US cities by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate

Laguna Woods, CA had the highest high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate of 3035 cities in 2021, at 52.3%. Rexburg, ID had the lowest, at 19.4%. The median was 34.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest52.3Laguna Woods, CA

Lowest19.4Rexburg, ID

Median34.23035 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	North Myrtle Beach, SC	46.8
3	Rancho Mirage, CA	46.6
4	Mesquite, NV	46.4
5	Hardeeville, SC	43.9
6	St. Albans, WV	43.7
7	Rockport, TX	43.6
8	Palm Springs, CA	43.2
9	Seal Beach, CA	42.9
9	South Charleston, WV	42.9
11	Rio Vista, CA	42.7
12	Mountain Home, AR	42.6
13	Apache Junction, AZ	42.3
14	Colleyville, TX	42.2
14	Crossville, TN	42.2
14	Fountain Hills, AZ	42.2
14	Leawood, KS	42.2
18	Beckley, WV	42.1
18	Boulder City, NV	42.1
20	Charleston, WV	42
20	Granbury, TX	42
20	Ocean City, NJ	42
23	Fairview, TX	41.7
23	Kerrville, TX	41.7
25	Fairhope, AL	41.6
25	Mount Airy, NC	41.6
25	Palos Verdes Estates, CA	41.6
28	Moss Point, MS	41.5
28	Ozark, AL	41.5
30	Fredericksburg, TX	41.4
30	Myrtle Beach, SC	41.4
30	Palm Desert, CA	41.4
33	Clarksburg, WV	41.3
33	Georgetown, TX	41.3
33	Paris, TN	41.3
36	Foley, AL	41.2
36	Paradise, CA	41.2
36	Somerset, KY	41.2
39	Roma, TX	41.1
40	Abbeville, LA	41
40	Farragut, TN	41
42	Martinsville, VA	40.9
42	Scottsboro, AL	40.9
44	Choctaw, OK	40.8
44	Fair Oaks Ranch, TX	40.8
44	Gulf Shores, AL	40.8
44	Monterey Park, CA	40.8
44	Rosemead, CA	40.8
49	Crowley, LA	40.7
49	El Dorado, KS	40.7
51	Aiken, SC	40.6
51	Alexander City, AL	40.6
51	Bogalusa, LA	40.6
51	Danville, VA	40.6
51	Kingsport, TN	40.6
51	La Quinta, CA	40.6
51	Minden, LA	40.6
51	Peachtree City, GA	40.6
51	Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	40.6
51	San Marino, CA	40.6
61	Lawrenceburg, TN	40.5
61	Parkersburg, WV	40.5
61	Prichard, AL	40.5
61	Waycross, GA	40.5
65	Alamo, TX	40.4
65	Cerritos, CA	40.4
65	Lewisville, NC	40.4
68	Glasgow, KY	40.3
68	Walnut, CA	40.3
70	Banning, CA	40.2
70	Barnstable Town, MA	40.2
70	Duncan, OK	40.2
70	Harrison, AR	40.2
70	Hot Springs, AR	40.2
70	Port Townsend, WA	40.2
76	Bay St. Louis, MS	40.1
76	Bella Vista, AR	40.1
76	Branson, MO	40.1
76	Bristol, VA	40.1
76	Lufkin, TX	40.1
76	Lumberton, NC	40.1
76	Pinehurst, NC	40.1
76	Topeka, KS	40.1
76	Union City, TN	40.1
76	Winfield, KS	40.1
86	Central, LA	40
86	Excelsior Springs, MO	40
86	Sweetwater, TX	40
86	Sylacauga, AL	40
86	Wheeling, WV	40
91	Azle, TX	39.9
91	Bristol, TN	39.9
91	Del City, OK	39.9
91	Muskogee, OK	39.9
91	Ocean Springs, MS	39.9
91	Pell City, AL	39.9
97	Alice, TX	39.8
97	Auburn, ME	39.8
97	Greeneville, TN	39.8
97	Mount Pleasant, WI	39.8
97	Winchester, TN	39.8
102	Eufaula, AL	39.7
102	Fort Oglethorpe, GA	39.7
102	Laurinburg, NC	39.7
102	Lenoir, NC	39.7
102	New Bern, NC	39.7
102	Prescott, AZ	39.7
108	Clemmons, NC	39.6
108	Lewiston, ME	39.6
108	Waynesville, NC	39.6
111	Arcadia, CA	39.5
111	Clinton, TN	39.5
111	Donna, TX	39.5
111	Dublin, GA	39.5
111	Hutchinson, KS	39.5
111	Lago Vista, TX	39.5
111	Southlake, TX	39.5
118	Arkansas City, KS	39.4
118	Beatrice, NE	39.4
118	Eagle Pass, TX	39.4
118	Ivins, UT	39.4
118	Keller, TX	39.4
118	Lakeway, TX	39.4
118	Paradise Valley, AZ	39.4
118	Ponca City, OK	39.4
118	San Gabriel, CA	39.4
118	Temple City, CA	39.4
118	Tinton Falls, NJ	39.4
118	Warr Acres, OK	39.4
130	Anniston, AL	39.3
130	Bethany, OK	39.3
130	Elizabethton, TN	39.3
130	Gloucester, MA	39.3
130	Vienna, WV	39.3
135	Atlantic City, NJ	39.2
135	Benbrook, TX	39.2
135	Caledonia, WI	39.2
135	Kennedale, TX	39.2
135	Kenner, LA	39.2
135	Kennett, MO	39.2
135	New Iberia, LA	39.2
135	Somers Point, NJ	39.2
135	Sugar Land, TX	39.2
