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Smoke every day: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Smoke every day. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Smoking status of adults by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-04
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Washington: 5.1Idaho: 6.8Montana: 8North Dakota: 8.7Minnesota: 7Michigan: 9.5Ohio: 9.8Pennsylvania: 8.2New York: 6.3Vermont: 7.5New Hampshire: 6Maine: 11.2Arizona: 7.3California: 4.3New Mexico: 7.8Texas: 6.4Louisiana: 9.9Mississippi: 10.1Alabama: 10.3Florida: 7.4Georgia: 7.3South Carolina: 8.3North Carolina: 8.4Virginia: 7District of Columbia: 4.5Maryland: 5Delaware: 6.9New Jersey: 5.1Connecticut: 5.8Rhode Island: 6.7Massachusetts: 5.8Oregon: 6.8Utah: 3.5Wyoming: 9.2Nevada: 8.3Colorado: 6.1South Dakota: 10Nebraska: 8.7Kansas: 10Oklahoma: 9.7Iowa: 9.1Missouri: 10.2Wisconsin: 8Illinois: 7Kentucky: 12.6Arkansas: 11.4Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 16.2Indiana: 10.1Alaska: 9.5Hawaii: 5.5

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.5 to 6.1 %
  • Group 2: 6.1 to 7.3 %
  • Group 3: 7.3 to 8.4 %
  • Group 4: 8.4 to 10 %
  • Highest: 10 to 16.2 %
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 Virginia16.2
2Kentucky12.6
3Arkansas11.4
4Maine11.2
5Alabama10.3
6Missouri10.2
7Indiana10.1
7Mississippi10.1
9Kansas10
9South Dakota10
11Louisiana9.9
12Ohio9.8
13Oklahoma9.7
14Alaska9.5
14Michigan9.5
16Wyoming9.2
17Iowa9.1
18Nebraska8.7
18North Dakota8.7
20North Carolina8.4
21Nevada8.3
21South Carolina8.3
23Pennsylvania8.2
24Montana8
24Wisconsin8
26New Mexico7.8
27Vermont7.5
28Florida7.4
29Arizona7.3
29Georgia7.3
31Illinois7
31Minnesota7
31Virginia7
34Delaware6.9
35Idaho6.8
35Oregon6.8
37Rhode Island6.7
38Texas6.4
39New York6.3
40Colorado6.1
41New Hampshire6
42Connecticut5.8
42Massachusetts5.8
44Hawaii5.5
45New Jersey5.1
45Washington5.1
47Maryland5
48District of Columbia4.5
49California4.3
50Utah3.5

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 smoke every day (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 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-smoke-every-day/

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