Table 11. Gonorrhea —Reported cases and rates by state/area, ranked by rates: United States, 2005

Rank*	State/Area	Cases		Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Mississippi	7,171		247.0
2	Louisiana	9,572		212.0
3	Alabama	9,406		207.6
4	South Carolina	8,561		203.9
5	Ohio	20,985		183.1
6	Georgia	15,860		179.6
7	North Carolina	15,072		176.5
8	Michigan	17,684		174.9
9	Missouri	9,455		164.3
10	Arkansas	4,476		162.6
11	Illinois	20,019		157.5
12	Oklahoma	5,228		148.4
13	Tennessee	8,605		145.8
14	Indiana	8,094		129.8
15	Maryland	7,035		126.6
16	Nevada	2,880		123.4
17	Florida	20,225		116.3
18	Texas	26,110		116.1
	U.S. TOTAL†	339,593		115.6
19	Virginia	8,346		111.9
20	Delaware	913		110.0
21	Wisconsin	5,869		106.5
22	California	34,338		95.7
23	Kansas	2,605		95.2
24	New York	17,717		92.1
25	Alaska	600		91.5
26	Pennsylvania	11,222		90.5
27	Arizona	4,951		86.2
28	New Mexico	1,552		81.5
29	Hawaii	1,024		81.1
30	Connecticut	2,750		78.5
31	Kentucky	2,935		70.8
32	Colorado	3,224		70.1
33	Minnesota	3,482		68.3
34	Nebraska	1,158		66.3
35	New Jersey	5,722		65.8
36	Washington	3,739		60.3
37	Iowa	1,606		54.4
38	South Dakota	351		45.5
39	Oregon	1,562		43.5
40	West Virginia	770		42.4
41	Rhode Island	438		40.5
42	Massachusetts	2,537		39.5
43	Utah	727		30.4
44	North Dakota	128		20.2
	YEAR 2010 TARGET			19.0
45	Wyoming	87		17.2
46	Montana	158		17.0
47	New Hampshire	177		13.6
48	Maine	142		10.8
49	Vermont	60		9.7
50	Idaho	119		8.5

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

^†Total includes cases reported by Washington, D.C., but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 106 cases and rate of 63.8, Puerto Rico with 328 cases and rate of 8.4, and Virgin Islands with 30 cases and rate of 27.6).