Table 12. Gonorrhea — Reported cases and rates by state, ranked by rates: United States, 2007
| Rank* | State | Cases | Rate
per 100,000 Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 8,314 | 285.7 |
| 2 | Louisiana | 11,137 | 259.7 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 10,326 | 239.0 |
| 4 | Alabama | 10,885 | 236.7 |
| 5 | Georgia | 17,835 | 190.5 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 16,666 | 188.2 |
| 7 | Ohio | 21,066 | 183.5 |
| 8 | Missouri | 9,876 | 169.0 |
| 9 | Illinois | 20,813 | 162.2 |
| 10 | Tennessee | 9,564 | 158.4 |
| 11 | Michigan | 15,482 | 153.4 |
| 12 | Delaware | 1,293 | 151.5 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 4,168 | 148.3 |
| 14 | Indiana | 8,790 | 139.2 |
| 15 | Texas | 32,073 | 136.4 |
| 16 | Oklahoma | 4,827 | 134.9 |
| 17 | Florida | 23,327 | 129.0 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 6,752 | 121.5 |
| 19 | Maryland | 6,768 | 120.5 |
| U.S. TOTAL† | 355,991 | 118.9 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | 12,706 | 102.1 |
| 21 | Nevada | 2,357 | 94.4 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 1,796 | 91.9 |
| 23 | New York | 17,697 | 91.7 |
| 24 | Alaska | 579 | 86.4 |
| 25 | California | 31,294 | 85.8 |
| 26 | Kansas | 2,282 | 82.6 |
| 27 | Arizona | 5,062 | 82.1 |
| 28 | Virginia | 6,269 | 82.0 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 3,449 | 82.0 |
| 30 | Nebraska | 1,434 | 81.1 |
| 31 | Colorado | 3,376 | 71.0 |
| 32 | New Jersey | 6,076 | 69.6 |
| 33 | Minnesota | 3,459 | 66.9 |
| 34 | Connecticut | 2,327 | 66.4 |
| 35 | Iowa | 1,928 | 64.7 |
| 36 | Washington | 3,653 | 57.1 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 659 | 51.3 |
| 38 | West Virginia | 930 | 51.1 |
| 39 | Massachusetts | 2,695 | 41.9 |
| 40 | Rhode Island | 402 | 37.7 |
| 41 | Oregon | 1,236 | 33.4 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 261 | 33.4 |
| 43 | Utah | 821 | 32.2 |
| YEAR 2010 TARGET | 19.0 | ||
| 44 | Idaho | 269 | 18.3 |
| 45 | North Dakota | 116 | 18.2 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 81 | 15.7 |
| 47 | Montana | 122 | 12.9 |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 138 | 10.5 |
| 49 | Vermont | 64 | 10.3 |
| 50 | Maine | 118 | 8.9 |
* States were ranked in descending order by rate, number of cases, and alphabetically by state.
† Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 2,373 cases and a rate of 408.1, but excludes outlying areas (Guam with 141 cases and rate of 82.4, Puerto Rico with 323 cases and rate of 8.2, and Virgin Islands with 69 cases and rate of 63.5).
