Teen Anxiety Statistics 2026: What the Latest Data Shows

Anxiety is at the heart of the work we do with teens and families at Davis-Smith Mental Health. Parents often ask us how common it really is, whether it’s getting worse and whether therapy actually helps. This page brings together the most reliable answers we could find.

Every statistic below comes from a government agency, a peer-reviewed study or an established research center. Each one links to its original source and notes the year the data was collected. You’re welcome to share or cite any of it with a link back to this page.

Last updated: November 2026 · Next update: December 2026

Free printable handout: Teen Anxiety by the Numbers (PDF) puts the key numbers, warning signs and where to get help on one page. It’s made for parents, schools and pediatric offices to print and share.

How Common Is Teen Anxiety?

Anxiety is the most common mental health condition among teens in the United States. How common depends on how it’s measured, so we’ve grouped the numbers by type of study: clinical interviews, diagnoses reported by parents, and symptoms teens report themselves.

Anxiety disorders (clinical interviews)

• 31.9% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 18 have had an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. That’s nearly 1 in 3. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 24.9% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 met the criteria for an anxiety disorder in the past year, about 1 in 4. (Kessler et al., 2012, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental health conditions in teens, ahead of behavior, mood and substance use disorders. (Kessler et al., 2012, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 8.3% of all U.S. teens have had an anxiety disorder severe enough to seriously affect their daily life. (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Anxiety disorders are about equally common across the teen years: 31.4% at ages 13 to 14, 32.1% at ages 15 to 16 and 32.3% at ages 17 to 18. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)

These interview numbers come from the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, which interviewed more than 10,000 teens. It is still the only national study to diagnose U.S. teens with full clinical interviews, so the data is older than the rest of this page. The newer surveys below suggest anxiety has become more common since then.

Diagnosed anxiety (reported by parents)

• 16.1% of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 had currently diagnosed anxiety in 2023, about 1 in 6. That makes anxiety the most common mental health diagnosis in this age group, ahead of depression (8.4%) and behavior or conduct problems (6.3%). (HRSA, 2024, 2023 data)
• 11% of U.S. children and teens ages 3 to 17 have currently diagnosed anxiety. (CDC, 2023 to 2024 data)
• Diagnoses climb with age. 2.0% of children ages 3 to 5 had ever been diagnosed with anxiety, compared with 8.6% of children ages 6 to 11 and 13.7% of teens ages 12 to 17. (CDC, 2022, 2016 to 2019 data)

Anxiety diagnoses rise with age

Share of U.S. children ever diagnosed with anxiety, by age group

• Ages 3 to 52.0%
• Ages 6 to 118.6%
• Ages 12 to 1713.7%

Anxiety symptoms (reported by teens)

• 18.0% of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 had moderate or severe anxiety symptoms in 2025, about 4.6 million teens. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• That includes 10.6% with moderate symptoms and 7.4% with severe symptoms. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• 18.8% of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 had moderate or severe anxiety symptoms the year before, about 4.9 million teens. (SAMHSA, 2025, 2024 data)
• 20% of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 reported symptoms of anxiety in the past two weeks. (CDC, 2021 to 2023 data)
• In a 2026 study of more than 15,700 young people ages 12 to 20, 23.7% reported mild anxiety symptoms, 9.6% moderate symptoms and 7.2% severe symptoms. (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2024 data)

How strong are teens' anxiety symptoms?

Share of U.S. young people ages 12 to 20 by anxiety symptom level, 2024

• Mild23.7%
• Moderate9.6%
• Severe7.2%

What this means for parents: Whichever way you measure it, anxiety is common in teens. If your teen is struggling, they are in good company, and there’s a lot that helps. Our guide to the signs of anxiety in teens can help you sort out everyday worry from something more.

What Types of Anxiety Do Teens Have?

“Anxiety” covers several different conditions. Here’s how often each one shows up in U.S. teens over their lifetime, based on clinical interviews.

