Poverty and High School Obesity in America

The following map indicates which states fall above the 2013 national averages for poverty and high school student obesity rates.

States with a poverty rate above the national average (15.2%):

Mississippi
New Mexico
Louisiana
Arkansas
Georgia
DC
Kentucky
Alabama
Arizona
South Carolina
West Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Florida
Michigan
California
Oklahoma
Oregon
Montana
New York
Ohio
Iniana
Missouri
Nevada
Idaha

States with an obesity rate above the national average (12.7%):

Mississippi
New Mexico
Louisiana
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
South Carolina
West Virginia
Tennessee
Texas
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Delaware
Vermont
North Dakota
Hawaii

States with both rates above the national averages:

Mississippi
New Mexico
Louisiana
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
South Carolina
West Virginia
Tennessee
Texas
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri

States with both rates below the national averages:

New Hampshire
Alaska
Maryland
Connecticut
Wyoming
New Jersey
Virginia
Massachusetts
Utah
Wisconsin
Maine
South Dakota
Rhode Island
Illinois

States with no data for high school obesity rates:

California
Oregon
Indiana
Washington
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Iowa
Minnesota
District of Columbia

Poverty rate by state:

MISSISSIPPI – 24
NEW MEXICO – 21.9
LOUISIAN – 19.8
ARKANSAS – 19.7
GEORGIA – 19
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – 18.9
KENTUCKY – 18.8
ALABAMA – 18.7
ARIZONA – 18.6
SOUTH CAROLINA – 18.6
WEST VIRGINIA – 18.5
NORTH CAROLINA – 17.9
TENNESSEE – 17.8
TEXAS – 17.5
FLORIDA – 17
MICHIGAN – 17
CALIFORNIA – 16.8
OKLAHOMA – 16.8
OREGON – 16.7
MONTANA – 16.5
NEW YORK – 16
OHIO – 16
INDIANA – 15.9
MISSOURI – 15.9
NEVADA – 15.8
IDAHO – 15.6
ILLINOIS – 14.7
RHODE ISLAND – 14.3
SOUTH DAKOTA – 14.2
WASHINGTON – 14.1
KANSAS – 14
MAINE – 14
PENNSYLVANIA – 13.7
WISCONSIN – 13.5
NEBRASKA – 13.2
COLORADO – 13
IOWA – 12.7
UTAH – 12.7
DELAWARE – 12.4
VERMONT – 12.3
MASSACHUSETTS – 11.9
NORTH DAKOTA – 11.8
VIRGINIA – 11.7
NEW JERSEY – 11.4
MINNESOTA – 11.2
WYOMING – 10.9
HAWAII – 10.8
CONNECTICUT – 10.7
MARYLAND – 10.1
ALASKA – 9.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE – 8.7

Obesity by state:

MISSISSIPPI – 15
NEW MEXICO – 13
LOUISIANA – 14
ARKANSAS – 18
GEORGIA – 13
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – N/A
KENTUCKY – 18
ALABAMA – 17
ARIZONA – 11
SOUTH CAROLINA – 14
WEST VIRGINIA – 16
NORTH CAROLINA – 12
TENNESSEE – 17
TEXAS – 16
FLORIDA – 12
MICHIGAN – 13
CALIFORNIA – N/A
OKLAHOMA – 12
OREGON – N/A
MONTANA – 9
NEW YORK – 11
OHIO – 13
INDIANA – N/A
MISSOURI – 15
NEVADA – 11
IDAHO – 10
ILLINOIS – 12
RHODE ISLAND – 11
SOUTH DAKOTA – 12
WASHINGTON – N/A
KANSAS – 13
MAINE – 12
PENNSYLVANIA – N/A
WISCONSIN – 12
NEBRASKA – 13
COLORADO – N/A
IOWA – N/A
UTAH – 6
DELAWARE – 14
VERMONT – 13
MASSACHUSETTS – 10
NORTH DAKOTA – 14
VIRGINIA – 12
NEW JERSEY – 9
MINNESOTA – N/A
WYOMING – 11
HAWAII – 13
CONNECTICUT – 12
MARYLAND – 11
ALASKA – 12
NEW HAMPSHIRE – 11

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