Table 12. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2006

Rank*	State/Area	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Mississippi	7,511	257.1
2	South Carolina	10,320	242.5
3	Louisiana	10,883	240.6
4	Alabama	10,665	234.0
5	Georgia	19,669	216.8
6	North Carolina	17,312	199.4
7	Delaware	1,485	176.0
8	Missouri	10,204	175.9
9	Ohio	19,190	167.4
10	Tennessee	9,694	162.6
11	Illinois	20,186	158.2
12	Arkansas	4,306	154.9
13	Michigan	15,677	154.9
14	Oklahoma	4,951	139.5
15	Indiana	8,732	139.2
16	Florida	23,976	134.8
17	Texas	30,449	133.2
18	Maryland	7,328	130.8
19	Wisconsin	6,927	125.1
	U.S. TOTAL†	358,366	120.9
20	Nevada	2,791	115.6
21	Arizona	5,949	100.2
22	Alaska	630	94.9
23	California	33,740	93.4
24	Pennsylvania	11,466	92.2
25	New York	17,459	90.7
26	New Mexico	1,733	89.9
27	Virginia	6,476	85.6
28	Nebraska	1,433	81.5
29	Kansas	2,210	80.5
30	Colorado	3,695	79.2
31	Kentucky	3,277	78.5
32	Connecticut	2,610	74.4
33	Hawaii	885	69.4
34	Washington	4,231	67.3
35	Iowa	1,966	66.3
36	Minnesota	3,303	64.4
37	New Jersey	5,492	63.0
38	West Virginia	953	52.5
39	South Dakota	367	47.3
40	Rhode Island	508	47.2
41	Oregon	1,461	40.1
42	Massachusetts	2,429	38.0
43	Utah	888	36.0
44	North Dakota	153	24.0
45	Wyoming	120	23.6
46	Montana	194	20.7
	YEAR 2010 TARGET		19.0
47	Idaho	206	14.4
48	New Hampshire	180	13.7
49	Vermont	72	11.6
50	Maine	137	10.4

^*States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.

^†Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 1,887 cases and a rate of 342.8, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 98 cases and rate of 58.1, Puerto Rico with 302 cases and rate of 7.7, and Virgin Islands with 34 cases and rate of 31.3).