Overall Numbers
All statistics below are based on the information posted in the National Diabetes Statistics Report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January of 2026. Statistics are based on 2023 data, unless noted.
- Prevalence: Over 40 million Americans, or 12% of the population, are living with diabetes.
- Over 2 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes, including about 314,000 children and adolescents
- Diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes: Of the 40.1 million people living with diabetes, 29.1 million had been diagnosed, and 11 million are undiagnosed.
- Prevalence in Americans 65 and older: The percentage remains high, at 28.8%.
- New cases: An estimated 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed every year.
- Prediabetes: Over 115 million Americans age 18 and older are living with prediabetes.
Diabetes in Youth
- About 364,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes, approximately 0.45% of that population.
- During 2022 the annual incidence of diagnosed diabetes in youth younger than age 18 was estimated at 21,732 with type 1 diabetes, and 14,490 with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes by Race/Ethnicity
The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults for 2021-2023:
- 15.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native
- 12.2% Black, non-Hispanic
- 11.8% Hispanic, overall
- 9.7% Asian, non-Hispanic
- 7.1% white, non-Hispanic
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among Asian American adults for 2019-2021:
- 12.2% Filipino, non-Hispanic
- 10.8% Asian Indian, non-Hispanic
- 7.1% Chinese, non-Hispanic
- 6.8% Japanese, non-Hispanic
- 6.1% Korean, non-Hispanic
- 6.4% Vietnamese, non-Hispanic
- 8.9% other Asian, non-Hispanic
The prevalence of diabetes among Hispanic adults for 2019-2021:
- 13.3% Puerto Rican
- 11.1% Mexican or Mexican American
- 9.4% Dominican
- 9.0% Cuban
- 7.3% Central American
- 5.0% South American,
- 7.2% other Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish
Deaths
Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States based on the 95,190 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. Diabetes was mentioned as an underlying or contributing cause of death in a total of 399,342 certificates.
Cost of Diabetes
Updated November 2, 2023
$412.9 billion: Total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2022
$306.6 billion: Direct medical costs
$106.3 billion: Indirect costs
After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.6 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.
Read more about the results of our study "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022."
For additional information
To learn more about the statistics presented, view the CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report.
