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US states by E-cigarette use in adults

Oklahoma had the highest E-cigarette use in adults of 51 states in 2016, at 6.7%. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 2.4%. The median was 4.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest6.7Oklahoma
Lowest2.4District of Columbia
Median4.751 states

Map of states, 2016

Alabama: 5.1 %Alaska: 4.1 %Arizona: 5.3 %Arkansas: 5.8 %California: 3.2 %Colorado: 5.2 %Connecticut: 4.1 %Delaware: 4 %District of Columbia: 2.4 %Florida: 4.7 %Georgia: 4.8 %Hawaii: 4.3 %Idaho: 4.6 %Illinois: 4.3 %Indiana: 4.7 %Iowa: 4.3 %Kansas: 4.9 %Kentucky: 5.6 %Louisiana: 6 %Maine: 3.8 %Maryland: 3.2 %Massachusetts: 4.4 %Michigan: 4.9 %Minnesota: 3.8 %Mississippi: 4.7 %Missouri: 5 %Montana: 4 %Nebraska: 4.9 %Nevada: 6 %New Hampshire: 5.1 %New Jersey: 3.7 %New Mexico: 4.8 %New York: 4.1 %North Carolina: 4.4 %North Dakota: 3.6 %Ohio: 5.7 %Oklahoma: 6.7 %Oregon: 4.4 %Pennsylvania: 4.2 %Rhode Island: 4.5 %South Carolina: 4.8 %South Dakota: 2.9 %Tennessee: 5.7 %Texas: 4.7 %Utah: 5.1 %Vermont: 3.4 %Virginia: 4.9 %Washington: 5.3 %West Virginia: 4.7 %Wisconsin: 5.3 %Wyoming: 5.5 %
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%, 2016. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2016

Oklahoma: 6.7 %Oklahoma6.7Louisiana: 6 %Louisiana6Nevada: 6 %Nevada6Arkansas: 5.8 %Arkansas5.8Ohio: 5.7 %Ohio5.7Tennessee: 5.7 %Tennessee5.7Kentucky: 5.6 %Kentucky5.6Wyoming: 5.5 %Wyoming5.5Arizona: 5.3 %Arizona5.3Washington: 5.3 %Washington5.3Wisconsin: 5.3 %Wisconsin5.3Colorado: 5.2 %Colorado5.2Alabama: 5.1 %Alabama5.1New Hampshire: 5.1 %New Hampshire5.1Utah: 5.1 %Utah5.1Missouri: 5 %Missouri5Kansas: 4.9 %Kansas4.9Michigan: 4.9 %Michigan4.9Nebraska: 4.9 %Nebraska4.9Virginia: 4.9 %Virginia4.9Georgia: 4.8 %Georgia4.8New Mexico: 4.8 %New Mexico4.8South Carolina: 4.8 %South Carolina4.8Florida: 4.7 %Florida4.7Indiana: 4.7 %Indiana4.7Mississippi: 4.7 %Mississippi4.7Texas: 4.7 %Texas4.7West Virginia: 4.7 %West Virginia4.7Idaho: 4.6 %Idaho4.6Rhode Island: 4.5 %Rhode Island4.5Massachusetts: 4.4 %Massachusetts4.4North Carolina: 4.4 %North Carolina4.4Oregon: 4.4 %Oregon4.4Hawaii: 4.3 %Hawaii4.3Illinois: 4.3 %Illinois4.3Iowa: 4.3 %Iowa4.3Pennsylvania: 4.2 %Pennsylvania4.2Alaska: 4.1 %Alaska4.1Connecticut: 4.1 %Connecticut4.1New York: 4.1 %New York4.1Delaware: 4 %Delaware4Montana: 4 %Montana4Maine: 3.8 %Maine3.8Minnesota: 3.8 %Minnesota3.8New Jersey: 3.7 %New Jersey3.7North Dakota: 3.6 %North Dakota3.6Vermont: 3.4 %Vermont3.4California: 3.2 %California3.2Maryland: 3.2 %Maryland3.2South Dakota: 2.9 %South Dakota2.9District of Columbia: 2.4 %District of Columbia2.4Oklahoma: 6.7 %Oklahoma6.7Louisiana: 6 %Louisiana6Nevada: 6 %Nevada6Arkansas: 5.8 %Arkansas5.8Ohio: 5.7 %Ohio5.7Tennessee: 5.7 %Tennessee5.7Kentucky: 5.6 %Kentucky5.6Wyoming: 5.5 %Wyoming5.5Arizona: 5.3 %Arizona5.3Washington: 5.3 %Washington5.3Wisconsin: 5.3 %Wisconsin5.3Colorado: 5.2 %Colorado5.2Alabama: 5.1 %Alabama5.1New Hampshire: 5.1 %New Hampshire5.1Utah: 5.1 %Utah5.1Missouri: 5 %Missouri5Kansas: 4.9 %Kansas4.9Michigan: 4.9 %Michigan4.9Nebraska: 4.9 %Nebraska4.9Virginia: 4.9 %Virginia4.9Georgia: 4.8 %Georgia4.8New Mexico: 4.8 %New Mexico4.8South Carolina: 4.8 %South Carolina4.8Florida: 4.7 %Florida4.7Indiana: 4.7 %Indiana4.7Mississippi: 4.7 %Mississippi4.7Texas: 4.7 %Texas4.7West Virginia: 4.7 %West Virginia4.7Idaho: 4.6 %Idaho4.6Rhode Island: 4.5 %Rhode Island4.5Massachusetts: 4.4 %Massachusetts4.4North Carolina: 4.4 %North Carolina4.4Oregon: 4.4 %Oregon4.4Hawaii: 4.3 %Hawaii4.3Illinois: 4.3 %Illinois4.3Iowa: 4.3 %Iowa4.3Pennsylvania: 4.2 %Pennsylvania4.2Alaska: 4.1 %Alaska4.1Connecticut: 4.1 %Connecticut4.1New York: 4.1 %New York4.1Delaware: 4 %Delaware4Montana: 4 %Montana4Maine: 3.8 %Maine3.8Minnesota: 3.8 %Minnesota3.8New Jersey: 3.7 %New Jersey3.7North Dakota: 3.6 %North Dakota3.6Vermont: 3.4 %Vermont3.4California: 3.2 %California3.2Maryland: 3.2 %Maryland3.2South Dakota: 2.9 %South Dakota2.9District of Columbia: 2.4 %District of Columbia2.4
%. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2016 (%)
1Oklahoma6.7
2Louisiana6
2Nevada6
4Arkansas5.8
5Ohio5.7
5Tennessee5.7
7Kentucky5.6
8Wyoming5.5
9Arizona5.3
9Washington5.3
9Wisconsin5.3
12Colorado5.2
13Alabama5.1
13New Hampshire5.1
13Utah5.1
16Missouri5
17Kansas4.9
17Michigan4.9
17Nebraska4.9
17Virginia4.9
21Georgia4.8
21New Mexico4.8
21South Carolina4.8
24Florida4.7
24Indiana4.7
24Mississippi4.7
24Texas4.7
24West Virginia4.7
29Idaho4.6
30Rhode Island4.5
31Massachusetts4.4
31North Carolina4.4
31Oregon4.4
34Hawaii4.3
34Illinois4.3
34Iowa4.3
37Pennsylvania4.2
38Alaska4.1
38Connecticut4.1
38New York4.1
41Delaware4
41Montana4
43Maine3.8
43Minnesota3.8
45New Jersey3.7
46North Dakota3.6
47Vermont3.4
48California3.2
48Maryland3.2
50South Dakota2.9
51District of Columbia2.4

