Table 1.
Prevalence of Weight Status Categoriesa Among U.S. Children Enrolled in Head Start, by State, Head Start Program Information Report, 2018b.
| State/District | No. of Children | % Underweight | % Healthy Weight | % Overweight | % Obesity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 759,791 | 5.3 | 64.4 | 13.7 | 16.6 |
| Alabama | 14,170 | 4.5 | 73.1 | 8.9 | 13.5 |
| Alaska | 2,793 | 2.3 | 50.3 | 20.4 | 27.1 |
| Arizona | 15,928 | 5.1 | 63.9 | 14.3 | 16.7 |
| Arkansas | 8,157 | 5.6 | 62.3 | 14.4 | 17.7 |
| California | 84,878 | 5.0 | 64.4 | 13.5 | 17.1 |
| Colorado | 9,478 | 6.2 | 66.5 | 12.4 | 14.9 |
| Connecticut | 5,875 | 4.4 | 61.5 | 15.2 | 18.8 |
| Delaware | 1,888 | 4.5 | 61.6 | 12.7 | 21.2 |
| District of Columbia | 5,486 | 10.6 | 65.6 | 11.1 | 12.7 |
| Florida | 36,894 | 5.8 | 65.1 | 11.9 | 17.2 |
| Georgia | 22,005 | 6.2 | 68.0 | 11.2 | 14.6 |
| Hawaii | 2,652 | 5.5 | 66.7 | 13.0 | 14.8 |
| Idaho | 3,317 | 4.1 | 65.4 | 16.3 | 14.1 |
| Illinois | 30,303 | 5.2 | 63.0 | 13.9 | 17.9 |
| Indiana | 14,125 | 5.0 | 62.7 | 15.3 | 17.0 |
| Iowa | 6,358 | 3.7 | 60.5 | 17.3 | 18.5 |
| Kansas | 6,529 | 6.0 | 63.1 | 14.6 | 16.2 |
| Kentucky | 13,992 | 5.4 | 63.5 | 13.7 | 17.4 |
| Louisiana | 19,355 | 6.1 | 65.6 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
| Maine | 2,638 | 4.1 | 59.8 | 17.6 | 18.5 |
| Maryland | 8,544 | 5.5 | 67.7 | 12.1 | 14.8 |
| Massachusetts | 11,646 | 3.5 | 60.6 | 16.2 | 19.7 |
| Michigan | 27,069 | 6.1 | 62.7 | 14.6 | 16.6 |
| Minnesota | 12,170 | 5.0 | 61.3 | 15.9 | 17.8 |
| Mississippi | 22,023 | 7.2 | 60.0 | 12.3 | 20.5 |
| Missouri | 13,153 | 6.3 | 62.0 | 14.7 | 16.9 |
| Montana | 4,296 | 4.7 | 62.7 | 18.9 | 13.7 |
| Nebraska | 4,043 | 4.0 | 62.5 | 15.4 | 18.0 |
| Nevada | 3,182 | 5.3 | 68.0 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
| New Hampshire | 1,395 | 2.4 | 60.0 | 18.2 | 19.4 |
| New Jersey | 12,857 | 5.9 | 61.0 | 14.1 | 18.9 |
| New Mexico | 7,846 | 6.1 | 66.2 | 13.2 | 14.6 |
| New York | 48,287 | 4.8 | 68.9 | 12.7 | 13.6 |
| North Carolina | 19,549 | 5.7 | 64.4 | 13.4 | 16.6 |
| North Dakota | 2,629 | 3.9 | 65.3 | 16.1 | 14.7 |
| Ohio | 33,560 | 5.8 | 63.0 | 14.2 | 17.0 |
| Oklahoma | 15,612 | 4.6 | 66.8 | 13.6 | 14.9 |
| Oregon | 13,929 | 3.4 | 64.5 | 16.1 | 16.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 33,789 | 5.3 | 64.2 | 14.1 | 16.3 |
| Rhode Island | 2,363 | 3.2 | 61.0 | 11.9 | 23.8 |
| South Carolina | 11,594 | 7.2 | 69.8 | 10.4 | 12.5 |
| South Dakota | 4,092 | 4.6 | 61.3 | 17.1 | 17.0 |
| Tennessee | 17,502 | 4.9 | 65.6 | 13.2 | 16.3 |
| Texas | 66,819 | 4.7 | 65.2 | 13.4 | 16.6 |
| Utah | 5,623 | 7.7 | 65.1 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Vermont | 1,110 | 4.1 | 58.7 | 17.5 | 19.6 |
| Virginia | 14,017 | 5.7 | 62.7 | 14.5 | 17.0 |
| Washington | 12,185 | 3.4 | 61.3 | 16.5 | 18.8 |
| West Virginia | 7,663 | 6.2 | 63.3 | 14.8 | 15.8 |
| Wisconsin | 12,833 | 4.5 | 61.0 | 16.1 | 18.4 |
| Wyoming | 1,590 | 4.3 | 68.3 | 14.3 | 13.1 |
a
Weight status based on BMI-for-age percentile (kg/m2) defined as follows: underweight ≤5th percentile, healthy weight = 5th to <85th percentile, overweight = 85th to <95th percentile, and obesity: ≥95th percentile.
b
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.