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Counties in New York by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Hamilton County had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 62 counties in 2021, at 39.7%. Tompkins County had the lowest, at 26.6%. The median was 35.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest39.7Hamilton County
Lowest26.6Tompkins County
Median35.562 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Albany County: 32.9 %Allegany County: 36.3 %Bronx County: 32.3 %Broome County: 35.4 %Cattaraugus County: 38.3 %Cayuga County: 36.6 %Chautauqua County: 37.2 %Chemung County: 35.7 %Chenango County: 36.7 %Clinton County: 34.7 %Columbia County: 36.1 %Cortland County: 33.7 %Delaware County: 37.3 %Dutchess County: 35.5 %Erie County: 36 %Essex County: 38 %Franklin County: 35.9 %Fulton County: 38.8 %Genesee County: 35.1 %Greene County: 35.5 %Hamilton County: 39.7 %Herkimer County: 36.7 %Jefferson County: 32.1 %Kings County: 34.7 %Lewis County: 38.1 %Livingston County: 31.2 %Madison County: 36.1 %Monroe County: 32 %Montgomery County: 34.8 %Nassau County: 36.3 %New York County: 34.6 %Niagara County: 36.2 %Oneida County: 36.2 %Onondaga County: 33.4 %Ontario County: 33.6 %Orange County: 33 %Orleans County: 37.1 %Oswego County: 32.6 %Otsego County: 32 %Putnam County: 33.4 %Queens County: 36 %Rensselaer County: 35.2 %Richmond County: 34.9 %Rockland County: 33.8 %St. Lawrence County: 33.9 %Saratoga County: 32.2 %Schenectady County: 33.2 %Schoharie County: 35.5 %Schuyler County: 34.9 %Seneca County: 36 %Steuben County: 34.5 %Suffolk County: 36.7 %Sullivan County: 35.2 %Tioga County: 34.5 %Tompkins County: 26.6 %Ulster County: 33.9 %Warren County: 35.8 %Washington County: 38.3 %Wayne County: 36.7 %Westchester County: 35.8 %Wyoming County: 35.8 %Yates County: 36.3 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Hamilton County: 39.7 %Hamilton County39.7Fulton County: 38.8 %Fulton County38.8Cattaraugus County: 38.3 %Cattaraugus County38.3Washington County: 38.3 %Washington County38.3Lewis County: 38.1 %Lewis County38.1Essex County: 38 %Essex County38Delaware County: 37.3 %Delaware County37.3Chautauqua County: 37.2 %Chautauqua County37.2Orleans County: 37.1 %Orleans County37.1Chenango County: 36.7 %Chenango County36.7Herkimer County: 36.7 %Herkimer County36.7Suffolk County: 36.7 %Suffolk County36.7Wayne County: 36.7 %Wayne County36.7Cayuga County: 36.6 %Cayuga County36.6Allegany County: 36.3 %Allegany County36.3Nassau County: 36.3 %Nassau County36.3Yates County: 36.3 %Yates County36.3Niagara County: 36.2 %Niagara County36.2Oneida County: 36.2 %Oneida County36.2Columbia County: 36.1 %Columbia County36.1Madison County: 36.1 %Madison County36.1Erie County: 36 %Erie County36Queens County: 36 %Queens County36Seneca County: 36 %Seneca County36Franklin County: 35.9 %Franklin County35.9Warren County: 35.8 %Warren County35.8Westchester County: 35.8 %Westchester County35.8Wyoming County: 35.8 %Wyoming County35.8Chemung County: 35.7 %Chemung County35.7Dutchess County: 35.5 %Dutchess County35.5Greene County: 35.5 %Greene County35.5Schoharie County: 35.5 %Schoharie County35.5Broome County: 35.4 %Broome County35.4Rensselaer County: 35.2 %Rensselaer County35.2Sullivan County: 35.2 %Sullivan County35.2Genesee County: 35.1 %Genesee County35.1Richmond County: 34.9 %Richmond County34.9Schuyler County: 34.9 %Schuyler County34.9Montgomery County: 34.8 %Montgomery County34.8Clinton County: 34.7 %Clinton County34.7Hamilton County: 39.7 %Hamilton County39.7Fulton County: 38.8 %Fulton County38.8Cattaraugus County: 38.3 %Cattaraugus County38.3Washington