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Table 230.62. | Percentage of public school students in grades 9-12 who reported having been bullied on school property or electronically bullied during the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2009 through 2015 |
[Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||
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State or jurisdiction | Bullied on school property1 | Electronically bullied2 | ||||||||||||||
2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||
United States3 | 19.9 | (0.58) | 20.1 | (0.68) | 19.6 | (0.55) | 20.2 | (0.70) | — | (†) | 16.2 | (0.45) | 14.8 | (0.54) | 15.6 | (0.53) |
Alabama | 19.3 | (1.45) | 14.1 | (1.22) | 20.8 | (1.28) | 19.0 | (1.13) | — | (†) | 12.3 | (1.64) | 13.5 | (0.95) | 13.5 | (0.91) |
Alaska | 20.7 | (1.29) | 23.0 | (1.32) | 20.7 | (1.35) | 22.8 | (1.27) | — | (†) | 15.3 | (1.04) | 14.7 | (1.10) | 17.7 | (1.05) |
Arizona | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Arkansas | — | (†) | 21.9 | (1.74) | 25.0 | (1.51) | 22.9 | (1.38) | — | (†) | 16.7 | (1.48) | 17.6 | (1.05) | 18.2 | (1.29) |
California | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 18.5 | (1.61) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 13.5 | (1.87) |
Colorado | 18.8 | (1.60) | 19.3 | (1.33) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 14.4 | (1.09) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Connecticut | — | (†) | 21.6 | (1.09) | 21.9 | (0.96) | 18.6 | (0.86) | — | (†) | 16.3 | (0.81) | 17.5 | (1.23) | 13.9 | (0.78) |
Delaware | 15.9 | (1.11) | 16.5 | (1.03) | 18.5 | (0.96) | 16.4 | (0.99) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 13.4 | (0.78) | 11.7 | (0.69) |
District of Columbia | — | (†) | — | (†) | 10.9 | (0.35) | 12.1 | (0.34) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 7.9 | (0.29) | 7.9 | (0.27) |
Florida | 13.4 | (0.51) | 14.0 | (0.54) | 15.7 | (0.50) | 15.0 | (0.49) | — | (†) | 12.4 | (0.53) | 12.3 | (0.54) | 11.6 | (0.35) |
Georgia | — | (†) | 19.1 | (1.66) | 19.5 | (1.36) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 13.6 | (1.09) | 13.9 | (0.93) | — | (†) |
Hawaii | — | (†) | 20.3 | (1.29) | 18.7 | (1.00) | 18.6 | (1.00) | — | (†) | 14.9 | (0.80) | 15.6 | (0.98) | 14.7 | (0.73) |
Idaho | 22.3 | (1.03) | 22.8 | (1.76) | 25.4 | (1.12) | 26.0 | (1.05) | — | (†) | 17.0 | (1.18) | 18.8 | (1.18) | 21.1 | (1.18) |
Illinois | 19.6 | (1.46) | 19.3 | (1.31) | 22.2 | (1.00) | 19.6 | (1.06) | — | (†) | 16.0 | (1.38) | 16.9 | (0.77) | 15.3 | (1.05) |
Indiana | 22.8 | (1.69) | 25.0 | (1.38) | — | (†) | 18.7 | (1.31) | — | (†) | 18.7 | (1.15) | — | (†) | 15.7 | (0.91) |
Iowa | — | (†) | 22.5 | (1.47) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 16.8 | (0.97) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Kansas | 18.5 | (1.21) | 20.5 | (1.31) | 22.1 | (1.57) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 15.5 | (0.88) | 16.9 | (0.97) | — | (†) |
Kentucky | 20.8 | (1.30) | 18.9 | (1.24) | 21.4 | (1.41) | 22.1 | (1.40) | — | (†) | 17.4 | (1.14) | 13.2 | (1.06) | 17.0 | (1.35) |
Louisiana | 15.9 | (1.88) | 19.2 | (1.40) | 24.2 | (1.64) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 18.0 | (1.53) | 16.9 | (1.91) | — | (†) |
Maine | 22.4 | (0.49) | 22.4 | (0.43) | 24.2 | (0.66) | 23.2 | (0.64) | — | (†) | 19.7 | (0.55) | 20.6 | (0.61) | 18.9 | (0.59) |
Maryland | 20.9 | (0.96) | 21.2 | (1.28) | 19.6 | (0.25) | 17.7 | (0.23) | — | (†) | 14.2 | (0.78) | 14.0 | (0.22) | 13.8 | (0.18) |
Massachusetts | 19.4 | (0.89) | 18.1 | (1.04) | 16.6 | (0.98) | 15.6 | (0.84) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 13.8 | (0.79) | 13.0 | (0.76) |
Michigan | 24.0 | (1.77) | 22.7 | (1.40) | 25.3 | (1.47) | 25.6 | (1.45) | — | (†) | 18.0 | (0.91) | 18.8 | (1.20) | 18.9 | (1.14) |
Minnesota | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Mississippi | 16.0 | (1.04) | 15.6 | (1.32) | 19.2 | (0.93) | 19.5 | (1.12) | — | (†) | 12.5 | (0.93) | 11.9 | (0.74) | 15.5 | (1.25) |
Missouri | 22.8 | (1.74) | — | (†) | 25.2 | (1.72) | 21.4 | (1.65) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 16.6 | (1.18) |
Montana | 23.1 | (1.32) | 26.0 | (1.06) | 26.3 | (0.68) | 25.3 | (1.00) | — | (†) | 19.2 | (0.92) | 18.1 | (0.62) | 18.5 | (0.67) |
Nebraska | — | (†) | 22.9 | (0.85) | 20.8 | (1.10) | 26.3 | (1.28) | — | (†) | 15.8 | (0.81) | 15.7 | (0.91) | 18.9 | (1.27) |
Nevada | — | (†) | — | (†) | 19.7 | (1.09) | 18.6 | (0.95) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 15.0 | (1.28) | 14.6 | (0.87) |
