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

49 US states ranked by high cholesterol (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), from lowest to highest. First are Montana (29.4), Vermont (29.8) and Minnesota (30.7). The middle one of the 49 has 34.6.

What this measures

Adults who have ever been told that their blood cholesterol is high. 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	Montana	29.4
2	Vermont	29.8
3	Minnesota	30.7
4	Wyoming	31
5	Oregon	31.4
6	Utah	31.6
7	Colorado	31.7
8	Rhode Island	31.8
9	New Hampshire	31.9
10	Wisconsin	32.1
11	Nebraska	32.1
12	Idaho	32.5
13	Maine	32.5
14	Alaska	32.7
15	South Dakota	32.9
16	Michigan	33.1
17	North Dakota	33.2
18	New Mexico	33.6
19	Iowa	33.6
20	Massachusetts	33.8
21	Hawaii	33.8
22	Illinois	34.1
23	Ohio	34.2
24	Washington	34.4
25	North Carolina	34.6
26	District of Columbia	34.9
27	Georgia	34.9
28	Missouri	35
29	Florida	35.1
30	South Carolina	35.4
31	Connecticut	35.6
32	Texas	35.9
33	Kansas	36.1
34	Arizona	36.3
35	Oklahoma	36.5
36	Louisiana	36.6
37	New York	36.7
38	California	36.8
39	Indiana	36.9
40	Mississippi	37
41	Virginia	37.2
42	Arkansas	37.4
43	Maryland	37.5
44	New Jersey	37.7
45	Nevada	37.8
46	Tennessee	38.5
47	Alabama	39
48	Delaware	39.8
49	West Virginia	40.3

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