How 76B opioid pills were distributed in US: A state-by-state breakdown

California received the largest amount of prescription painkillers between 2006 and 2012, with 8.1 billion pills distributed in the state over the six-year period, according to Drug Enforcement Administration data published by The Washington Post.

The DEA's prescription opioid database contains manufacturing and distribution information for every pain pill sold in the U.S. The Post gained access to the database after a yearlong legal battle.

The publication reviewed nearly 380 million transactions involving oxycodone and hydrocodone from 2006-12 and found more than 76 billion pills were distributed in the U.S over that time period.

Here is a breakdown of pain pill distribution by state:

Note: Figures in the billions are rounded to the nearest hundredth, unless that value would inaccurately denote a tie. For these states, figures are rounded to the nearest thousandth.

1. California — 8.05 billion pills supplied between 2006 and 2012
2. Florida — 5.56 billion
3. Texas — 5.43 billion
4. Ohio — 3.40 billion
5. New York — 3.34 billion
6. Pennsylvania — 3.09 billion
7. Michigan — 2.85 billion
8. North Carolina — 2.55 billion
9. Tennessee — 2.52 billion
10. Georgia — 2.27 billion
11. Indiana — 2.12 billion
12. Illinois — 1.94 billion
13. Kentucky — 1.90 billion
14. Washington — 1.86 billion
15. South Carolina — 1.83 billion
16. Arizona — 1.72 billion
17. Alabama — 1.70 billion
18. Missouri — 1.599 billion
19. Virginia — 1.596 billion
20. New Jersey — 1.52 billion
21. Oklahoma — 1.40 billion
22. Louisiana — 1.37 billion
23. Oregon — 1.34 billion
24. Wisconsin — 1.283 billion
25. Massachusetts — 1.281 billion
26. Maryland — 1.16 billion
27. Colorado — 1.02 billion
28. Nevada — 1 billion
29. Arkansas — 894,469,483
30. Kansas — 875,161,421
31. Mississippi — 854,553,185
32. West Virginia — 853,486,418
33. Minnesota — 841,686,630
34. Utah — 696,125,020
35. Connecticut — 675,351,129
36. Iowa — 562,927,414
37. New Mexico — 522,109,039
38. Maine — 397,787,254
39. Idaho — 384,943,300
40. Nebraska — 312,985,327
41. New Hampshire — 280,960,084
42. Delaware — 276,177,276
43. Rhode Island — 255,084,145
44. Montana — 245,472,116
45. Hawaii — 218,979,758
46. Alaska — 138,652,246
47. Wyoming — 126,677,136
48. Vermont — 123,414,703
49. South Dakota — 115,426,857
50. North Dakota — 89,455,642

To access more data from The Washington Post, click here.