Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Laguna Woods, CA had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 376 cities in 2021, at 52.3%. Twentynine Palms, CA had the lowest, at 26%. The median was 34.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest52.3Laguna Woods, CA

Lowest26Twentynine Palms, CA

Median34.1376 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 (%)
1	Laguna Woods, CA	52.3
2	Rancho Mirage, CA	46.6
3	Palm Springs, CA	43.2
4	Seal Beach, CA	42.9
5	Rio Vista, CA	42.7
6	Palos Verdes Estates, CA	41.6
7	Palm Desert, CA	41.4
8	Paradise, CA	41.2
9	Monterey Park, CA	40.8
9	Rosemead, CA	40.8
11	La Quinta, CA	40.6
11	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	40.6
11	San Marino, CA	40.6
14	Cerritos, CA	40.4
15	Walnut, CA	40.3
16	Banning, CA	40.2
17	Arcadia, CA	39.5
18	San Gabriel, CA	39.4
18	Temple City, CA	39.4
20	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	39.1
20	Sierra Madre, CA	39.1
22	Calimesa, CA	39
22	La Verne, CA	39
24	Diamond Bar, CA	38.8
24	Hemet, CA	38.8
24	Saratoga, CA	38.8
27	Yucca Valley, CA	38.7
28	Duarte, CA	38.6
28	Westminster, CA	38.6
30	Laguna Beach, CA	38.5
31	Alhambra, CA	38.2
31	Morro Bay, CA	38.2
33	El Monte, CA	38.1
33	Pacific Grove, CA	38.1
33	San Dimas, CA	38.1
36	Grass Valley, CA	37.9
36	Sonoma, CA	37.9
38	Artesia, CA	37.8
38	Cathedral City, CA	37.8
38	Fountain Valley, CA	37.8
38	Hillsborough, CA	37.8
38	South El Monte, CA	37.8
43	Agoura Hills, CA	37.7
43	Auburn, CA	37.7
45	Beverly Hills, CA	37.6
45	Calabasas, CA	37.6
45	Carson, CA	37.6
45	Torrance, CA	37.6
49	Dana Point, CA	37.5
49	Lincoln, CA	37.5
51	Gardena, CA	37.3
51	La Palma, CA	37.3
51	Lomita, CA	37.3
54	Canyon Lake, CA	37.2
54	Glendora, CA	37.2
54	Half Moon Bay, CA	37.2
54	La Mirada, CA	37.2
58	Glendale, CA	37.1
59	Clearlake, CA	37
59	Fortuna, CA	37
59	Los Altos, CA	37
59	San Juan Capistrano, CA	37
63	Laguna Niguel, CA	36.9
63	Placerville, CA	36.9
65	Mission Viejo, CA	36.8
65	Montebello, CA	36.8
65	Yorba Linda, CA	36.8
68	Apple Valley, CA	36.7
68	Solana Beach, CA	36.7
68	West Covina, CA	36.7
71	Baldwin Park, CA	36.6
71	Manhattan Beach, CA	36.6
71	Pico Rivera, CA	36.6
71	Piedmont, CA	36.6
71	Santa Fe Springs, CA	36.6
76	Commerce, CA	36.4
76	Garden Grove, CA	36.4
76	Newport Beach, CA	36.4
79	Calexico, CA	36.2
79	Indio, CA	36.2
79	La Puente, CA	36.2
79	Lodi, CA	36.2
79	Thousand Oaks, CA	36.2
84	Camarillo, CA	36.1
84	Laguna Hills, CA	36.1
84	Yuba City, CA	36.1
87	Menifee, CA	36
87	Millbrae, CA	36
87	Monrovia, CA	36
87	South Pasadena, CA	36
91	Mill Valley, CA	35.9
92	Covina, CA	35.8
92	Eureka, CA	35.8
92	Hawaiian Gardens, CA	35.8
92	Shasta Lake, CA	35.8
92	Stanton, CA	35.8
97	Arroyo Grande, CA	35.7
97	Carpinteria, CA	35.7
97	Huntington Beach, CA	35.7
97	San Clemente, CA	35.7
97	Yucaipa, CA	35.7
102	Cypress, CA	35.6
102	Lakewood, CA	35.6
102	Los Gatos, CA	35.6
102	Ripon, CA	35.6
106	El Centro, CA	35.5
106	Norwalk, CA	35.5
106	Poway, CA	35.5
106	San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA	35.5
106	Ukiah, CA	35.5
106	Whittier, CA	35.5
112	Bell Gardens, CA	35.4
112	Huntington Park, CA	35.4
112	Larkspur, CA	35.4
112	Manteca, CA	35.4
112	Pasadena, CA	35.4
112	Red Bluff, CA	35.4
112	Scotts Valley, CA	35.4
119	Benicia, CA	35.3
119	Burbank, CA	35.3
119	Carlsbad, CA	35.3
122	Bell, CA	35.2
122	Brawley, CA	35.2
122	Culver City, CA	35.2
122	Santa Clarita, CA	35.2
126	Encinitas, CA	35.1
126	Exeter, CA	35.1
128	Maywood, CA	35
128	National City, CA	35
128	Novato, CA	35
128	Pomona, CA	35
128	San Leandro, CA	35
128	Santa Monica, CA	35
128	Signal Hill, CA	35
128	Simi Valley, CA	35
128	South Gate, CA	35
128	Stockton, CA	35
138	Anderson, CA	34.9
138	Los Alamitos, CA	34.9
