State Cancer Profiles


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 4:41 pm.

2 2024 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data for the US is a median and not a percent.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

For more information about Obese (BMI >= 30), see the dictionary.

Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2024 BRFSS Data)

Obese (BMI >= 30)
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 20+

Sorted by Percent
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 34.8 N/A
Colorado 25.5 (24.5, 26.6) 2,402
District of Columbia 25.7 (23.7, 27.8) 724
Hawaii 27.3 (25.7, 28.9) 1,523
Massachusetts 27.7 (26.5, 28.9) 2,246
New Jersey 28.2 (26.8, 29.6) 2,241
Vermont 29.8 (28.3, 31.3) 1,649
California 29.9 (28.4, 31.4) 2,105
New York 30.0 (29.3, 30.7) 12,811
Florida 30.1 (28.5, 31.8) 3,701
New Hampshire 31.3 (29.6, 33.1) 1,779
Montana 31.5 (30.0, 33.0) 1,993
Rhode Island 32.0 (30.2, 33.8) 1,465
Utah 32.0 (30.9, 33.1) 3,563
Washington 32.1 (31.3, 32.8) 7,228
Connecticut 32.8 (31.2, 34.5) 2,016
Virginia 32.9 (31.2, 34.6) 2,070
Minnesota 33.1 (32.1, 34.1) 4,339
Wyoming 33.2 (31.3, 35.0) 1,331
Idaho 33.3 (31.3, 35.3) 1,310
Maryland 33.3 (32.1, 34.5) 4,335
Arizona 33.7 (31.7, 35.7) 2,391
Oregon 33.8 (32.3, 35.3) 1,842
Maine 33.9 (32.7, 35.0) 3,694
Nevada 34.3 (31.3, 37.3) 769
Alaska 34.8 (32.8, 36.8) 1,679
Illinois 34.8 (33.6, 35.9) 3,802
New Mexico 34.8 (32.3, 37.3) 992
Pennsylvania 35.1 (32.8, 37.4) 1,097
South Carolina 35.1 (33.4, 36.9) 3,043
Missouri 35.3 (33.7, 36.9) 2,315
North Carolina 35.3 (33.4, 37.1) 1,351
Georgia 35.9 (34.2, 37.6) 2,292
Texas 36.3 (34.7, 38.0) 3,825
Puerto Rico 36.5 (34.2, 38.8) 1,514
Michigan 36.9 (35.5, 38.2) 3,699
Delaware 37.3 (35.1, 39.5) 1,412
Ohio 37.4 (35.9, 38.9) 3,439
Oklahoma 37.7 (36.3, 39.1) 2,400
Iowa 37.8 (36.4, 39.1) 3,006
Kentucky 37.8 (36.1, 39.5) 2,598
North Dakota 38.0 (36.4, 39.7) 1,951
Wisconsin 38.2 (36.9, 39.5) 4,383
Kansas 38.4 (37.1, 39.7) 3,757
South Dakota 38.4 (35.1, 41.7) 1,992
Nebraska 38.6 (37.4, 39.9) 4,518
Indiana 39.3 (38.2, 40.4) 4,481
Alabama 39.5 (37.7, 41.3) 1,828
Louisiana 39.7 (37.9, 41.5) 1,521
Arkansas 40.0 (38.2, 41.8) 1,801
Mississippi 41.5 (39.1, 43.9) 1,116
West Virginia 41.9 (40.3, 43.6) 2,181
Tennessee data not available data not available