Table 11. Gonorrhea — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases by State, Ranked by Rates, United States, 2022
| Rank* | State | Cases | Rate per 100,000 Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 10,933 | 371.9 |
| 2 | South Dakota | 3,067 | 337.1 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 15,015 | 327.1 |
| 4 | Alaska | 2,304 | 314.1 |
| 5 | Georgia | 31,450 | 288.2 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 14,352 | 271.7 |
| 7 | Alabama | 13,279 | 261.7 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 26,715 | 249.7 |
| 9 | Missouri | 15,209 | 246.2 |
| 10 | Nevada | 7,392 | 232.6 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 16,069 | 227.9 |
| 12 | Arizona | 16,490 | 224.1 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 8,974 | 223.2 |
| 14 | Arkansas | 6,792 | 223.0 |
| 15 | New York | 43,362 | 220.4 |
| 16 | Illinois | 26,442 | 210.2 |
| 17 | Texas | 61,999 | 206.5 |
| 18 | California | 80,257 | 205.6 |
| 19 | Florida | 44,333 | 199.3 |
| 20 | New Mexico | 4,157 | 196.7 |
| 21 | Ohio | 22,969 | 195.4 |
| US TOTAL† | 648,056 | 194.4 | |
| 22 | North Dakota | 1,426 | 183.0 |
| 23 | Indiana | 12,396 | 181.4 |
| 24 | Maryland | 11,164 | 181.1 |
| 25 | Kansas | 4,997 | 170.1 |
| 26 | Michigan | 16,378 | 163.2 |
| 27 | Virginia | 13,437 | 154.7 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 6,820 | 151.1 |
| 29 | Colorado | 8,784 | 150.4 |
| 30 | Wisconsin | 8,740 | 148.3 |
| 31 | Washington | 11,400 | 146.4 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | 18,851 | 145.3 |
| 33 | Delaware | 1,464 | 143.8 |
| 34 | Minnesota | 8,152 | 142.6 |
| 35 | Iowa | 4,466 | 139.5 |
| 36 | Connecticut | 4,979 | 137.3 |
| 37 | Rhode Island | 1,444 | 132.0 |
| 38 | Massachusetts | 9,206 | 131.9 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 2,560 | 130.1 |
| 40 | Oregon | 5,494 | 129.6 |
| 41 | Montana | 1,311 | 116.8 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 1,478 | 102.6 |
| 43 | New Jersey | 9,330 | 100.7 |
| 44 | Utah | 3,171 | 93.8 |
| 45 | West Virginia | 1,258 | 70.9 |
| 46 | Idaho | 1,098 | 56.6 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 310 | 53.3 |
| 48 | New Hampshire | 662 | 47.4 |
| 49 | Maine | 621 | 44.8 |
| 50 | Vermont | 174 | 26.9 |
| * States were ranked by rate, then case count, then in alphabetical order, with rates shown rounded to the nearest tenth. † Total includes cases reported by the District of Columbia with 4,925 cases and a rate of 733.1, but excludes territories. NOTE: See Technical Notes for more information on gonorrhea case reporting. This report includes data from years that coincide with the COVID-19 pandemic, which introduced uncertainty and difficulty in interpreting case data. See Impact of COVID-19 on STIs for more information. |