Lifetime anxiety disorders in U.S. teens, by type

Share of teens ages 13 to 18 who have ever had each disorder

• Specific phobia19.3%
• Social anxiety disorder9.1%
• Separation anxiety disorder7.6%
• Panic disorder2.3%
• Generalized anxiety disorder2.2%

• 19.3% of U.S. teens have had a specific phobia, an intense fear of something like needles, heights or animals. It’s the most common anxiety disorder in teens. (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 9.1% of U.S. teens have had social anxiety disorder, including 11.2% of girls and 7.0% of boys. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 7.6% of U.S. teens have had separation anxiety disorder, including 9.0% of girls and 6.3% of boys. (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 2.3% of U.S. teens have had panic disorder, including 2.6% of girls and 2.0% of boys. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 2.2% of U.S. teens have had generalized anxiety disorder, including 3.0% of girls and 1.5% of boys. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)

What this means for parents: Social anxiety affects nearly 1 in 10 teens, and it often hides behind words like “shy” or “quiet.” Learn more about the signs of social anxiety in teens.

At What Age Does Anxiety Usually Start?

• Among U.S. teens who have had an anxiety disorder, the median age it began was 6. Anxiety tends to start earlier than behavior problems (median age 11), depression and other mood disorders (13) and substance use disorders (15). (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• In a national survey of U.S. adults, the median age that anxiety disorders began was 11, earlier than most other mental health conditions. (Kessler et al., 2005, 2001 to 2003 data)

What this means for parents: Teen anxiety often has roots in childhood. A teen who seemed like a “worrier” as a little kid may simply have had anxiety all along. It’s never too early, or too late, to get support. See the signs of anxiety in children for younger kids.

Are Teen Girls More Anxious Than Boys?

Yes. Across nearly every study, teen girls are more likely than teen boys to have anxiety, and the gap is widest for severe symptoms.

• 38.0% of teen girls have had an anxiety disorder at some point, compared with 26.1% of teen boys. (NIMH, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 20.1% of teen girls ages 12 to 17 have currently diagnosed anxiety, compared with 12.3% of teen boys. (HRSA, 2024, 2023 data)
• Girls ages 12 to 20 were more than twice as likely as boys to report moderate anxiety symptoms (13.4% vs 6.0%) and nearly three times as likely to report severe symptoms (10.8% vs 3.7%). (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2024 data)
• 36% of teen girls say they feel tense or nervous about their day every day or almost every day, compared with 23% of teen boys. (Pew Research Center, 2019, 2018 data)
• In younger children the gap is much smaller. Across ages 3 to 17 combined, 13% of girls and 10% of boys have currently diagnosed anxiety. (CDC, 2023 to 2024 data)

Anxiety symptoms in girls and boys

Share of U.S. young people ages 12 to 20 with moderate or severe anxiety symptoms, 2024

• Girls
• Boys

• Moderate symptoms13.4%6.0%
• Severe symptoms10.8%3.7%

What this means for parents: Anxiety in boys can be easier to miss, especially when it shows up as irritability, anger or avoidance instead of worry. Boys are also less likely to get treatment, so it’s worth looking past the “he’s fine” on the surface.

Does Teen Anxiety Differ by Race or Family Income?

The answer depends on how anxiety is measured, so these findings need careful reading.

• In a national clinical interview study, Black teens had somewhat higher rates of anxiety disorders than white teens. (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• In surveys where parents report a diagnosis, anxiety diagnoses are highest among white children and lowest among Asian children. Diagnosis depends on getting care, so lower numbers can reflect less access, not less anxiety. (CDC, 2022, 2016 to 2019 data)
• Family poverty level was not linked to teen anxiety disorders in the national interview study. (Merikangas et al., 2010, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Parent-reported anxiety diagnoses also showed no differences by family poverty level. (CDC, 2022, 2016 to 2019 data)
• Among young people with moderate or severe anxiety symptoms, boys, teens of color and teens without health insurance were less likely to get mental health treatment. (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2024 data)

What this means for parents: Anxiety affects teens from every background. Where families differ most is in whether their teen gets diagnosed and treated.

