# US states by adult smoking rate, 2025

All 48 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2025, so the places are comparable. 3 states have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `adult_smoking_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who currently smoke cigarettes: they have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), adults who are current smokers, crude prevalence, overall (https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid%3D%27_RFSMOK3%27+AND+responseid%3D%27RESP046%27+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), adults who are current smokers, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid%3D%27_RFSMOK3%27+AND+responseid%3D%27RESP046%27+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/adult-smoking-rate/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | West Virginia | 17.8 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 15.7 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 15.2 |
| 4 | Tennessee | 15 |
| 5 | Ohio | 14.4 |
| 6 | Missouri | 14.2 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 14.2 |
| 8 | South Dakota | 13.7 |
| 9 | Alaska | 13.5 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 13.2 |
| 11 | Indiana | 13.1 |
| 12 | Maine | 12.9 |
| 13 | North Dakota | 12.4 |
| 14 | Montana | 12.2 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 12.1 |
| 16 | Alabama | 12 |
| 17 | Kansas | 11.7 |
| 18 | Iowa | 11.7 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 11.3 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 11.2 |
| 21 | Pennsylvania | 11 |
| 22 | Michigan | 10.8 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 10.8 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 10.7 |
| 25 | New Mexico | 10.5 |
| 26 | Virginia | 10.1 |
| 27 | Oregon | 10 |
| 28 | Georgia | 9.8 |
| 29 | Illinois | 9.7 |
| 30 | Vermont | 9.6 |
| 31 | District of Columbia | 9.5 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 9.4 |
| 33 | Delaware | 9.4 |
| 34 | Texas | 9.2 |
| 35 | New York | 9.1 |
| 36 | Florida | 9 |
| 37 | Rhode Island | 8.9 |
| 38 | Idaho | 8.5 |
| 39 | Maryland | 8.3 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 8.3 |
| 41 | Massachusetts | 8.2 |
| 42 | Colorado | 8.2 |
| 43 | New Hampshire | 8.2 |
| 44 | Washington | 8 |
| 45 | Arizona | 7.7 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 7.5 |
| 47 | New Jersey | 7.1 |
| 48 | Utah | 5.7 |