Adults Who Are Obese by Sex
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2025
Location All Adults Male Female
United States 0.33453 0.32652 0.34276 Alabama 0.39709 0.36229 0.43061 Alaska 0.33033 0.31967 0.34287 Arizona 0.32274 0.32717 0.31805 Arkansas 0.36728 0.35586 0.37897 California N/A N/A N/A Colorado 0.25660 0.25325 0.26029 Connecticut 0.30385 0.29913 0.30875 Delaware 0.36312 0.34192 0.38373 District of Columbia 0.24164 0.20114 0.27836 Florida 0.29983 0.29938 0.30027 Georgia 0.35916 0.32705 0.39100 Hawaii 0.26368 0.28198 0.24449 Idaho 0.32566 0.36735 0.27992 Illinois 0.33659 0.32784 0.34547 Indiana 0.37472 0.37511 0.37430 Iowa 0.36921 0.37849 0.35928 Kansas 0.37300 0.35557 0.39162 Kentucky 0.38849 0.37908 0.39839 Louisiana 0.35598 0.33292 0.37835 Maine 0.32966 0.32604 0.33331 Maryland 0.33093 0.30674 0.35489 Massachusetts 0.27042 0.27696 0.26372 Michigan 0.35094 0.33000 0.37250 Minnesota 0.33069 0.33028 0.33114 Mississippi N/A N/A N/A Missouri 0.36621 0.35186 0.38079 Montana 0.30255 0.30000 0.30536 Nebraska 0.35953 0.37079 0.34742 Nevada N/A N/A N/A New Hampshire 0.31601 0.33402 0.29679 New Jersey 0.27029 0.26419 0.27656 New Mexico 0.35257 0.33483 0.37127 New York 0.28542 0.27501 0.29592 North Carolina 0.33492 0.30214 0.36768 North Dakota 0.39061 0.40331 0.37594 Ohio 0.35995 0.34394 0.37609 Oklahoma 0.38078 0.37076 0.39099 Oregon 0.32728 0.31944 0.33567 Pennsylvania 0.33516 0.35442 0.31533 Rhode Island 0.31278 0.33255 0.29233 South Carolina 0.36499 0.34011 0.38967 South Dakota 0.34338 0.34275 0.34406 Tennessee 0.37871 0.36268 0.39491 Texas 0.36123 0.35372 0.36922 Utah 0.29763 0.30702 0.28746 Vermont 0.29061 0.28991 0.29133 Virginia 0.34201 0.32680 0.35713 Washington 0.31015 0.31302 0.30702 West Virginia 0.37428 0.37296 0.37563 Wisconsin 0.36571 0.36689 0.36447 Wyoming 0.32642 0.33114 0.32124 Guam 0.39599 0.40813 0.38368 Puerto Rico 0.35915 0.34569 0.37122 U.S. Virgin Islands N/A N/A N/A
2024
Location All Adults Male Female
United States 0.3307 0.3220 0.3398 Alabama 0.3892 0.3645 0.4126 Alaska 0.3398 0.3366 0.3436 Arizona 0.3330 0.3327 0.3334 Arkansas 0.3891 0.3868 0.3914 California 0.2906 0.2895 0.2917 Colorado 0.2496 0.2395 0.2607 Connecticut 0.3200 0.3086 0.3320 Delaware 0.3664 0.3469 0.3853 District of Columbia 0.2547 0.2089 0.2958 Florida 0.2965 0.2998 0.2931 Georgia 0.3537 0.3284 0.3791 Hawaii 0.2696 0.2895 0.2489 Idaho 0.3270 0.3471 0.3049 Illinois 0.3417 0.3206 0.3629 Indiana 0.3843 0.3636 0.4059 Iowa 0.3664 0.3596 0.3736 Kansas 0.3756 0.3657 0.3864 Kentucky 0.3716 0.3486 0.3952 Louisiana 0.3922 0.3790 0.4052 Maine 0.3322 0.3315 0.3329 Maryland 0.3266 0.3061 0.3471 Massachusetts 0.2703 0.2762 0.2641 Michigan 0.3615 0.3388 0.3853 Minnesota 0.3233 0.3143 0.3330 Mississippi 0.4039 0.3800 0.4269 Missouri 0.3461 0.3514 0.3408 Montana 0.3096 0.3155 0.3031 Nebraska 0.3765 0.3785 0.3743 Nevada 0.3425 0.3368 0.3485 New Hampshire 0.3106 0.3174 0.3033 New Jersey 0.2765 0.2701 0.2831 New Mexico 0.3453 0.3306 0.3605 New York 0.2953 0.2912 0.2995 North Carolina 0.3448 0.3247 0.3650 North Dakota 0.3684 0.3779 0.3573 Ohio 0.3690 0.3512 0.3872 Oklahoma 0.3678 0.3532 0.3828 Oregon 0.3355 0.3282 0.3432 Pennsylvania 0.3419 0.3330 0.3509 Rhode Island 0.3108 0.2926 0.3295 South Carolina 0.3460 0.3247 0.3672 South Dakota 0.3699 0.3676 0.3724 Tennessee N/A N/A N/A Texas 0.3561 0.3463 0.3665 Utah 0.3103 0.3151 0.3049 Vermont 0.2899 0.2768 0.3037 Virginia 0.3231 0.3136 0.3330 Washington 0.3146 0.3161 0.3130 West Virginia 0.4142 0.4032 0.4254 Wisconsin 0.3739 0.3686 0.3797 Wyoming 0.3248 0.3175 0.3329 Guam 0.4017 0.3745 0.4312 Puerto Rico 0.3616 0.3685 0.3554 U.S. Virgin Islands 0.3771 0.3506 0.4067
Notes
Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html .
Sources
KFF analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2024-2025 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Definitions
NSD : Estimates are not provided if the relative standard error exceeds 30% or if the denominator is based on fewer than 50 respondents in the unweighted sample.
N/A : Data not available. California, Mississippi, and Nevada were unable to collect enough data to meet the minimum requirements in 2025.
N/A : Data not available. Tennessee was unable to collect enough data to meet the minimum requirements for inclusion in 2024.
