United States
Obesity in every US state
In 2025, 23 of the 50 states, territories and DC with survey results that year had adult obesity of 35% or more, based on what people told the CDC’s yearly telephone survey.
Adults with obesity by state, latest year (2025 unless marked)
What this meansHighest: Alabama (39.7%). Lowest: District of Columbia (24.2%). For the US as a whole the survey found 33.5%.
- under 25%
- 25–30%
- 30–35%
- 35–40%
- 40% or more
- no estimate
Self-reported height and weight, which gives lower obesity figures than measuring people (see the US page). No 2025 result for California (latest 2024, shown on the map), Mississippi (latest 2024, shown on the map), Nevada (latest 2024, shown on the map), Virgin Islands (latest 2024, shown on the map).
The state race
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All states ranked (2025)
| Rank | State | 2025 | First year | 95% CI (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 39.7% | 32.0% (2011) | 37.7%–41.7% |
| 2 | Guam | 39.6% | 28.0% (2014) | 31.0%–48.9% |
| 3 | North Dakota | 39.1% | 27.8% (2011) | 37.3%–40.8% |
| 4 | Kentucky | 38.8% | 30.4% (2011) | 37.1%–40.6% |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 38.1% | 31.1% (2011) | 36.3%–39.9% |
| 6 | Tennessee | 37.9% | 29.2% (2011) | 36.1%–39.7% |
| 7 | Indiana | 37.5% | 30.8% (2011) | 35.7%–39.3% |
| 8 | West Virginia | 37.4% | 32.4% (2011) | 35.6%–39.3% |
| 9 | Kansas | 37.3% | 29.6% (2011) | 36.0%–38.6% |
| 10 | Iowa | 36.9% | 29.0% (2011) | 35.7%–38.2% |
| 11 | Arkansas | 36.7% | 30.9% (2011) | 34.9%–38.6% |
| 12 | Missouri | 36.6% | 30.3% (2011) | 34.9%–38.4% |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 36.6% | 27.7% (2011) | 35.3%–37.9% |
| 14 | South Carolina | 36.5% | 30.8% (2011) | 33.6%–39.5% |
| 15 | Delaware | 36.3% | 28.8% (2011) | 34.1%–38.5% |
| 16 | Texas | 36.1% | 30.4% (2011) | 34.3%–38.0% |
| 17 | Nebraska | 36.0% | 28.4% (2011) | 34.3%–37.6% |
| 18 | Ohio | 36.0% | 29.6% (2011) | 34.5%–37.6% |
| 19 | Georgia | 35.9% | 28.0% (2011) | 34.2%–37.7% |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 35.9% | 27.9% (2013) | 33.3%–38.7% |
| 21 | Louisiana | 35.6% | 33.4% (2011) | 33.9%–37.4% |
| 22 | New Mexico | 35.3% | 26.3% (2011) | 32.9%–37.7% |
| 23 | Michigan | 35.1% | 31.3% (2011) | 33.8%–36.4% |
| 24 | South Dakota | 34.3% | 28.1% (2011) | 31.8%–37.0% |
| 25 | Virginia | 34.2% | 29.2% (2011) | 32.2%–36.3% |
| 26 | Illinois | 33.7% | 27.1% (2011) | 32.5%–34.8% |
| 27 | North Carolina | 33.5% | 29.1% (2011) | 31.5%–35.5% |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 33.5% | 28.6% (2011) | 31.1%–36.0% |
| 29 | Maryland | 33.1% | 28.3% (2011) | 31.9%–34.3% |
| 30 | Minnesota | 33.1% | 25.7% (2011) | 32.0%–34.1% |
| 31 | Alaska | 33.0% | 27.4% (2011) | 31.2%–35.0% |
| 32 | Maine | 33.0% | 27.8% (2011) | 31.8%–34.2% |
| 33 | Oregon | 32.7% | 26.7% (2011) | 31.1%–34.4% |
| 34 | Idaho | 32.6% | 27.0% (2011) | 30.5%–34.7% |
| 35 | Wyoming | 32.6% | 25.0% (2011) | 30.8%–34.5% |
| 36 | Arizona | 32.3% | 25.1% (2011) | 30.1%–34.5% |
| 37 | New Hampshire | 31.6% | 26.2% (2011) | 29.6%–33.6% |
| 38 | Rhode Island | 31.3% | 25.4% (2011) | 29.6%–33.0% |
| 39 | Washington | 31.0% | 26.5% (2011) | 30.2%–31.9% |
| 40 | Connecticut | 30.4% | 24.5% (2011) | 28.9%–31.9% |
| 41 | Montana | 30.3% | 24.6% (2011) | 28.8%–31.8% |
| 42 | Florida | 30.0% | 26.6% (2011) | 28.4%–31.6% |
| 43 | Utah | 29.8% | 24.4% (2011) | 28.6%–30.9% |
| 44 | Vermont | 29.1% | 25.4% (2011) | 27.6%–30.6% |
| 45 | New York | 28.5% | 24.5% (2011) | 27.6%–29.6% |
| 46 | Massachusetts | 27.0% | 22.7% (2011) | 25.8%–28.3% |
| 47 | New Jersey | 27.0% | 23.7% (2011) | 25.4%–28.7% |
| 48 | Hawaii | 26.4% | 21.8% (2011) | 25.0%–27.8% |
| 49 | Colorado | 25.7% | 20.7% (2011) | 24.6%–26.7% |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 24.2% | 23.7% (2011) | 21.9%–26.5% |
Why don’t these match the national figure on the US page? That page uses NHANES, where people are actually weighed and measured. This page uses BRFSS, a phone survey where people report their own height and weight — which is how it can cover every state.
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