Is Teen Anxiety Increasing?

Yes. Every major national survey shows anxiety rising among U.S. children and teens over the past decade.

Diagnosed anxiety among U.S. teens, 2016 to 2023

Share of teens ages 12 to 17 with currently diagnosed anxiety, by year

• 201610.0%
• 20179.9%
• 201811.1%
• 201912.8%
• 202014.1%
• 202114.8%
• 202215.8%
• 202316.1%

• Diagnosed anxiety among U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 rose 61% between 2016 and 2023, from 10.0% to 16.1%. (HRSA, 2024, 2016 to 2023 data)
• Among children and teens ages 3 to 17, diagnosed anxiety rose 29% between 2016 and 2020, from 7.1% to 9.2%. (Lebrun-Harris et al., 2022, 2016 to 2020 data)
• By 2022, 10.6% of U.S. children and teens ages 3 to 17 had anxiety, up from 7.1% in 2016. (Heffernan & Macy, 2025, 2016 to 2022 data)
• From 2016 to 2021, anxiety problems in U.S. children and teens ages 3 to 17 grew by an average of about 6% per year, from 8.4% to 11.1%. (Leeb et al., 2024, 2016 to 2021 data)
• During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 1 in 5 children and teens worldwide (20.5%) had clinically elevated anxiety symptoms, roughly double pre-pandemic estimates. Rates were higher in girls and in studies done later in the pandemic. (Racine et al., 2021, 2020 to 2021 data)

Part of the rise in diagnoses may come from more families seeking help and less stigma around mental health, not only from more anxiety. Even so, surveys of teens’ own symptoms point the same direction.

What this means for parents: Today’s teens are growing up with more anxiety than teens a decade ago. That’s a big reason we believe every family should know the signs and know where to turn.

How Often Does Teen Anxiety Come With Other Conditions?

Anxiety rarely travels alone. It often shows up alongside depression, ADHD or behavior problems.

• About 2 in 3 young people ages 12 to 20 with severe anxiety symptoms (65.8%) also had a major depressive episode in the past year. (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2024 data)
• About 1 in 3 children and teens with anxiety (32.3%) also have depression. (Ghandour et al., 2019, 2016 data)
• Nearly 3 in 4 children and teens with depression (73.8%) also have anxiety. (Ghandour et al., 2019, 2016 data)
• Nearly 4 in 10 children and teens with anxiety (37.9%) also have behavior or conduct problems. (Ghandour et al., 2019, 2016 data)
• About half (50.3%) of community health center visits by young people ages 8 to 18 with an anxiety disorder also included another mental health or behavioral diagnosis. (NCHS, 2026, 2024 data)
• At those visits, teens ages 13 to 18 with anxiety were far more likely to also be diagnosed with depression than children ages 8 to 12 (42.8% vs 12.7%). (NCHS, 2026, 2024 data)
• Children ages 8 to 12 with anxiety were more likely to also have an ADHD diagnosis (26.4%) than teens ages 13 to 18 (16.2%). (NCHS, 2026, 2024 data)

What this means for parents: Anxiety often starts first, and depression can follow in the teen years. If your teen seems anxious and down, our page on signs of depression in teens can help.

Does Social Media Cause Anxiety in Teens?

Research links heavy social media and screen use with more anxiety, but most studies can’t prove one causes the other. Anxious teens may also turn to their phones more. Here’s what the data shows.

