YRBSS Participation

What to know

  • The maps below illustrate state, territory, tribal government, and local school district participation for high schools and middle schools in the 2021 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
  • Participation by each school is key to ensuring results represent youth nationwide.
An state educator looking at map participation by state that is key to ensuring results represent youth nationwide.

2021 high school YRBS participation map

2021 High School YRBS Participation Map
This map illustrates state, territory, tribal government, and local school district participation in the 2021 High School YRBS.

Surveys with representative1 and no representative2 state, territory, tribal government, and local school district data are shown.


1Representative data are weighted to be representative of all students in grades 9–12 attending schools in each jurisdiction. With representative data, it is possible to say, for example, "X% of students in state Y never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else."
2Data from these sites represent only the students who completed the survey. The following states conducted a high school survey in 2021 and did not obtain representative data: California.

See tables below for the list of states, territories, tribes, and local school districts that participated.

  • Alabama
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Boston, MA
  • Broward County, FL
  • Chicago, IL
  • Cleveland, OH
  • District of Columbia
  • Duval County, FL
  • Eaton Consortium, MI
  • Ft. Worth, TX
  • Gaston County, NC
  • Genesee Consortium, MI
  • Hillsborough County, FL
  • Houston, TX
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Nashville, TN
  • New York City, NY
  • Newark, NJ
  • Oakland, CA
  • Orange County, FL
  • Palm Beach County, FL
  • Pasco County, FL
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Portland, OR
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Shelby County, TN
  • Spartanburg County, SC

Representative territorial surveys
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Palau
  • Puerto Rico
Representative tribal surveys
  • Cherokee Nation
  • Winnebago Tribe

2021 middle school YRBS participation map

This map illustrates state, territory, tribal government, and local school district participation in the 2021 Middle School YRBS. There is a text version of this information in the tables below.
This map illustrates state, territory, tribal government, and local school district participation in the 2021 Middle School YRBS.

Surveys with representative1 and no representative2 state, territory, tribal government, and local school district data are shown.


1Representative data are weighted to be representative of all students in grades 9–12 attending schools in each jurisdiction. With representative data, it is possible to say, for example, "X% of students in state Y never or rarely wore a seat belt when riding in a car driven by someone else."
2Unweighted data represent only the students who completed the survey.

See tables below for the list of states, territories, tribes, and local school districts that participated.

  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Hawaii
  • Kentucky
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • West Virginia
Not representative:
  • Missouri

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Boston, MA
  • Broward County, FL
  • Chicago, IL
  • District of Columbia
  • Duval County, FL
  • Gaston County, NC
  • Houston, TX
  • Orange County, FL
  • Palm Beach County, FL
  • Pasco County, FL
  • San Francisco, CA
Not representative:
  • Orange County, FL

Representative territorial surveys
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Palau
Representative tribal surveys
  • Winnebago Tribe