Adult obesity rate, local model estimate
Percentage of adults with a body mass index of 30 or more, calculated from self-reported weight and height. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_obesity_rate.
Key facts
- Perry County had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 2956 counties in 2023, at 52.9%, and Boulder County the lowest, at 16.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Published for 6,355 places, with figures from 2021 to 2023.
Rankings
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
- Counties in Tennessee
US counties by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023
Places with data
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region
- Virginia Beach city
- Santa Rosa County
- San Francisco County
- Placer County
- Peoria County
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"adult_obesity_rate_modelled","level":"province","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=adult_obesity_rate_modelled&level=province&within=United%20States