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. 2021 May 6;18:E44. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.200507

Table 2. Prevalence of Cigarette Use Across Racial/Ethnic Groups, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011, 2014, and 2018a .

States Black
Hispanic
Other
White
2011 2014 2018 2011 2014 2018 2011 2014 2018 2011 2014 2018
Alabama 20.8 (18.0–23.5) 20.2 (17.5–22.9) 18.5 (16.0 21.1) 27.4 (14.7–40.2) 10.6 (3.8–17.3) 37.2 (27.8–46.6) 16.1 (10.0–22.1) 31.3 (22.3–40.3) 25.0 (23.2–26.7) 21.9 (20.3– 23.5) 19.2 (17.6–20.8)
Alaska 22.9 (11.6–34.1) 12.2 (5.6–18.8) 31.9 (27.1–36.6) 29.7 (25.4–34.1) 31.6 (26.0–37.2) 19.3 (17.2–21.4) 17.6 (15.7–19.5) 14.8 (12.6–16.9)
Arizona 27.3 (16.5–38.1) 16.2 (10.9–21.6) 12.3 (6.3–18.3) 13.3 (9.7–17.0) 14.0 (11.5–16.5) 13.3 (10.4–16.1) 18.0 (11.2–24.8) 16.3 (12.3–20.3) 14.9 (10.1–19.8) 21.7 (19.1–24.3) 17.6 (16.3–19.0) 14.2 (12.7–15.7)
Arkansas 27.3 (20.4–34.2) 28.9 (23.1–34.7) 21.0 (16.2–25.8) 15.8 (6.8–24.7) 31.6 (19.4–43.7) 27.7 (18.7–36.8) 33.4 (22.7–44.1) 27.4 (25.1–29.8) 24.5 (22.3–26.8) 23.1 (21.1–25.1)
California 19.8 (15.6–23.9) 23.2 (18.1–28.2) 13.5 (9.5–17.5) 12.0 (10.7–13.4) 11.4 (9.7–13.1) 11.3 (10.0–12.6) 10.9 (9.0–12.9) 10.5 (8.0–13.0) 9.1 (7.2–11.1) 15.1 (14.1–16.1) 13.7 (12.4–15.0) 11.7 (10.5–12.9)
Colorado 23.2 (15.9–30.4) 22.8 (17.0–28.7) 20.6 (13.3–27.9) 20.2 (17.1–23.4) 17.4 (14.9–19.8) 16.1 (13.8–18.3) 17.0 (12.2–21.8) 15.9 (11.9–19.9) 19.8 (15.0–24.5) 17.6 (16.4–18.7) 14.8 (13.8–15.8) 13.4 (12.3–14.5)
Connecticut 20.8 (15.8–25.7) 18.5 (14.0–22.9) 18.2 (14.6–21.9) 17.1 (12.9–21.2) 20.6 (16.3–24.8) 16.5 (13.2–19.9) 16.4 (11.5–21.3) 16.0 (10.5–21.5) 8.7 (5.8–11.6) 16.8 (15.2–18.5) 14.1 (12.7–15.5) 10.8 (9.8–11.8)
Delaware 21.5 (16.8–26.3) 17.1 (12.7–21.5) 17.4 (13.6–21.2) 26.6 (17.7–35.5) 10.1 (5.8–14.4) 15.6 (11.1–20.1) 24.5 (15.5–33.4) 19.0 (9.4–28.5) 9.6 (6.0–13.3) 21.3 (19.1–23.4) 22.0 (19.6–24.3) 17.0 (15.3–18.7)
District of Columbia 30.8 (27.4–34.2) 26.0 (22.3–29.8) 21.8 (19.2–24.5) 15.2 (8.1–22.4) 7.8 (3.3–12.2) 19.8 (10.7–28.9) 16.2 (7.4–25.1) 16.4 (10.8–22.0) 9.6 (7.5–11.7) 7.3 (4.9–9.6) 6.9 (5.0–8.9)
