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Prepregnancy overweight and obesity U.S. women with a live birth in 2015, by state

Percentage of women with a live birth who were overweight or obese 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 overweight or obese prior to becoming pregnant, by state. In West Virginia, 31.3% of women who gave birth in 2015 were obese prior to becoming pregnant.

Alabama 24.8 30.4
Alaska 25.4 26
Arizona 26.1 26.1
Arkansas 23.7 29.5
California 26.4 23.2
Colorado 26.1 20.9
Delaware 27.7 28
District of Columbia 23.4 19.9
Floridia 26.1 23.3
Georgia 25.9 28.3
Hawaii 25.2 22.8
Idaho 25.2 24.2
Illinois 26.8 27.3
Indiana 25.8 28.7
Iowa 25.7 26.8
Kansas 26.4 26.4
Kentucky 24.8 30
Louisiana 25.1 29.9
Maine 26.2 30.1
Maryland 26.8 25.7
Massachusetts 25.3 20.3
Michigan 25.9 28.6
Minnesota 27.7 26.3
Mississippi 25 33.5
Missouri 24.5 26.4
Montana 25.5 24.7
Nebraska 26 24.7
Nevada 25.4 23.8
New Hampshire 25.9 23.9
New Mexico 26.8 27.2
New York 27 25.8
North Carolina 25.2 26.6
North Dakota 27.8 29.7
Ohio 24.6 26.9
Oklahoma 25.7 28.8
Oregon 25 24.9
Pennsylvania 24.6 24.6
Rhode Island 26.6 22.4
South Caroline 25.3 29.7
South Dakota 25.7 24.9
Tennessee 24.4 26.4
Texas 26.4 25.6
Utah 23.5 20.5
Vermont 24.3 26.1
Virginia 26.4 24.7
Washington 26 25
West Virginia 23.9 31.3
Wisconsin 26.3 29.8
Wyoming 24.7 22.9
U.S. 25.8 25.6