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Prepregnancy normal weight among U.S. women with a live birth in 2015, by state

Percentage of women with a live birth who were of normal weight prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state

The data displays the percentage of women with a live birth in the United States in 2015 who were of normal weight prior to becoming pregnant, by state. In West Virginia, only 40% of women who gave birth in 2015 were of normal weight prior to becoming pregnant.

Alabama 40.9
Alaska 46.2
Arizona 43.9
Arkansas 42.9
California 46.7
Colorado 49.5
Delaware 41
District of Columbia 52.2
Floridia 46.5
Georgia 42.1
Hawaii 47.8
Idaho 47.4
Illinois 42.8
Indiana 42
Iowa 44.6
Kansas 44
Kentucky 41.1
Louisiana 41.3
Maine 41.7
Maryland 44.3
Massachusetts 51
Michigan 42.4
Minnesota 43.8
Mississippi 37.7
Missouri 45.3
Montana 46.5
Nebraska 46.3
Nevada 46.4
New Hampshire 47.4
New Mexico 42
New York 44.3
North Carolina 44.5
North Dakota 40.2
Ohio 44.8
Oklahoma 41.7
Oregon 47
Pennsylvania 47.1
Rhode Island 48.2
South Caroline 41.3
South Dakota 46.5
Tennessee 44.7
Texas 44.5
Utah 51.9
Vermont 46.7
Virginia 45.4
Washington 45.9
West Virginia 40.1
Wisconsin 41.7
Wyoming 49
U.S. 45