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Table 232.60. Percentage of public school students in grades 9-12 who reported using marijuana at least one time during the previous 30 days, by location and state: Selected years, 2005 through 2015
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Anywhere (including on school property)1 On school property2
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States3 20.2 (0.84) 19.7 (0.97) 20.8 (0.70) 23.1 (0.80) 23.4 (1.08) 21.7 (1.22) 4.5 (0.32) 4.5   (0.46) 4.6 (0.35) 5.9 (0.39) (†) (†)
                                                   
Alabama 18.5 (1.49) (†) 16.2 (1.28) 20.8 (1.62) 19.2 (1.46) 17.3 (1.08) 3.5 (0.80)   (†) 4.6 (0.81) 4.0 (0.68) (†) (†)
Alaska (†) 20.5 (1.47) 22.7 (1.65) 21.2 (1.68) 19.7 (1.35) 19.0 (1.15) (†) 5.9   (0.70) 5.9 (0.69) 4.3 (0.59) (†) (†)
Arizona 20.0 (1.08) 22.0 (1.38) 23.7 (1.90) 22.9 (1.59) 23.5 (1.75) 23.3 (1.98) 5.1 (0.63) 6.1   (0.68) 6.4 (0.74) 5.6 (0.75) (†) (†)
Arkansas 18.9 (1.70) 16.4 (1.08) 17.8 (1.24) 16.8 (1.72) 19.0 (0.98) 17.8 (0.95) 4.1 (0.61) 2.8   (0.50) 4.5 (1.02) 3.9 (0.78) (†) (†)
California (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 22.9 (2.19) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
                                                   
Colorado 22.7 (2.99) (†) 24.8 (2.22) 22.0 (1.16) (†) (†) 6.0 (0.88)   (†) 6.1 (0.89) 6.0 (0.77) (†) (†)
Connecticut 23.1 (1.37) 23.2 (1.35) 21.8 (1.52) 24.2 (1.44) 26.1 (1.44) 20.4 (1.41) 5.1 (0.49) 5.9   (0.77) 6.2 (0.76) 5.2 (0.68) (†) (†)
Delaware 22.8 (1.12) 25.1 (1.03) 25.8 (1.30) 27.6 (1.37) 25.6 (1.17) 23.3 (1.61) 5.6 (0.57) 5.4   (0.53) 5.6 (0.71) 6.1 (0.65) (†) (†)
District of Columbia 14.5 (1.08) 20.8 (1.33) (†) 26.1 (1.29) 32.2 (0.58) 28.7 (0.48) 4.8 (0.62) 5.8   (0.66) (†) 7.9 (0.91) (†) (†)
Florida 16.8 (0.86) 18.9 (0.88) 21.4 (0.72) 22.5 (0.86) 22.0 (0.81) 21.5 (0.79) 4.0 (0.31) 4.7   (0.40) 5.2 (0.39) 6.3 (0.39) (†) (†)
                                                   
Georgia 18.9 (1.59) 19.6 (0.96) 18.3 (1.02) 21.2 (1.23) 20.3 (1.64) (†) 3.3 (0.58) 3.6   (0.58) 3.4 (0.62) 5.6 (0.70) (†) (†)
Hawaii 17.2 (1.73) 15.7 (1.78) 22.1 (2.03) 22.0 (1.32) 18.9 (1.54) 19.4 (0.98) 7.2 (1.14) 5.7   (0.85) 8.3 (1.86) 7.6 (0.67) (†) (†)
Idaho 17.1 (1.32) 17.9 (1.73) 13.7 (1.07) 18.8 (1.76) 15.3 (1.10) 17.1 (1.55) 3.9 (0.61) 4.7   (0.80) 3.0 (0.44) 4.9 (0.73) (†) (†)
Illinois (†) 20.3 (1.38) 21.0 (1.53) 23.1 (1.59) 24.0 (1.70) 18.7 (1.47) (†) 4.2   (0.76) 5.0 (0.77) 4.7 (0.50) (†) (†)
Indiana 18.9 (1.38) 18.9 (1.19) 20.9 (1.83) 20.0 (1.13) (†) 16.4 (1.17) 3.4 (0.57) 4.1   (0.45) 4.4 (0.62) 3.3 (0.66) (†) (†)
                                                   
