Adult Smoking Rate by Race/Ethnicity - Kaiser State Health Facts

Smoking Rates for Adults by Race/Ethnicity, 2008

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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Other/Multi-racial

United States	18.7%	20.6%	15.6%	9.8%	31.6%	22.6%

Alabama	22.9%	21.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Alaska	17.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	37.0%	NSD
Arizona	16.0%	NSD	14.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Arkansas	21.4%	27.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
California	14.6%	NSD	13.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Colorado	15.9%	NSD	21.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Connecticut	15.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Delaware	17.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
District of Columbia	9.8%	22.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Florida	19.4%	12.7%	13.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Georgia	20.3%	17.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Hawaii	13.1%	NSD	NSD	12.1%	NSD	20.3%
Idaho	16.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Illinois	19.9%	25.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Indiana	24.6%	33.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Iowa	18.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Kansas	17.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Kentucky	24.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Louisiana	21.0%	19.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maine	17.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maryland	15.8%	16.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Massachusetts	16.1%	17.4%	14.9%	NSD	NSD	18.6%
Michigan	19.0%	21.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Minnesota	16.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Mississippi	23.4%	20.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Missouri	25.0%	24.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Montana	17.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	41.2%	NSD
Nebraska	17.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Nevada	21.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Hampshire	16.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Jersey	15.7%	17.1%	12.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Mexico	19.4%	NSD	19.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD
New York	17.2%	18.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
North Carolina	21.1%	22.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
North Dakota	16.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Ohio	19.0%	24.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Oklahoma	23.7%	30.7%	NSD	NSD	31.3%	27.0%
Oregon	15.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Pennsylvania	20.2%	27.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Rhode Island	17.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
South Carolina	21.0%	18.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
South Dakota	15.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	44.1%	NSD
Tennessee	23.6%	21.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Texas	19.4%	22.3%	16.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Utah	8.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Vermont	16.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virginia	16.7%	19.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Washington	15.6%	NSD	12.2%	NSD	37.5%	23.5%
West Virginia	26.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wisconsin	18.8%	33.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wyoming	18.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD

Guam	NSD	NSD	NSD	28.9%	NSD	NSD
Puerto Rico	NSD	NSD	11.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virgin Islands	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD

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Notes:	U.S. totals include territories. Data represent adults who reported that they currently smoke every day or some days. Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics. Percentages may not sum to 100% as those that indicated their race as unknown or refuse the question are not included in the above data. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.
Sources:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2008, unpublished data.
Definitions:	NSD: Not Sufficient Data.

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