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.