Forty-two of the fifty largest cities in the U.S. are supplied with fluoridated water.
Two cities (Jacksonville, Florida, and El Paso, Texas) are naturally fluoridated. *Los Angeles, California, plans to implement fluoridation in early 1999. Information current as of November 1998.
State Fluoridation Status
States with 75% of the population served by fluoridated community water supplies.*
*Data compiled by the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Division of Oral Health. Current as of November 1998.
By State Rank
Location
Percent
State Rank
United
States
65.8
DC
100.0
Kentucky
99.6
1
Illinois
99.1
2
Minnesota
98.4
3
Tennessee
96.0
4
North Dakota
95.6
5
Indiana
95.5
6
Virginia
93.8
7
Maryland
93.7
8
Georgia
93.0
9
West Virginia
91.5
10
South Carolina
91.4
11
Iowa
91.3
11
Ohio
90.6
13
Wisconsin
89.4
14
Rhode Island
89.2
15
Connecticut
87.6
16
Michigan
86.2
17
North Carolina
84.6
18
Alabama
82.0
19
Delaware
80.9
20
Missouri
80.9
21
South Dakota
78.0
22
New Mexico
76.6
23
Colorado
75.4
24
Oklahoma
74.6
25
Maine
74.4
26
New York
72.9
27
Nebraska
69.5
28
Nevada
69.4
29
Florida
67.4
30
Texas
65.7
31
Arkansas
62.1
32
Kansas
62.1
33
Massachusetts
60.7
34
Washington
58.9
35
Alaska
57.3
36
Vermont
55.7
37
Arizona
55.4
38
Pennsylvania
54.0
38
Idaho
47.5
40
Mississippi
46.1
41
Louisiana
45.9
42
New
Hampshire
42.7
43
Wyoming
36.7
44
California
27.6
45
Montana
23.8
46
New Jersey
20.8
47
Oregon
19.4
48
Hawaii
8.6
49
Utah
2.2
50
Alphabetical by State
Location
Percent
State
Rank
United
States
65.8
Alabama
82.0
19
Alaska
57.3
36
Arizona
55.4
38
Arkansas
62.1
32
California
27.6
45
Colorado
75.4
24
Connecticut
87.6
16
DC
100.0
Delaware
80.9
20
Florida
67.4
30
Georgia
93.0
9
Hawaii
8.6
49
Idaho
47.5
40
Illinois
99.1
2
Indiana
95.5
6
Iowa
91.3
11
Kansas
62.1
33
Kentucky
99.6
1
Louisiana
45.9
42
Maine
74.4
26
Maryland
93.7
8
Massachusetts
60.7
34
Michigan
86.2
17
Minnesota
98.4
3
Mississippi
46.1
41
Missouri
80.9
21
Montana
23.8
46
Nebraska
69.5
28
Nevada
69.4
29
New
Hampshire
42.7
43
New
Jersey
20.8
47
New
Mexico
76.6
23
New
York
72.9
27
North
Carolina
84.6
18
North
Dakota
95.6
5
Ohio
90.6
13
Oklahoma
74.6
25
Oregon
19.4
48
Pennsylvania
54.0
38
Rhode
Island
89.2
15
South
Carolina
91.4
11
South
Dakota
78.0
22
Tennessee
96.0
4
Texas
65.7
31
Utah
2.2
50
Vermont
55.7
37
Virginia
93.8
7
Washington
58.9
35
West
Virginia
91.5
10
Wisconsin
89.4
14
Wyoming
36.7
44
Fluoridation Statistics 2002:
Status of Water Fluoridation by State Percentage of state populations on public water systems receiving fluoridated water and state rank
Data Source: 2002Water Fluoridation Reporting System (WFRS)