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High blood cholesterol among U.S. adults, by state

Crude prevalence, % of adults 18+ who had their blood cholesterol checked and were told it was high

In 2025, Delaware had the highest share of adults (44.3%) and Montana the lowest (31.7%). The median of states fell from 38.3% in 2011 to 37.8% in 2025. States with no 2025 value in the source: 3.

2025, by state

Crude prevalence, % of adults 18+, BRFSS. Hover or focus a tile for the value and its 95% interval. Tiles are equal in size; this is not a geographic map.

31.7%–34.2%
34.2%–36.7%
36.7%–39.2%
39.2%–41.7%
41.7%–44.3%
No value

California, Mississippi and Nevada have no 2025 estimate in the source; territories are not shown on the map.

Show all 48 values, highest first

#	State	Share	95% interval
1	Delaware	44.3%	42.1%–46.5%
2	New Jersey	43.1%	41.3%–44.9%
3	West Virginia	43.0%	41.1%–44.8%
4	Kentucky	42.3%	40.6%–44.1%
5	Arkansas	41.7%	39.9%–43.6%
6	Maryland	41.2%	39.9%–42.5%
7	Maine	41.1%	39.9%–42.4%
8	New York	41.1%	39.9%–42.2%
9	Alabama	40.8%	38.8%–42.8%
10	Oklahoma	40.7%	38.4%–43.1%
11	Florida	40.4%	38.7%–42.1%
12	Virginia	40.3%	38.1%–42.5%
13	South Carolina	40.2%	37.3%–43.0%
14	Kansas	40.1%	38.7%–41.5%
15	Connecticut	40.0%	38.5%–41.5%
16	Louisiana	39.9%	38.1%–41.7%
17	Tennessee	39.8%	38.0%–41.7%
18	Indiana	39.7%	38.0%–41.5%
19	Missouri	39.3%	37.4%–41.1%
20	North Carolina	39.1%	37.1%–41.2%
21	Arizona	38.7%	36.5%–40.9%
22	Pennsylvania	38.4%	35.9%–40.9%
23	Washington	38.2%	37.3%–39.1%
24	Massachusetts	37.9%	36.6%–39.2%
25	Georgia	37.6%	35.9%–39.4%
26	Oregon	37.6%	35.7%–39.6%
27	Ohio	37.5%	35.9%–39.0%
28	Illinois	37.3%	36.1%–38.5%
29	Michigan	37.2%	35.9%–38.5%
30	Wyoming	36.8%	34.9%–38.7%
31	Rhode Island	36.7%	34.9%–38.4%
32	New Hampshire	36.6%	34.7%–38.6%
33	Texas	36.5%	34.6%–38.4%
34	Wisconsin	36.5%	35.2%–37.7%
35	Hawaii	36.4%	34.8%–37.9%
36	Iowa	35.9%	34.7%–37.2%
37	Vermont	35.8%	34.2%–37.3%
38	Nebraska	35.7%	34.1%–37.4%
39	South Dakota	35.7%	33.0%–38.4%
40	New Mexico	35.5%	33.0%–38.0%
41	District of Columbia	35.1%	32.6%–37.6%
42	Minnesota	34.7%	33.6%–35.7%
43	Idaho	34.3%	32.1%–36.5%
44	North Dakota	34.2%	32.6%–35.9%
45	Alaska	34.0%	32.0%–35.9%
46	Colorado	33.2%	32.0%–34.3%
47	Utah	32.1%	30.9%–33.3%
48	Montana	31.7%	30.2%–33.2%

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence & Trends Data (data.cdc.gov dttw-5yxu), retrieved 2026-10-15.Download: CSV JSON

Trend: median of states, 2011–2025

The middle value among states and DC each year, not a pooled national estimate. Crude prevalence, % of adults.

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Year	Median of states
2011	38.3%
2013	38.4%
2015	36.4%
2017	33.0%
2019	33.1%
2021	35.6%
2023	37.2%
2025	37.8%

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence & Trends Data (data.cdc.gov dttw-5yxu), retrieved 2026-10-15.Download: CSV JSON

About these numbers

Self-reported by adults in the BRFSS telephone survey, so conditions that were never diagnosed or measured are missed.
Crude, not age-adjusted: states with older populations score higher partly because of age.
Do not compare these values with the county estimates on this site: those are age-adjusted model estimates.