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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: Natl Tax J. 2020 Jun;73(2):475–510. doi: 10.17310/ntj.2020.2.06

Appendix Table 1.

Number of YRBS Observations by State-Year, 1991–2017

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Alabama 2,304 758 3,692 4,218 1,979 1,728 1,591 1,009 463 2,354 1,603 1,741 1,690 0
Alaska 0 0 1,578 0 0 0 1,380 0 1,218 1,264 1,216 1,133 1,329 1,270
Arizona 0 423 0 1,020 0 393 3,510 3,262 3,231 2,685 3,685 1,645 2,596 2,005
Arkansas 0 373 2,434 2,217 1,387 1,621 270 1,414 1,863 1,796 1,257 1,659 2,491 1,453
California 0 1,901 626 1,853 0 2,158 1,622 1,499 2,017 2,713 1,809 2,428 5,713 1,690
Colorado 0 256 102 258 0 622 0 1,422 0 1,590 1,668 274 263 1,365
Connecticut 0 0 226 1,833 0 0 0 2,274 1,995 2,327 1,978 2,410 2,441 2,346
Delaware 0 0 209 0 2,100 2,772 3,200 2,535 2,486 2,243 2,391 2,524 2,562 2,775
District of Columbia 0 0 483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 0 0 0
Florida 0 0 512 650 0 5,000 5,212 4,800 5,015 5,572 7,329 6,734 6,948 5,819
Georgia 2,128 2,405 414 319 0 466 2,287 3,316 2,566 2,981 1,849 2,120 331 0
Hawaii 0 1,486 1,181 1,339 1,190 0 0 1,601 1,138 1,640 3,972 4,536 5,763 5,686
Idaho 4,009 3,862 0 0 0 1,756 1,645 1,595 1,337 2,058 1,893 2,077 2,025 1,765
Illinois 0 4,054 3,089 0 0 411 297 458 2,794 4,158 4,141 3,576 3,818 4,495
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 171 1,949 1,620 2,586 1,440 2,940 815 2,005 0
Iowa 0 0 241 2,206 0 0 0 1,551 1,645 0 1,495 0 0 1,590
Kansas 0 167 0 200 0 0 290 1,850 1,629 2,131 2,057 2,023 0 2,305
Kentucky 0 0 333 1,393 0 0 1,482 3,575 3,569 1,619 1,785 2,164 2,380 1,870
Louisiana 0 0 719 543 0 0 641 143 1,203 1,326 1,014 950 0 1,029
Maine 0 239 1,499 1,978 0 1,462 1,754 1,281 1,251 8,272 8,926 8,083 8,717 8,776
Maryland 0 140 0 752 0 0 250 1,335 1,390 1,493 2,398 48,628 52,183 47,723
Massachusetts 0 3,460 4,235 5,300 4,186 252 209 251 3,617 2,540 2,864 2,648 3,300 3,156
Michigan 0 137 1,050 4,096 2,538 3,611 3,551 3,330 3,548 3,429 4,531 4,465 4,722 1,551
Minnesota 0 315 0 0 0 0 0 93 0 185 0 297 739 0
Mississippi 0 1,682 1,674 1,706 1,461 2,010 1,417 0 1,811 1,694 1,807 2,017 1,841 0
Missouri 0 178 5,200 1,405 1,588 2,047 1,754 1,912 1,821 1,634 339 1,802 1,577 1,757
Montana 0 2,406 2,422 2,348 2,782 2,669 2,533 2,856 3,774 1,721 3,902 4,632 4,286 4,581
Nebraska 2,295 3,503 0 0 0 0 2,607 3,490 0 0 2,583 1,677 1,564 1,341
Nevada 0 1,954 1,484 1,407 1,633 1,602 1,885 1,460 1,713 2,346 190 1,961 1,768 1,582
New Hampshire 0 2,590 2,043 0 0 0 1,281 1,246 1,610 1,472 1,395 1,597 14,466 11,792
New Jersey 0 0 0 678 0 2,119 284 1,747 666 2,171 1,709 1,996 206 0
New Mexico 2,770 640 0 260 0 143 95 5,064 2,604 5,175 5,351 5,027 8,131 5,436
New York 0 478 270 3,920 3,217 302 9,600 9,328 13,304 14,535 12,899 10,193 9,897 10,367
North Carolina 0 2,633 1,801 310 0 3,039 2,412 4,356 3,878 5,436 3,228 2,144 5,787 3,035
North Dakota 0 0 1,462 0 1,753 1,496 1,562 1,629 1,654 1,763 1,832 1,888 2,061 2,099
Ohio 0 2,894 538 2,608 1,997 220 1,402 267 2,396 0 1,310 1,585 226 0
Oklahoma 0 0 0 213 0 387 1,313 1,872 2,790 1,356 1,112 1,428 1,923 1,552
Oregon 0 185 0 0 0 181 0 269 0 243 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 0 346 635 258 0 0 314 393 209 3,041 419 259 3,193 3,518
Rhode Island 0 0 0 1,440 0 1,307 1,715 2,226 2,025 2,980 3,649 2,284 3,848 2,039
South Carolina 5,284 4,394 5,135 5,585 4,227 0 837 1,459 1,133 1,009 1,301 1,487 1,250 1,234
South Dakota 1,289 1,303 1,137 1,517 1,608 1,441 1,961 1,480 1,478 2,031 1,453 1,231 1,211 0
Tennessee 0 3,603 0 543 0 575 1,843 1,863 2,133 2,146 2,794 1,713 378 1,889
Texas 0 1,285 1,171 892 0 8,481 2,446 5,535 4,394 4,662 5,482 3,287 1,183 1,980
Utah 4,381 4,233 3,165 1,346 1,445 1,021 1,558 1,720 2,050 1,516 1,629 2,111 0 1,755
Vermont 0 8,319 6,817 8,134 8,713 9,019 8,147 9,115 8,232 11,183 8,356 0 20,162 20,015
Virginia 0 0 62 0 0 0 232 340 422 97 1,529 7,449 4,872 3,554
Washington 0 375 83 102 0 47 0 106 0 246 164 196 100 0
West Virginia 0 3,000 1,988 1,747 1,278 258 1,645 1,517 1,555 1,967 2,307 1,720 1,743 1,460
Wisconsin 0 3,143 0 1,533 1,287 2,224 2,164 2,431 2,166 3,024 3,513 2,715 0 1,966
Wyoming 0 0 1,626 1,931 1,569 2,669 1,500 2,283 1,988 2,639 2,277 2,796 2,245 0