postgres_groupby

query:
SELECT count(status), status from ourtable group by status ORDER BY status;

+-------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------
| Column      | Type                        | Modifiers
|-------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------
| id          | integer                     | not null default nextval('ourtable_id_seq'::regclass) |
| uname       | text                        | not null
| essays      | text                        |
| questions   | text                        |
| details     | text                        |
| status      | character(1)                | not null default 'q'::bpchar
| qstatus     | character(1)                | not null default 'q'::bpchar
| media_wc    | integer                     | not null default 0
+-------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------
Indexes:
    "ourtable_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
    "ourtable_uname_key" UNIQUE CONSTRAINT, btree (uname)
    "qstatus_idx" btree (qstatus)
    "status_idx" btree (status)

+---------+----------+
|   count | status   |
|---------+----------|
| 1480553 | d        |
|     458 | p        |
|    4331 | q        |
| 6347131 | s        |
+---------+----------+

POSTGRES VERSION 9.3.9
POSTGRES SETTINGS:
shared_buffers = 3GB
maintenance_work_mem = 256MB
work_mem = 256MB


Ran VACUUM ANALYZE to no avail.
Takes 15 seconds.

MySQL with default settings takes a fraction of a second after reboot.