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Obesity among U.S. adults, by state

Crude prevalence, % of adults 18+ with a body mass index of 30 or more, calculated from self-reported height and weight

In 2025, Alabama had the highest share of adults (39.7%) and District of Columbia the lowest (24.2%). The median of states rose from 27.7% in 2011 to 33.9% 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.

24.2%–27.3%
27.3%–30.4%
30.4%–33.5%
33.5%–36.6%
36.6%–39.7%
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	Alabama	39.7%	37.7%–41.7%
2	North Dakota	39.1%	37.3%–40.8%
3	Kentucky	38.9%	37.1%–40.6%
4	Oklahoma	38.1%	36.2%–39.9%
5	Tennessee	37.9%	36.1%–39.6%
6	Indiana	37.5%	35.7%–39.2%
7	West Virginia	37.4%	35.6%–39.3%
8	Kansas	37.3%	36.0%–38.6%
9	Iowa	36.9%	35.7%–38.2%
10	Arkansas	36.7%	34.9%–38.6%
11	Missouri	36.6%	34.9%–38.4%
12	Wisconsin	36.6%	35.3%–37.9%
13	South Carolina	36.5%	33.5%–39.5%
14	Delaware	36.3%	34.1%–38.5%
15	Texas	36.1%	34.2%–38.0%
16	Ohio	36.0%	34.4%–37.6%
17	Nebraska	36.0%	34.3%–37.6%
18	Georgia	35.9%	34.2%–37.7%
19	Louisiana	35.6%	33.9%–37.3%
20	New Mexico	35.3%	32.9%–37.6%
21	Michigan	35.1%	33.8%–36.4%
22	South Dakota	34.3%	31.7%–37.0%
23	Virginia	34.2%	32.2%–36.2%
24	Illinois	33.7%	32.5%–34.8%
25	Pennsylvania	33.5%	31.1%–36.0%
26	North Carolina	33.5%	31.5%–35.5%
27	Maryland	33.1%	31.9%–34.3%
28	Minnesota	33.1%	32.0%–34.1%
29	Alaska	33.0%	31.1%–34.9%
30	Maine	33.0%	31.8%–34.2%
31	Oregon	32.7%	31.1%–34.4%
32	Wyoming	32.6%	30.8%–34.5%
33	Idaho	32.6%	30.5%–34.7%
34	Arizona	32.3%	30.1%–34.5%
35	New Hampshire	31.6%	29.6%–33.6%
36	Rhode Island	31.3%	29.5%–33.0%
37	Washington	31.0%	30.2%–31.9%
38	Connecticut	30.4%	28.9%–31.9%
39	Montana	30.3%	28.8%–31.7%
40	Florida	30.0%	28.4%–31.6%
41	Utah	29.8%	28.6%–30.9%
42	Vermont	29.1%	27.5%–30.6%
43	New York	28.5%	27.5%–29.5%
44	Massachusetts	27.0%	25.8%–28.3%
45	New Jersey	27.0%	25.4%–28.7%
46	Hawaii	26.4%	25.0%–27.8%
47	Colorado	25.7%	24.6%–26.7%
48	District of Columbia	24.2%	21.9%–26.5%

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	27.7%
2012	28.1%
2013	28.9%
2014	29.5%
2015	29.8%
2016	30.1%
2017	31.6%
2018	30.9%
2019	32.4%
2020	31.9%
2021	33.9%
2022	33.6%
2023	34.4%
2024	34.3%
2025	33.9%

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.