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who currently use e-cigarettes or other electronic vaping products every day or on some days. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey of adults, crude prevalence. States and DC only: BRFSS publishes the median of the states rather than a national prevalence, so no national value is served. A state that did not meet BRFSS data standards in a year has no value, and CDC withholds estimates from fewer than 50 respondents or with a relative standard error above 0.3. The dataset also publishes 95% confidence intervals. The series starts in 2011, when BRFSS changed its weighting and added cell phones. Asked in 2016 and 2017 and every year from 2021; 2018 to 2020 are not published. BRFSS variable _CURECIG in 2016 and 2017, then _CURECI1, _CURECI2 and _CURECI3 as the question was revised, so the early years are not strictly comparable with the later ones.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_CURECIG%27%2C%27_CURECI1%27%2C%27_CURECI2%27%2C%27_CURECI3%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP214%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2026). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall (US states by E-cigarette use in adults, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_CURECIG%27%2C%27_CURECI1%27%2C%27_CURECI2%27%2C%27_CURECI3%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP214%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by E-cigarette use in adults, 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 Sept. 2026, https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_CURECIG%27%2C%27_CURECI1%27%2C%27_CURECI2%27%2C%27_CURECI3%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP214%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-ecigarette-use-rate/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2026. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall. US states by E-cigarette use in adults, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_CURECIG%27%2C%27_CURECI1%27%2C%27_CURECI2%27%2C%27_CURECI3%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP214%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-ecigarette-use-rate/us-states?period=2016.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2026) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by E-cigarette use in adults, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_CURECIG%27%2C%27_CURECI1%27%2C%27_CURECI2%27%2C%27_CURECI3%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP214%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-ecigarette-use-rate/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which state has the highest E-cigarette use in adults?

Oklahoma, with 6.7% in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which state has the lowest E-cigarette use in adults?

District of Columbia, with 2.4% in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), e-cigarette use in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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