State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 7:03 am.
2 2022 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.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2022 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 34.2 N/A
West Virginia 41.7 (39.9, 43.4) 1,861
Louisiana 41.2 (39.4, 43.0) 1,963
Mississippi 40.7 (38.7, 42.7) 1,603
Oklahoma 40.5 (38.8, 42.1) 2,083
Tennessee 39.3 (37.4, 41.2) 1,757
Alabama 39.1 (37.0, 41.1) 1,653
Indiana 38.7 (37.4, 40.0) 3,332
Ohio 38.6 (37.5, 39.8) 5,824
Delaware 38.5 (36.2, 40.8) 1,310
Iowa 38.5 (37.1, 39.9) 3,054
Kentucky 38.5 (36.3, 40.7) 1,431
Wisconsin 38.3 (37.0, 39.7) 3,757
Arkansas 38.2 (36.4, 40.1) 1,702
South Dakota 37.6 (34.2, 41.0) 2,502
Georgia 37.5 (35.9, 39.1) 2,870
Missouri 37.2 (35.6, 38.8) 2,505
Texas 36.6 (35.0, 38.2) 4,378
Kansas 36.5 (35.2, 37.8) 3,681
North Dakota 36.2 (34.3, 38.0) 1,343
Virginia 36.0 (34.6, 37.4) 3,250
Nebraska 35.8 (34.2, 37.4) 2,541
South Carolina 35.6 (34.2, 37.0) 3,008
Michigan 35.1 (33.8, 36.5) 2,955
Puerto Rico 35.1 (33.3, 36.9) 1,849
Wyoming 35.0 (33.1, 36.9) 1,243
Minnesota 34.3 (33.2, 35.3) 5,039
North Carolina 34.2 (32.2, 36.2) 1,337
Pennsylvania 34.2 (32.0, 36.4) 1,390
Nevada 34.0 (31.4, 36.6) 889
Illinois 33.9 (32.0, 35.8) 1,271
Arizona 33.8 (32.2, 35.5) 2,887
Maryland 33.8 (32.5, 35.0) 4,783
Idaho 33.6 (32.1, 35.1) 1,857
Maine 33.6 (32.2, 34.9) 3,158
Alaska 32.9 (31.1, 34.7) 1,686
New Mexico 32.9 (30.9, 34.9) 1,361
Florida 32.2 (30.4, 34.0) 3,833
Washington 32.2 (31.4, 33.0) 7,070
Utah 31.8 (30.5, 33.1) 2,693
Oregon 31.5 (30.0, 33.0) 1,658
Rhode Island 31.4 (29.5, 33.2) 1,518
Montana 31.1 (29.7, 32.5) 2,032
Connecticut 31.0 (29.5, 32.5) 2,463
New Hampshire 30.9 (29.1, 32.6) 1,727
New York 30.4 (29.3, 31.4) 4,530
New Jersey 29.8 (28.2, 31.3) 1,944
California 28.8 (27.4, 30.2) 2,586
Massachusetts 28.0 (26.8, 29.3) 2,688
Vermont 27.3 (25.9, 28.7) 2,023
Hawaii 26.2 (24.7, 27.7) 1,747
Colorado 25.5 (24.3, 26.6) 2,121
District of Columbia 24.7 (22.5, 26.8) 691