• Up to 95% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 use a social media platform. (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023, 2022 data)
• About 4 in 10 U.S. teens say they’re online “almost constantly,” up from 24% a decade earlier. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2025 data)
• Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they’re on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2025 data)
• The average U.S. teen spends 4.8 hours a day on social media. Girls average 5.3 hours and boys 4.4 hours. (Gallup, 2023, 2023 data)
• Half of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 (50.4%) have 4 or more hours of screen time a day, not counting schoolwork. (NCHS, 2024, 2021 to 2023 data)
• Teens with 4 or more hours of daily screen time were more than twice as likely to have anxiety symptoms (27.1%) as teens with less screen time (12.3%). (NCHS, 2024, 2021 to 2023 data)
• In a national study that followed more than 6,500 teens over time, those who used social media more than 3 hours a day faced double the risk of poor mental health outcomes, including symptoms of depression and anxiety. (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023, 2013 to 2016 data) (Riehm et al., 2019)
• About 1 in 3 U.S. high school students (36%) use social media every hour or more. (CDC, 2026, 2025 data)
• 44% of teens say not having their phone at least sometimes makes them feel anxious. (Pew Research Center, 2024, 2023 data)
• About 1 in 5 teens (19%) say social media has hurt their mental health, including 25% of girls and 14% of boys. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)
• 48% of teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age, up from 32% in 2022. Only 14% say it affects them negatively. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)
• 39% of teens say social media makes them feel overwhelmed by drama, 31% feel pressure to post popular content and 27% say it makes them feel worse about their own life. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)
• 46% of teens ages 13 to 17 say social media makes them feel worse about their body image. Only 14% say it makes them feel better. (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023, 2022 data)
• 45% of teens say they spend too much time on social media, up from 36% in 2022. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)
• On a typical weekday, nearly 1 in 3 teens use screen media until midnight or later. (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023)

Screen time and teen anxiety

Share of U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 with anxiety symptoms in the past two weeks, by daily screen time

• 4 or more hours a day27.1%
• Less than 4 hours a day12.3%

What this means for parents: You don’t have to take away your teen’s phone to help. Protecting sleep, setting phone-free times and talking about how certain apps make them feel can make a real difference. Here’s why collecting phones at night matters so much.

How Do School, Stress and Sleep Affect Teen Anxiety?

• 61% of teens say they feel a lot of pressure to get good grades, about twice as many as feel a lot of pressure to look good (29%) or fit in socially (28%). (Pew Research Center, 2019, 2018 data)
• 29% of teens say they feel tense or nervous about their day. (Pew Research Center, 2019, 2018 data)
• 83% of teens say school is a somewhat or significant source of stress. (American Psychological Association, 2014, 2013 data)
• 36% of teens say stress makes them feel nervous or anxious, and 31% say it makes them feel overwhelmed. (American Psychological Association, 2014, 2013 data)
• Only about 1 in 4 U.S. high school students (24%) get the recommended 8 or more hours of sleep on an average school night. (CDC, 2026, 2025 data)
• The share of high school students sleeping 7 hours or less on school nights rose from 68.9% in 2007 to 76.8% in 2023. Very short sleep, 5 hours or less, rose from 15.8% to 23.0%. (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2007 to 2023 data)
• Teens who slept less than 8 hours on school nights rated their stress higher during the school year (6.5 out of 10) than teens who slept 8 hours or more (5.2). (American Psychological Association, 2014, 2013 data)

What this means for parents: Sleep and anxiety feed each other. Anxious teens often struggle to fall asleep, and tired teens feel more anxious the next day. These tips for when counting sheep isn’t enough can help.

How Do Bullying and Connection Affect Teen Anxiety?

• About 1 in 5 U.S. high school students (19%) were bullied on school property in the past year, and 16% were bullied electronically, such as by text or on social media. (CDC, 2024, 2023 data)
• Teens who were bullied were nearly twice as likely to have anxiety symptoms (29.8%) as teens who weren’t (14.5%). (NCHS, 2024, 2021 to 2023 data)
• 46% of U.S. teens have experienced at least one form of cyberbullying, including 54% of girls ages 15 to 17. (Pew Research Center, 2023, 2022 data)
• 13% of U.S. high school students skipped school at least once in the past month because they felt unsafe at school or on the way there. (CDC, 2024, 2023 data)
• Only 55% of U.S. high school students said they felt close to people at their school. (CDC, 2024, 2023 data)
• Students who felt connected at school were much less likely to report poor mental health (22.0%) than students who didn’t (40.1%). This measures overall mental health, not anxiety alone. (CDC, 2023, 2021 data)
• Time young people ages 15 to 24 spent with friends in person fell nearly 70% in under two decades, from about 150 minutes a day in 2003 to 40 minutes a day in 2020. (U.S. Surgeon General, 2023, 2003 to 2020 data)

