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Obese, BMI 30+: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Obese, BMI 30+. 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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

Download full table CSV Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 25.5 %
RI 31.1 %
DE 36.6 %
CT 32 %
NJ 27.7 %
MD 32.7 %
MA 27 %
VT 29 %
NH 31.1 %

Lowest: 25 to 31 %
Group 2: 31 to 33.2 %
Group 3: 33.2 to 34.6 %
Group 4: 34.6 to 37.2 %
Highest: 37.2 to 41.4 %

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	41.4
2	Mississippi	40.4
3	Louisiana	39.2
4	Alabama	38.9
4	Arkansas	38.9
6	Indiana	38.4
7	Kansas	37.6
7	Nebraska	37.6
9	Wisconsin	37.4
10	Kentucky	37.2
11	South Dakota	37
12	Ohio	36.9
13	North Dakota	36.8
13	Oklahoma	36.8
15	Delaware	36.6
15	Iowa	36.6
17	Michigan	36.1
18	Texas	35.6
19	Georgia	35.4
20	Missouri	34.6
20	South Carolina	34.6
22	New Mexico	34.5
22	North Carolina	34.5
24	Illinois	34.2
24	Nevada	34.2
24	Pennsylvania	34.2
27	Alaska	34
28	Oregon	33.6
29	Arizona	33.3
30	Maine	33.2
31	Idaho	32.7
31	Maryland	32.7
33	Wyoming	32.5
34	Minnesota	32.3
34	Virginia	32.3
36	Connecticut	32
37	Washington	31.5
38	New Hampshire	31.1
38	Rhode Island	31.1
40	Montana	31
40	Utah	31
42	Florida	29.6
43	New York	29.5
44	California	29.1
45	Vermont	29
46	New Jersey	27.7
47	Hawaii	27
47	Massachusetts	27
49	District of Columbia	25.5
50	Colorado	25

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

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by obese, BMI 30+ (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-obese-bmi-30-plus/

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