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Share of adults with arthritis: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Share of adults with arthritis (%). All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Chronic conditions by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
Download full table CSVSource: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)
Washington: 25.9Idaho: 26.1Montana: 30.2North Dakota: 26.4Minnesota: 25.2Michigan: 31.5Ohio: 32.5Pennsylvania: 29.8New York: 24.6Vermont: 30New Hampshire: 28.2Maine: 34.3Arizona: 26.2California: 21.3New Mexico: 28.1Texas: 21.2Louisiana: 31.6Mississippi: 32.4Alabama: 34.6Florida: 27.5Georgia: 25.8South Carolina: 30.6North Carolina: 28Virginia: 28.3District of Columbia: 17.6Maryland: 26.2Delaware: 30.8New Jersey: 24.1Connecticut: 25.2Rhode Island: 26.4Massachusetts: 25.3Oregon: 29.4Utah: 21.7Wyoming: 28.5Nevada: 26.9Colorado: 24.8South Dakota: 26.4Nebraska: 26.1Kansas: 27.2Oklahoma: 30.8Iowa: 26.6Missouri: 30.7Wisconsin: 28.9Illinois: 25.9Kentucky: 34.3Arkansas: 31.4Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 41.2Indiana: 29.9Alaska: 26.4Hawaii: 24.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 17.6 to 25.3 %
  • Group 2: 25.3 to 26.4 %
  • Group 3: 26.4 to 28.5 %
  • Group 4: 28.5 to 30.8 %
  • Highest: 30.8 to 41.2 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1West Virginia41.2
2Alabama34.6
3Kentucky34.3
3Maine34.3
5Ohio32.5
6Mississippi32.4
7Louisiana31.6
8Michigan31.5
9Arkansas31.4
10Delaware30.8
10Oklahoma30.8
12Missouri30.7
13South Carolina30.6
14Montana30.2
15Vermont30
16Indiana29.9
17Pennsylvania29.8
18Oregon29.4
19Wisconsin28.9
20Wyoming28.5
21Virginia28.3
22New Hampshire28.2
23New Mexico28.1
24North Carolina28
25Florida27.5
26Kansas27.2
27Nevada26.9
28Iowa26.6
29Alaska26.4
29North Dakota26.4
29Rhode Island26.4
29South Dakota26.4
33Arizona26.2
33Maryland26.2
35Idaho26.1
35Nebraska26.1
37Illinois25.9
37Washington25.9
39Georgia25.8
40Massachusetts25.3
41Connecticut25.2
41Minnesota25.2
43Colorado24.8
44New York24.6
45Hawaii24.4
46New Jersey24.1
47Utah21.7
48California21.3
49Texas21.2
50District of Columbia17.6

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by share of adults with arthritis (%) (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-arthritis/

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