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Table C4
Adult* Self-Reported Current Asthma Prevalence and Number
by Race and State or Territory: BRFSS 2019
State Race Sample
Size§		 Prevalence
(percent)		 Standard
Error		 95% CI
(percent)		 ||
||		 Weighted
Number		 95% CI
(Weighted Number)
U.S. Total** White 326,052 9.1 0.10 (8.9–9.3) || 15,917,496 (15,567,881–16,267,112)
U.S. Total** Black 32,622 10.8 0.28 (10.2–11.3) || 3,335,364 (3,160,118–3,510,609)
U.S. Total** Other 28,376 6.4 0.27 (5.8–6.9) || 1,845,706 (1,686,299–2,005,114)
U.S. Total** Multirace 9,078 14.1 0.74 (12.7–15.6) || 593,322 (528,633–658,012)
AL White 4,814 9.0 0.58 (7.9–10.2) || 234,719 (204,102–265,337)
AL Black 1,818 10.9 1.01 (8.9–12.9) || 104,860 (84,675–125,044)
AL Other 207 10.2 2.86 (4.5–15.8) || 14,082 (5,905–22,258)
AL Multirace 89 10.5 3.96 (2.7–18.4) || 3,818 (836–6,799)
AK White 2,213 10.4 1.02 (8.4–12.4) || 37,343 (29,908–44,778)
AK Black 58 11.5 8.16 (0.0–27.8) || 3,457 (0–8,865)
AK Other 477 8.5 1.69 (5.1–11.8) || 10,815 (6,489–15,141)
AK Multirace 138 8.8 2.84 (3.2–14.4) || 2,142 (773–3,511)
AZ White 6,904 9.8 0.59 (8.7–11.0) || 393,250 (346,243–440,257)
AZ Black 216 14.5 3.43 (7.7–21.3) || 40,524 (19,898–61,149)
AZ Other 1,326 7.3 1.16 (5.0–9.6) || 74,416 (50,876–97,956)
AZ Multirace 161 25.4 6.92 (11.7–39.0) || 23,024 (7,971–38,077)
AR White 4,108 9.2 0.62 (8.0–10.5) || 162,237 (140,682–183,793)
AR Black 757 10.6 1.84 (7.0–14.2) || 35,240 (22,563–47,917)
AR Other 223 4.9 1.64 (1.7–8.2) || 6,369 (2,168–10,569)
AR Multirace 130 9.4 3.35 (2.8–16.1) || 2,891 (810–4,972)
CA White 7,818 8.6 0.40 (7.9–9.4) || 1,609,495 (1,460,507–1,758,483)
CA Black 734 9.7 1.23 (7.3–12.1) || 202,648 (150,562–254,735)
CA Other 2,189 5.6 0.68 (4.2–6.9) || 447,008 (336,608–557,409)
CA Multirace 319 12.2 2.18 (7.9–16.5) || 69,829 (43,908–95,750)
CO White 7,684 9.8 0.43 (9.0–10.6) || 350,439 (319,679–381,199)
CO Black 270 13.2 2.20 (8.9–17.6) || 25,042 (16,436–33,647)
CO Other 709 7.8 1.16 (5.5–10.1) || 34,291 (23,931–44,651)
CO Multirace 164 11.7 2.84 (6.1–17.4) || 9,188 (4,555–13,821)
CT White 7,353 10.2 0.53 (9.2–11.3) || 210,706 (188,609–232,804)
CT Black 692 12.7 1.60 (9.6–15.8) || 39,060 (28,741–49,379)
CT Other 639 11.1 1.63 (7.9–14.3) || 34,552 (24,050–45,053)
CT Multirace 131 18.0 4.37 (9.3–26.6) || 5,521 (2,757–8,285)
DE White 2,776 10.0 0.86 (8.4–11.7) || 51,112 (42,181–60,043)
DE Black 522 11.5 1.84 (7.9–15.1) || 18,674 (12,530–24,817)
DE Other 302 6.2 1.95 (2.4–10.0) || 3,737 (1,370–6,105)
DE Multirace 87 7.4 3.08 (1.3–13.6) || 671 (114–1,227)
DC White 1,042 9.0 1.24 (6.6–11.5) || 23,664 (17,000–30,329)
DC Black 1,278 14.5 1.32 (11.9–17.1) || 34,742 (28,133–41,352)
DC Other 159 9.1 2.93 (3.4–14.9) || 4,503 (1,520–7,486)
DC Multirace 51 20.6 6.89 (6.7–34.4) || 1,942 (540–3,344)
FL White 13,062 7.5 0.48 (6.5–8.4) || 885,885 (772,252–999,518)
FL Black 1,742 8.0 1.10 (5.9–10.2) || 211,896 (154,103–269,689)
FL Other 1,035 4.1 0.82 (2.5–5.7) || 72,070 (44,248–99,891)
FL Multirace 531 12.8 4.23 (4.5–21.1) || 45,578 (13,322–77,834)
GA White 4,791 7.9 0.60 (6.7–9.0) || 362,208 (306,681–417,735)
GA Black 1,661 8.1 1.04 (6.1–10.1) || 201,874 (149,370–254,378)
GA Other 452 5.8 1.65 (2.6–9.0) || 34,972 (15,061–54,883)
GA Multirace 156 9.7 2.99 (3.8–15.6) || 16,023 (6,446–25,599)
HI White 2,718 8.3 0.87 (6.6–10.0) || 23,599 (18,546–28,653)
HI Black 78 10.9 5.50 (0.0–21.9) || 2,744 (0–5,704)
HI Other 3,370 8.8 0.60 (7.6–9.9) || 52,094 (44,955–59,234)
HI Multirace 1,375 14.0 1.23 (11.6–16.5) || 26,494 (21,585–31,404)
ID White 4,919 9.7 0.64 (8.5–11.0) || 112,903 (98,065–127,741)
ID Black 23 15.9 (.–.) || 1,570 (.–.)
ID Other 186 10.2 3.33 (3.6–16.8) || 7,952 (2,544–13,360)
ID Multirace 114 9.1 3.65 (1.9–16.3) || 2,722 (578–4,866)
IL White 4,185 7.4 0.46 (6.5–8.3) || 532,796 (466,410–599,183)
IL Black 698 14.3 1.69 (11.0–17.6) || 198,512 (149,127–247,896)
IL Other 403 5.0 1.32 (2.4–7.6) || 45,037 (20,987–69,087)
IL Multirace 85 18.1 4.86 (8.5–27.8) || 21,225 (8,668–33,783)
IN White 7,517 9.7 0.44 (8.9–10.6) || 411,018 (374,047–447,989)
IN Black 615 12.4 1.64 (9.2–15.6) || 57,607 (41,823–73,390)
IN Other 333 6.3 1.82 (2.8–9.9) || 15,447 (6,418–24,476)
IN Multirace 135 14.0 3.42 (7.3–20.8) || 7,679 (3,814–11,544)
IA White 8,999 7.7 0.35 (7.1–8.4) || 167,009 (152,084–181,934)
IA Black 188 10.4 2.21 (6.0–14.7) || 8,616 (4,859–12,374)
IA Other 204 9.7 2.54 (4.7–14.7) || 8,661 (3,959–13,363)
IA Multirace 102 21.2 5.40 (10.5–31.9) || 6,776 (2,814–10,738)
KS White 10,013 9.6 0.37 (8.9–10.3) || 176,347 (162,560–190,134)
KS Black 436 11.9 1.83 (8.3–15.5) || 14,713 (9,982–19,443)
KS Other 396 8.3 1.68 (5.0–11.6) || 10,639 (6,211–15,068)
KS Multirace 198 20.3 3.49 (13.4–27.2) || 10,985 (6,787–15,182)
KY White 6,876 9.3 0.55 (8.3–10.4) || 278,315 (245,576–311,053)
KY Black 657 7.1 1.48 (4.2–10.0) || 18,833 (11,088–26,579)
KY Other 144 9.7 3.01 (3.7–15.6) || 8,747 (3,320–14,175)
KY Multirace 130 21.8 8.23 (5.6–38.1) || 10,080 (987–19,172)
LA White 3,148 7.6 0.55 (6.5–8.6) || 165,970 (141,915–190,025)
LA Black 1,179 9.3 0.98 (7.3–11.2) || 100,870 (79,403–122,338)
LA Other 185 3.6 1.17 (1.3–5.9) || 5,452 (2,007–8,896)
