Shocking Study: Montana Leads in Youth Bullying

Montana Ranks #1 in the Highest Percentage of Childhood Bullying

A study that looked at each state's percentage of children bullied appeared on the Montana Reddit page. It appeared there because, unfortunately, Montana ranks number one in states with the highest percentage of children bullied.

PARequirements.com focuses on Pennsylvania and child abuse recognition and reporting training, but they looked at the national level and found that Montana had the highest bullying rates nationwide.

The study, by the way, examines several forms of bullying, including physical, verbal, cyber, and social or relational bullying.

Not only were we number one in children reporting being bullied, but we're also number one in most likely to bully. That may be a given, but we checked in with 25.7% of kids reporting they bullied other people at least once in the last year.

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The only saving grace from this article is that it is from 2023. Hopefully, since then, the young ones in Montana cleaned up their act.

Other findings on bullying

There is some cruel irony in California being the least likely state to bully or be bullied. Montana and California seem so polar opposite that you can't help but say, "Yeah, I guess that makes sense." New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, and New York rounded out the least likely states.

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Behind Montana is our neighbor, Wyoming, as well as Vermont, Utah, and our other neighbor, North Dakota.

The full study can be seen here.