County: 38.3 %Washington County38.3Lewis County: 38.1 %Lewis County38.1Essex County: 38 %Essex County38Delaware County: 37.3 %Delaware County37.3Chautauqua County: 37.2 %Chautauqua County37.2Orleans County: 37.1 %Orleans County37.1Chenango County: 36.7 %Chenango County36.7Herkimer County: 36.7 %Herkimer County36.7Suffolk County: 36.7 %Suffolk County36.7Wayne County: 36.7 %Wayne County36.7Cayuga County: 36.6 %Cayuga County36.6Allegany County: 36.3 %Allegany County36.3Nassau County: 36.3 %Nassau County36.3Yates County: 36.3 %Yates County36.3Niagara County: 36.2 %Niagara County36.2Oneida County: 36.2 %Oneida County36.2Columbia County: 36.1 %Columbia County36.1Madison County: 36.1 %Madison County36.1Erie County: 36 %Erie County36Queens County: 36 %Queens County36Seneca County: 36 %Seneca County36Franklin County: 35.9 %Franklin County35.9Warren County: 35.8 %Warren County35.8Westchester County: 35.8 %Westchester County35.8Wyoming County: 35.8 %Wyoming County35.8Chemung County: 35.7 %Chemung County35.7Dutchess County: 35.5 %Dutchess County35.5Greene County: 35.5 %Greene County35.5Schoharie County: 35.5 %Schoharie County35.5Broome County: 35.4 %Broome County35.4Rensselaer County: 35.2 %Rensselaer County35.2Sullivan County: 35.2 %Sullivan County35.2Genesee County: 35.1 %Genesee County35.1Richmond County: 34.9 %Richmond County34.9Schuyler County: 34.9 %Schuyler County34.9Montgomery County: 34.8 %Montgomery County34.8Clinton County: 34.7 %Clinton County34.7
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Hamilton County39.7
2Fulton County38.8
3Cattaraugus County38.3
3Washington County38.3
5Lewis County38.1
6Essex County38
7Delaware County37.3
8Chautauqua County37.2
9Orleans County37.1
10Chenango County36.7
10Herkimer County36.7
10Suffolk County36.7
10Wayne County36.7
14Cayuga County36.6
15Allegany County36.3
15Nassau County36.3
15Yates County36.3
18Niagara County36.2
18Oneida County36.2
20Columbia County36.1
20Madison County36.1
22Erie County36
22Queens County36
22Seneca County36
25Franklin County35.9
26Warren County35.8
26Westchester County35.8
26Wyoming County35.8
29Chemung County35.7
30Dutchess County35.5
30Greene County35.5
30Schoharie County35.5
33Broome County35.4
34Rensselaer County35.2
34Sullivan County35.2
36Genesee County35.1
37Richmond County34.9
37Schuyler County34.9
39Montgomery County34.8
40Clinton County34.7
40Kings County34.7
42New York County34.6
43Steuben County34.5
43Tioga County34.5
45St. Lawrence County33.9
45Ulster County33.9
47Rockland County33.8
48Cortland County33.7
49Ontario County33.6
50Onondaga County33.4
50Putnam County33.4
52Schenectady County33.2
53Orange County33
54Albany County32.9
55Oswego County32.6
56Bronx County32.3
57Saratoga County32.2
58Jefferson County32.1
59Monroe County32
59Otsego County32
61Livingston County31.2
62Tompkins County26.6

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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 counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence (Counties in New York 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in New York by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Counties in New York 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/new-york-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence, Counties in New York 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/new-york-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate?

Hamilton County, with 39.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Tompkins County, with 26.6% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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