	2025	2020	Change
Alabama	5.1%	6.4%	-1.3
Alaska	7.2%	10.8%	-3.6
Arizona	5.9%	6.9%	-1.0
Arkansas	5.2%	9.1%	-3.9
California	5.3%*	6.3%	-1.0
Colorado	6.3%	8.4%	-2.0
Connecticut	5.8%	6.2%	-0.4
Delaware	6.1%	6.9%	-0.8
District of Columbia	7.3%	8.7%	-1.4
Florida	6.3%	7.6%	-1.2
Georgia	5.5%	6.5%	-1.0
Hawaii	6.6%	8.3%	-1.7
Idaho	6.1%	7.9%	-1.8
Illinois	5.8%	7.0%	-1.2
Indiana	5.6%	7.3%	-1.7
Iowa	7.6%	9.4%	-1.8
Kansas	5.6%	7.5%	-1.9
Kentucky	4.6%	7.2%	-2.6
Louisiana	6.7%	8.6%	-1.9
Maine	6.7%	9.0%	-2.3
Maryland	4.7%	5.3%	-0.5
Massachusetts	4.9%	7.2%	-2.2
Michigan	4.9%	7.5%	-2.5
Minnesota	5.6%	7.8%	-2.2
Mississippi	7.2%*	7.1%	+0.1
Missouri	6.9%	8.0%	-1.1
Montana	9.0%	10.7%	-1.7
Nebraska	6.3%	8.4%	-2.1
Nevada	8.0%*	7.9%	+0.2
New Hampshire	8.0%	8.8%	-0.8
New Jersey	3.8%	7.3%	-3.5
New Mexico	7.0%	7.9%	-1.0
New York	4.6%	7.0%	-2.4
North Carolina	4.8%	6.2%	-1.4
North Dakota	6.4%	9.2%	-2.8
Ohio	6.1%	6.9%	-0.8
Oklahoma	4.1%	5.4%	-1.3
Oregon	6.7%	8.7%	-2.1
Pennsylvania	5.5%	8.8%	-3.3
Puerto Rico	5.0%	5.0%	-0.0
Rhode Island	6.3%	6.8%	-0.5
South Carolina	8.2%	8.5%	-0.3
South Dakota	8.4%	7.0%	+1.5
Tennessee	4.9%	6.2%	-1.3
Texas	5.6%	6.9%	-1.3
Utah	3.8%	4.9%	-1.1
Vermont	8.5%	11.4%	-3.0
Virginia	5.8%	6.2%	-0.4
Washington	5.0%	7.4%	-2.4
West Virginia	5.7%	5.2%	+0.6
Wisconsin	7.3%	11.3%	-4.0
Wyoming	7.0%	7.2%	-0.2
MEDIAN	6.1%	7.4%	-1.3
* 2024
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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