Distribution of Body Mass Index Among Adults
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2024
Location Underweight (BMI 12.0-18.4) Normal Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) Obese (BMI 30-39.9) Severely Obese (BMI of 40 or Higher)
United States 0.0209 0.3014 0.3468 0.2739 0.0570 Alabama 0.0182 0.2560 0.3366 0.3199 0.0693 Alaska 0.0185 0.2994 0.3423 0.2738 0.0659 Arizona 0.0223 0.3029 0.3418 0.2746 0.0583 Arkansas 0.0193 0.2504 0.3412 0.3098 0.0793 California 0.0255 0.3295 0.3544 0.2483 0.0423 Colorado 0.0259 0.3559 0.3687 0.2141 0.0354 Connecticut 0.0184 0.3029 0.3591 0.2681 0.0515 Delaware 0.0170 0.2812 0.3355 0.2963 0.0701 District of Columbia 0.0276 0.3962 0.3215 0.2106 0.0441 Florida 0.0206 0.3259 0.3593 0.2453 0.0489 Georgia 0.0189 0.2852 0.3422 0.2910 0.0627 Hawaii 0.0273 0.3718 0.3313 0.2225 0.0470 Idaho 0.0185 0.3074 0.3471 0.2687 0.0583 Illinois 0.0221 0.2922 0.3442 0.2845 0.0570 Indiana 0.0186 0.2692 0.3279 0.3040 0.0803 Iowa 0.0147 0.2652 0.3537 0.2932 0.0732 Kansas 0.0239 0.2688 0.3317 0.3066 0.0690 Kentucky 0.0219 0.2700 0.3367 0.3066 0.0649 Louisiana 0.0208 0.2587 0.3283 0.3179 0.0743 Maine 0.0203 0.3062 0.3412 0.2763 0.0559 Maryland 0.0167 0.2941 0.3627 0.2719 0.0547 Massachusetts 0.0211 0.3516 0.3570 0.2339 0.0363 Michigan 0.0203 0.2922 0.3260 0.2938 0.0676 Minnesota 0.0156 0.3062 0.3549 0.2657 0.0577 Mississippi 0.0222 0.2483 0.3256 0.3098 0.0941 Missouri 0.0176 0.2958 0.3406 0.2839 0.0621 Montana 0.0166 0.3310 0.3428 0.2655 0.0441 Nebraska 0.0150 0.2699 0.3385 0.3095 0.0670 Nevada 0.0157 0.3011 0.3407 0.2920 0.0505 New Hampshire 0.0152 0.3020 0.3723 0.2690 0.0415 New Jersey 0.0242 0.3283 0.3713 0.2338 0.0424 New Mexico 0.0240 0.2647 0.3660 0.2982 0.0471 New York 0.0217 0.3317 0.3515 0.2482 0.0469 North Carolina 0.0118 0.2958 0.3476 0.2881 0.0567 North Dakota 0.0203 0.2674 0.3439 0.3049 0.0635 Ohio 0.0230 0.2769 0.3311 0.2915 0.0774 Oklahoma 0.0242 0.2682 0.3398 0.2973 0.0705 Oregon 0.0181 0.3015 0.3450 0.2702 0.0652 Pennsylvania 0.0212 0.2895 0.3474 0.2890 0.0529 Rhode Island 0.0165 0.3105 0.3623 0.2606 0.0501 South Carolina 0.0189 0.2902 0.3451 0.2852 0.0607 South Dakota 0.0175 0.2946 0.3181 0.2954 0.0744 Tennessee N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Texas 0.0223 0.2790 0.3428 0.2929 0.0630 Utah 0.0196 0.3314 0.3388 0.2611 0.0492 Vermont 0.0200 0.3445 0.3456 0.2394 0.0505 Virginia 0.0222 0.3013 0.3534 0.2657 0.0574 Washington 0.0191 0.3209 0.3454 0.2613 0.0533 West Virginia 0.0130 0.2472 0.3257 0.3212 0.0930 Wisconsin 0.0154 0.2898 0.3209 0.2987 0.0752 Wyoming 0.0235 0.2949 0.3568 0.2643 0.0606 Guam NSD 0.2852 0.2935 0.3670 0.0347 Puerto Rico 0.0210 0.2547 0.3627 0.3008 0.0608 U.S. Virgin Islands NSD 0.2790 0.3154 0.2822 0.0949
2023
Location Underweight (BMI 12.0-18.4) Normal Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) Obese (BMI 30-39.9) Severely Obese (BMI of 40 or Higher)
