Obesity Rate by State 2025

West Virginia
41.2%
Mississippi
40.1%
Arkansas
40%
Louisiana
39.9%
Alabama
39.2%
Oklahoma
38.7%
Indiana
37.8%
Iowa
37.8%
Tennessee
37.6%
Nebraska
36.6%
Ohio
36.4%
Illinois
36%
South Carolina
36%
South Dakota
36%
Kansas
35.9%
Wisconsin
35.9%
Delaware
35.7%
North Dakota
35.6%
Michigan
35.4%
Missouri
35.3%
New Mexico
35.3%
Alaska
35.2%
Georgia
35%
Texas
34.4%
Virginia
34.3%
Maryland
34.1%
North Carolina
34%
Oregon
33.6%
Minnesota
33.3%
Wyoming
33.3%
New Hampshire
32.8%
Maine
32.6%
Arizona
31.9%
Rhode Island
31.6%
Idaho
31%
Nevada
30.8%
Washington
30.6%
Montana
30.5%
Utah
30.2%
Florida
30.1%
Connecticut
29.4%
New Jersey
28.9%
Vermont
28.8%
New York
28%
California
27.7%
Massachusetts
27.4%
Hawaii
26.1%
Colorado
24.9%
District of Columbia
23.5%
State
Obesity Rate 2023
Confidence Interval 2023
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia41.2%(39.3, 43.0)
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi40.1%(37.9, 42.2)
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas40%(38.2, 41.9)
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana39.9%(38.1, 41.7)
Alabama Flag
Alabama39.2%(37.3, 41.3)
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma38.7%(37.2, 40.2)
Indiana Flag
Indiana37.8%(36.6, 39.1)
Iowa Flag
Iowa37.8%(36.4, 39.2)
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee37.6%(35.8, 39.4)
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska36.6%(35.4, 37.8)
Ohio Flag
Ohio36.4%(35.2, 37.7)
Illinois Flag
Illinois36%(34.1, 37.9)
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina36%(34.5, 37.4)
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota36%(33.0, 39.2)
Kansas Flag
Kansas35.9%(34.6, 37.3)
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin35.9%(34.7, 37.2)
Delaware Flag
Delaware35.7%(33.5, 38.0)
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota35.6%(33.9, 37.3)
Michigan Flag
Michigan35.4%(34.0, 36.8)
Missouri Flag
Missouri35.3%(33.7, 36.9)
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico35.3%(32.7, 38.0)
Alaska Flag
Alaska35.2%(33.3, 37.0)
Georgia Flag
Georgia35%(33.4, 36.7)
Texas Flag
Texas34.4%(32.7, 36.2)
Virginia Flag
Virginia34.3%(32.6, 36.0)
Maryland Flag
Maryland34.1%(32.8, 35.3)
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina34%(31.9, 36.2)
Oregon Flag
Oregon33.6%(32.0, 35.3)
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota33.3%(32.1, 34.4)
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming33.3%(31.5, 35.2)
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire32.8%(31.0, 34.6)
Maine Flag
Maine32.6%(31.4, 33.9)
Arizona Flag
Arizona31.9%(30.5, 33.3)
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island31.6%(29.7, 33.5)
Idaho Flag
Idaho31%(29.4, 32.5)
Nevada Flag
Nevada30.8%(27.9, 33.8)
Washington Flag
Washington30.6%(29.8, 31.4)
Montana Flag
Montana30.5%(29.0, 31.9)
Utah Flag
Utah30.2%(29.0, 31.4)
Florida Flag
Florida30.1%(28.4, 31.8)
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut29.4%(27.9, 30.9)
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey28.9%(27.5, 30.3)
Vermont Flag
Vermont28.8%(27.2, 30.4)
New York Flag
New York28%(27.0, 29.1)
California Flag
California27.7%(26.4, 29.0)
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts27.4%(26.0, 28.8)
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii26.1%(24.6, 27.7)
Colorado Flag
Colorado24.9%(23.7, 26.1)
District of Columbia Flag
District of Columbia23.5%(21.4, 25.8)
  • 2021 Data for Florida proved insufficient for the CDC to calculate an average. However, Florida’s own Department of Health indicates an obesity rate of 28% for that year.
  • Similarly, 2023 data for Kentucky and Pennsylvania were not provided.
  • Confidence interval (CI) measures the likelihood that the actual value of an estimated or calculated variable falls between two “boundary” values. For example, if a state’s obesity rate is estimated to be 10.0% and its 95% confidence interval is 9.5-10.5, there exists a 95% probability that the state’s actual obesity rate is between 9.5% and 10.5%.
  • A 2019 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine projected that 48.9% of US adults would be obese by 2030, and 24.2% will qualify as severely obese.