135	Weirton, WV	39.2
145	Connersville, IN	39.1
145	Hurst, TX	39.1
145	La Cañada Flintridge, CA	39.1
145	Leland, NC	39.1
145	Sierra Madre, CA	39.1
145	Vidalia, GA	39.1
145	West Plains, MO	39.1
152	Athens, AL	39
152	Bucyrus, OH	39
152	Calimesa, CA	39
152	Decatur, AL	39
152	Gadsden, AL	39
152	Kernersville, NC	39
152	La Verne, CA	39
152	Midwest City, OK	39
152	New Berlin, WI	39
152	Niles, OH	39
152	Oro Valley, AZ	39
152	Reidsville, NC	39
152	Robstown, TX	39
152	Van Buren, AR	39
166	Colonial Heights, VA	38.9
166	Cumberland, MD	38.9
166	Eden, NC	38.9
166	Fayetteville, GA	38.9
166	Gretna, LA	38.9
166	Morgan City, LA	38.9
166	Pampa, TX	38.9
166	Rainbow City, AL	38.9
166	Two Rivers, WI	38.9
166	Waynesboro, VA	38.9
176	Burton, MI	38.8
176	Diamond Bar, CA	38.8
176	Gladstone, MO	38.8
176	Heath, TX	38.8
176	Hemet, CA	38.8
176	Hendersonville, NC	38.8
176	Hilton Head Island, SC	38.8
176	Mexico, MO	38.8
176	Muskego, WI	38.8
176	Newburyport, MA	38.8
176	Pewaukee, WI	38.8
176	Prairie Village, KS	38.8
176	Saratoga, CA	38.8
176	Shreveport, LA	38.8
190	Mandeville, LA	38.7
190	McMinnville, TN	38.7
190	North Richland Hills, TX	38.7
190	Orange, TX	38.7
190	Yucca Valley, CA	38.7
195	Augusta, ME	38.6
195	Brookfield, WI	38.6
195	Bullhead City, AZ	38.6
195	Duarte, CA	38.6
195	Greenville, OH	38.6
195	Hewitt, TX	38.6
195	Houma, LA	38.6
195	Jasper, AL	38.6
195	Jesup, GA	38.6
195	Lumberton, TX	38.6
195	Mercedes, TX	38.6
195	Oxford, AL	38.6
195	Westminster, CA	38.6
208	Cambridge, MD	38.5
208	Cottonwood, AZ	38.5
208	Edmond, OK	38.5
208	Guthrie, OK	38.5
208	Hagerstown, MD	38.5
208	Johnstown, PA	38.5
208	Laguna Beach, CA	38.5
208	Leon Valley, TX	38.5
208	Oak Ridge, TN	38.5
208	Palmview, TX	38.5
208	Poplar Bluff, MO	38.5
208	Salem, VA	38.5
208	Sevierville, TN	38.5
221	Ashtabula, OH	38.4
221	Bedford, TX	38.4
221	Casa Grande, AZ	38.4
221	Forest Hill, TX	38.4
221	Freeport, TX	38.4
221	Hartselle, AL	38.4
221	Kinston, NC	38.4
221	Shelby, NC	38.4
221	Vicksburg, MS	38.4
221	Vienna, VA	38.4
221	Warren, OH	38.4
221	West Monroe, LA	38.4
221	White Settlement, TX	38.4
221	Yorktown, IN	38.4
235	Alexandria, LA	38.3
235	Bangor, ME	38.3
235	Cairo, GA	38.3
235	Coldwater, MI	38.3
235	Deming, NM	38.3
235	Fort Payne, AL	38.3
235	Glen Cove, NY	38.3
235	Great Bend, KS	38.3
235	Highland Village, TX	38.3
235	Portsmouth, OH	38.3
235	Salina, KS	38.3
235	Takoma Park, MD	38.3
235	Tarboro, NC	38.3
235	Tullahoma, TN	38.3
235	Weatherford, TX	38.3
250	Alhambra, CA	38.2

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Other periods

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2021

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. 176 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 (US cities 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, US cities 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/us-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. US cities 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/us-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, US cities 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/us-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: US cities by high cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-high-cholesterol-rate-county-estimate/us-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?

Rexburg, ID, with 19.4% in 2021.

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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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83 and later releases), high cholesterol in screened adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 176 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.