United States 0.019646 0.305064 0.34735 0.271109 0.05683 Alabama 0.02027 0.260096 0.327248 0.322486 0.0699 Alaska 0.017307 0.298538 0.332533 0.298233 0.05339 Arizona 0.021655 0.314651 0.345011 0.265127 0.053556 Arkansas 0.020642 0.260832 0.318238 0.320266 0.080021 California 0.022437 0.337392 0.363587 0.235715 0.040868 Colorado 0.026851 0.374875 0.349765 0.217607 0.030902 Connecticut 0.015237 0.326361 0.36464 0.248848 0.044914 Delaware 0.015525 0.270939 0.356246 0.296429 0.06086 District of Columbia 0.024277 0.40516 0.335425 0.192539 0.042599 Florida 0.015726 0.327563 0.356099 0.255699 0.044914 Georgia 0.015724 0.297622 0.336692 0.285328 0.064633 Hawaii 0.02759 0.367115 0.344013 0.223388 0.037894 Idaho 0.018663 0.314439 0.357286 0.257323 0.052289 Illinois 0.016994 0.273074 0.350319 0.294948 0.064665 Indiana 0.018765 0.269614 0.3334 0.308262 0.069959 Iowa 0.014028 0.264606 0.34355 0.308459 0.069357 Kansas 0.021037 0.286479 0.333319 0.292768 0.066397 Kentucky N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Louisiana 0.016941 0.26291 0.321258 0.310015 0.088876 Maine 0.02119 0.299686 0.352746 0.271306 0.055072 Maryland 0.01546 0.297015 0.347372 0.283736 0.056416 Massachusetts 0.023744 0.350374 0.351972 0.228502 0.045408 Michigan 0.02087 0.291608 0.333634 0.283317 0.07057 Minnesota 0.018758 0.306532 0.342202 0.276372 0.056136 Mississippi 0.016335 0.266954 0.316205 0.321723 0.078782 Missouri 0.020515 0.283492 0.343201 0.287394 0.065398 Montana 0.016962 0.326184 0.352462 0.258777 0.045615 Nebraska 0.017233 0.268693 0.348294 0.302361 0.063419 Nevada 0.021235 0.314768 0.356262 0.256856 0.050879 New Hampshire 0.009856 0.305879 0.356334 0.27576 0.052171 New Jersey 0.022932 0.328732 0.359356 0.247533 0.041447 New Mexico 0.019508 0.288339 0.338768 0.293228 0.060158 New York 0.025594 0.333204 0.361097 0.237055 0.04305 North Carolina 0.018333 0.292248 0.349463 0.275937 0.064019 North Dakota 0.018627 0.268254 0.357607 0.295992 0.059521 Ohio 0.016169 0.287692 0.332162 0.293334 0.070643 Oklahoma 0.020411 0.273607 0.318737 0.306389 0.080855 Oregon 0.024443 0.30555 0.33373 0.274096 0.062182 Pennsylvania N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Rhode Island 0.025274 0.311272 0.347781 0.26857 0.047102 South Carolina 0.021093 0.28085 0.338462 0.290697 0.068897 South Dakota 0.013562 0.283563 0.342524 0.281129 0.079221 Tennessee 0.014868 0.277952 0.331274 0.310044 0.065862 Texas 0.018346 0.287758 0.349513 0.279997 0.064387 Utah 0.025991 0.329112 0.343299 0.256696 0.044902 Vermont 0.016149 0.348554 0.347784 0.2352 0.052313 Virginia 0.016755 0.297375 0.343164 0.282704 0.060001 Washington 0.018295 0.323479 0.352133 0.253301 0.052792 West Virginia 0.021224 0.247023 0.320183 0.319218 0.092352 Wisconsin 0.015437 0.283898 0.341336 0.295921 0.063408 Wyoming 0.026092 0.283334 0.357342 0.282835 0.050397 Guam 0.020065 0.276967 0.348955 0.288961 0.065052 Puerto Rico 0.028264 0.26137 0.350714 0.304008 0.055645 U.S. Virgin Islands 0.022512 0.274123 0.38242 0.262457 0.058488
2022
Location Underweight (BMI 12.0-18.4) Normal Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) Obese (BMI 30-39.9) Severely Obese (BMI of 40 or Higher)
