Table 1. Number of persons and percentage of the population receiving optimally fluoridated water through public water systems (PWS) by states, 1992-2000.

State People receiving fluoridated water People served by PWS 2000
percentage
fluoridated
1992
percentage
fluoridated
Alabama• 3,967,059 4,447,100 89.2% 82.6%
Alaska 270,099 489,371 55.2% 61.2%
Arizona 2,700,354 4,869,065 55.5% 49.9%
Arkansas+ 1,455,767 2,431,477 59.9% 58.7%
California 9,551,961 33,238,057 28.7% 15.7%
Colorado+ 2,852,386 3,708,061 76.9% 81.7%
Connecticut 2,398,386 2,701,178 88.8% 85.9%
Delaware 505,747 624,923 80.9% 67.4%
District of Columbia 595,000 595,000 100% 100%
Florida 9,407494 15,033,574 62.6% 58.3%
Georgia 6,161,139 6,634,635 92.9% 92.1%
Hawaii• 109,147 1,211,537 9% 13%
Idaho 383,720 845,780 45.4% 48.3%
Illinois 10,453,837 11,192,286 93.4% 95.2%
Indiana 4,232,907 4,441,502 95.3% 95.2%
Iowa 2,181,649 2,390,661 91.3% 91.4%
Kansas 1,513,306 2,421,274 62.5% 58.4%
Kentucky 3,235,053 3,367,812 96.1% 100%
Louisiana• 2,375,702 4,468,976 53.2% 55.7%
Maine 466,208 618,033 75.4% 55.8%
Maryland+• 4,124,953 4,547,908 90.7% 85.8%
Massachusetts 3,546,099 6,349,097 55.8% 57.0%
Michigan 6,568,151 7,242,531 90.7% 88.5%
Minnesota 3,714,465 3,780,942 98.2% 93.4%
Mississippi 1,227,722 2,665,075 46.0% 48.4%
Missouri• 4,502,722 5,595,211 80.5% 71.4%
Montana 143,092 645,452 22.2% 25.9%
Nebraska+ 966,262 1,243,713 77.7% 62.1%
Nevada+ 1,078,479 1,637,105 65.9% 2.1%
New Hampshire 347,007 807,438 43.0% 24.0%
New Jersey 1,120,410 7,208,514 15.5% 16.2%
New Mexico 1,187,404 1,548,084 76.7% 66.2%
New York+ 12,000,000 17,690,198 67.8% 69.7%
North Carolina 4,862,220 5,837,936 83.3% 78.5%
North Dakota 531,738 557,595 95.4% 96.4%
Ohio 8,355,002 9,535,188 87.6% 87.9%
Oklahoma+ 2,164,330 2,900,000 74.6% 58.0%
Oregon 612,485 2,700,000 22.7% 24.8%
Pennsylvania 5,825,328 10,750,095 54.2% 50.9%
Rhode Island 842,797 989,786 85.1% 100%
South Carolina 3,086,974 3,383,434 91.2% 90.0%
South Dakota+ 553,503 626,221 88.4% 100%
Tennessee 4,749,493 5,025,998 94.5% 92.0%
Texas 11,868,046 18,072,680 65.7% 64.0%
Utah+• 43,816 2,233,169 2.0% 3.1%
Vermont 240,579 443,901 54.2% 57.4%
Virginia 5,677,551 6,085,436 93.3% 72.1%
Washington+ 2,844,893 4,925,540 57.8% 53.2%
West Virginia+ 1,207,000 1,387,000 87.0% 82.1%
Wisconsin 3,108,738 3,481,285 89.3% 93.0%
Wyoming• 149,774 493,782 30.3% 35.7%
Total 162,067,341 246,120,616 65.8% 62.1%

• Reported PWS population exceeded total state population; PWS population was set to the 2000 U.S. state census of state population

+ Complete data were not available from Water Fluoridation Reporting System; additional information was obtained from states.

Source: Populations receiving optimally fluoridated public drinking water — United States, 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 51(07);144-7. February 22, 2002.

See also:

• Statistics by state for 2014 2012200620001992

U.S. National Fluoridation Rates by State for Various Years

U.S. Population Drinking Fluoridated water: 1992-2014

Calculating Fluoridation Statistics Fact Sheet