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Table 5 Prevalence of Rural and Non-Rural Adults Consuming Five or More Daily Servings of Fruits and Vegetables 2009 BRFSS Data and 2007 USDA Census Data

From: A cross-sectional study of US rural adults’ consumption of fruits and vegetables: do they consume at least five servings daily?

State

Prevalence Rural Adults

Prevalence Non-Rural Adults

% Difference Between Rural and Non-Rural Adults

State National Ranking for Fruit and Vegetable Production*

Alabama

17.01

20.63

−21.27

17

Alaska

19.79

23.76

−20.04

48

Arizona

25.39

23.13

8.90

12

Arkansas

19.01

19.74

−3.87

35

California

22.90

24.28

−6.01

1

Colorado

21.84

22.58

−3.37

26

Connecticut

25.76

27.57

−7.00

37

Delaware

23.45

22.75

2.96

46

Florida

21.64

23.32

−7.77

11

Georgia

21.94

23.58

−7.50

19

Hawaii

25.79

21.40

17.05

7

Idaho

21.55

25.03

−16.19

34

Illinois

22.63

21.65

4.34

24

Indiana

17.17

20.34

−18.42

25

Iowa

17.82

17.96

−0.78

29

Kansas

17.24

18.48

−7.20

41

Kentucky

17.30

21.96

−26.91

14

Louisiana

14.48

17.25

−19.16

38

Maine

25.93

28.27

−9.04

33

Maryland

21.24

26.99

−27.05

32

Massachusetts

19.66

24.27

−23.47

27

Michigan

21.39

22.05

−3.06

5

Minnesota

19.53

22.70

−16.25

22

Mississippi

14.26

19.02

−33.36

28

Missouri

18.14

18.80

−3.64

23

Montana

24.35

25.88

−6.28

40

Nebraska

21.23

19.45

8.35

43

Nevada

23.19

22.48

3.03

49

New Hampshire

28.45

24.71

13.17

42

New Jersey

N/A

24.83

N/A

20

New Mexico

21.34

22.59

−5.86

15

New York

24.50

25.65

−4.69

4

North Carolina

17.34

21.04

−21.37

6

North Dakota

21.75

21.68

0.30

47

Ohio

18.26

20.94

−14.67

9

Oklahoma

13.88

14.44

−4.07

31

Oregon

23.62

25.41

−7.59

8

Pennsylvania

20.34

24.01

−18.04

3

Rhode Island

N/A

25.53

N/A

44

South Carolina

15.33

17.31

−12.88

21

South Dakota

15.71

14.29

9.04

45

Tennessee

19.73

23.26

−17.90

18

Texas

22.70

22.75

−0.22

10

Utah

19.10

23.25

−21.73

30

Vermont

28.74

27.81

3.26

39

Virginia

22.60

26.89

−19.00

16

Washington

22.60

24.90

−10.17

2

West Virginia

15.90

16.18

−1.81

36

Wisconsin

20.04

21.95

−9.53

13

Wyoming

23.14

21.25

8.20

50

U.S.

20.38

23.07

−13.19

 
  1. * USDA Census 2007 Data on Number of Farms and Acreage Dedicated to Fruit and Vegetable Production by State were used to compute ranking [46].