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

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

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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.