| Current Asthma by State, 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Child | Adult | |||
| Count | Percent | Year | Count | Percent | |
| Alabama | 85,669 | 8.6% | 350,749 | 8.8% | |
| Alaska | --- | --- | 59,838 | 10.8% | |
| Arizona | 129,244 | 8.1% | 2016 | 601,018 | 10.3% |
| Arkansas | --- | --- | 231,412 | 9.9% | |
| California | 467,755 | 6.3% | 2,688,439 | 8.8% | |
| Colorado | --- | --- | 524,666 | 11.3% | |
| Connecticut | 52,012 | 7.9% | 316,879 | 10.8% | |
| Delaware | --- | --- | 90,644 | 11.0% | |
| District of Columbia | 12,265 | 9.7% | 2021 | 59,577 | 10.6% |
| Florida | 243,486 | 6.1% | 1,559,429 | 8.5% | |
| Georgia | 200,923 | 8.7% | 801,375 | 9.4% | |
| Hawaii | 18,144 | 6.7% | 113,386 | 9.8% | |
| Idaho | --- | --- | 157,515 | 10.5% | |
| Illinois | 162,764 | 6.4% | 937,468 | 9.5% | |
| Indiana | 95,429 | 6.8% | 605,345 | 11.5% | |
| Iowa | 41,623 | 5.8% | 2011 | 221,751 | 8.9% |
| Kansas | 43,004 | 6.9% | 221,805 | 9.9% | |
| Kentucky | 88,024 | 9.5% | 2022 | 377,365 | 10.8% |
| Louisiana | 94,076 | 8.8% | 2015 | 373,621 | 10.6% |
| Maine | 16,627 | 7.2% | 146,401 | 12.9% | |
| Maryland | 77,305 | 6.0% | 2022 | 525,607 | 10.8% |
| Massachusetts | 70,547 | 5.9% | 672,211 | 11.9% | |
| Michigan | 140,935 | 7.3% | 869,040 | 11.0% | |
| Minnesota | 64,374 | 5.3% | 436,181 | 9.8% | |
| Mississippi | 42,710 | 6.9% | 2022 | 161,450 | 7.1% |
| Missouri | 101,464 | 8.0% | 476,023 | 9.9% | |
| Montana | 15,376 | 6.8% | 104,678 | 11.7% | |
| Nebraska | 18,732 | 4.1% | 127,138 | 8.5% | |
| Nevada | 46,822 | 7.2% | 2020 | 219,839 | 8.8% |
| New Hampshire | 17,003 | 7.1% | 134,973 | 11.8% | |
| New Jersey | 123,092 | 6.8% | 627,531 | 8.6% | |
| New Mexico | 30,569 | 7.1% | 160,815 | 9.7% | |
| New York | 333,623 | 9.2% | 1,553,999 | 9.9% | |
| North Carolina | 250,591 | 11.5% | 2014 | 856,919 | 10.0% |
| North Dakota | 10,025 | 6.5% | 2012 | 61,046 | 10.1% |
| Ohio | 159,955 | 6.8% | 1,007,049 | 11.0% | |
| Oklahoma | 88,720 | 9.8% | 2016 | 348,844 | 11.3% |
| Oregon | 55,007 | 6.9% | 2019 | 399,253 | 11.8% |
| Pennsylvania | 240,281 | 9.9% | 2022 | 1,033,741 | 10.1% |
| Puerto Rico | 85,239 | 16.0% | 381,849 | 14.1% | |
| Rhode Island | 15,795 | 8.5% | 108,515 | 12.2% | |
| South Carolina | --- | --- | 370,455 | 8.8% | |
| South Dakota | --- | --- | 67,878 | 9.7% | |
| Tennessee | 139,190 | 9.7% | 2014 | 614,808 | 11.0% |
| Texas | 515,483 | 7.5% | 1,966,297 | 8.5% | |
| Utah | 56,494 | 6.2% | 272,035 | 11.0% | |
| Vermont | 8,135 | 7.7% | 59,448 | 11.2% | |
| Virginia | --- | --- | 697,841 | 10.2% | |
| Washington | 115,898 | 7.3% | 2016 | 659,914 | 10.7% |
| West Virginia | 34,638 | 9.4% | 2014 | 196,326 | 13.9% |
| Wisconsin | 71,565 | 6.2% | 504,682 | 10.9% | |
| Wyoming | 11,697 | 8.6% | 2012 | 44,619 | 10.0% |
| United States* | --- | 6.9% | 24,748,581 | 9.8% | |
Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2011-2023. Analysis by the American Lung Association Epidemiology and Statistics Unit.
- * National child asthma prevalence is based on data from 27 states and Washington, D.C.
- Child asthma data is from 2023 unless an earlier year is noted, in which case that is the most recent year of data available. If a state has not collected child asthma data since 2011, no rate is listed.
- Adult asthma data is from 2022 for Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Page last updated: June 26, 2025
