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Difficulty walking or climbing stairs: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Difficulty walking or climbing stairs. 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 10.3 %
RI 11.9 %
DE 13.6 %
CT 11.3 %
NJ 10.6 %
MD 10.6 %
MA 11.2 %
VT 9.5 %
NH 11.3 %

Lowest: 9.5 to 11.3 %
Group 2: 11.3 to 12.5 %
Group 3: 12.5 to 13.6 %
Group 4: 13.6 to 15 %
Highest: 15 to 19.9 %

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	West Virginia	19.9
2	Mississippi	19.5
3	Kentucky	19
4	Louisiana	18.2
5	Oklahoma	18.1
6	Arkansas	17.1
7	Alabama	16.9
8	Nevada	15.3
9	Indiana	15
9	South Carolina	15
11	Florida	14.7
12	Georgia	14.5
12	Michigan	14.5
14	Pennsylvania	14.4
15	New Mexico	14.3
16	Missouri	14.2
17	Wisconsin	14
18	North Carolina	13.9
19	Arizona	13.8
20	Delaware	13.6
20	New York	13.6
20	Ohio	13.6
20	Virginia	13.6
24	Kansas	13.4
24	Maine	13.4
26	Texas	13.2
27	Montana	12.9
28	Illinois	12.8
29	Wyoming	12.6
30	Oregon	12.5
31	California	12.4
31	Hawaii	12.4
33	Idaho	12.2
34	Rhode Island	11.9
35	South Dakota	11.8
36	Alaska	11.6
37	Iowa	11.4
37	Nebraska	11.4
39	Connecticut	11.3
39	New Hampshire	11.3
41	Massachusetts	11.2
42	Maryland	10.6
42	New Jersey	10.6
42	Washington	10.6
45	District of Columbia	10.3
46	Colorado	10.2
47	North Dakota	10
48	Minnesota	9.7
49	Utah	9.5
49	Vermont	9.5

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 walking or climbing stairs (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-walking-or-climbing-stairs/

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