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United States of Obesity: Fattest States Ranking - 2011

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This map shows United States of obesity: 2011 Fattest States Ranking. The rankings use a three-year average in order to smooth out statistical fluctuations.

For 2011 Mississippi has claimed the title of fattest state for the sixth consecutive year, while Colorado continues its streak as the leanest. Maine rose the most places in the rankings over last year, while Oregon dropped the most, according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc.

Note: Rankings were computed by CalorieLab based on a three-year average of state-by-state statistics for adult obesity percentages from the CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database. Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30.0 or over, overweight as a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9.

Last updated: 13 years ago

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State	2011 Rank	2010 Rank	Ranking Change 2010 – 2011	3-year Obesity Average	% Obesity Change 2009-2010	% Obese 2009	% Obese 2010	% Obese or Overweight 2009	% Obese or Overweight 2010
Mississippi	1	1	0	34.4	0.6	35.3	34.5	70.2	68.8
Alabama	2	2	0	32.3	0.7	31.6	33	68.1	70
West Virginia	3	4	1	32.2	0.9	31.7	32.9	67.5	67.9
Tennessee	4	2	-2	31.9	0.3	32.8	31.7	68.9	67.8
Kentucky	5	7	2	31.5	1	32.3	31.8	66.9	67.5
Louisiana	5	5	0	31.5	0.3	33.9	31.7	67.6	66.4
Oklahoma	7	6	-1	31.4	0.8	32	31.3	67.4	67.3
South Carolina	8	9	1	30.9	1	30	32	65.7	67.4
Arkansas	9	8	-1	30.6	0.5	31.4	30.9	66.5	67.2
Michigan	10	11	1	30.5	1.2	30.3	31.7	65.5	66.8
Missouri	11	11	0	30.3	1.1	30.5	31.4	65.5	65.8
Texas	12	13	1	30	1	29.5	31.7	66.7	66.5
Ohio	13	13	0	29.6	0.5	29.7	29.7	66.6	65.7
North Carolina	14	10	-4	29.4	0	30.1	28.6	65.3	65.3
Indiana	15	17	2	29	0.9	29.9	30.2	65	66.4
Kansas	15	16	1	29	0.8	28.7	30.1	64.5	64.5
South Dakota	17	15	-2	28.7	0.2	30.2	27.7	67	65.7
Georgia	18	17	-1	28.6	0.6	27.7	30.4	65.3	65.7
Pennsylvania	19	17	-2	28.5	0.5	28	29.2	63.9	65.8
Iowa	20	22	2	28.1	0.5	28.4	29.1	67.1	66.2
Delaware	21	20	-1	28	0.2	27.5	28.7	63.6	64
North Dakota	21	21	0	28	0.3	28.3	27.9	66	64.7
Illinois	23	26	3	27.6	1	27.3	28.7	64.3	63.2
Nebraska	23	23	0	27.6	0.3	28	27.5	64.7	64.9
Wisconsin	25	24	-1	27.4	0.5	29.2	26.9	65.6	63.6
Maryland	26	26	0	27.1	0.5	26.7	27.9	62.8	66.1
Maine	27	29	2	26.6	0.7	26.4	27.4	64.1	63.7
Washington	28	28	0	26.4	0.1	26.9	26.2	62.4	61.8
Florida	29	36	7	26.1	1	25.9	27.2	62.4	65
Alaska	30	24	-6	25.9	-1	25.4	25.2	63.2	65.9
Virginia	30	31	1	25.9	0.4	25.5	26.4	60.5	61.2
Idaho	32	36	4	25.7	0.6	25.1	26.9	61.3	62.9
New Hampshire	33	34	1	25.6	0.1	26.3	25.5	62.8	63.1
New Mexico	33	34	1	25.6	0.2	25.5	25.6	61.7	60.7
Arizona	35	30	-5	25.4	-0.4	25.8	24.7	64.1	65.4
Oregon	35	38	3	25.4	0.4	23.6	27.6	60.6	60.9
Wyoming	35	38	3	25.4	0.4	25.3	25.7	62.1	63.8
Minnesota	38	31	-7	25.3	-0.2	25.3	25.4	63.1	63.1
Nevada	39	31	-8	25	-0.5	26.4	23.1	63	60.2
California	40	41	1	24.8	0.5	25.5	24.7	61.2	61.6
New York	41	38	-3	24.7	-0.3	24.5	24.5	60	61.4
Rhode Island	42	45	3	24.3	1.4	24.9	26	61.5	63.5
New Jersey	43	42	-1	24.1	0.2	23.9	24.8	61.8	61.6
Montana	44	43	-1	23.8	0.3	23.7	23.5	62	61.3
Vermont	45	46	1	23.5	0.7	23.3	23.9	58.1	58.5
Utah	46	44	-2	23.4	0.2	24	23	57.9	57.7
Hawaii	47	47	0	23	0.5	22.9	23.1	57.8	57.2
Massachusetts	48	48	0	22.3	0.6	21.8	23.6	57.4	60.1
Connecticut	49	50	1	21.8	0.4	21	23	58.9	60.5
District of Columbia	50	49	-1	21.7	0.2	20.1	22.7	51.7	57.5
Colorado	51	51	0	19.8	0.7	18.9	21.4	55.6	57.6

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