Percentage overweight or obese (85th percentile or higher) - All students (elementary, middle and high school)

Source:2008-2010 Student Weight Status Category Reporting System Data as of July, 2012

  Percentage
Region/County
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 21.7
Cattaraugus 33.6
Chautauqua 29.2
Erie 27.7
Genesee 29.1
Niagara 33.6
Orleans 33.0
Wyoming 34.6
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 31.5
Livingston 25.1
Monroe 28.0
Ontario 31.1
Schuyler 27.1
Seneca 35.8
Steuben 25.6
Wayne 27.0
Yates 30.8
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 35.9
Cortland 31.1
Herkimer 31.4
Jefferson 35.5
Lewis 32.6
Madison 31.8
Oneida 33.4
Onondaga 32.6
Oswego 38.0
St Lawrence 34.1
Tompkins 26.3
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 32.1
Chenango 32.5
Tioga 30.2
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 28.8
Clinton 34.0
Columbia 31.1
Delaware 29.7
Essex 26.3
Franklin 35.1
Fulton 25.0
Greene 25.4
Hamilton S
Montgomery 33.9
Otsego 23.0
Rensselaer 32.1
Saratoga 29.2
Schenectady 28.1
Schoharie 29.2
Warren 29.2
Washington 32.2
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 32.3
Orange 33.1
Putnam 22.6
Rockland 35.3
Sullivan 36.0
Ulster 33.0
Westchester 26.0
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 27.1
Suffolk 31.7

Note: Data not available for NYC counties

S: Data do not meet reporting criteria

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