Figure 5.13 is a U.S. map showing percentages reporting past year any illicit drug dependence among persons aged 12 or older, by State, for 2000 and 2001. States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages. States in the highest group (1.62 to 2.07 percent) were California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, Vermont, and Washington. States in the next highest group (1.45 to 1.61 percent) were Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Tennessee. States in the mid group (1.31 to 1.44 percent) were Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and Utah. States in the next lowest group (1.14 to 1.30 percent) were Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming. States in the lowest group (0.92 to 1.13 percent) were Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin.