Prepregnancy overweight and obesity by state U.S. 2015

This statistic shows the percentage of women with a live birth in the U.S. in 2015 who were overweight or obese prior to becoming pregnant, by state. In West Virginia, 31.3 percent of women who gave birth in 2015 were obese prior to becoming pregnant.

Percentage of women with a live birth who were overweight or obese prior to pregnancy in the U.S. in 2015, by state*

Characteristic	Overweight	Obesity
Alabama	24.8%	30.4%
Alaska	25.4%	26%
Arizona	26.1%	26.1%
Arkansas	23.7%	29.5%
California	26.4%	23.2%
Colorado	26.1%	20.9%
Delaware	27.7%	28%
District of Columbia	23.4%	19.9%
Floridia	26.1%	23.3%
Georgia	25.9%	28.3%
Hawaii	25.2%	22.8%
Idaho	25.2%	24.2%
Illinois	26.8%	27.3%
Indiana	25.8%	28.7%
Iowa	25.7%	26.8%
Kansas	26.4%	26.4%
Kentucky	24.8%	30%
Louisiana	25.1%	29.9%
Maine	26.2%	30.1%
Maryland	26.8%	25.7%
Massachusetts	25.3%	20.3%
Michigan	25.9%	28.6%
Minnesota	27.7%	26.3%
Mississippi	25%	33.5%
Missouri	24.5%	26.4%
Montana	25.5%	24.7%
Nebraska	26%	24.7%
Nevada	25.4%	23.8%
New Hampshire	25.9%	23.9%
New Mexico	26.8%	27.2%
New York**	27%	25.8%
North Carolina	25.2%	26.6%
North Dakota	27.8%	29.7%
Ohio	24.6%	26.9%
Oklahoma	25.7%	28.8%
Oregon	25%	24.9%
Pennsylvania	24.6%	24.6%
Rhode Island	26.6%	22.4%
South Caroline	25.3%	29.7%
South Dakota	25.7%	24.9%
Tennessee	24.4%	26.4%
Texas	26.4%	25.6%
Utah	23.5%	20.5%
Vermont	24.3%	26.1%
Virginia	26.4%	24.7%
Washington	26%	25%
West Virginia	23.9%	31.3%
Wisconsin	26.3%	29.8%
Wyoming	24.7%	22.9%
U.S.***	25.8%	25.6%

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Release date

January 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

All percentages are crude.
* Prepregnancy BMI was categorized as underweight (BMI <18.5), normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9), overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9), and obese (BMI ≥30.0).
** Not including New York City.
***Not including Connecticut and New Jersey.

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