Florida 16.4 (12.9–19.9) 15.1 (11.8–18.4) 11.5 (8.4–14.6) 15.1 (12.3–17.8) 15.3 (12.5–18.1) 12.7 (9.7–15.6) 20.5 (15.9–25.1) 20.3 (14.3–26.3) 15.8 (11.1–20.5) 21.2 (19.8–22.6) 18.9 (17.5–20.3) 15.9 (14.6–17.2)
Georgia 17.5 (14.9–20.1) 14.6 (12.0–17.3) 13.9 (12.0–15.8) 12.6 (7.9–17.4) 15.6 (9.5–21.7) 11.2 (8.6–13.8) 20.6 (14.6–26.6) 15.3 (9.2–21.4) 12.1 (8.8–15.3) 24.2 (22.5–25.9) 19.3 (17.4–21.1) 18.5 (17.1–19.9)
Hawaii 26.8 (20.4–33.1) 23.0 (17.9–28.1) 21.4 (16.5–26.2) 15.9 (14.2–17.5) 14.4 (12.9–15.8) 13.2 (11.8–14.6) 15.4 (12.8–17.9) 10.1 (8.2–12.1) 11.6 (9.9–13.4)
Idaho 18.3 (11.2–25.3) 9.6 (5.6–13.6) 8.0 (5.0–11.1) 21.8 (11.2 32.3) 31.5 (21.9–41.1) 27.0 (15.9–38.2) 16.9 (15.1–18.6) 16.1 (14.5–17.8) 14.9 (13.0–16.7)
Illinois 27.1 (21.4–32.8) 24.5 (19.2–29.8) 21.4 (17.4–25.5) 23.5 (16.6–30.4) 12.9 (9.2–16.6) 10.0 (7.4–12.6) 13.5 (7.2–19.8) 8.6 (3.9–13.4) 11.0 (7.2–14.8) 19.8 (18.0–21.6) 16.3 (14.6–17.9) 16.1 (14.5–17.8)
Indiana 31.4 (26.0–36.9) 27.1 (22.3–32.0) 20.8 (16.2–25.4) 22.4 (14.8–30.0) 14.1 (9.5–18.7) 12.9 (7.9–18.0) 33.4 (24.4–42.4) 22.8 (16.6–29.0) 20.6 (13.9–27.3) 25.0 (23.6–26.5) 23.1 (21.8–24.3) 21.8 (20.4–23.2)
Iowa 32.9 (22.9–42.9) 25.3 (15.2–35.3) 22.7 (15.0–30.5) 18.9 (12.1–25.6) 17.6 (10.3–24.8) 14.2 (10.6–17.9) 31.8 (23.2–40.4) 26.6 (17.4–35.8) 25.6 (19.2–32.0) 19.9 (18.6–21.1) 18.1 (16.9–19.3) 16.1 (15.2–17.1)
Kansas 28.2 (23.6–32.9) 25.5 (20.8–30.1) 21.2 (15.6–26.9) 22.6 (19.2–26.1) 14.2 (11.3–17.0) 17.0 (12.7–21.2) 29.7 (25.0–34.4) 26.5 (21.9–31.1) 22.2 (17.1–27.3) 21.1 (20.2–21.9) 17.5 (16.6–18.4) 16.8 (15.8–17.8)
Kentucky 33.8 (26.7–40.9) 29.7 (22.5–36.9) 24.8 (17.6–31.9) 28.2 (17.1–39.2) 26.5 (14.1–38.8) 20.3 (9.7–30.9) 37.7 (26.1–49.2) 37.3 (27.3–47.4) 25.7 (16.1–35.2) 28.5 (27.0–30.0) 25.5 (24.0–27.1) 23.4 (21.7–25.1)
Louisiana 25.4 (22.6–28.2) 24.6 (22.0–27.3) 16.1 (13.4–18.7) 18.2 (11.5–24.9) 19.8 (12.1–27.6) 21.1 (12.7–29.5) 32.0 (24.0–40.1) 26.8 (19.5–34.1) 18.3 (11.9–24.6) 26.1 (24.4–27.8) 23.8 (22.2–25.5) 22.9 (20.9–24.9)
