-06-16 | web | 73,472 | 68,322 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 6 (2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-06-04 to 2020-06-09 | web | 83,302 | 75,292 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 5 (2020-05-28 to 2020-06-02) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-28 to 2020-06-02 | web | 105,066 | 94,329 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 4 (2020-05-21 to 2020-05-26) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-21 to 2020-05-26 | web | 101,215 | 90,798 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 3 (2020-05-14 to 2020-05-19) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-14 to 2020-05-19 | web | 132,961 | 119,897 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 2 (2020-05-07 to 2020-05-12) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-05-07 to 2020-05-12 | web | 41,996 | 39,447 |
| Household Pulse Survey, Week 1 (2020-04-23 to 2020-05-05) Source variable HLTHSTATUS. Universe: All persons. | 2020-04-23 to 2020-05-05 | web | 74,413 | 69,316 |