The data is based on an analysis of CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2013-2018 survey results.
Here are the 50 states ranked by adults who report having asthma:
Note: The list includes ties and results in a numerical listing of 32.
1. West Virginia — 12.3 percent
Maine — 12.3 percent
2. Vermont — 12 percent
3. Rhode Island — 11.9 percent
4. New Hampshire — 11.8 percent
5. Oregon — 11.6 percent
6. Kentucky — 11.5 percent
7. Michigan — 11.2 percent
8. Alabama — 10.5 percent
9. Oklahoma — 10.3 percent
Connecticut — 10.3 percent
10. Massachusetts — 10.2 percent
11. New York — 10.1 percent
Delaware — 10.1 percent
12. Pennsylvania — 10 percent
Arizona — 10 percent
Indiana — 10 percent
Montana — 10 percent
13. New Mexico — 9.9 percent
14. Arkansas — 9.8 percent
Kansas — 9.8 percent
Tennessee — 9.8 percent
15. Mississippi — 9.7 percent
16. Washington — 9.6 percent
17. Ohio — 9.5 percent
18. Missouri — 9.4 percent
North Carolina — 9.4 percent
19. Maryland — 9.3 percent
Hawaii — 9.3 percent
Utah — 9.3 percent
20. Alaska — 9.2 percent
21. Colorado — 9.1 percent
22. South Carolina — 9 percent
Wisconsin — 9 percent
23. Georgia — 8.9 percent
Louisiana — 8.9 percent
Nebraska — 8.9 percent
24. Florida — 8.7 percent
Illinois — 8.7 percent
Wyoming — 8.7 percent
25. Idaho — 8.6 percent
26. Virginia — 8.5 percent
California — 8.5 percent
27. New Jersey — 8.4 percent
28. Minnesota — 8.3 percent
29. North Dakota — 8.2 percent
30. Nevada — 8 percent
31. Iowa — 7.9 percent
South Dakota — 7.9 percent
32. Texas — 7.4 percent
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