LA Multirace 90 13.5 5.70 (2.2–24.9) || 5,092 (397–9,787)
ME White 10,680 11.4 0.55 (10.3–12.5) || 115,598 (104,245–126,950)
ME Black 61 9.6 5.12 (0.0–19.9) || 1,124 (0–2,337)
ME Other 179 25.4 7.40 (10.8–40.0) || 6,222 (1,764–10,681)
ME Multirace 148 22.3 5.37 (11.7–32.9) || 3,621 (1,797–5,444)
MD White 12,107 8.3 0.39 (7.5–9.1) || 213,659 (193,663–233,655)
MD Black 3,489 11.6 0.77 (10.1–13.1) || 160,546 (138,375–182,716)
MD Other 937 5.3 1.00 (3.3–7.3) || 28,418 (17,627–39,209)
MD Multirace 294 15.7 3.08 (9.6–21.7) || 9,383 (5,367–13,399)
MA White 6,164 10.5 0.52 (9.5–11.5) || 436,696 (393,289–480,104)
MA Black 459 12.4 2.04 (8.4–16.4) || 49,483 (32,333–66,633)
MA Other 501 6.3 1.23 (3.9–8.7) || 35,924 (21,834–50,013)
MA Multirace 154 17.9 3.75 (10.5–25.3) || 19,817 (10,832–28,803)
MI White 8,693 10.6 0.46 (9.7–11.5) || 640,069 (583,632–696,506)
MI Black 882 15.7 1.56 (12.6–18.7) || 161,005 (126,781–195,230)
MI Other 431 8.9 2.07 (4.9–13.0) || 40,106 (20,792–59,420)
MI Multirace 228 14.8 2.81 (9.2–20.3) || 14,930 (8,917–20,943)
MN White 13,541 8.3 0.29 (7.7–8.8) || 296,388 (275,996–316,780)
MN Black 526 9.0 1.43 (6.2–11.8) || 22,465 (15,169–29,762)
MN Other 822 7.2 1.05 (5.1–9.2) || 25,426 (17,955–32,897)
MN Multirace 231 17.9 3.25 (11.5–24.3) || 9,164 (5,503–12,826)
MS White 2,949 9.4 0.74 (8.0–10.9) || 125,219 (105,289–145,149)
MS Black 1,964 10.9 0.99 (9.0–12.9) || 88,327 (71,852–104,801)
MS Other 108 3.8 (.–.) || 3,302 (.–.)
MS Multirace 35 17.9 9.55 (0.0–37.3) || 4,723 (0–10,395)
MO White 6,160 10.0 0.56 (9.0–11.1) || 391,287 (347,825–434,749)
MO Black 681 10.4 1.49 (7.4–13.3) || 53,347 (37,733–68,961)
MO Other 201 8.7 2.32 (4.1–13.3) || 17,019 (7,780–26,258)
MO Multirace 104 16.4 5.15 (6.2–26.6) || 11,503 (3,556–19,451)
MT White 5,547 9.8 0.49 (8.9–10.8) || 73,531 (66,235–80,827)
MT Black 16 15.7 (.–.) || 588 (.–.)
MT Other 629 11.1 1.66 (7.8–14.3) || 6,706 (4,661–8,752)
MT Multirace 184 14.0 3.69 (6.8–21.3) || 2,131 (923–3,338)
NE White 14,252 8.0 0.34 (7.3–8.7) || 99,063 (90,601–107,526)
NE Black 334 13.2 2.39 (8.5–17.9) || 8,695 (5,371–12,020)
NE Other 756 6.1 1.23 (3.7–8.5) || 6,433 (3,807–9,059)
NE Multirace 149 7.1 2.48 (2.2–12.0) || 1,276 (381–2,171)
NV White 1,973 8.8 0.84 (7.2–10.4) || 123,210 (99,765–146,656)
NV Black 167 11.9 2.60 (6.7–17.0) || 26,561 (14,554–38,567)
NV Other 422 9.8 1.89 (6.0–13.5) || 60,032 (36,175–83,889)
NV Multirace 115 11.7 4.42 (3.0–20.5) || 7,041 (1,462–12,621)
NH White 5,435 10.8 0.59 (9.7–12.0) || 108,276 (96,511–120,042)
NH Black 47 4.4 (.–.) || 713 (.–.)