Feeling connected at school

Share of U.S. high school students reporting poor mental health

• Felt connected to school22.0%
• Did not feel connected40.1%

What this means for parents: One trusted adult or one good friend can protect a teen’s mental health. Helping your teen find a place they belong, whether it’s a team, a club or a job, is time well spent.

How Does Anxiety Show Up in Teens?

Anxiety doesn’t always look like worry. It often shows up in the body, at school and in how teens see themselves.

• In a study of nearly 500 anxious children and teens ages 7 to 17, 95% reported at least one physical symptom. The most common were headaches (50%), trouble sleeping (48%) and stomachaches (47%). (Crawley et al., 2014, clinical sample)
• School refusal is strongly linked to separation anxiety. In one community study, children and teens who refused school had about 11 times the odds of having separation anxiety disorder. (Finning et al., 2019, review of earlier studies)
• Feeling that others expect you to be perfect, called socially prescribed perfectionism, rose 33% among young people between 1989 and 2016. (American Psychological Association, 2018, 1989 to 2016 data, college students)
• Children of parents with an anxiety disorder are about 76% more likely to develop an anxiety disorder themselves. That reflects both genetics and environment, and it doesn’t mean parents cause their child’s anxiety. (Lawrence et al., 2019, review of 25 studies)

What this means for parents: Frequent stomachaches, headaches, trouble sleeping or not wanting to go to school can all be anxiety. If your child’s doctor rules out a medical cause, it’s worth asking whether worry could be behind it. Our guide to the signs of anxiety in teens explains more.

How Are Teens Doing Overall?

These broader measures aren’t specific to anxiety, but they help show the bigger picture of teen mental health in the U.S.

• About 4 in 10 U.S. high school students (39.7%) had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2023, and 28.5% had poor mental health in the past month. (CDC, 2024, 2023 data)
• There’s encouraging news. By 2025, persistent sadness or hopelessness among high school students had dropped from 40% to 33%, and poor mental health from 29% to 23%. (CDC, 2026, 2023 to 2025 data)
• Girls are still far more likely than boys to report persistent sadness (43% vs 24%) and poor mental health (31% vs 16%). (CDC, 2025 data)
• 55% of parents of teens are extremely or very concerned about the mental health of teens today. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)
• 7 in 10 teens say anxiety and depression are major problems among people their age. (Pew Research Center, 2019, 2018 data)
• 30% of teens say anxiety and depression are extremely or very common at their school, the top problem on the list. That includes 35% of girls and 24% of boys. (Pew Research Center, 2025, 2024 data)

What Does Teen Anxiety Look Like in Illinois and Will County?

We’re a Will County practice, so we wanted local numbers too. One thing surprised us: the Illinois Youth Survey, the main survey of Illinois students, doesn’t ask about anxiety at all. Its only mood question is about feeling sad or hopeless. So our Illinois anxiety numbers come from a national parent survey, and our Will County numbers cover sadness, connection, bullying and screen time instead.

