Percentage of obese U.S. adults by state 2017

Percentage of adults with obesity in the United States as of 2017, by state

The data describes the percentage of obese adults in the USA as of 2017. As of that year, Arkansas had one of the highest rate of obesity in the U.S. with 35.7% of adults being obese.

Colorado 22.3
District of Columbia 22.6
Massachusetts 23.6
Hawaii 23.8
California 25
Utah 25.3
Montana 25.5
New York 25.5
Nevada 25.8
Connecticut 26
Rhode Island 26.6
New Hampshire 26.6
Vermont 27.1
New Jersey 27.3
Florida 27.4
Idaho 27.4
Wyoming 27.7
Minnesota 27.8
New Mexico 28.3
Washington 28.6
Oregon 28.7
Virginia 29
Arizona 29
South Dakota 29.6
United States 29.9
Maryland 29.9
Maine 29.9
Pennsylvania 30.3
Delaware 30.7
Wisconsin 30.7
Kansas 31.2
Georgia 31.4
Alaska 31.4
Ohio 31.5
Illinois 31.6
Missouri 31.7
North Carolina 31.8
North Dakota 31.9
Nebraska 32
Iowa 32
South Carolina 32.3
Indiana 32.5
Michigan 32.5
Oklahoma 32.8
Texas 33.6
Kentucky 34.2
Tennessee 34.8
Louisiana 35.5
Arkansas 35.7
Alabama 35.7
Mississippi 37.3
West Virginia 37.7