Statistics
Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults by state/area - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005
State/Area |
Total |
State/Area |
Total |
Alabama |
24.8 |
Nevada |
23.1 |
Alaska |
25.0 |
New Hampshire |
20.5 |
Arizona |
20.4 |
New Jersey |
18.1 |
Arkansas |
23.5 |
New Mexico |
21.5 |
California |
15.2 |
New York |
20.5 |
Colorado |
19.9 |
North Carolina |
22.7 |
Connecticut |
16.5 |
North Dakota |
20.0 |
Delaware |
20.7 |
Ohio |
22.3 |
Florida |
21.6 |
Oklahoma |
25.1 |
Georgia |
22.2 |
Oregon |
18.5 |
Hawaii |
17.1 |
Pennsylvania |
23.7 |
Idaho |
17.9 |
Rhode Island |
19.8 |
Illinois |
19.9 |
South Carolina |
22.6 |
Indiana |
27.3 |
South Dakota |
19.8 |
Iowa |
20.4 |
Tennessee |
26.8 |
Kansas |
17.8 |
Texas |
20.0 |
Kentucky |
28.7 |
Utah |
11.5 |
Louisiana |
22.6 |
Vermont |
19.3 |
Maine |
20.9 |
Virginia |
20.6 |
Maryland |
19.0 |
Washington |
17.6 |
Massachusetts |
18.1 |
West Virginia |
26.6 |
Michigan |
22.1 |
Wisconsin |
20.8 |
Minnesota |
20.0 |
Wyoming |
21.3 |
Mississippi |
23.7 |
|
|
Missouri |
23.4 |
District of Columbia |
20.1 |
Montana |
19.2 |
Puerto Rico |
13.2 |
Nebraska |
21.3 |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
8.3 |
|
|
National Median |
20.6 |
Top States by Prevalence
1. Kentucky
| 28.7
|
2. Indiana |
27.3 |
3. Tennessee |
26.8 |
4. West Virginia |
26.6 |
5. Oklahoma |
25.1 |
6. Alaska |
25.0 |
7. Alabama |
24.8 |
8. Mississippi |
23.7 |
9. Pennsylvania |
23.7 |
10. Arkansas |
23.5 |
11. Missouri |
23.4 |
* Persons aged ≥18 years who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetimes and who currently smoke every day or some days.
** All statistics referenced are from the CDC's report on State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among
Adults and Secondhand Smoke Rules and Policies in Homes and Workplaces - United States, 2005.
*** Calculation of National Median value excluded territories (i.e. Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)