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

Crude prevalence, % of adults 18+ who report ever being told by a health professional that they have high blood pressure

In 2025, West Virginia had the highest share of adults (43.8%) and Colorado the lowest (27.4%). The median of states rose from 30.8% in 2011 to 34.2% 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.

27.4%–30.7%
30.7%–34.0%
34.0%–37.2%
37.2%–40.5%
40.5%–43.8%
No value

California, Mississippi and Nevada have no 2025 estimate in the source.

Show all 48 values, highest first

#	State	Share	95% interval
1	West Virginia	43.8%	42.0%–45.6%
2	Alabama	43.3%	41.4%–45.2%
3	Arkansas	42.4%	40.6%–44.1%
4	Louisiana	41.5%	39.9%–43.2%
5	Kentucky	41.3%	39.7%–42.9%
6	South Carolina	39.9%	37.2%–42.6%
7	Oklahoma	39.5%	37.3%–41.6%
8	Tennessee	38.5%	36.8%–40.1%
9	Delaware	38.1%	36.0%–40.1%
10	Georgia	37.2%	35.6%–38.8%
11	Pennsylvania	37.2%	34.8%–39.5%
12	Indiana	37.1%	35.5%–38.7%
13	Maryland	36.6%	35.4%–37.8%
14	Michigan	36.5%	35.3%–37.7%
15	North Carolina	36.3%	34.4%–38.2%
16	Missouri	36.2%	34.5%–37.8%
17	Ohio	36.1%	34.7%–37.6%
18	Virginia	36.0%	34.1%–38.0%
19	Maine	36.0%	34.8%–37.1%
20	Florida	35.7%	34.2%–37.3%
21	Kansas	35.1%	33.9%–36.4%
22	Connecticut	34.4%	33.1%–35.8%
23	Rhode Island	34.3%	32.6%–35.9%
24	Hawaii	34.2%	32.7%–35.6%
25	Alaska	34.1%	32.3%–35.9%
26	Vermont	33.9%	32.4%–35.3%
27	Illinois	33.7%	32.6%–34.8%
28	Texas	33.7%	32.0%–35.4%
29	Oregon	33.7%	32.0%–35.4%
30	New Hampshire	33.6%	31.8%–35.4%
31	Nebraska	33.2%	31.7%–34.7%
32	New York	32.9%	31.9%–33.9%
33	Arizona	32.9%	30.9%–34.8%
34	Iowa	32.8%	31.7%–33.9%
35	North Dakota	32.5%	31.0%–34.0%
36	Wisconsin	32.4%	31.3%–33.6%
37	Montana	32.2%	30.8%–33.6%
38	Minnesota	32.1%	31.2%–33.0%
39	Wyoming	32.0%	30.3%–33.7%
40	South Dakota	32.0%	29.7%–34.3%
41	New Jersey	31.8%	30.2%–33.4%
42	Washington	31.7%	30.9%–32.5%
43	Massachusetts	31.3%	30.1%–32.4%
44	New Mexico	31.1%	29.0%–33.2%
45	Idaho	31.0%	29.1%–32.9%
46	District of Columbia	29.6%	27.3%–31.9%
47	Utah	27.7%	26.6%–28.7%
48	Colorado	27.4%	26.4%–28.4%

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	30.8%
2013	31.4%
2015	30.9%
2017	32.3%
2019	32.3%
2021	32.2%
2023	34.0%
2025	34.2%

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.