Table 2. Chlamydia –Reported cases and rates by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2005

Rank*	State	Cases	Rate per 100,000 Population
1	Mississippi	21,268	732.6
2	Alaska	4,355	664.4
3	New Mexico	8,456	444.3
4	South Carolina	18,296	435.8
5	Hawaii	5,489	434.7
6	Delaware	3,392	408.5
7	Illinois	50,559	397.7
8	Tennessee	23,084	391.2
9	Missouri	22,371	388.7
10	Michigan	38,730	383.0
11	Ohio	43,806	382.3
12	Louisiana	17,227	381.5
13	Oklahoma	13,407	380.5
14	Georgia	33,562	380.1
15	Alabama	17,109	377.7
16	Wisconsin	20,461	371.4
17	Arizona	21,264	370.2
18	North Carolina	31,183	365.1
19	California	130,716	364.2
20	South Dakota	2,701	350.4
21	Colorado	15,432	335.4
22	New York	63,966	332.7
	U.S. TOTAL†	976,445	332.5
23	Maryland	18,291	329.1
24	Indiana	20,063	321.6
25	Texas	71,860	319.5
26	Connecticut	11,039	315.1
27	Nevada	7,321	313.6
28	Arkansas	8,507	309.1
29	Virginia	22,668	303.9
30	Rhode Island	3,269	302.5
31	Pennsylvania	37,261	300.3
32	Washington	18,616	300.1
33	Nebraska	5,098	291.8
34	Kansas	7,419	271.2
35	North Dakota	1,667	262.8
36	Montana	2,400	258.9
37	Oregon	9,018	250.9
38	Iowa	7,390	250.1
39	Florida	43,372	249.3
40	Minnesota	12,189	239.0
41	Wyoming	1,173	231.6
42	Massachusetts	14,411	224.6
43	New Jersey	19,152	220.2
44	Kentucky	8,351	201.4
45	Idaho	2,799	200.9
46	Utah	4,602	192.6
47	Maine	2,254	171.1
48	West Virginia	2,944	162.2
49	Vermont	957	154.0
50	New Hampshire	1,842	141.7

^*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 807 cases and rate of 485.9, Puerto Rico with 3,714 cases and rate of 95.4, and Virgin Islands with 235 cases and rate of 216.0).