Quick Facts:

• Adults between the ages of 18 and 64 need 7-9 hours of sleep per night, and adults over the age of 65 need between 7 and 8 hours.
• More than 1 in 3 U.S. adults report sleeping less than 7 hours every night.
• Active duty military members are 34% more likely to sleep less than 7 hours per night than people who are not in the military.
• According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 16% of full time workers in the United States worked either an evening or overnight shift in 2017-2018. 
• Not getting enough sleep has an estimated economic impact in the US of more than $411 billion every year.

Insufficient Sleep in Our Community

Darker colors on the interactive map indicates worse outcomes. 

In 2018, approximately 37.2% of Taylor County residents reported getting less than 7 hours of sleep each night. That means that more than one-third of adults in Taylor County don’t get an appropriate amount of sleep. When looking at Taylor County by zip code, nearly 40% of adults who live in either 79603 or 79607 reported not getting 7 hours of sleep each night. The zip code in Taylor County with the fewest adults reporting not getting enough sleep was 79566. In this zip code, though, nearly ⅓ of adults (32.9%) still say they don’t sleep as much as they should.