A List of the Top Cannabis Consuming States in the U.S.

A List of the Top Cannabis Consuming States in the U.S.

Using data from the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, below is a list of all 50 states in the U.S. based on the percentage of residents that consume cannabis on at least a monthly basis, starting with the state with the least consumers (we will note that these numbers are obviously much lower than the actual percentage of cannabis consumers, given many people aren’t willing to admit to it in a survey).

50. Kansas:    4.06%

49. Utah:    4.41%

48. Louisiana:    4.62%

47. Alabama:    5.07%

46. Texas:    5.11%

45. North Dakota:    5.15%

44. West Virginia:    5.27%

43. Idaho:    5.29%

42. Arkansas:    5.3%

41. Tennessee:    5.41%

40. Nebraska:    5.51%

39. Virginia:    5.54%

38. Kentucky:    5.63%

37. Wyoming:    5.68%

36. South Dakota:    5.79%

35. Mississippi:    5.8%

34. Maryland:    5.81%

33. Missouri:    5.94%

32. Georgia:    5.96%

31. Oklahoma:    6.04%

30. New Jersey:    6.05%

29. Iowa:    6.1%

28. Pennsylvania:    6.18%

27. Indiana:    6.2%

26. Minnesota:    6.3%

25. North Carolina:    6.49%

24. Florida:    6.65%

23. Wisconsin:    6.69%

22. Illinois:    7.03%

21. South Carolina:    7.2%

20. Arizona:    7.22%

19. Ohio:    7.37%

18. Delaware:    7.49%

17. Hawaii:   7.57%

16. New York:    8.24%

15. Nevada:    8.36%

14. New Hampshire:    8.37%

13. Maine:    8.38%

12. Connecticut:    8.44%

11. Michigan:    8.89%

10. California:    9.08%

9. New Mexico:    9.14%

8. Massachusetts:    9.37%

7. Washington:    10.21%

6. Colorado:    10.41%

5. Montana:    10.45%

4. Oregon:    12.16%

3. Vermont:    12.86%

2. Alaska:    12.97%

 

And, with just a 0.03% lead over Alaska, the top cannabis-consuming state based on the percentage of monthly users is:

 

1. Rhode Island:    13%

 

– TheJointBlog