NH Other 176 10.4 2.87 (4.7–16.0) || 5,537 (2,392–8,682)
NH Multirace 49 24.6 7.75 (9.0–40.2) || 3,437 (1,003–5,871)
NM White 4,559 8.9 0.58 (7.8–10.0) || 104,939 (91,315–118,564)
NM Black 99 8.6 3.32 (2.0–15.2) || 3,765 (783–6,748)
NM Other 825 7.5 1.27 (5.0–9.9) || 17,771 (11,678–23,864)
NM Multirace 103 9.4 3.51 (2.5–16.4) || 3,265 (755–5,776)
NY White 10,326 9.2 0.41 (8.4–10.0) || 852,786 (776,338–929,234)
NY Black 1,453 12.4 1.11 (10.2–14.6) || 295,653 (240,752–350,554)
NY Other 1,467 6.9 0.83 (5.3–8.5) || 179,880 (136,838–222,922)
NY Multirace 233 18.2 3.89 (10.5–25.8) || 30,975 (16,413–45,537)
NC White 2,815 8.3 0.59 (7.2–9.5) || 455,955 (391,407–520,504)
NC Black 885 8.9 1.04 (6.8–10.9) || 152,691 (116,509–188,872)
NC Other 369 4.4 1.06 (2.3–6.5) || 25,308 (13,316–37,301)
NC Multirace 77 13.7 5.04 (3.6–23.7) || 24,018 (4,851–43,185)
ND White 5,041 7.8 0.58 (6.7–9.0) || 39,828 (33,925–45,730)
ND Black 52 2.8 (.–.) || 443 (.–.)
ND Other 284 10.6 2.48 (5.7–15.4) || 4,614 (2,369–6,860)
ND Multirace 66 16.2 6.09 (4.0–28.3) || 1,470 (342–2,597)
OH White 11,826 10.6 0.46 (9.7–11.5) || 776,866 (709,714–844,018)
OH Black 811 13.9 1.76 (10.4–17.3) || 151,825 (111,045–192,605)
OH Other 317 11.9 3.39 (5.2–18.6) || 48,279 (18,933–77,626)
OH Multirace 242 18.4 3.76 (11.0–25.8) || 21,933 (12,199–31,666)
OK White 4,830 10.0 0.54 (8.9–11.0) || 215,909 (192,220–239,598)
OK Black 329 10.6 1.92 (6.9–14.4) || 23,068 (14,496–31,640)
OK Other 610 10.7 1.49 (7.7–13.6) || 38,083 (27,181–48,984)
OK Multirace 342 14.9 2.53 (9.9–19.8) || 20,429 (13,000–27,858)
OR White 5,137 11.2 0.55 (10.2–12.3) || 303,046 (273,132–332,960)
OR Black 79 7.4 3.16 (1.1–13.7) || 6,224 (761–11,687)
OR Other 339 11.6 2.20 (7.3–16.0) || 33,286 (20,234–46,339)
OR Multirace 199 15.6 2.98 (9.7–21.5) || 13,510 (8,020–19,000)
PA White 5,295 10.2 0.55 (9.1–11.2) || 820,562 (731,078–910,047)
PA Black 718 16.9 1.87 (13.2–20.5) || 181,704 (138,334–225,074)
PA Other 311 10.6 2.26 (6.2–15.1) || 64,868 (36,332–93,405)
PA Multirace 110 10.2 3.18 (3.9–16.5) || 14,760 (6,421–23,098)
RI White 5,100 11.7 0.70 (10.3–13.1) || 76,848 (67,397–86,299)
RI Black 270 13.6 2.51 (8.6–18.5) || 7,477 (4,596–10,358)
RI Other 424 8.1 1.53 (5.1–11.1) || 7,396 (4,611–10,181)
RI Multirace 104 10.3 3.64 (3.1–17.5) || 1,522 (430–2,614)
SC White 5,018 8.9 0.55 (7.9–10.0) || 240,319 (210,778–269,860)
SC Black 1,550 11.1 1.27 (8.7–13.6) || 113,392 (86,344–140,441)
SC Other 214 7.5 2.21 (3.2–11.9) || 11,937 (4,907–18,968)
SC Multirace 169 12.5 3.21 (6.2–18.9) || 5,845 (2,860–8,830)
SD White 5,400 8.8 0.86 (7.1–10.5) || 50,671 (40,657–60,686)
SD Black 35 0.7 (.–.) || 88 (.–.)