138	Napa, CA	34.9
138	Redondo Beach, CA	34.9
138	San Fernando, CA	34.9
143	Buena Park, CA	34.8
143	Cudahy, CA	34.8
143	Cupertino, CA	34.8
143	Daly City, CA	34.8
143	Inglewood, CA	34.8
143	Oakdale, CA	34.8
149	Bellflower, CA	34.7
149	Downey, CA	34.7
149	Lindsay, CA	34.7
149	Oroville, CA	34.7
149	Palmdale, CA	34.7
149	Santa Paula, CA	34.7
149	Union City, CA	34.7
156	Brea, CA	34.6
156	Desert Hot Springs, CA	34.6
156	Healdsburg, CA	34.6
156	Lancaster, CA	34.6
156	Modesto, CA	34.6
156	Pacifica, CA	34.6
156	Placentia, CA	34.6
156	Redding, CA	34.6
156	South San Francisco, CA	34.6
165	Lawndale, CA	34.5
165	Long Beach, CA	34.5
165	Los Angeles, CA	34.5
165	Oceanside, CA	34.5
165	Palo Alto, CA	34.5
165	Porterville, CA	34.5
165	San Anselmo, CA	34.5
172	Chino Hills, CA	34.4
172	Grand Terrace, CA	34.4
172	Upland, CA	34.4
175	Alameda, CA	34.3
175	Barstow, CA	34.3
175	Beaumont, CA	34.3
175	Norco, CA	34.3
179	Claremont, CA	34.2
179	Pleasanton, CA	34.2
181	El Cajon, CA	34.1
181	Hesperia, CA	34.1
181	Lake Forest, CA	34.1
181	Moorpark, CA	34.1
181	Morgan Hill, CA	34.1
181	Redlands, CA	34.1
181	Turlock, CA	34.1
181	Wildomar, CA	34.1
189	Atascadero, CA	34
189	La Habra, CA	34
189	Livingston, CA	34
189	Marina, CA	34
189	Paramount, CA	34
189	San Carlos, CA	34
189	South Lake Tahoe, CA	34
196	American Canyon, CA	33.9
196	Compton, CA	33.9
196	Dinuba, CA	33.9
196	El Segundo, CA	33.9
196	Farmersville, CA	33.9
196	Lynwood, CA	33.9
196	Reedley, CA	33.9
196	Tracy, CA	33.9
204	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA	33.8
204	Kingsburg, CA	33.8
204	Lemon Grove, CA	33.8
204	Santee, CA	33.8
204	Vallejo, CA	33.8
204	Woodland, CA	33.8
210	Escondido, CA	33.7
210	Jurupa Valley, CA	33.7
210	Lompoc, CA	33.7
210	Orinda, CA	33.7
210	Petaluma, CA	33.7
210	San Jacinto, CA	33.7
216	Anaheim, CA	33.6
216	Blythe, CA	33.6
216	California City, CA	33.6
216	Chino, CA	33.6
216	Hawthorne, CA	33.6
216	Lathrop, CA	33.6
216	Newman, CA	33.6
216	Visalia, CA	33.6
224	Fullerton, CA	33.5
224	Port Hueneme, CA	33.5
224	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	33.5
224	Roseville, CA	33.5
224	San Bruno, CA	33.5
224	Santa Barbara, CA	33.5
224	Selma, CA	33.5
231	Azusa, CA	33.4
231	Ceres, CA	33.4
231	Foster City, CA	33.4
231	Montclair, CA	33.4
231	Oxnard, CA	33.4
231	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	33.4
231	Watsonville, CA	33.4
231	Windsor, CA	33.4
239	Atwater, CA	33.3
239	Clayton, CA	33.3
239	Grover Beach, CA	33.3
239	Livermore, CA	33.3
239	Loma Linda, CA	33.3
239	Murrieta, CA	33.3
239	Riverbank, CA	33.3
246	Corcoran, CA	33.2
246	Fillmore, CA	33.2
246	Highland, CA	33.2
246	Walnut Creek, CA	33.2
250	Arvin, CA	33.1

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever had their cholesterol checked and were told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that it was high. 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 2021; its eight former counties are not served. The question is asked in odd years only.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/california-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/california-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/california-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence: Cities in California by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/california-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
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Which city has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Laguna Woods, CA, with 52.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Twentynine Palms, CA, with 26% in 2021.

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