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Hours of sleep needed by adults to function during the day U.S. 2016

Number of hours of sleep U.S. adults aged 40 years and older needed to function at their best during the day as of 2016

The data displays the number of hours of sleep U.S. adults aged 40 years and older needed to function their best during the day as of 2016. In that year, a total of 35% of the survey respondents said that they needed 7 to less than 8 hours of sleep to function their best during the day.

Less than 6 hrs 11
6 to less than 7 hrs 22
7 to less than 8 hrs 35
8 to less than 9 hrs 24
9 hrs or more 7