US States With the Lowest High Blood Pressure ()
49 US states ranked by high blood pressure (), from lowest to highest. First are Colorado (28), Massachusetts (30.3) and Wyoming (30.5). The middle one of the 49 has 33.2.
What this measures
Adults who have ever been told by a doctor that they have high blood pressure. 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 | Colorado | 28 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 30.3 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 30.5 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 30.5 |
| 5 | Vermont | 30.6 |
| 6 | Utah | 30.8 |
| 7 | Montana | 30.8 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 30.9 |
| 9 | Hawaii | 30.9 |
| 10 | Washington | 30.9 |
| 11 | Idaho | 31 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | 31.2 |
| 13 | California | 31.7 |
| 14 | New York | 31.7 |
| 15 | Maine | 32.5 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 32.5 |
| 17 | Arizona | 32.5 |
| 18 | Florida | 32.5 |
| 19 | Oregon | 32.7 |
| 20 | New Jersey | 32.7 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 32.8 |
| 22 | Illinois | 33 |
| 23 | Rhode Island | 33.2 |
| 24 | North Dakota | 33.2 |
| 25 | Nevada | 33.2 |
| 26 | Texas | 33.4 |
| 27 | New Mexico | 34.1 |
| 28 | South Dakota | 34.1 |
| 29 | Iowa | 34.3 |
| 30 | District of Columbia | 34.4 |
| 31 | Kansas | 34.8 |
| 32 | Alaska | 35.2 |
| 33 | Missouri | 35.7 |
| 34 | Maryland | 35.9 |
| 35 | Virginia | 36 |
| 36 | Delaware | 36.2 |
| 37 | Ohio | 36.4 |
| 38 | Michigan | 36.5 |
| 39 | Georgia | 36.6 |
| 40 | North Carolina | 36.9 |
| 41 | South Carolina | 37.4 |
| 42 | Indiana | 38 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 39 |
| 44 | Tennessee | 40.7 |
| 45 | Arkansas | 42.8 |
| 46 | West Virginia | 43.6 |
| 47 | Louisiana | 44.1 |
| 48 | Alabama | 44.3 |
| 49 | Mississippi | 46.6 |
More on high blood pressure ()
- US States With the Highest High Blood Pressure ()
- High blood pressure () 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.