New Hampshire | 22.1 | (1.53) | 25.3 | (1.21) | 22.8 | (1.05) | 22.1 | (0.46) | — | (†) | 21.6 | (1.27) | 18.1 | (1.02) | 18.6 | (0.43) |
New Jersey | 20.7 | (1.44) | 20.0 | (1.57) | 21.3 | (1.12) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 15.6 | (1.65) | 14.8 | (1.25) | — | (†) |
New Mexico | 19.5 | (0.80) | 18.7 | (0.72) | 18.2 | (0.95) | 18.4 | (0.62) | — | (†) | 13.2 | (0.66) | 13.1 | (0.67) | 13.7 | (0.54) |
New York | 18.2 | (1.01) | 17.7 | (0.66) | 19.7 | (1.43) | 20.6 | (0.81) | — | (†) | 16.2 | (0.68) | 15.3 | (0.89) | 15.7 | (0.75) |
North Carolina | 16.6 | (1.00) | 20.5 | (1.34) | 19.2 | (0.94) | 15.6 | (1.65) | — | (†) | 15.7 | (0.83) | 12.5 | (1.11) | 12.1 | (1.46) |
North Dakota | 21.1 | (1.29) | 24.9 | (1.24) | 25.4 | (1.28) | 24.0 | (1.11) | — | (†) | 17.4 | (1.15) | 17.1 | (0.82) | 15.9 | (0.78) |
Ohio4 | — | (†) | 22.7 | (1.83) | 20.8 | (1.40) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 14.7 | (1.08) | 15.1 | (1.31) | — | (†) |
Oklahoma | 17.5 | (1.25) | 16.7 | (1.27) | 18.6 | (1.08) | 20.4 | (1.43) | — | (†) | 15.6 | (1.21) | 14.3 | (1.33) | 14.5 | (1.14) |
Oregon | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
Pennsylvania | 19.2 | (1.18) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 19.9 | (1.08) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 14.3 | (0.97) |
Rhode Island | 16.3 | (0.85) | 19.1 | (1.74) | 18.1 | (1.00) | 15.5 | (0.91) | — | (†) | 15.3 | (1.14) | 14.3 | (1.11) | 12.4 | (1.03) |
South Carolina | 15.1 | (1.53) | 18.3 | (1.36) | 20.2 | (1.33) | 19.8 | (1.23) | — | (†) | 15.6 | (1.44) | 13.8 | (1.00) | 14.1 | (1.33) |
South Dakota5 | — | (†) | 26.7 | (1.25) | 24.3 | (2.05) | 21.6 | (2.38) | — | (†) | 19.6 | (0.94) | 17.8 | (1.05) | 18.4 | (1.57) |
Tennessee | 17.3 | (1.24) | 17.5 | (0.88) | 21.1 | (1.22) | 24.1 | (0.71) | — | (†) | 13.9 | (0.69) | 15.5 | (0.94) | 15.3 | (0.54) |
Texas | 18.7 | (1.06) | 16.5 | (0.73) | 19.1 | (1.06) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 13.0 | (0.66) | 13.8 | (1.04) | — | (†) |
Utah | 18.8 | (1.05) | 21.7 | (0.97) | 21.8 | (0.99) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 16.6 | (1.12) | 16.9 | (0.87) | — | (†) |
Vermont6 | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 15.2 | (0.54) | 18.0 | (0.32) | 16.5 | (0.26) |
Virginia | — | (†) | 20.3 | (1.37) | 21.9 | (0.87) | 19.5 | (1.00) | — | (†) | 14.8 | (1.49) | 14.5 | (0.61) | 13.8 | (0.67) |
Washington | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
West Virginia | 23.5 | (1.33) | 18.6 | (1.71) | 22.1 | (1.72) | 24.4 | (1.18) | — | (†) | 15.5 | (1.18) | 17.2 | (0.89) | 20.2 | (1.62) |
Wisconsin | 22.5 | (1.28) | 24.0 | (1.35) | 22.7 | (1.23) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 16.6 | (0.74) | 17.6 | (0.86) | — | (†) |
Wyoming | 24.4 | (0.93) | 25.0 | (0.98) | 23.3 | (0.82) | 23.8 | (1.06) | — | (†) | 18.7 | (0.80) | 16.1 | (0.71) | 17.5 | (0.94) |
Puerto Rico | — | (†) | 12.7 | (1.10) | 10.6 | (0.72) | 10.0 | (1.05) | — | (†) | 8.0 | (0.79) | 6.7 | (0.80) | 6.7 | (0.97) |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||||
†Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||
1 Bullying was defined for respondents as "when one or more students tease, threaten, spread rumors about, hit, shove, or hurt another student over and over again." "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. | ||||||||||||||||
2 Includes "being bullied through e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, websites, or texting." Data on electronic bullying were not collected in 2009. | ||||||||||||||||
3 For the U.S. total, data for all years include both public and private schools and were collected through a national survey representing the entire country. The U.S. total includes only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. | ||||||||||||||||
4 Ohio data for all years include both public and private schools. | ||||||||||||||||
5 South Dakota data for all years include both public and private schools. | ||||||||||||||||
6 Vermont data for 2013 include both public and private schools. | ||||||||||||||||
NOTE: For the U.S. total, data for all years include both public and private schools. State-level data include public schools only, except where otherwise noted. For three states, data for one or more years include both public and private schools: Ohio (all years), South Dakota (all years), and Vermont (2013 only). 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), 2009 through 2015. (This table was prepared October 2017.) |