Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2017

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Table 29. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Ranked and Grouped by Number of Cases: United States and the District of Columbia, 2017 and 2016

Table 29. Tuberculosis Cases and Case Rates per 100,000 Population, Ranked and Grouped by Number of Cases: United States and the District of Columbia, 2017 and 2016
Reporting Area 2017 2016 2016–2017 % change Overall Rank by
2017 Rate
No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
Total 9,105 2.8 9,253 2.9 -1.6 -2.3
>500 Cases in 2017
California 2,057 5.2 2,059 5.2 -0.1 -0.7 3
Texas 1,127 4.0 1,248 4.5 -9.7 -11.0 6
New York1 806 4.1 758 3.8 6.3 6.3 5
Florida 549 2.6 639 3.1 -14.1 -15.4 18
100–499 Cases in 2017
Illinois 335 2.6 341 2.7 -1.8 -1.5 17
Georgia 294 2.8 303 2.9 -3.0 -4.0 13
New Jersey 284 3.2 294 3.3 -3.4 -3.7 9
North Carolina 213 2.1 219 2.2 -2.7 -3.8 21
Massachusetts 210 3.1 190 2.8 10.5 9.9 10
Maryland 207 3.4 221 3.7 -6.3 -6.8 7
Washington 207 2.8 204 2.8 1.5 -0.2 14
Virginia 204 2.4 203 2.4 0.5 -0.2 20
Pennsylvania 192 1.5 173 1.4 11.0 10.8 32
Arizona 188 2.7 188 2.7 0.0 -1.5 15
Minnesota 178 3.2 168 3.0 6.0 5.0 8
Ohio 151 1.3 140 1.2 7.9 7.5 40
Louisiana 141 3.0 127 2.7 11.0 11.1 11
Michigan 133 1.3 133 1.3 0.0 -0.3 39
Tennessee 128 1.9 103 1.5 24.3 23.0 23
Alabama 120 2.5 112 2.3 7.1 6.8 19
Hawaii 116 8.1 119 8.3 -2.5 -2.4 1
South Carolina 101 2.0 102 2.1 -1.0 -2.3 22
Indiana 100 1.5 109 1.6 -8.3 -8.7 31
<100 Cases in 2017
Missouri 87 1.4 99 1.6 -12.1 -12.4 36
Arkansas 85 2.8 91 3.0 -6.6 -7.1 12
Colorado 84 1.5 64 1.2 31.3 29.4 33
Nevada 80 2.7 55 1.9 45.5 42.6 16
Oregon 69 1.7 70 1.7 -1.4 -2.8 28
Kentucky 65 1.5 91 2.1 -28.6 -28.9 35
Connecticut 63 1.8 52 1.4 21.2 21.1 27
Oklahoma 54 1.4 78 2.0 -30.8 -30.9 38
Alaska 53 7.2 57 7.7 -7.0 -6.8 2
Mississippi 53 1.8 61 2.0 -13.1 -13.1 25
Wisconsin 49 0.8 40 0.7 22.5 22.0 47
Iowa 47 1.5 48 1.5 -2.1 -2.5 34
New Mexico 37 1.8 39 1.9 -5.1 -5.2 26
District of Columbia 36 5.2 25 3.7 44.0 42.0 4
Kansas 29 1.0 39 1.3 -25.6 -25.8 44
Utah 29 0.9 20 0.7 45.0 42.3 45
Nebraska 21 1.1 28 1.5 -25.0 -25.5 42
New Hampshire 19 1.4 15 1.1 26.7 25.9 37
West Virginia 16 0.9 14 0.8 14.3 15.1 46
Delaware 15 1.6 16 1.7 -6.3 -7.2 30
Maine 14 1.0 23 1.7 -39.1 -39.4 43
North Dakota 14 1.9 22 2.9 -36.4 -36.4 24
South Dakota 14 1.6 12 1.4 16.7 15.6 29
Rhode Island 13 1.2 12 1.1 8.3 8.1 41
Idaho 10 0.6 18 1.1 -44.4 -45.6 48
Montana 3 0.3 4 0.4 -25.0 -25.8 51
Vermont 3 0.5 6 1.0 -50.0 -50.0 49
Wyoming 2 0.3 1 0.2 100.0 101.9 50

1Includes New York City
Note: Denominators for computing 2016 and 2017 rates for states and the District of Columbia were obtained from U.S. Census Bureau Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico:  April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2017/state/totals/nst-est2017-01.xlsx); accessed June 19, 2018.