Childhood Overweight and Obesity Trends (2011)

State

Overweight
Obese
Combined

Percentile

(85 to 94)
Rank
(95 plus)
Rank
(85 Plus)
Rank

United States

Alabama

16.4%
18.6%

35.0%

Alaska

15.9
14.0

Arizona

16.9
19.8

Arkansas

14.0
20.0

California

15.3
15.1

Colorado

12.2
10.9

Connecticut

14.7
15.0

Delaware

15.1
16.9

DC

13.6
21.4

Florida

14.1
13.4

Georgia

18.5
16.5

Hawaii

15.9
11.5

Idaho

17.1
10.6

Illinois

14.3
19.3

Indiana

17.1
14.3

Iowa

14.6
13.6

Kansas

16.0
14.2

Kentucky

16.0
19.7

Louisiana

18.7
21.1

Maine

17.0
12.5

Maryland

16.5
12.1

Massachusetts

16.1
14.5

Michigan

17.8
14.8

Minnesota

13.2
14.0

Mississippi

18.0
21.7

Missouri

14.9

13.5

Montana

14.8
14.3

Nebraska

15.1
13.8

Nevada

14.5
18.6

New Hampshire

10.5
15.5

New Jersey

14.7
10.0

New Mexico

18.5
14.4

New York

17.9
14.5

North Carolina

15.3
16.1

North Dakota

20.4
15.4

Ohio

13.4
17.4

Oklahoma

16.5
17.4

Oregon

16.5
9.9
1
26.4

Pennsylvania

12.9
13.5

Rhode Island

15.1
13.2

South Carolina

17.7
21.5

South Dakota

13.1
13.4

Tennessee

13.6
20.5

Texas

17.5
19.1

Utah

10.5
11.6

Vermont

13.5
11.3

Virginia

15.5
14.3

Washington

15.2
11.0

West Virginia

15.0
18.5

Wisconsin

15.4
13.4

Wyoming

15.9
10.7

Source: Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI). State Obesity Profiles, 2011. National Survey of Children's Health. Children age 10-17 are included in this data.