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Table 232.80. Percentage of public school students in grades 9-12 who reported that illegal drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 2003 through 2015
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State or jurisdiction 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
United States1  28.7 (1.95) 25.4 (1.05) 22.3 (1.04) 22.7 (1.04) 25.6 (0.99) 22.1 (0.96) 21.7 (1.18)
                             
Alabama 26.0 (1.78) 26.2 (1.90) (†) 27.6 (1.30) 20.3 (1.32) 25.3 (1.11) 24.8 (1.68)
Alaska 28.4 (1.24) (†) 25.1 (1.36) 24.8 (1.25) 23.2 (0.98) (†) (†)
Arizona 28.6 (1.23) 38.7 (1.18) 37.1 (1.45) 34.6 (1.43) 34.6 (1.55) 31.3 (1.46) 29.3 (1.35)
Arkansas (†) 29.2 (1.35) 28.1 (1.28) 31.4 (1.56) 26.1 (1.30) 27.4 (1.28) 27.1 (1.57)
California (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) 26.1 (1.83)
                             
Colorado (†) 21.2 (1.81) (†) 22.7 (1.52) 17.2 (1.28) (†) (†)
Connecticut (†) 31.5 (0.90) 30.5 (1.52) 28.9 (1.25) 27.8 (1.43) 27.1 (0.85) 28.5 (1.32)
Delaware 27.9 (0.90) 26.1 (1.05) 22.9 (0.99) 20.9 (0.87) 23.1 (1.20) 19.1 (0.83) 15.6 (0.84)
District of Columbia 30.2 (1.46) 20.3 (1.18) 25.7 (1.20) (†) 22.6 (1.53) (†) (†)
Florida 25.7 (0.81) 23.2 (0.85) 19.0 (0.80) 21.8 (0.72) 22.9 (0.84) 20.0 (0.64) 18.4 (0.69)
                             
Georgia 33.3 (1.00) 30.7 (1.25) 32.0 (1.23) 32.9 (1.22) 32.1 (1.34) 26.5 (1.32) (†)
Hawaii (†) 32.7 (1.74) 36.2 (2.46) 36.1 (1.51) 31.7 (1.48) 31.2 (0.99) 25.4 (0.98)
Idaho 19.6 (1.26) 24.8 (1.52) 25.1 (1.63) 22.7 (1.39) 24.4 (1.56) 22.1 (1.31) 21.5 (1.39)
Illinois (†) (†) 21.2 (1.18) 27.5 (1.97) 27.3 (1.46) 27.2 (1.06) 25.6 (1.55)
Indiana 28.3 (1.55) 28.9 (1.33) 20.5 (1.02) 25.5 (1.24) 28.3 (1.33) (†) 22.5 (1.13)
                             
Iowa (†) 15.5 (1.37) 10.1 (1.08) (†) 11.9 (1.16) (†) (†)
Kansas (†) 16.7 (1.27) 15.0 (1.24) 15.1 (0.78) 24.9 (1.19) 19.4 (1.06) (†)
Kentucky 30.4 (1.51) 19.8 (1.23) 27.0 (1.11) 25.6 (1.49) 24.4 (1.40) 20.6 (1.15) 20.9 (1.27)
Louisiana (†) (†) (†) 22.8 (1.66) 25.1 (1.82) (†) (†)
Maine 32.6 (1.73) 33.5 (1.89) 29.1 (1.67) 21.2 (0.51) 21.7 (0.80) 18.4 (0.87) 14.7 (0.56)
                             
Maryland (†) 28.9 (2.04) 27.4 (1.46) 29.3 (1.35) 30.4 (1.99) 29.1 (0.37) 26.2 (0.28)
Massachusetts 31.9 (1.08) 29.9 (1.09) 27.3 (1.06) 26.1 (1.34) 27.1 (1.04) 23.0 (0.90) 20.3 (0.87)
Michigan 31.3 (1.50) 28.8 (1.37) 29.1 (1.07) 29.5 (0.90) 25.4 (0.90) 23.8 (0.94) 25.4 (1.75)
Minnesota (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Mississippi 22.3 (1.31) (†) 15.6 (1.53) 18.0 (1.07) 15.9 (0.89) 12.1 (1.00) 23.7 (1.40)
                             