SD Other 917 7.7 1.61 (4.5–10.8) || 4,333 (2,632–6,033)
SD Multirace 135 7.6 4.36 (0.0–16.2) || 980 (0–2,106)
TN White 5,043 8.7 0.53 (7.6–9.7) || 353,071 (310,049–396,094)
TN Black 729 9.3 1.38 (6.6–12.0) || 77,839 (54,518–101,160)
TN Other 213 8.3 2.13 (4.1–12.5) || 18,889 (9,302–28,475)
TN Multirace 106 13.5 4.23 (5.1–21.9) || 7,234 (2,640–11,829)
TX White 9,115 8.2 0.59 (7.0–9.3) || 1,162,685 (991,535–1,333,836)
TX Black 1,058 6.8 1.15 (4.5–9.0) || 184,104 (121,983–246,224)
TX Other 1,239 4.2 1.04 (2.1–6.2) || 129,768 (65,534–194,003)
TX Multirace 241 10.8 3.76 (3.4–18.2) || 32,070 (9,650–54,490)
UT White 10,543 10.6 0.39 (9.8–11.3) || 202,744 (187,594–217,895)
UT Black 80 6.4 2.91 (0.6–12.1) || 1,545 (93–2,997)
UT Other 506 6.3 1.25 (3.9–8.8) || 10,207 (6,127–14,287)
UT Multirace 114 10.5 3.89 (2.8–18.2) || 4,159 (891–7,428)
VT White 5,976 11.6 0.65 (10.3–12.9) || 54,879 (48,612–61,146)
VT Black 30 8.5 (.–.) || 362 (.–.)
VT Other 168 9.7 3.15 (3.5–15.9) || 1,607 (576–2,639)
VT Multirace 122 21.4 5.76 (10.0–32.8) || 1,262 (538–1,987)
VA White 7,305 9.0 0.44 (8.1–9.8) || 391,897 (353,244–430,550)
VA Black 1,568 10.4 1.03 (8.4–12.4) || 131,190 (104,571–157,809)
VA Other 528 5.1 1.03 (3.1–7.2) || 38,671 (23,281–54,061)
VA Multirace 236 10.2 2.18 (5.9–14.5) || 11,455 (6,563–16,347)
WA White 10,732 10.3 0.39 (9.5–11.0) || 456,581 (421,313–491,849)
WA Black 271 15.5 2.56 (10.4–20.5) || 33,870 (21,784–45,955)
WA Other 1,124 6.8 0.93 (5.0–8.7) || 63,763 (46,289–81,236)
WA Multirace 382 16.6 2.49 (11.7–21.6) || 26,977 (18,157–35,797)
WV White 4,956 11.2 0.59 (10.0–12.4) || 147,731 (131,919–163,543)
WV Black 96 16.8 4.54 (7.8–25.8) || 7,390 (3,188–11,591)
WV Other 78 14.2 5.00 (4.2–24.1) || 4,012 (1,036–6,988)
WV Multirace 81 19.2 5.73 (7.9–30.6) || 3,487 (1,250–5,724)
WI White 4,360 9.2 0.57 (8.1–10.4) || 359,694 (315,419–403,968)
WI Black 232 26.2 4.67 (17.0–35.4) || 67,923 (40,274–95,571)
WI Other 204 6.4 2.04 (2.4–10.4) || 15,998 (5,937–26,058)
WI Multirace 64 17.4 6.57 (4.3–30.5) || 8,398 (1,481–15,314)
WY White 4,234 9.8 0.70 (8.5–11.2) || 38,471 (32,926–44,015)
WY Black 29 8.9 (.–.) || 476 (.–.)
WY Other 138 5.2 2.23 (0.8–9.6) || 1,067 (144–1,989)
WY Multirace 75 9.2 5.26 (0.0–19.7) || 867 (0–1,924)

Notes:
*Aged 18+ years
**U.S. Total includes 49 states plus the District of Columbia and excludes the three territories, New Jersey was excluded because of not meeting the minimum data collection requirements.
CI denotes confidence interval.
§Sample size is the number of respondents answered current asthma question
If values for the standard error and the 95% confidence interval are not provided, the normal approximation to the binomial distribution does not apply due to small sample size.
When the Sample Size is less than 50, estimates are not precise and should be interpreted with caution.

Asthma and Community Health Branch, National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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