Obesity Rates - Released Thursday, July 1, 2009

State-by-state list of obesity rates, each state's obesity ranking in the nation and the percentage point change from the previous report, according to the Trust for America's Health:

STATE	RATE	RANK	CHANGE
New York	24.5	37	1
New Jersey	23.4	42	0.5
Connecticut	21.3	49	0.5
Alabama	31.2	2	1.1
Alaska	27.2	18	-0.1
Arizona	24.8	33	1.5
Arkansas	28.6	10	0.5
California	23.6	41	0.5
Colorado	18.9	51	0.4
Delaware	27.3	17	1.4
District of Columbia	22.3	45	0.2
Florida	24.1	39	0.8
Georgia	27.9	14	0.4
Hawaii	21.8	47	1.1
Idaho	24.8	33	0.2
Illinois	25.9	27	0.6
Indiana	27.4	16	-0.1
Iowa	26.7	22	0.4
Kansas	27.2	18	1.4
Kentucky	29.0	7	0.6
Louisiana	28.9	8	-0.6
Maine	24.7	35	1.1
Maryland	26.0	25	0.7
Massachusetts	21.2	50	0.3
Michigan	28.8	9	1.1
Minnesota	25.3	31	0.5
Mississippi	32.5	1	0.8
Missouri	28.1	13	0.7
Montana	22.7	43	1
Nebraska	26.9	20	0.4
Nevada	25.1	32	1.4
New Hampshire	24.1	39	0.6
New Mexico	24.6	36	1.3
North Carolina	28.3	12	1.2
North Dakota	26.7	22	0.8
Ohio	28.6	10	1.6
Oklahoma	29.5	6	1.4
Oregon	25.4	28	0.4
Pennsylvania	26.7	22	1
Rhode Island	21.7	48	0.3
South Carolina	29.7	5	0.5
South Dakota	26.9	20	0.9
Tennessee	30.2	4	1.3
Texas	27.9	14	0.6
Utah	22.5	44	0.6
Vermont	22.1	46	1
Virginia	25.4	28	0.2
Washington	25.4	28	0.9
West Virginia	31.1	3	0.4
Wisconsin	26.0	25	0.6
Wyoming	24.3	38	0.4