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Current smokers: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Current smokers. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Smoking, drinking, obesity and exercise by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
Download full table CSVSource: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)
Washington: 7.9Idaho: 9.6Montana: 12.2North Dakota: 12.3Minnesota: 10.2Michigan: 13.4Ohio: 14.1Pennsylvania: 11.7New York: 9.9Vermont: 10.5New Hampshire: 9.1Maine: 14.4Arizona: 10.2California: 7.6New Mexico: 12Texas: 10Louisiana: 15Mississippi: 13.8Alabama: 14Florida: 10.6Georgia: 11.2South Carolina: 12.6North Carolina: 11.5Virginia: 11.1District of Columbia: 8.5Maryland: 7.8Delaware: 10.1New Jersey: 8.6Connecticut: 9Rhode Island: 9.9Massachusetts: 8.8Oregon: 10.6Utah: 5.7Wyoming: 12.7Nevada: 11.9Colorado: 9.7South Dakota: 13.5Nebraska: 12.2Kansas: 13.7Oklahoma: 14.1Iowa: 12.9Missouri: 14.7Wisconsin: 11.9Illinois: 10.5Kentucky: 17.2Arkansas: 16.5Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 20.8Indiana: 13.9Alaska: 14.7Hawaii: 8.1

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5.7 to 9.6 %
  • Group 2: 9.6 to 10.6 %
  • Group 3: 10.6 to 12.2 %
  • Group 4: 12.2 to 14 %
  • Highest: 14 to 20.8 %
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1West Virginia20.8
2Kentucky17.2
3Arkansas16.5
4Louisiana15
5Alaska14.7
5Missouri14.7
7Maine14.4
8Ohio14.1
8Oklahoma14.1
10Alabama14
11Indiana13.9
12Mississippi13.8
13Kansas13.7
14South Dakota13.5
15Michigan13.4
16Iowa12.9
17Wyoming12.7
18South Carolina12.6
19North Dakota12.3
20Montana12.2
20Nebraska12.2
22New Mexico12
23Nevada11.9
23Wisconsin11.9
25Pennsylvania11.7
26North Carolina11.5
27Georgia11.2
28Virginia11.1
29Florida10.6
29Oregon10.6
31Illinois10.5
31Vermont10.5
33Arizona10.2
33Minnesota10.2
35Delaware10.1
36Texas10
37New York9.9
37Rhode Island9.9
39Colorado9.7
40Idaho9.6
41New Hampshire9.1
42Connecticut9
43Massachusetts8.8
44New Jersey8.6
45District of Columbia8.5
46Hawaii8.1
47Washington7.9
48Maryland7.8
49California7.6
50Utah5.7

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 smokers (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 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-current-smokers/

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