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

Measure: Former smokers. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Smoking status of adults by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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2026-11-04
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Washington: 25.3Idaho: 25.1Montana: 28.4North Dakota: 25.1Minnesota: 26.5Michigan: 28.6Ohio: 26.8Pennsylvania: 26.9New York: 22.3Vermont: 29New Hampshire: 29.4Maine: 31.6Arizona: 24.9California: 21.6New Mexico: 25.7Texas: 22.6Louisiana: 25.7Mississippi: 23.8Alabama: 24.8Florida: 26.5Georgia: 23.2South Carolina: 26.1North Carolina: 25.7Virginia: 23.8District of Columbia: 17Maryland: 21.7Delaware: 28.5New Jersey: 22.7Connecticut: 24.3Rhode Island: 26Massachusetts: 24.1Oregon: 28.6Utah: 16.2Wyoming: 28.1Nevada: 27.2Colorado: 26South Dakota: 27.9Nebraska: 24.3Kansas: 25.4Oklahoma: 27.3Iowa: 25.4Missouri: 27.2Wisconsin: 27.6Illinois: 23.9Kentucky: 26.4Arkansas: 25.7Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 28.1Indiana: 26Alaska: 27Hawaii: 26.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 16.2 to 23.9 %
  • Group 2: 23.9 to 25.4 %
  • Group 3: 25.4 to 26.5 %
  • Group 4: 26.5 to 27.9 %
  • Highest: 27.9 to 31.6 %
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.

1Maine31.6
2New Hampshire29.4
3Vermont29
4Michigan28.6
4Oregon28.6
6Delaware28.5
7Montana28.4
8West Virginia28.1
8Wyoming28.1
10South Dakota27.9
11Wisconsin27.6
12Oklahoma27.3
13Missouri27.2
13Nevada27.2
15Alaska27
16Pennsylvania26.9
17Ohio26.8
18Hawaii26.7
19Florida26.5
19Minnesota26.5
21Kentucky26.4
22South Carolina26.1
23Colorado26
23Indiana26
23Rhode Island26
26Arkansas25.7
26Louisiana25.7
26New Mexico25.7
26North Carolina25.7
30Iowa25.4
30Kansas25.4
32Washington25.3
33Idaho25.1
33North Dakota25.1
35Arizona24.9
36Alabama24.8
37Connecticut24.3
37Nebraska24.3
39Massachusetts24.1
40Illinois23.9
41Mississippi23.8
41Virginia23.8
43Georgia23.2
44New Jersey22.7
45Texas22.6
46New York22.3
47Maryland21.7
48California21.6
49District of Columbia17
50Utah16.2

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 former 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 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-former-smokers/

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