Missouri 21.6 (2.09) 18.2 (1.92) 17.8 (1.49) 17.3 (1.32) (†) (†) (†)
Montana 26.9 (1.23) 25.3 (1.09) 24.9 (0.83) 20.7 (1.10) 25.2 (0.93) 22.8 (0.71) 21.7 (0.77)
Nebraska 23.3 (1.04) 22.0 (0.82) (†) (†) 20.3 (1.01) 19.2 (1.15) 19.9 (1.57)
Nevada 34.5 (1.30) 32.6 (1.53) 28.8 (1.39) 35.6 (1.30) (†) 31.2 (1.90) 29.8 (1.50)
New Hampshire 28.2 (1.87) 26.9 (1.40) 22.5 (1.25) 22.1 (1.44) 23.2 (1.44) 20.1 (1.03) 16.6 (0.48)
                             
New Jersey (†) 32.6 (1.32) (†) 32.2 (1.38) 27.3 (1.41) 30.7 (1.70) (†)
New Mexico (†) 33.5 (1.37) 31.3 (1.39) 30.9 (1.54) 34.5 (1.24) 32.8 (1.04) 27.5 (0.82)
New York 23.0 (0.97) 23.7 (0.76) 26.6 (1.09) 24.0 (1.05) (†) (†) (†)
North Carolina 31.9 (1.74) 27.4 (1.66) 28.5 (1.37) 30.2 (1.51) 29.8 (1.87) 23.6 (1.61) 24.5 (1.67)
North Dakota 21.3 (1.07) 19.6 (1.10) 18.7 (1.05) 19.5 (1.16) 20.8 (1.03) 14.1 (0.79) 18.2 (0.91)
                             
Ohio2  31.1 (1.68) 30.9 (1.88) 26.7 (1.26) (†) 24.3 (1.70) 19.9 (1.41) (†)
Oklahoma 22.2 (1.23) 18.4 (1.49) 19.1 (1.12) 16.8 (1.50) 17.2 (1.36) 14.0 (1.07) 15.0 (1.12)
Oregon (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
Pennsylvania (†) (†) (†) 16.1 (1.07) (†) (†) 19.4 (1.04)
Rhode Island 26.0 (1.26) 24.1 (1.11) 25.3 (1.33) 25.2 (1.52) 22.4 (0.95) 22.6 (1.16) (†)
                             
South Carolina (†) 29.1 (1.45) 26.6 (1.58) 27.6 (1.74) 29.3 (1.83) 24.5 (1.43) 22.8 (1.36)
South Dakota3  22.1 (1.25) 20.9 (2.30) 21.1 (1.98) 17.7 (0.64) 16.0 (1.81) 15.4 (1.70) 19.0 (1.88)
Tennessee 24.3 (2.25) 26.6 (1.21) 21.6 (1.35) 18.8 (1.06) 16.6 (0.88) 24.8 (1.57) (†)
Texas (†) 30.7 (1.73) 26.5 (0.83) 25.9 (1.25) 29.4 (1.34) 26.4 (1.24) (†)
Utah 24.7 (2.04) 20.6 (1.36) 23.2 (1.83) 19.7 (1.52) 21.4 (1.55) 20.0 (1.57) (†)
                             
Vermont4  29.4 (1.67) 23.1 (1.59) 22.0 (0.99) 21.1 (1.21) 17.6 (1.51) (†) 18.1 (0.27)
Virginia (†) (†) (†) (†) 24.0 (1.67) (†) 15.6 (0.75)
Washington (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
West Virginia 26.5 (2.06) 24.8 (1.36) 28.6 (2.76) 28.0 (1.27) 17.3 (1.04) 17.1 (1.16) 25.9 (1.49)
Wisconsin 26.3 (1.18) 21.7 (1.18) 22.7 (1.34) 20.5 (1.03) 20.9 (1.29) 18.3 (1.01) (†)
Wyoming 18.1 (0.99) 22.7 (0.97) 24.7 (1.08) 23.7 (0.93) 25.2 (0.97) 20.2 (0.74) 22.0 (1.46)
                             
Puerto Rico (†) 18.3 (0.89) (†) (†) 18.7 (1.65) 18.3 (1.06) 18.6 (1.32)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 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.
2 Ohio data for 2003 through 2013 include both public and private schools.
3 South Dakota data for all years include both public and private schools.
4 Vermont data for 2013 include both public and private schools.
NOTE: "On school property" was not defined for survey respondents. 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 (2003 through 2013), 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), 2003 through 2015. (This table was prepared October 2017.)

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