But while the drop is good news, 2014 represented a big uptick in the obesity rate, so the 2015 figure isn't exactly outstanding when you consider the state had a lower obesity rate - 25.5 percent - in 2013.

The obesity rate among blacks in Alabama is 43.2 percent, compared to 31.1 percent for whites and 27.6 percent for Latinos.

Tied with Alabama and MS, the states are behind only Louisiana with an obesity rate of 36.2 percent, according to the 13th Annual State of Obesity Report: Better Policies for a Healthier America released Thursday.

Oklahoma has the eighth highest adult obesity rate in the United States, with nearly 34 percent of adults obese, according to a report from health research advocacy groups Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Minnesota joins Montana, New York and OH, according to the State of Obesity Report.

Patrick Remington, a University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Medicine and Public Health professor, noted Wisconsin's obesity rate technically has declined from a year ago when it peaked at 31.2 percent. A total of 25 states had rates higher than 30 percent.

South Carolina's ranking in adult obesity has slightly improved mainly because obesity in other states is becoming more of a problem.

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Other states with a low rate of adult obesity were District of Columbia at 22.1, Hawaii at 22.7, Montana at 23.6 and California at 24.2.

By comparison, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent in 1991, according to analysis using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

"All the rates remain very high", he said.

- For high school students in the Mountain State specifically, the 2015 obesity rate was 17.9 percent.

Self-reported obesity for Hispanics was 35 percent or higher in 11 states.

Officials say obesity rates can have a major impact on health care costs for related chronic diseases like diabetes.