Maine 32.0 (17.2–46.9) 26.9 (11.2–42.6) 41.3 (33.3–49.3) 32.9 (25.0–40.7) 26.5 (18.2–34.8) 22.3 (21.2–23.4) 18.5 (17.3–19.8) 17.6 (16.3–18.9)
Maryland 18.9 (16.2–21.6) 16.8 (14.1–19.5) 13.7 (12.0–15.4) 19.9 (12.7–27.1) 8.2 (4.1–12.2) 6.8 (4.6–9.0) 16.8 (11.6–22.0) 9.5 (5.9–13.2) 10.7 (7.7–13.8) 19.6 (18.0–21.2) 15.5 (13.9–17.1) 13.2 (12.2–14.3)
Massachusetts 17.1 (13.6–20.6) 16.6 (12.1–21.1) 10.9 (6.8–15.1) 19.2 (15.7–22.7) 17.1 (13.2–21.1) 13.7 (10.0–17.4) 16.2 (12.6–19.7) 13.6 (10.1–17.1) 9.1 (6.0–12.2) 18.3 (17.3–19.4) 14.4 (13.3–15.5) 14.1 (12.7–15.5)
Michigan 27.1 (23.1–31.1) 22.3 (18.4–26.2) 22.7 (19.5–26.0) 20.0 (13.2–26.7) 32.4 (22.6–42.2) 25.9 (19.2–32.7) 24.5 (18.6–30.5) 26.2 (20.3–32.0) 21.8 (17.1–26.6) 22.8 (21.4–24.3) 20.1 (18.8–21.5) 17.8 (16.7–18.9)
Minnesota 29.8 (24.1–35.6) 22.3 (17.4–27.2) 21.4 (17.2–25.7) 20.1 (13.7–26.5) 14.3 (10.3–18.3) 13.6 (10.6–16.7) 25.2 (20.3–30.0) 17.7 (14.3–21.2) 18.0 (14.9–21.0) 18.2 (17.2–19.2) 15.9 (15.1–16.6) 14.6 (13.9–15.3)
Mississippi 22.8 (20.5–25.1) 20.7 (17.7–23.8) 18.8 (16.4–21.1) 25.3 (14.6–36.0) 39.8 (29.3–50.2) 27.6 (17.7–37.5) 27.2 (25.4–28.9) 25.3 (22.7–27.9) 21.4 (19.5–23.3)
Missouri 28.0 (23.0–33.0) 21.2 (16.5–26.0) 22.1 (16.8–27.4) 16.2 (8.0–24.4) 18.1 (8.9–27.4) 27.7 (19.0–36.4) 13.8 (8.5–19.1) 24.1 (16.5–31.8) 24.9(23.2–26.6) 20.8 (19.2–22.4) 19.0 (17.3–20.6)
Montana 40.1 (27.5–52.6) 32.2 (19.1–45.3) 20.6 (8.7–32.6) 40.9 (35.9–45.9) 38.6 (32.6–44.6) 36.3 (30.3–42.3) 19.9 (18.6–21.2) 17.8 (16.3–19.3) 16.5 (14.9–18.0)
Nebraska 28.0 (23.1–32.9) 19.9 (14.2–25.6) 29.3 (22.2–36.3) 18.4 (15.3–21.5) 14.0 (10.6–17.4) 12.2 (9.3–15.0) 24.4 (20.0–28.7) 27.3 (21.3–33.2) 22.2 (16.4–28.0) 19.5(18.7–20.3) 17.0 (16.1–17.9) 15.3 (14.3–16.3)
Nevada 30.0 (21.8–38.2) 24.6 (15.6–33.5) 21.6 (13.4–29.9) 15.5 (11.2–19.9) 15.8 (11.3–20.4) 11.2 (7.8–14.6) 21.1 (14.6–27.5) 14.7 (7.9–21.4) 16.7 (10.4–23.1) 25.7 (23.2–28.1) 17.2 (14.9–19.6) 16.6 (14.3–18.9)
New Hampshire 25.5 (11.8–39.3) 33.3 (24.2–42.4) 24.6 (14.9–34.4) 23.7 (14.1–33.4) 19.0(17.5–20.4) 17.3 (15.7–18.8) 15.6 (14.1–17.2)
New Jersey 21.2 (18.2–24.2) 18.0 (15.1–20.9) 12.7 (6.5–19.0) 14.5 (12.1–16.8) 14.2 (11.7–16.7) 13.4 (9.1–17.7) 10.2 (7.4–12.9) 10.4 (7.5–13.3) 17.8 (16.6–19.0) 15.9 (14.6–17.2) 14.4 (11.5–17.3)
