State rankings
Smoking Age by State
California has the highest Federal MLSA (21), followed by Texas (21) and Florida (21). Wyoming has the lowest (21).
Federal MLSABetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
51 of 51 statesFederal MLSA
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All 51 ranked
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
21
Middle half 21 – 21
Average
21
51 states
Lowest (best)
21
California
Highest (worst)
21
Wyoming
Data
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51 states · # = rank by Federal MLSA
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Texas | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Florida | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  New York | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Pennsylvania | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Illinois | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Ohio | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Georgia | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  North Carolina | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Michigan | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  New Jersey | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Virginia | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Washington | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Arizona | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Tennessee | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Massachusetts | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Indiana | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Missouri | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Maryland | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Colorado | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Wisconsin | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Minnesota | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  South Carolina | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Alabama | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Kentucky | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Louisiana | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Oregon | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Oklahoma | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Connecticut | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Utah | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Nevada | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Iowa | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Arkansas | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Kansas | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Mississippi | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  New Mexico | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Idaho | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Nebraska | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  West Virginia | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Hawaii | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  New Hampshire | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Maine | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Montana | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  Rhode Island | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Delaware | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  South Dakota | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  North Dakota | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Alaska | 21 | Less than 21 |
| 1 |  District of Columbia | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Vermont | 21 | 21 |
| 1 |  Wyoming | 21 | 21 |
What correlates with Federal MLSA?
Pearson r against 2,096 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states. Correlation is not causation.
No metric overlaps enough
No other state metric shares enough states with this one to measure a relationship.
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Federal MLSA?
- California has the highest Federal MLSA, at 21, followed by Texas (21) and Florida (21).
- Which state has the lowest Federal MLSA?
- Wyoming has the lowest Federal MLSA, at 21.
- What is the median Federal MLSA across US states?
- The median is 21 across the 51 US states with data.
- Where does this smoking age by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: https://www.cdc.gov/statesystem/factsheets/mlsa/Minimum-Legal-Sales-Age.html.