Table 2. Prevalence of Cigarette Use Across Racial/Ethnic Groups, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011, 2014, and 2018a .
| States | Black |
Hispanic |
Other |
White |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
a
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.