Iowa 15.6 (1.74) 11.5 (1.53) (†) 14.6 (1.99) (†) (†) 2.7 (0.64) 2.5   (0.66) (†) 3.4 (0.88) (†) (†)
Kansas 15.6 (1.46) 15.3 (0.93) 14.7 (1.19) 16.8 (0.87) 14.3 (1.19) (†) 3.2 (0.51) 3.8   (0.53) 2.7 (0.35) 2.9 (0.53) (†) (†)
Kentucky 15.8 (1.19) 16.4 (1.07) 16.1 (1.15) 19.2 (1.47) 17.7 (1.50) 17.2 (1.34) 3.2 (0.45) 3.9   (0.44) 3.1 (0.54) 4.2 (0.65) (†) (†)
Louisiana (†) (†) 16.3 (1.29) 16.8 (1.02) 17.5 (1.38) (†) (†)   (†) 3.6 (0.89) 4.1 (0.59) (†) (†)
Maine 22.2 (2.13) 22.0 (1.55) 20.5 (0.57) 21.2 (0.72) 21.3 (0.89) 19.9 (0.58) 4.6 (0.72) 5.2   (0.65) (†) (†) (†) (†)
                                                   
Maryland 18.5 (2.25) 19.4 (1.91) 21.9 (1.57) 23.2 (1.51) 19.8 (0.36) 18.8 (0.32) 3.7 (0.82) 4.7   (1.13) 5.0 (0.65) 5.7 (0.70) (†) (†)
Massachusetts 26.2 (1.22) 24.6 (1.43) 27.1 (1.24) 27.9 (1.31) 24.8 (0.92) 24.5 (1.42) 5.3 (0.54) 4.8   (0.44) 5.9 (0.79) 6.3 (0.51) (†) (†)
Michigan 18.8 (1.29) 18.0 (1.10) 20.7 (0.91) 18.6 (1.15) 18.2 (0.73) 19.3 (1.51) 3.7 (0.50) 4.0   (0.57) 4.8 (0.59) 3.3 (0.44) (†) (†)
Minnesota (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Mississippi (†) 16.7 (1.02) 17.7 (1.21) 17.5 (1.18) 17.7 (1.28) 19.7 (1.24) (†) 2.7   (0.35) 2.5 (0.46) 3.2 (0.58) (†) (†)
                                                   
Missouri 18.1 (2.23) 19.0 (1.23) 20.6 (2.02) (†) 20.5 (1.69) 16.3 (1.34) 4.0 (0.82) 3.6   (0.63) 3.4 (0.48) (†) (†) (†)
Montana 22.3 (1.43) 21.0 (1.44) 23.1 (1.58) 21.2 (1.50) 21.0 (1.18) 19.5 (1.10) 6.1 (0.70) 5.0   (0.49) 5.8 (0.67) 5.5 (0.59) (†) (†)
Nebraska 17.5 (1.05) (†) (†) 12.7 (1.06) 11.7 (1.10) 13.7 (1.60) 3.1 (0.41)   (†) (†) 2.7 (0.43) (†) (†)
Nevada 17.3 (1.34) 15.5 (1.07) 20.0 (1.36) —  (†) 18.7 (1.57) 19.3 (1.50) 5.7 (0.81) 3.6   (0.55) 4.9 (0.53) (†) (†) (†)
New Hampshire 25.9 (1.69) 22.9 (1.39) 25.6 (1.86) 28.4 (1.82) 24.4 (1.36) 22.2 (0.76) (†) 4.7   (0.64) 6.8 (0.78) 7.3 (0.87) (†) (†)
                                                   
New Jersey 19.9 (2.18) (†) 20.3 (1.53) 21.1 (1.33) 21.0 (1.20) (†) 3.4 (0.67)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
New Mexico 26.2 (2.00) 25.0 (2.07) 28.0 (1.52) 27.6 (1.58) 27.8 (1.70) 25.3 (0.88) 8.4 (0.98) 7.9   (0.86) 9.7 (1.06) 9.7 (0.84) (†) (†)
New York 18.3 (1.13) 18.6 (0.78) 20.9 (1.32) 20.6 (1.07) 21.4 (1.04) 19.3 (1.23) 3.6 (0.41) 4.1   (0.44) (†) —  (†) (†) (†)
North Carolina 21.4 (1.61) 19.1 (1.27) 19.8 (1.67) 24.2 (1.25) 23.2 (1.83) 22.3 (1.15) 4.1 (0.65) 4.3   (0.54) 4.0 (0.63) 5.2 (0.91) (†) (†)
North Dakota 15.5 (1.62) 14.8 (1.18) 16.9 (1.55) 15.3 (1.52) 15.9 (1.26) 15.2 (1.12) 4.0 (0.71) 2.7   (0.43) 3.8 (0.59) 3.4 (0.45) (†) (†)
                                                   