United States 0.017808 0.301153 0.353015 0.273329 0.054696 Alabama 0.015926 0.239478 0.345848 0.330984 0.067764 Alaska 0.013641 0.292475 0.378365 0.261456 0.054062 Arizona 0.020964 0.310274 0.347199 0.267359 0.054204 Arkansas 0.021137 0.25713 0.353 0.303883 0.06485 California 0.025854 0.342899 0.357415 0.235114 0.038718 Colorado 0.018517 0.368306 0.359835 0.219041 0.034301 Connecticut 0.01729 0.313081 0.379878 0.248492 0.041258 Delaware 0.013047 0.261993 0.353913 0.310656 0.06039 District of Columbia 0.020878 0.412467 0.324048 0.195864 0.046743 Florida 0.018241 0.332067 0.362125 0.24435 0.043217 Georgia 0.020245 0.285708 0.344612 0.292623 0.056812 Hawaii 0.028169 0.378994 0.339202 0.217078 0.036557 Idaho 0.01739 0.292282 0.358753 0.276094 0.055481 Illinois 0.014109 0.293038 0.352069 0.285148 0.055635 Indiana 0.015143 0.259336 0.347771 0.30118 0.07657 Iowa 0.014371 0.25953 0.350524 0.307457 0.068118 Kansas 0.014363 0.281315 0.345931 0.29196 0.066431 Kentucky 0.017537 0.263539 0.345192 0.29225 0.081481 Louisiana 0.015535 0.259707 0.33546 0.311005 0.078293 Maine 0.014646 0.31729 0.349144 0.26738 0.05154 Maryland 0.012708 0.299916 0.362389 0.26945 0.055537 Massachusetts 0.019634 0.347147 0.355858 0.238917 0.038444 Michigan 0.017242 0.297352 0.340681 0.289113 0.055612 Minnesota 0.0141 0.28479 0.362335 0.285219 0.053556 Mississippi 0.01249 0.250569 0.334807 0.318829 0.083304 Missouri 0.013899 0.280114 0.34508 0.290682 0.070225 Montana 0.018015 0.314679 0.368874 0.252138 0.046294 Nebraska 0.011644 0.268273 0.3572 0.298737 0.064147 Nevada 0.016739 0.313813 0.345493 0.269227 0.054728 New Hampshire 0.017035 0.310475 0.37377 0.248921 0.0498 New Jersey 0.014153 0.32372 0.371619 0.254216 0.036292 New Mexico 0.022888 0.302863 0.362421 0.259463 0.052363 New York 0.020141 0.330298 0.350622 0.255881 0.043058 North Carolina 0.017105 0.286071 0.361255 0.274127 0.061442 North Dakota 0.01216 0.259436 0.368165 0.302926 0.057314 Ohio 0.016601 0.260589 0.33985 0.306056 0.076904 Oklahoma 0.017461 0.248213 0.332372 0.331416 0.070538 Oregon 0.015232 0.309774 0.362651 0.25402 0.058323 Pennsylvania 0.0114 0.310197 0.349595 0.279622 0.049187 Rhode Island 0.01699 0.302058 0.381551 0.261801 0.0376 South Carolina 0.016914 0.272408 0.369438 0.279533 0.061707 South Dakota 0.008411 0.265701 0.36689 0.302474 0.056524 Tennessee 0.01484 0.272821 0.339434 0.300626 0.072279 Texas 0.018159 0.281047 0.349606 0.287534 0.063654 Utah 0.016835 0.311295 0.357393 0.264174 0.050303 Vermont 0.015821 0.366597 0.356672 0.218478 0.042431 Virginia 0.017544 0.298131 0.340644 0.291839 0.051842 Washington 0.015163 0.316849 0.357427 0.259959 0.050602 West Virginia 0.018547 0.231622 0.342651 0.321204 0.085976 Wisconsin 0.014305 0.265504 0.347861 0.305961 0.06637 Wyoming 0.01565 0.282029 0.367497 0.282597 0.052227
2021
Location Underweight (BMI 12.0-18.4) Normal Weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) Overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9) Obese (BMI 30-39.9) Severely Obese (BMI of 40 or Higher)
