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States with the Most Adult Smokers

#1 = most smokers

Source
CDC BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011-present)
Period
2024
Last updated
CDC · 2024
Map of all 50 U.S. states ranked: States with the Most Adult Smokers
States with the Most Adult Smokers (2024)

Full ranking — all 50 states

Sort by rank, state, or value. Ranks are ordinal (1 = highest by this metric). Ties are broken alphabetically by state name.

All 50 U.S. states ranked. Sortable by rank, state, or value.
1stWest Virginia20.78%
2ndKentucky17.18%
3rdTennessee17%
4thArkansas16.47%
5thLouisiana15.03%
6thAlaska14.7%
7thMissouri14.69%
8thMaine14.37%
9thOhio14.13%
10thOklahoma14.05%
11thAlabama14.01%
12thIndiana13.92%
13thMississippi13.82%
14thKansas13.73%
15thSouth Dakota13.48%
16thMichigan13.43%
17thIowa12.88%
18thWyoming12.69%
19thSouth Carolina12.58%
20thNorth Dakota12.35%
21stMontana12.24%
22ndNebraska12.22%
23rdNew Mexico11.98%
24thWisconsin11.93%
25thNevada11.86%
26thPennsylvania11.7%
27thNorth Carolina11.54%
28thGeorgia11.24%
29thVirginia11.06%
30thFlorida10.64%
31stOregon10.6%
32ndVermont10.54%
33rdIllinois10.53%
34thMinnesota10.21%
35thArizona10.15%
36thDelaware10.06%
37thTexas10%
38thNew York9.93%
39thRhode Island9.9%
40thColorado9.71%
41stIdaho9.57%
42ndNew Hampshire9.13%
43rdConnecticut9.04%
44thMassachusetts8.78%
45thNew Jersey8.6%
46thHawaii8.09%
47thWashington7.92%
48thMaryland7.77%
49thCalifornia7.61%
50thUtah5.72%

Per-row source notes (including any single-year exceptions) are shown on wider screens.

Methodology

This map ranks all 50 states by the share of adults who currently smoke cigarettes, from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) — the state-representative survey of U.S. adults. "Current smoker" follows the standard BRFSS definition: adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days.

Adult smoking has fallen sharply nationwide over recent decades, but the decline is uneven — rates remain highest across parts of Appalachia and the South and lowest in states like Utah. #1 is the highest smoking rate. We use the latest available year per state and disclose any state using a prior year on the page (Tennessee uses its 2023 value).

The percentages are CDC's published estimates; the ranking, wording, and presentation are ours.

Note: CDC BRFSS, current cigarette smokers, 2024 (state value is 2023, latest available)

Ranks are ordinal (1 = highest by this metric). Ties are broken alphabetically by state name.

Source & data

Source: CDC BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011-present)

License: Public domain (U.S. Government work)

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Reviewed by MAP SO HARD editorial

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