Ohio4 20.9 (1.79) 17.7 (1.50) (†) 23.6 (1.95) 20.7 (2.30) (†) 4.3 (0.62) 3.7   (0.67) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Oklahoma 18.7 (1.12) 15.9 (1.37) 17.2 (2.04) 19.1 (1.90) 16.3 (1.57) 17.5 (1.79) 3.0 (0.38) 2.6   (0.40) 2.9 (0.70) 2.4 (0.58) (†) (†)
Oregon (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Pennsylvania (†) (†) 19.3 (1.43) (†) (†) 18.2 (1.17) (†)   (†) 3.5 (0.58) (†) (†) (†)
Rhode Island 25.0 (1.16) 23.2 (1.85) 26.3 (1.33) 26.3 (1.35) 23.9 (1.92) 23.6 (0.73) 7.2 (0.65) 6.5   (0.93) 5.1 (0.60) (†) (†) (†)
                                                   
South Carolina 19.0 (1.24) 18.6 (1.44) 20.4 (1.56) 24.1 (1.99) 19.7 (1.22) 17.8 (1.70) 4.6 (0.64) 3.3   (0.52) 3.7 (0.63) 5.2 (0.75) (†) (†)
South Dakota4 16.8 (1.87) 17.7 (3.72) 15.2 (1.36) 17.8 (3.57) 16.1 (3.01) 12.4 (2.21) 2.9 (0.73) 5.0 ! (2.41) 2.9 (0.49) (†) (†) (†)
Tennessee 19.5 (1.38) 19.4 (1.29) 20.1 (1.31) 20.6 (0.96) 21.4 (1.70) (†) 3.5 (0.67) 4.1   (0.60) 3.8 (0.65) 3.6 (0.40) (†) (†)
Texas 21.7 (0.99) 19.3 (1.01) 19.5 (0.71) 20.8 (1.30) 20.5 (1.26) (†) 3.8 (0.52) 3.6   (0.30) 4.6 (0.51) 4.8 (0.47) (†) (†)
Utah 7.6 (1.18) 8.7 (2.00) 10.0 (1.53) 9.6 (1.26) 7.6 (0.79) (†) 1.7 (0.42) 3.8 ! (1.24) 2.5 (0.48) 4.0 (0.72) (†) (†)
                                                   
Vermont 25.3 (1.59) 24.1 (0.88) 24.6 (1.14) 24.4 (1.43) 25.7 (0.83) 22.4 (0.29) 7.0 (0.80) 6.3   (0.63) 6.3 (0.57) 6.0 (0.84) (†) (†)
Virginia (†) (†) (†) 18.0 (1.79) 17.9 (0.85) 16.2 (0.96) (†)   (†) (†) 3.5 (0.70) (†) (†)
Washington (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
West Virginia 19.6 (1.70) 23.5 (1.05) 20.3 (1.73) 19.7 (1.61) 18.9 (1.39) 16.5 (1.65) 4.9 (0.85) 5.8   (0.97) 3.9 (0.37) 3.0 (0.45) (†) (†)
Wisconsin 15.9 (1.07) 20.3 (1.30) 18.9 (1.64) 21.6 (1.78) 17.3 (1.12) (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Wyoming 17.8 (1.05) 14.4 (0.79) 16.9 (0.91) 18.5 (1.23) 17.8 (0.81) 18.3 (1.55) 4.0 (0.43) 4.7   (0.52) 5.3 (0.45) 4.7 (0.44) (†) (†)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
1 The term "anywhere" is not used in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire; students were simply asked how many times during the previous 30 days they had used marijuana.
2 In the question about using marijuana at school, "on school property" was not defined for survey respondents. Data on marijuana use at school were not collected in 2013 and 2015.
3 Data for the U.S. total include both public and private schools and were collected through a national survey representing the entire country.
4 Data include both public and private schools.
NOTE: State-level data include public schools only, with the exception of data for Ohio and South Dakota. Data for the U.S. total, Ohio, and South Dakota include both public and private schools. For specific states, a given year’s data may be unavailable (1) because the state did not participate in the survey that year; (2) because the state omitted this particular survey item from the state-level questionnaire; or (3) because the state had an overall response rate of less than 60 percent (the overall response rate is the school response rate multiplied by the student response rate).
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 2005 through 2015. (This table was prepared July 2016.)

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