Statistics

Prevalence of current cigarette smoking among adults by state/area - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005

State/Area	Total	State/Area	Total
Alabama	24.8	Nevada	23.1
Alaska	25.0	New Hampshire	20.5
Arizona	20.4	New Jersey	18.1
Arkansas	23.5	New Mexico	21.5
California	15.2	New York	20.5
Colorado	19.9	North Carolina	22.7
Connecticut	16.5	North Dakota	20.0
Delaware	20.7	Ohio	22.3
Florida	21.6	Oklahoma	25.1
Georgia	22.2	Oregon	18.5
Hawaii	17.1	Pennsylvania	23.7
Idaho	17.9	Rhode Island	19.8
Illinois	19.9	South Carolina	22.6
Indiana	27.3	South Dakota	19.8
Iowa	20.4	Tennessee	26.8
Kansas	17.8	Texas	20.0
Kentucky	28.7	Utah	11.5
Louisiana	22.6	Vermont	19.3
Maine	20.9	Virginia	20.6
Maryland	19.0	Washington	17.6
Massachusetts	18.1	West Virginia	26.6
Michigan	22.1	Wisconsin	20.8
Minnesota	20.0	Wyoming	21.3
Mississippi	23.7
Missouri	23.4	District of Columbia	20.1
Montana	19.2	Puerto Rico	13.2
Nebraska	21.3	U.S. Virgin Islands	8.3
		National Median	20.6

Top States by Prevalence
1. Kentucky	28.7
2. Indiana	27.3
3. Tennessee	26.8
4. West Virginia	26.6
5. Oklahoma	25.1
6. Alaska	25.0
7. Alabama	24.8
8. Mississippi	23.7
9. Pennsylvania	23.7
10. Arkansas	23.5
11. Missouri	23.4

* Persons aged ≥18 years who reported having smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetimes and who currently smoke every day or some days.

** All statistics referenced are from the CDC's report on State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults and Secondhand Smoke Rules and Policies in Homes and Workplaces - United States, 2005.

*** Calculation of National Median value excluded territories (i.e. Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)