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Meth Use by State 2025

California
323,000
Texas
219,000
Florida
138,000
Georgia
107,000
Washington
104,000
Pennsylvania
97,000
Illinois
94,000
Ohio
92,000
Arizona
84,000
New York
83,000
Missouri
80,000
Tennessee
71,000
Kentucky
65,000
Michigan
63,000
Indiana
60,000
North Carolina
59,000
Louisiana
56,000
Oregon
54,000
South Carolina
50,000
Colorado
49,000
Oklahoma
49,000
Alabama
47,000
Nevada
44,000
Minnesota
41,000
Virginia
41,000
Wisconsin
39,000
West Virginia
38,000
Arkansas
36,000
New Jersey
36,000
New Mexico
32,000
Massachusetts
30,000
Utah
30,000
Mississippi
28,000
Iowa
27,000
Kansas
23,000
Maryland
23,000
Idaho
21,000
Connecticut
16,000
Nebraska
16,000
Maine
14,000
Hawaii
13,000
Montana
13,000
New Hampshire
10,000
South Dakota
9,000
Alaska
8,000
North Dakota
7,000
Delaware
6,000
Rhode Island
6,000
Vermont
6,000
Wyoming
6,000
District of Columbia
2,000
State
% of Meth Users (12+) 2022 and 2023
% of Adult Meth Users 2018 and 2019
Change in Meth Death Rate 2015-2019
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia2.48%1.46%490%
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico1.78%0.88%128%
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky1.71%1.3%383%
Nevada Flag
Nevada1.63%1.32%46%
Washington Flag
Washington1.56%0.79%71%
Missouri Flag
Missouri1.53%0.96%233%
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana1.48%0.85%358%
Oregon Flag
Oregon1.47%1.35%100%
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma1.46%1.3%53%
Alaska Flag
Alaska1.42%1.33%126%
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas1.41%0.98%120%
Montana Flag
Montana1.37%1.53%76%
Arizona Flag
Arizona1.33%1.9%103%
Idaho Flag
Idaho1.31%0.88%115%
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming1.2%0.66%
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee1.19%1.09%483%
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota1.18%0.7%
Georgia Flag
Georgia1.16%0.59%96%
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi1.16%1.03%150%
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota1.15%1.23%
Maine Flag
Maine1.14%0.54%213%
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina1.1%0.61%263%
Alabama Flag
Alabama1.09%1.23%456%
Utah Flag
Utah1.09%0.96%51%
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii1.06%1.42%84%
Vermont Flag
Vermont1.06%0.72%
Indiana Flag
Indiana1.04%0.99%608%
Iowa Flag
Iowa0.99%1.2%128%
California Flag
California0.98%1.04%85%
Colorado Flag
Colorado0.98%0.97%143%
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska0.96%0.64%47%
Kansas Flag
Kansas0.95%1.39%134%
Ohio Flag
Ohio0.92%0.9%670%
Illinois Flag
Illinois0.88%0.41%300%
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania0.88%0.75%533%
Texas Flag
Texas0.88%0.55%115%
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota0.85%0.83%176%
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire0.82%0.46%
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin0.77%0.88%343%
Michigan Flag
Michigan0.73%0.39%300%
Florida Flag
Florida0.71%0.44%425%
Delaware Flag
Delaware0.65%0.67%
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina0.65%0.6%386%
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island0.61%0.51%
Virginia Flag
Virginia0.56%0.42%257%
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut0.5%0.39%233%
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts0.5%0.36%129%
New York Flag
New York0.49%0.25%225%
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey0.46%0.4%733%
Maryland Flag
Maryland0.45%0.33%250%
District of Columbia Flag
District of Columbia0.32%0.4%
  • While some states may display the same value in both the 12+ and 18+ categories and no value in the 12-17 category, this should not be taken as an indication that the state has no meth users aged 12-17. Rather, that state either does not divide estimated meth users by age or declines to publish estimates for underaged users.
  • All numerical estimates have been rounded by original source to the nearest 1,000 users.