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Current smokeless tobacco use: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Current smokeless tobacco use. All 49 states with data in Tooth loss and smokeless tobacco use by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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Small states, hard to see on the map:

RI 1.5 %
DE 2.8 %
CT 1.4 %
NJ 1.6 %
MD 1.6 %
MA 1.4 %
VT 2.5 %
NH 1.7 %

Lowest: 1.4 to 2.2 %
Group 2: 2.2 to 3.1 %
Group 3: 3.1 to 3.6 %
Group 4: 3.6 to 5.7 %
Highest: 5.7 to 8.3 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Wyoming	8.3
2	West Virginia	7.6
3	Alabama	6.5
4	Mississippi	6.4
5	Montana	6.2
6	North Dakota	6.1
7	Alaska	6
8	Oklahoma	5.8
8	South Dakota	5.8
10	Kentucky	5.7
11	Arkansas	5.4
12	Idaho	4.9
12	Nebraska	4.9
14	Missouri	4.7
15	Kansas	4.6
15	Louisiana	4.6
17	Iowa	4.5
18	Ohio	4.1
19	Virginia	3.9
20	Oregon	3.6
21	Colorado	3.5
21	Indiana	3.5
21	Minnesota	3.5
21	Wisconsin	3.5
25	New Mexico	3.4
26	Illinois	3.3
26	North Carolina	3.3
28	Pennsylvania	3.2
28	Texas	3.2
30	Georgia	3.1
30	South Carolina	3.1
32	Arizona	2.8
32	Delaware	2.8
32	Nevada	2.8
35	Hawaii	2.6
35	Michigan	2.6
35	Utah	2.6
35	Washington	2.6
39	Vermont	2.5
40	Florida	2.2
40	Maine	2.2
42	California	2.1
43	New Hampshire	1.7
43	New York	1.7
45	Maryland	1.6
45	New Jersey	1.6
47	Rhode Island	1.5
48	Connecticut	1.4
48	Massachusetts	1.4

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by current smokeless tobacco use (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-current-smokeless-tobacco-use/

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