US States With the Highest Arthritis ()

46 US states ranked by arthritis (), 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: .

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

More on arthritis ()

• US States With the Lowest Arthritis ()
• Arthritis () by US state: map by year and what it goes with

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