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States with the Most Diabetes

#1 = most diabetes

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 Diabetes
States with the Most Diabetes (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 Virginia18.36%
2ndKentucky16.2%
3rdLouisiana15.41%
4thArkansas15.34%
5thMississippi15.21%
6thAlabama15.06%
7thTennessee14.5%
8thIndiana14.25%
9thSouth Carolina13.9%
10thMichigan13.62%
11thNevada13.58%
12thTexas13.54%
13thPennsylvania13.32%
14thDelaware13.25%
15thOklahoma13.24%
16thNorth Carolina13.18%
17thOhio13.11%
18thVirginia12.88%
19thGeorgia12.84%
20thIllinois12.8%
21stCalifornia12.56%
22ndKansas12.51%
23rdMaryland12.44%
24thNew York12.3%
25thNew Mexico12.28%
26thOregon12.04%
27thFlorida11.94%
28thWisconsin11.93%
29thSouth Dakota11.84%
30thConnecticut11.67%
31stRhode Island11.55%
32ndArizona11.54%
33rdHawaii11.54%
34thMaine11.47%
35thIowa11.4%
36thMissouri11.23%
37thNew Jersey10.76%
38thNorth Dakota10.63%
39thNebraska10.5%
40thNew Hampshire10.1%
41stWyoming10.09%
42ndMinnesota10.08%
43rdWashington9.95%
44thMassachusetts9.57%
45thAlaska9.4%
46thIdaho9.35%
47thVermont8.95%
48thMontana8.71%
49thUtah8.69%
50thColorado8.39%

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 have ever been told by a doctor that they have diabetes, from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - the state-representative survey of U.S. adults. The figure counts diagnosed diabetes (it excludes gestational diabetes and undiagnosed cases), so true prevalence is somewhat higher everywhere.

Diabetes tracks closely with obesity, inactivity, and age, which is why rates run highest across the Appalachian and Southern "diabetes belt" - West Virginia, Kentucky, and the Deep South - and lowest across the Mountain West. #1 is the highest diabetes rate. We use the most recent year available for each state and disclose any state shown with a prior year (Tennessee uses its 2023 value).

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

Note: CDC BRFSS, diagnosed diabetes, 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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