United States 0.016234 0.301186 0.355048 0.272165 0.055366 Alabama 0.016501 0.260771 0.333158 0.320074 0.069497 Alaska 0.011293 0.300453 0.349948 0.280424 0.057883 Arizona 0.017969 0.304457 0.365948 0.267318 0.044309 Arkansas 0.019699 0.271246 0.327077 0.316748 0.065231 California 0.018883 0.331571 0.36641 0.243052 0.040083 Colorado 0.019701 0.360783 0.36663 0.217902 0.034984 Connecticut 0.018301 0.316689 0.368084 0.250918 0.046009 Delaware 0.013151 0.278127 0.356957 0.289806 0.06196 District of Columbia 0.016498 0.420135 0.32179 0.197013 0.044563 Florida N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Georgia 0.018035 0.293966 0.354701 0.275036 0.058261 Hawaii 0.0209 0.381861 0.351439 0.21345 0.032351 Idaho 0.014968 0.303283 0.3591 0.268257 0.054392 Illinois 0.015413 0.308981 0.358111 0.256219 0.061275 Indiana 0.015931 0.275287 0.342034 0.297969 0.068778 Iowa 0.014576 0.265602 0.354093 0.302217 0.063513 Kansas 0.012499 0.268408 0.353612 0.297369 0.068112 Kentucky 0.018644 0.248086 0.341523 0.303812 0.087935 Louisiana 0.016504 0.268022 0.336877 0.310453 0.068143 Maine 0.016775 0.325443 0.345333 0.260124 0.052324 Maryland 0.01335 0.291578 0.355962 0.286944 0.052166 Massachusetts 0.016633 0.356997 0.352272 0.233133 0.040965 Michigan 0.016987 0.285162 0.3491 0.285346 0.063405 Minnesota 0.014191 0.297279 0.361689 0.276406 0.050435 Mississippi 0.016988 0.243 0.343665 0.313034 0.083312 Missouri 0.013961 0.293596 0.329639 0.29143 0.071374 Montana 0.014893 0.307641 0.367486 0.261184 0.048797 Nebraska 0.014354 0.264269 0.357175 0.302358 0.061844 Nevada 0.018574 0.305636 0.373918 0.248976 0.052896 New Hampshire 0.015174 0.317283 0.362955 0.261495 0.043093 New Jersey 0.015318 0.311532 0.38747 0.24849 0.037189 New Mexico 0.019046 0.28571 0.362303 0.281864 0.051077 New York 0.018953 0.323938 0.358675 0.251293 0.047142 North Carolina 0.012721 0.296308 0.340433 0.292589 0.057949 North Dakota 0.013884 0.266602 0.359789 0.303372 0.056353 Ohio 0.011979 0.265879 0.340532 0.304498 0.077112 Oklahoma 0.020106 0.261225 0.331448 0.314583 0.072639 Oregon 0.019583 0.324843 0.349871 0.25219 0.053513 Pennsylvania 0.01168 0.310592 0.345547 0.277453 0.054728 Rhode Island 0.014862 0.308418 0.381237 0.249579 0.045904 South Carolina 0.014579 0.2749 0.35988 0.296235 0.054406 South Dakota 0.011038 0.262198 0.347789 0.311738 0.067237 Tennessee 0.01954 0.257528 0.37272 0.273597 0.076614 Texas 0.015357 0.28652 0.35081 0.286876 0.060437 Utah 0.015365 0.317052 0.35281 0.261134 0.053639 Vermont 0.015189 0.36123 0.33885 0.234734 0.049997 Virginia 0.014603 0.290577 0.362345 0.277256 0.055219 Washington 0.013716 0.333382 0.362321 0.244917 0.045664 West Virginia 0.013719 0.240458 0.336856 0.32687 0.082097 Wisconsin 0.015992 0.296403 0.35442 0.283621 0.049564 Wyoming 0.015641 0.293422 0.377105 0.272849 0.040982
Notes
An adult who has a BMI of 40 or higher is considered severely 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 2021-2024 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. US Virgin Islands is only included in BRFSS in 2023 and 2024. Florida was unable to collect BRFSS data over enough months to meet the minimum requirements for inclusion in 2021, and Kentucky and Pennsylvania did not meet minimum requirements for inclusion in 2023. Tennessee was unable to collect enough data to meet the minimum requirements for inclusion in 2024.