Anxiety in Illinois

• About 1 in 6 Illinois teens ages 12 to 17 (17.5%) currently have anxiety problems, according to their parents. That’s about 170,000 teens, close to the national rate of 16.5%. (NSCH Illinois, 2023 to 2024, 2023 to 2024 data)
• About 1 in 12 Illinois teens (8.2%) have anxiety their parents describe as moderate or severe. Another 9.3% have mild anxiety. (NSCH Illinois, 2023 to 2024, 2023 to 2024 data)
• Anxiety is about twice as common as depression among Illinois teens: 17.5% currently have anxiety problems, compared with 8.1% who currently have depression. (NSCH Illinois, 2023 to 2024, 2023 to 2024 data)
• About 11% of all Illinois children and teens ages 3 to 17, an estimated 257,000 kids, currently have anxiety problems, the same rate as the U.S. overall. (NSCH Illinois, 2023 to 2024, 2023 to 2024 data)
• In the newest data, 17.0% of Illinois teens ages 12 to 17, about 167,000 teens, have depression or anxiety. (NSCH Illinois, 2024 to 2025, 2024 to 2025 data)
• The share of Illinois children and teens ages 3 to 17 ever diagnosed with anxiety or depression rose from 11% in 2016 to 2017 to 14% in 2023 to 2024, about 323,700 kids. (KIDS COUNT, 2026, 2016 to 2024 data)

Getting care in Illinois and Will County

• About half (51%) of Illinois families whose child needed mental health care said it was hard to get. Nearly 1 in 4 (23%) said it was very difficult or not possible. (NSCH Illinois, 2023 to 2024, 2023 to 2024 data)
• More than 8.6 million Illinois residents live in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area, where only about 21% of the need for providers is met. (HRSA, 2026, as of September 2026)
• Low-income residents of Will, Grundy and Kankakee counties are part of a federal mental health shortage area, with about 32,630 low-income residents for every psychiatrist. The federal target is 20,000. (HRSA, 2026, designated February 2026)

What Will County students say

These numbers come from the Illinois Youth Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders. They describe students at the Will County public schools that took part, not every teen in the county. No New Lenox or Lincoln-Way schools were in the 2022, 2024 or 2026 samples.

• About 1 in 4 students at participating Will County schools felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more that they stopped doing some usual activities: 28% of 8th graders, 26% of 10th graders and 28% of 12th graders. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• That’s down from earlier surveys. Among 10th graders, it dropped from 41% in 2020 to 37% in 2022, 32% in 2024 and 26% in 2026. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2020, 2020 data) (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2022, 2022 data) (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2024, 2024 data) (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• For comparison, in 2024 30% of 10th graders across suburban Chicago and 32% of 10th graders statewide felt sad or hopeless this way. (Illinois Youth Survey, Suburban Chicago, 2024, 2024 data) (Illinois Youth Survey, Illinois, 2024, 2024 data)
• About 1 in 9 Will County 8th graders (11%) and 1 in 8 10th graders (12%) say there’s no adult besides a parent they could talk to about important things. That’s improved since 2020, when it was 18% and 17%. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data) (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2020, 2020 data)
• About 1 in 4 Will County students say it’s not true, or only a little true, that a teacher or other adult at their school really cares about them (24% of 8th graders, 28% of 10th graders and 26% of 12th graders). (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• Only about 6 in 10 Will County 10th and 12th graders agree they feel close to people at their school (61% and 60%), compared with 71% of 8th graders. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• More than 1 in 3 Will County 8th graders (35%) were bullied at school in the past year, compared with 23% of 10th graders and 15% of 12th graders. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• Nearly 1 in 5 Will County 8th graders (18%) were bullied, harassed or targeted with rumors online, on social media or by text in the past year. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)
• More than half of Will County students spend 4 or more hours a day on screens outside of schoolwork (54% of 8th graders, 55% of 10th graders and 51% of 12th graders). Nearly 1 in 5 8th graders (18%) spend 7 hours or more. (Illinois Youth Survey, Will County, 2026, 2026 data)

Fewer Will County 10th graders report feeling sad or hopeless

Share of 10th graders at participating Will County schools who felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more, by survey year

• 202041%
• 202237%
• 202432%
• 202626%

The 2026 statewide and suburban Chicago Illinois Youth Survey reports haven’t been released yet. We’ll add those comparisons when they come out.

What this means for parents: Local students are telling us that feeling connected matters. Having at least one caring adult at school, besides a parent, protects teens’ mental health, and it’s something families and schools can build together. If you’re looking for support close to home, start with our list of Will County mental health resources.

How Many Teens With Anxiety Get Help?

