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Total Population Age 12 and older

Figure 2.1:  Past month use of any illicit drug, by State (combined 1999 and 2000) (PDF format)

States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages.

  • highest group (7.50 to 11.35 percent):   Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.
  • next highest group (6.29 to 7.49 percent):  Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Wisconsin.
  • mid group (5.80 to 6.28 percent):  Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
  • next lowest group (5.13 to 5.79 percent):   Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
  • lowest group (4.19 to 5.12 percent):  Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Youth, age 12-17

Scroll down to Figure 2.2:  Past month use of any illicit drug by State (combined 1999 and 2000) PDF format

States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages.

  • States in the highest group (11.81 to 14.58 percent) were Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
  • States in the next highest group (10.61 to 11.80 percent) were Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Washington, and Wisconsin.
  • States in the mid group (9.40 to 10.60 percent) were Alabama, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
  • States in the next lowest group (8.48 to 9.39 percent) were District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wyoming.
  • States in the lowest group (6.46 to 8.57 percent) were Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia.
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Young Adults, age 18-25

Scroll down to Figure 2.3:  Past month use of any illicit drug by State (combined 1999 and 2000) PDF format

States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages.

  • States in the highest group (18.78 to 26.98 percent) were Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
  • States in the next highest group (16.75 to 18.77 percent) were District of Columbia, Hawaii, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Washington, and Wisconsin.
  • States in the mid group (15.31 to 16.74 percent) were California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.
  • States in the next lowest group (13.73 to 15.30 percent) were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
  • States in the lowest group (9.84 to 13.72 percent) were Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Utah.

 

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Adults, age 26 and older

Scroll down to Figure 2.4:  Past month use of any illicit drug by State (combined 1999 and 2000) PDF format

States listed here in alphabetical order within each group were divided into five groups based on the magnitude of their percentages.

  • States in the highest group (4.95 to 8.82 percent) were Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Washington.
  • States in the next highest group (4.05 to 4.94 percent) were Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
  • States in the mid group (3.49 to 4.04 percent) were Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, and Tennessee.
  • States in the next lowest group (3.14 to 3.48 percent) were Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming.
  • States in the lowest group (2.11 to 3.13 percent) were Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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This page was last updated on December 30, 2008.

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