New Mexico 32.7 (20.4–45.1) 23.0 (21.0–25.0) 20.0 (17.7–22.3) 15.6 (13.5–17.6) 16.9 (13.4–20.3) 13.7 (10.0–17.3) 16.5 (13.1–20.0) 20.8 (19.1–22.4) 19.2 (17.1–21.2) 14.7 (13.1–16.4)
New York 21.3 (17.5–25.0) 16.1 (12.7–19.5) 14.1 (12.2–16.1) 17.4 (14.0–20.7) 14.1 (11.0–17.2) 12.1 (10.4–13.9) 17.2 (12.8–21.6) 8.6 (5.8–11.4) 9.2 (7.3–11.1) 17.9 (16.4–19.5) 15.0 (13.6–16.5) 13.3 (12.5–14.1)
North Carolina 23.4 (20.2–26.6) 20.6 (17.9–23.3) 17.2 (14.0–20.4) 16.6 (11.5–21.8) 11.7 (8.6–14.8) 10.8 (7.0–14.6) 23.9 (18.3–29.5) 18.8 (13.4–24.3) 18.0 (11.8–24.2) 21.8(20.2–23.3) 19.4 (18.0–20.9) 18.3 (16.5–20.1)
North Dakota 19.8 (9.2–30.3) 51.0 (32.9–69.1) 25.3 (12.3–38.2) 48.4 (39.1–57.6) 40.2 (31.4–49.0) 38.1 (30.3–45.9) 20.2(18.6–21.7) 17.6 (16.1–19.1) 17.5 (15.9–19.1)
Ohio 27.2 (22.9–31.5) 22.0 (17.3–26.7) 23.4 (19.2–27.7) 19.2 (10.4–27.9) 20.8 (11.9–29.6) 18.6 (12.2–24.9) 36.5 (27.2–45.8) 22.6 (14.9–30.3) 23.8 (16.2–31.5) 24.6 (23.1–26.0) 20.7 (19.3–22.1) 20.1 (18.9–21.3)
Oklahoma 30.7 (24.5–36.9) 25.6 (20.3–30.8) 21.0 (15.0–27.1) 18.1 (12.8–23.5) 13.3 (9.1–17.5) 11.6 (7.4–15.8) 28.4 (24.6–32.2) 28.1 (24.2–32.0) 24.2 (19.9–28.5) 26.0 (24.4–27.6) 20.2 (18.8–21.6) 19.8 (18.1–21.6)
Oregon 19.7 (12.6–26.8) 12.7 (7.9–17.6) 12.1 (8.8–15.3) 18.0 (13.0–23.0) 20.1 (14.0–26.2) 18.4 (12.9–23.8) 20.0 (18.4–21.5) 17.1 (15.5–18.7) 16.1 (14.7–17.5)
Pennsylvania 28.7 (24.5–32.9) 24.1 (19.8–28.3) 23.7 (19.3–28.0) 27.1 (20.6–33.7) 25.1 (17.7–32.6) 18.9 (13.2–24.6) 27.5 (21.0–34.0) 13.2 (8.3–18.0) 14.7 (10.3–19.1) 21.2(20.0–22.4) 19.4 (18.2–20.6) 16.3 (14.9–17.7)
Rhode Island 21.8 (13.4–30.3) 21.9 (13.8–30.1) 9.5 (4.3–14.7) 19.8 (14.8–24.9) 13.6 (8.9–18.4) 9.7 (6.1–13.4) 21.8 (15.6–28.0) 17.4 (9.2–25.5) 17.1 (11.1–23.2) 19.9 (18.3–21.5) 16.2 (14.6–17.8) 15.5 (13.7–17.3)
South Carolina 23.5 (21.1–25.9) 21.9 (19.5–24.3) 17.0 (14.7–19.3) 18.5 (11.5–25.4) 20.6 (13.8–27.4) 12.8 (8.0–17.7) 25.8 (16.3–35.4) 31.1 (24.7–37.5) 21.5 (15.0–27.9) 23.2 (21.7–24.7) 20.9 (19.5–22.3) 18.7 (17.3–20.1)
