U.S. states with the highest cyber bullying rate 2019

During the 2018-2019 survey, it was found that 20.1 percent of high school students in New Hampshire had been electronically bullied within the past 12 months. This includes being bullied through chat rooms, instant messaging, websites or texting. The U.S. average was 15.7 percent.

U.S. states with the highest rate of electronic bullying among students in the grades 9 through 12 as of 2019

Characteristic	Share of respondents
New Hampshire	20.1%
Alaska	19.4%
Iowa	18.6%
West Virginia	18.4%
Michigan	18.1%
Missouri	18.1%
Kentucky	18%
Maine	18%
Montana	17.9%
Arkansas	17.4%

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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 students

Special properties

Grade 9 to 12

Supplementary notes

Counting being bullied through texting, Instagram, Facebook, or other social media, during the 12 months before the survey.

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is the largest public health surveillance system in the United States, monitoring a broad range of health-related behaviors among high school students. YRBSS includes a nationally representative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and separate state, local school district, territorial, and tribal school–based YRBSs. This overview report describes the surveillance system and the 2019 survey methodology, including sampling, data collection procedures, response rates, data processing, weighting, and analyses presented in this MMWR Supplement. A 2019 YRBS participation map, survey response rates, and student demographic characteristics are included. In 2019, a total of 78 YRBSs were administered to high school student populations across the United States (national and 44 states, 28 local school districts, three territories, and two tribal governments).
For the 2019 YRBS, 13,872 questionnaires were completed in 136 schools. [...] Among the 13,872 completed questionnaires, 195 failed quality control and were excluded from analysis, resulting in 13,677 usable questionnaires.

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