Many anxious teens never get treatment, and those who do often wait a long time.

• 41.2% of young people ages 12 to 20 with severe anxiety symptoms, and 48.3% of those with moderate symptoms, got no mental health treatment in the past year. (Bommersbach et al., 2026, 2024 data)
• In the national interview study, only 18% of teens who had ever had an anxiety disorder had received services for it, one of the lowest rates of any condition studied. (NIMH, 2011, 2001 to 2004 data)
• In a given year, only about 4 in 10 teens with an anxiety disorder (41.4%) got any kind of help for it, including help at school. (Costello et al., 2014, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Half of U.S. teens whose mental health condition severely affected daily life had never received mental health treatment. (Merikangas et al., 2011, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Among teens who did get services, about two-thirds (68%) had fewer than six visits in their whole life. (NIMH, 2011, 2001 to 2004 data)
• Only about 6 in 10 children and teens with anxiety (59.3%) had received treatment in the past year. (Ghandour et al., 2019, 2016 data)
• About 85% of teens with diagnosed anxiety whose parents said they needed care got it from a mental health professional. (HRSA, 2024, 2023 data)
• Even so, 61% of teens with diagnosed anxiety, depression or behavior problems who needed care had trouble getting it, a 35% increase since 2018. (HRSA, 2024, 2023 data)
• About 1 in 4 U.S. teens ages 12 to 17 (27.6%) received mental health treatment for any reason in the past year. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• 20% of U.S. teens say they had mental health care needs that went unmet in the past year. (CDC, 2021 to 2023 data)
• People with anxiety disorders who eventually get treatment typically wait 9 to 23 years after symptoms first begin, depending on the type of anxiety. (Wang et al., 2005, 2001 to 2003 data, adults)

Many anxious young people get no treatment

Share of U.S. young people ages 12 to 20 who got no mental health treatment in the past year, by anxiety symptom level

• Moderate symptoms48.3%
• Severe symptoms41.2%

Where teens get mental health care

• Schools were the most common place teens with a mental health condition got help (23.6%), slightly ahead of specialty mental health providers (22.8%). (Costello et al., 2014, 2001 to 2004 data)
• 14.0% of U.S. teens got mental health care at the office of a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist or other mental health professional in the past year. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• 11.4% of U.S. teens got mental health care through their school’s health or counseling center. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• 13.0% of U.S. teens received mental health treatment by telehealth. (SAMHSA, 2026, 2025 data)
• Among teens in mental health treatment, 45.3% got at least some of their care by telehealth. (Breslau et al., 2025, 2022 data)
• 97% of U.S. public schools offer some kind of mental health service, and about 19% of students use them. (NCES, 2024, 2024 data)
• Only 48% of public schools say they can effectively provide mental health services to every student who needs them, and 55% say they don’t have enough mental health staff. (NCES, 2024, 2024 data)

What gets in the way

• About 1 in 8 U.S. teens (12.2%) delayed or went without mental health care because they didn’t know where to go. (Ng et al., 2026, 2021 to 2023 data)
• 11.4% of teens delayed or skipped mental health care because they were afraid of what others would think. (Ng et al., 2026, 2021 to 2023 data)
• 5.3% of teens delayed or skipped mental health care because of cost. (Ng et al., 2026, 2021 to 2023 data)
• More than 154 million Americans live in a federally designated mental health professional shortage area, where only about 26% of the need for providers is met. (HRSA, 2026, as of September 2026)
• The U.S. is projected to have only 61% of the child and adolescent psychiatrists it needs by 2038. (HRSA, 2025, 2025 projection)
• 70% of U.S. counties had no child psychiatrist at all. (McBain et al., 2019, 2016 data)
• When researchers posing as parents called child psychiatrists in three large cities, including Chicago, they could book a first appointment only 11% of the time. In Chicago, the average wait for an in-person appointment was 65 days. (Chen & Boyd, 2023, 2022 data)

What this means for parents: If you’re not sure where to start, you’re not alone, and it’s one of the most common reasons teens go without care. Our guide on what to look for in a therapist and our page on whether insurance covers therapy can help you take the first step.