South Dakota 23.5 (11.4–35.6) 30.6 (16.6–44.5) 39.6 (32.2–47.1) 34.7 (28.4–41.0) 31.2 (24.5–38.0) 21.1 (19.0–23.1) 16.7 (15.1–18.4) 16.9 (15.0–18.8)
Tennessee 18.7 (12.4–25.0) 21.5 (16.3–26.7) 20.8 (16.1–25.4) 9.3 (5.0–13.6) 36.7 (20.0–53.4) 26.9 (17.1–36.8) 23.4 (16.5–30.4) 23.2 (20.6–25.8) 24.7 (22.6–26.7) 21.0 (19.3–22.8)
Texas 25.0(20.4–29.6) 13.9 (10.7–17.1) 21.0 (16.0–26.0) 15.7 (13.7–17.7) 13.4 (11.7–15.0) 12.0 (9.3–14.7) 14.2 (10.2–18.2) 10.6 (6.9–14.3) 13.1 (8.2–18.1) 21.0 (19.3–22.6) 16.1 (14.7–17.5) 14.6 (12.7–16.6)
Utah 29.1 (14.8–43.4) 15.5 (5.0–26.1) 14.5 (11.4–17.7) 10.4 (8.3–12.6) 11.8 (9.2–14.4) 14.7 (10.3–19.0) 11.5 (8.2–14.8) 14.1 (10.3–17.8) 11.0 (10.2–11.9) 9.3 (8.7–10.0) 8.1 (7.4–8.9)
Vermont 8.0 (0.0–18.0) 37.8 (27.5–48.2) 31.2 (23.1–39.2) 29.6 (19.5–39.8) 18.2 (16.7–19.6) 15.9 (14.7–17.1) 12.9 (11.7–14.2)
Virginia 23.1 (19.0–27.2) 19.5 (16.5–22.4) 18.1 (15.2–20.9) 17.8 (12.0–23.6) 15.2 (10.5–19.9) 8.4 (5.7–11.0) 22.1 (15.6–28.7) 19.8 (15.2–24.4) 10.5 (6.9–14.1) 20.5 (18.7–22.2) 20.2 (18.9–21.6) 15.6 (14.4–16.7)
Washington 25.7 (16.7–34.8) 17.4 (9.5–25.4) 12.0 (7.2–16.9) 13.9 (10.0–17.8) 13.3 (9.5–17.1) 10.2 (7.8–12.7) 17.0 (13.4–20.5) 17.0 (13.2–20.7) 13.1 (10.3–15.8) 17.7 (16.5–19.0) 15.3 (14.1–16.4) 12.3 (11.4–13.3)
West Virginia 34.3 (23.4–45.1) 25.7 (16.5–34.8) 27.4 (16.6–38.1) 35.9 (19.0–52.8) 28.0 (17.2–38.8) 26.1 (16.7–35.6) 28.2 (18.4–37.9) 28.4 (26.7–30.0) 26.7 (25.3–28.2) 25.1 (23.4–26.7)
Wisconsin 37.5 (27.8–47.1) 35.1 (23.5–46.8) 17.1 (9.6–24.7) 27.4 (12.4–42.4) 15.3 (8.9–21.7) 17.4 (10.2–24.5) 19.6 (9.1–30.1) 20.0 (13.8–26.3) 16.2 (9.7–22.7) 19.8 (18.0–21.5) 16.4 (15.0–17.8) 16.4 (14.9–18.0)
Wyoming 26.8 (19.8–33.8) 26.6 (20.0–33.2) 33.5 (24.3–42.7) 37.0 (25.1–48.8) 32.0 (22.2–41.9) 22.1 (20.5–23.7) 18.8 (16.9–20.7) 17.4 (15.8–19.0)
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All racial/ethnic groups are non-Hispanic except for the Hispanic group. Estimates were suppressed if the relative standard error was greater than 30% or the denominator of the estimate was less than 50. Dashes indicate that the estimate was suppressed.