Screening and Risk Factors Report by State (Directly Estimated 2021 YRBSS Data) Overweight (>= 85th percentile but <95th percentile for BMI based on sex and age) "All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, High School Students" Sorted by Percent State, FIPS,"Percent(2)","Lower 95% Confidence Interval","Upper 95% Confidence Interval" "United States",00000,16.0 ,15.2, 16.8 "Utah",49000,12.1 ,10.3, 14.1 "Idaho",16000,12.2 ,9.7, 15.3 "Colorado",08000,12.8 ,10.2, 16.0 "Ohio",39000,13.4 ,9.5, 18.4 "New Hampshire",33000,13.6 ,12.9, 14.4 "North Carolina",37000,13.7 ,10.4, 17.8 "Hawaii",15000,14.0 ,12.1, 16.1 "Montana",30000,14.0 ,12.9, 15.2 "Vermont",50000,14.0 ,13.5, 14.6 "Michigan",26000,14.3 ,12.2, 16.8 "Maine",23000,14.4 ,12.9, 15.9 "Pennsylvania",42000,14.5 ,12.3, 17.0 "Illinois",17000,14.8 ,13.6, 16.2 "Indiana",18000,14.8 ,12.4, 17.5 "Massachusetts",25000,15.2 ,13.2, 17.4 "Maryland",24000,15.3 ,14.5, 16.1 "Nebraska",31000,15.3 ,11.7, 19.9 "South Dakota",46000,15.3 ,13.1, 17.9 "Tennessee",47000,15.3 ,12.7, 18.4 "Virginia",51000,15.3 ,12.9, 18.0 "Delaware",10000,15.4 ,13.6, 17.5 "New York",36000,15.4 ,13.7, 17.2 "North Dakota",38000,15.6 ,13.8, 17.4 "New Jersey",34000,15.7 ,11.7, 20.9 "Iowa",19000,16.0 ,13.9, 18.4 "Wisconsin",55000,16.1 ,14.1, 18.4 "Kentucky",21000,16.2 ,14.1, 18.4 "Missouri",29000,16.2 ,13.2, 19.7 "Arkansas",05000,16.3 ,14.1, 18.8 "Florida",12000,16.5 ,15.1, 18.0 "Arizona",04000,16.6 ,13.9, 19.6 "Connecticut",09000,16.6 ,14.2, 19.3 "Oklahoma",40000,16.8 ,14.4, 19.4 "District of Columbia",11001,16.9 ,16.2, 17.7 "South Carolina",45000,16.9 ,14.4, 19.9 "Rhode Island",44000,17.2 ,14.4, 20.3 "Texas",48000,17.2 ,15.5, 18.9 "West Virginia",54000,17.4 ,12.6, 23.5 "Louisiana",22000,17.8 ,14.4, 21.8 "New Mexico",35000,17.9 ,16.3, 19.6 "Nevada",32000,18.0 ,15.6, 20.7 "Kansas",20000,18.4 ,15.6, 21.6 "Mississippi",28000,18.5 ,15.9, 21.4 "Alabama",01000,18.7 ,13.9, 24.6 "Georgia",13000,18.8 ,16.4, 21.4 "Alaska",02900,data not available "California",06000,data not available "Minnesota",27000,data not available "Oregon",41000,data not available "Puerto Rico",72001,data not available "Washington",53000,data not available "Wyoming",56000,data not available Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 6:32 am. "(2) Source: YRBSS [ https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm ] Survey Data is the source for this data. YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state, territorial, tribal, and local surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments. Each survey sample (state or national) is only comparable to other groupings within the same survey. Data for several states are not available." * < 30 respondents for the subgroup Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.