Most people will think of spiders, death, and tall heights when it comes to fears, but it turns out many fear things like holes and other people.
The month of October brings many of our fears front and center to our attention, which makes it the perfect time to reveal which fear dominates each state across the country.
And that’s exactly what YourLocalSecurity’s data team has done with the release of its annual “Your State’s Most-Search Phobia” list.
The company says it analyzed the top fifteen terms from last year’s piece and added three additional new search queries that begin with the phrase “fear of" to find the most-searched phobia in each state.
Here are the top phobias for each state listed alphabetically for 2020:
(AP photo/Taimy Alvarez)AP
Alabama
Hemophobia: Fear of blood
(Ben Flanagan / AL.com)
Alaska
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP
Arizona
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
(File Photo)
Arkansas
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)AP
California
Visiobibliophobia: Fear of social media
(Photo credit Dark Sky Films)
Colorado
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
(Getty Images/iStockPhoto)Getty Images/iStockphoto
Connecticut
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
Delaware
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(Staten Island Advance/ Jan Somma-Hammel)
District of Columbia
Trypophobia: Fear of holes
(CDC via AP, File)
Florida
Mysophobia: Fear of germs or viruses
(AL.com file)AP
Georgia
Agoraphobia: Fear of going out in public
Screenshot from the Urban Engineers video of the view from Comcast Technology Center in 2018.
Hawaii
Acrophobia: Fear of heights
(Staten Island Advance/ Victoria Priola)
Idaho
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com)Mark Pynes
Illinois
Philophobia: Fear of intimacy
(Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media
Indiana
Autophobia: Fear of being alone
(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
Iowa
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
Kansas
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)Shira Stoll
Kentucky
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
Courtesy of The Friedmutter Group
Louisiana
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
A Delta Airlines 757 airplane (Photo by Anntaninna Biondo | MLive.com)
Maine
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
(Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP, file)AP
Maryland
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
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Massachusetts
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
A black widow spider. (File)
Michigan
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
Sad woman celebrating her birthday alone.Dreamstime/TNS
Minnesota
Autophobia: Fear of being alone
(Amanda Brown/ NJ Advance Media)Amanda Brown| For NJ Advance Media
Mississippi
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
A person fishes alone on Belleville Lake Thursday May 14, 2020 in Van Buren Township. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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Missouri
Autophobia: Fear of being alone
(Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo)
Montana
Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP
Nebraska
Glossophobia: Fear of public speaking
Courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nevada
Mysophobia: Fear of germs or viruses
(Frank Ordonez)
New Hampshire
Coulrophobia: Fear of clowns
(J. Scott Park/MLive.com)J. Scott Park | MLive.com
New Jersey
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
Broadway singer Dee Roscioli performs an outdoor concert in Centre Square, Saturday night, Sept. 26, 2020.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
New Mexico
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
(Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)TNS
New York
Philophobia: Fear of intimacy
(Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)Getty Images
North Carolina
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
North Dakota
Trypophobia: Fear of holes
Ohio
Trypanophobia: Fear of needles
(Carl Shaneff/Design Pics)bn
Oklahoma
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
(Terry Pluto / Plain Dealer)
Oregon
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star Telegram via TNS)Max Faulkner | Fort Worth Star-Telegram via TNS
Pennsylvania
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
(Rachel Ellis/MLive.com)Rachel Ellis | MLive
Rhode Island
Trpophobia: Fear of holes
South Carolina
Nyctophobia: Fear of the dark
(David Petkiewicz/Cleveland.com)David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
South Dakota
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
Blood vials (Pixabay photo)
(Pixabay photo)
Tennessee
Hemophobia: Fear of blood
Photo of Samford's Seibert Stadium (football) and Joe Lee Griffin Baseball Field (Al.com file)
Texas
Agoraphobia: Fear of going out in public
(Dreamstime/TNS)Dreamstime/TNS
Utah
Atychiphobia: Fear of failure
(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)AP
Vermont
Hemophobia: Fear of blood
File photo from Canva, snakeGetty Images
Virginia
Ophidiophobia: Fear of snakes
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP
Washington
Trypanophobia: Fear of needles
West Virginia
Anthropophobia: Fear of people
Wisconsin
Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders
The plane carrying the New England Patriots arrives at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP
Wyoming
Aviophobia: Fear of flying
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