The survey saw that 5.6% of Americans in July regarded their lives badly enough to be viewed as suffering on Gallup's Life Evaluation Index — the highest number since the index began in 2008.
The previous high for suffering Americans was 4.8% in April.
"Since reaching a record high in June 2021, life ratings among American adults have steadily worsened," Gallup said Monday. "The 5.6% suffering rate in July marks the first time the Gallup measure has exceeded 5% in the U.S. and translates to an estimated 14 million American adults.
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"Economic conditions are likely a major contributing factor to these worsening scores. Despite adding 528,000 new jobs in July, persistently high inflation is creating a drag on the Gallup Economic Confidence Index, which is now at its lowest point since the Great Recession in 2009."
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The Gallup poll also saw that 51.2% are thriving — an 18-month low.
Gallup classifies Americans as "thriving," "struggling," or "suffering" based on how they rate their current and future lives using a ladder scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10.
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People who rate their current and future lives a four or lower are classified as suffering. Those who rate their current life a seven or higher and their anticipated life in five years an eight or higher, are classified as thriving.
The percentage of U.S. adults assessed to succeed has dropped gradually under President Joe Biden since reaching a record high of 59.2% in June 2021.
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Since then, the number of people suffering has folded to 5.4% among Republicans. It also has bounced among Democrats to 5.4%, up from 2.9% a year ago. Independents were near 6.2% suffering, down from 7.3% in April.
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People thriving in July included 53% of Democrats, 52.2% of Republicans, and 47.7% of independents.
The lowest recorded overall thriving rate was 46.4% twice — in November 2008 amid the Great Recession and in late April 2020 during the first economic shutdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gallup also said that Americans' reports of undergoing stress increased to 48% from 43% in July 2021. That stayed well below the 60% recorded in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.
Pessimism also pervaded in a new NBC News poll, which found that 74% of voters believe the nation is on the wrong track and 21% believe the U.S. is heading in the right direction.
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Also, a total of 58% said they feel "more worried" and "that America's best years may already be behind us," the NBC survey found.
The latest Gallup survey was conducted July 26 to Aug. 2 and was based on web surveys of 3,649 U.S. adults.
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