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Difficulty concentrating, remembering or deciding: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Difficulty concentrating, remembering or deciding. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Types of disability among adults 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:

DC 10.7 %
RI 12.9 %
DE 14.5 %
CT 11.1 %
NJ 10.7 %
MD 11.7 %
MA 12.1 %
VT 11.8 %
NH 12.9 %

Lowest: 10.2 to 11.9 %
Group 2: 11.9 to 13.3 %
Group 3: 13.3 to 14.1 %
Group 4: 14.1 to 15.2 %
Highest: 15.2 to 20 %

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.


1	Mississippi	20
2	Oklahoma	19.1
2	West Virginia	19.1
4	Arkansas	18.4
4	Louisiana	18.4
6	Kentucky	17.2
7	Alabama	16.9
8	Nevada	16.7
9	Missouri	16.5
10	Maine	15.2
10	Oregon	15.2
12	New Mexico	15
13	Montana	14.9
13	Texas	14.9
15	Wisconsin	14.6
16	Delaware	14.5
16	Indiana	14.5
18	Pennsylvania	14.4
19	Kansas	14.3
20	Idaho	14.1
21	California	13.9
21	Ohio	13.9
21	Utah	13.9
24	Alaska	13.7
24	Wyoming	13.7
26	Arizona	13.6
26	Virginia	13.6
28	Washington	13.5
29	Michigan	13.4
30	Colorado	13.3
31	Florida	13.1
31	South Carolina	13.1
33	New Hampshire	12.9
33	Rhode Island	12.9
35	North Carolina	12.8
36	Georgia	12.6
37	Illinois	12.1
37	Massachusetts	12.1
39	New York	12
40	Iowa	11.9
41	North Dakota	11.8
41	Vermont	11.8
43	Hawaii	11.7
43	Maryland	11.7
45	Minnesota	11.5
46	Connecticut	11.1
47	District of Columbia	10.7
47	New Jersey	10.7
49	Nebraska	10.6
50	South Dakota	10.2

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 difficulty concentrating, remembering or deciding (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-difficulty-concentrating-remembering-or-deciding/

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