United States - high school students who used marijuana 2019

This statistic shows the share of American high school students in grades 9 to 12 who stated they have ever used marijuana as of 2019. The results have been sorted by gender, ethnicity, and sexual identity. During the survey, 21.7 percent of student respondents with a black, non-Hispanic background stated they have used marijuana one or more times during their life.

Percentage of high school students who ever used marijuana as of 2019, by gender and ethnicity

Characteristic	Share of students
Female	20.8%
Male	22.5%
Black (non-Hispanic)	21.7%
Hispanic	22.4%
White (non-Hispanic)	22.1%
Heterosexual	20.9%
Lesbian, gay and, bisexual	31.1%
Total	21.7%

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

August 2018 to June 2019

Number of respondents

13,677 respondents

Special properties

Used marijuana one or more times during their life

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

The survey was conducted at all regular public and private schools with students in at least one of grades 9–12 in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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