Does Therapy Work for Teen Anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is one of the most treatable mental health conditions in young people, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has the strongest research behind it.

• In the largest U.S. study of treatment for childhood anxiety, about 60% of children and teens ages 7 to 17 improved with CBT alone, 55% with medication alone and 81% with both, compared with 24% on a placebo. (NIMH, 2008, 12-week trial)
• After those 12 weeks, between 20% and 46% of young people who had CBT were in full remission, depending on how remission was defined, compared with 15% to 27% on a placebo. (Ginsburg et al., 2011, 12-week trial)
• Across 39 studies, about half (49.4%) of children and teens who had CBT no longer had their main anxiety disorder, compared with 17.8% of those on a waitlist. On average, for every 3 young people treated with CBT, one more recovers than would have without it. (Cochrane, 2020, review of studies)
• About 6 years after treatment, almost half (46.5%) of young people from that large study were in remission from anxiety. (Ginsburg et al., 2014, 6-year follow-up)
• Over 4 years of yearly check-ins, 22% of treated young people stayed anxiety-free the whole time, 48% had anxiety come back at some point and 30% kept struggling throughout. (Ginsburg et al., 2018, 4-year follow-up)
• A program that coaches parents, without the child in sessions, worked as well as CBT for the child. 87.5% of children improved with the parent program and 75.5% with child CBT. (Lebowitz et al., 2020, children ages 7 to 14)

How well does treatment work?

Share of children and teens ages 7 to 17 rated much or very much improved after 12 weeks

• CBT plus medication81%
• CBT alone60%
• Medication alone55%
• Placebo24%

What happens when anxiety isn’t treated

• Teens with an anxiety or depressive disorder have about 2 to 3 times the risk of anxiety or depression as young adults. (Pine et al., 1998, long-term study)
• Social anxiety usually begins in the teen years, and it raises the risk of later depression by roughly 50% to 85%. (Beesdo et al., 2007, 10-year study, Germany)

What this means for parents: Therapy works, and it works best when teens stick with it and parents are part of the plan. It also helps to expect some ups and downs after therapy ends, so a few check-in sessions later can keep progress on track. See what CBT for teens looks like week to week.

What Do These Numbers Mean for Your Family?

Statistics like these can feel heavy, especially if you’re reading them because you’re worried about your own teen. Here’s what we want parents to take away.

Anxiety is common. If your teen is struggling, they are far from alone, and it doesn’t mean you did something wrong.

Anxiety is also very treatable. The research on therapy for teen anxiety is some of the strongest in mental health, and most teens who get the right support feel real relief.

The biggest gap isn’t treatment. It’s getting started. Many anxious teens never see a therapist, or wait years before they do. If something has felt off for a while, you don’t have to wait until it gets worse.

If you’re not sure what you’re seeing, our complete guide to teen anxiety walks through the signs, the causes and what helps at home and at school. When you’re ready for support, our therapists offer teen anxiety counseling in New Lenox and by telehealth anywhere in Illinois.

How Did We Choose These Statistics?

We built this page to be a source you can trust and cite. Here’s how we put it together.

• Original sources only. Every statistic comes from a government agency, a peer-reviewed study or an established research center like the Pew Research Center. We don’t use statistics roundups, blogs or numbers we can’t trace back to where they started.
• Every number was checked. Before publishing, we opened each source and confirmed the number appears there, worded the way we describe it.
• We show the year. Each statistic notes when the data was collected, since research often comes out a year or more after the survey.
• We say how it was measured. Some numbers come from clinical interviews, some from a parent reporting a doctor’s diagnosis, and some from teens describing their own symptoms. These measure different things, so we label them.
• We keep it current. We review this page every month and add new research as it’s published.
• Clinically reviewed. Jessica Davis, LCPC, founder and clinical director of Davis-Smith Mental Health, reviewed this page.

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