US States With the Lowest Fair or Poor Health

49 US states ranked by fair or poor health, from lowest to highest. First are Vermont (13.6), District of Columbia (14.1) and Connecticut (14.4). The middle one of the 49 has 18.2.

What this measures

Adults who describe their own health as fair or poor, not good, very good or excellent. 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

Rank	State	% of adults
1	Vermont	13.6
2	District of Columbia	14.1
3	Connecticut	14.4
4	New Hampshire	14.4
5	North Dakota	14.7
6	Utah	14.8
7	Colorado	15.2
8	Minnesota	15.5
9	Massachusetts	15.6
10	Idaho	15.8
11	Nebraska	15.9
12	Hawaii	16.1
13	Washington	16.1
14	New York	16.8
15	Maryland	16.9
16	Wisconsin	16.9
17	Kansas	17
18	South Dakota	17.2
19	New Jersey	17.3
20	Iowa	17.4
21	Wyoming	17.5
22	Rhode Island	17.7
23	Virginia	17.8
24	Montana	18
25	Florida	18.2
26	Illinois	18.3
27	Georgia	18.6
28	Oregon	18.6
29	Maine	18.6
30	Alaska	19
31	Delaware	19
32	Michigan	19.1
33	Arizona	19.2
34	North Carolina	19.4
35	Ohio	19.5
36	South Carolina	19.7
37	Missouri	19.8
38	Indiana	20.2
39	Oklahoma	20.5
40	Nevada	20.9
41	California	21.1
42	Texas	22.9
43	Tennessee	23
44	Alabama	23.2
45	Louisiana	23.4
46	New Mexico	23.6
47	Mississippi	24.8
48	Arkansas	25.5
49	West Virginia	25.6

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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.