US States With the Highest Arthritis (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

46 US states ranked by arthritis (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), from highest to lowest. First are West Virginia (37.5), Tennessee (33.4) and Mississippi (31). The middle one of the 46 has 26.

What this measures

Adults who have ever been told they have arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus or fibromyalgia. Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	West Virginia	37.5
2	Tennessee	33.4
3	Mississippi	31
4	Louisiana	30.3
5	Arkansas	30.3
6	Alabama	29.8
7	Maine	29.6
8	Oklahoma	29.3
9	Ohio	29.1
10	Indiana	29
11	Missouri	28.8
12	Michigan	28.7
13	South Carolina	27.9
14	Montana	27.4
15	Virginia	27.4
16	Delaware	26.6
17	Idaho	26.5
18	Iowa	26.5
19	Oregon	26.5
20	North Dakota	26.4
21	North Carolina	26.3
22	New Hampshire	26.1
23	Kansas	26
24	Wyoming	25.8
25	Vermont	25.6
26	Wisconsin	25.4
27	Massachusetts	25.2
28	Rhode Island	25.2
29	Utah	25.1
30	Alaska	25.1
31	Georgia	24.7
32	Arizona	24.5
33	Illinois	24
34	Maryland	23.9
35	Washington	23.9
36	Nebraska	23.7
37	Colorado	23
38	Florida	22.9
39	New York	22.6
40	Hawaii	22.5
41	Connecticut	22.3
42	Texas	22.2
43	Minnesota	21.6
44	California	21.4
45	New Jersey	20.8
46	District of Columbia	20

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A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.