Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, local model estimate

East St. Louis, IL had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 224 cities in 2021, at 57.4%. Lincolnwood, IL had the lowest, at 23.5%. The median was 33%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest57.4East St. Louis, IL

Lowest23.5Lincolnwood, IL

Median33224 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2021 (%)
1	East St. Louis, IL	57.4
2	Harvey, IL	44.2
3	Riverdale, IL	43.9
4	Rockford, IL	43.8
5	Kankakee, IL	43.6
6	Belleville, IL	43.2
7	Alton, IL	43.1
8	Fairview Heights, IL	42.2
9	Dolton, IL	42.1
9	Galesburg, IL	42.1
11	Markham, IL	41.8
12	Danville, IL	40.7
12	Pontiac, IL	40.7
14	Machesney Park, IL	40.5
14	Shiloh, IL	40.5
16	Granite City, IL	40.3
16	Swansea, IL	40.3
18	Centralia, IL	40.2
19	Calumet City, IL	39.9
19	Freeport, IL	39.9
21	Decatur, IL	39.8
21	Loves Park, IL	39.8
23	Maywood, IL	39.7
23	Richton Park, IL	39.7
25	Bellwood, IL	39.5
25	O'Fallon, IL	39.5
27	Waukegan, IL	39.3
28	Canton, IL	39.1
28	Hazel Crest, IL	39.1
28	Wood River, IL	39.1
31	Taylorville, IL	39
32	Rock Island, IL	38.8
33	Zion, IL	38.7
34	Sterling, IL	38.6
35	Collinsville, IL	38.4
36	Country Club Hills, IL	38.1
36	Jacksonville, IL	38.1
38	Roscoe, IL	38
39	Carpentersville, IL	37.9
40	Pekin, IL	37.8
41	Dixon, IL	37.7
41	Kewanee, IL	37.7
43	Joliet, IL	37.5
43	Park Forest, IL	37.5
45	Chicago Heights, IL	37.3
46	East Moline, IL	37.2
47	Aurora, IL	37.1
47	South Holland, IL	37.1
49	Matteson, IL	36.9
50	Belvidere, IL	36.8
50	Blue Island, IL	36.8
52	Peoria, IL	36.7
52	Rantoul, IL	36.7
54	Effingham, IL	36.6
54	Godfrey, IL	36.6
54	Moline, IL	36.6
54	Streator, IL	36.6
58	Summit, IL	36.5
59	Cicero, IL	36.4
60	Ottawa, IL	36.3
61	Quincy, IL	36.2
62	Bradley, IL	36.1
63	Highland, IL	36
64	Crest Hill, IL	35.9
64	Marion, IL	35.9
64	Round Lake Beach, IL	35.9
64	West Chicago, IL	35.9
68	Beach Park, IL	35.8
68	Elgin, IL	35.8
68	Herrin, IL	35.8
68	Springfield, IL	35.8
72	Mount Vernon, IL	35.7
73	East Peoria, IL	35.6
74	Bensenville, IL	35.5
74	Morris, IL	35.5
76	Sycamore, IL	35.4
77	Bloomington, IL	35.3
78	Troy, IL	35.2
79	Addison, IL	35.1
80	Mattoon, IL	35
80	Melrose Park, IL	35
80	Romeoville, IL	35
83	DeKalb, IL	34.9
83	Montgomery, IL	34.9
85	Macomb, IL	34.8
85	Plano, IL	34.8
87	Bolingbrook, IL	34.6
87	Channahon, IL	34.6
89	North Aurora, IL	34.5
89	South Elgin, IL	34.5
91	Lincoln, IL	34.4
92	Minooka, IL	34.3
92	Normal, IL	34.3
94	Edwardsville, IL	34.2
94	Wood Dale, IL	34.2
96	Lansing, IL	34
97	Justice, IL	33.9
98	Bourbonnais, IL	33.8
98	Warrenville, IL	33.8
98	Washington, IL	33.8
101	Fox Lake, IL	33.6
101	Lockport, IL	33.6
101	Villa Park, IL	33.6
104	Chicago, IL	33.5
104	North Chicago, IL	33.5
106	Manhattan, IL	33.4
107	Batavia, IL	33.2
107	Campton Hills, IL	33.2
107	Shorewood, IL	33.2
110	Glen Carbon, IL	33
110	Homer Glen, IL	33
110	Pingree Grove, IL	33
110	St. Charles, IL	33
114	Morton, IL	32.9
115	Round Lake, IL	32.8
115	Yorkville, IL	32.8
117	Berwyn, IL	32.7
117	Northlake, IL	32.7
119	Antioch, IL	32.6
119	Woodstock, IL	32.6
121	New Lenox, IL	32.5
122	Chicago Ridge, IL	32.4
122	Geneva, IL	32.4
122	Lyons, IL	32.4
122	Mokena, IL	32.4
126	Carbondale, IL	32.3
126	Midlothian, IL	32.3
126	Waterloo, IL	32.3
129	Frankfort, IL	32.2
129	Oswego, IL	32.2
131	Alsip, IL	32
131	Glendale Heights, IL	32
131	Plainfield, IL	32
134	Wauconda, IL	31.9
135	Mundelein, IL	31.7
136	Carol Stream, IL	31.6
137	Bloomingdale, IL	31.5
137	McHenry, IL	31.5
137	Winfield, IL	31.5
137	Woodridge, IL	31.5
141	Columbia, IL	31.4
142	Hickory Hills, IL	31.3
143	Bridgeview, IL	31.2
143	Chatham, IL	31.2
143	River Grove, IL	31.2
143	Roselle, IL	31.2
147	Burbank, IL	31.1
147	Charleston, IL	31.1
147	Gurnee, IL	31.1
147	Homewood, IL	31.1
147	Lindenhurst, IL	31.1
147	Worth, IL	31.1
153	Cary, IL	31
153	Hanover Park, IL	31
155	Algonquin, IL	30.9
155	Franklin Park, IL	30.9
155	Grayslake, IL	30.9
155	Lombard, IL	30.9
159	Schiller Park, IL	30.8
160	Lake in the Hills, IL	30.7
160	Westmont, IL	30.7
162	Downers Grove, IL	30.6
163	Darien, IL	30.4
163	Forest Park, IL	30.4
163	Huntley, IL	30.4
166	Crystal Lake, IL	30.2
166	Evergreen Park, IL	30.2
166	Palos Hills, IL	30.2
169	Elmwood Park, IL	30.1
169	Glen Ellyn, IL	30.1
171	Lake Zurich, IL	30
172	Champaign, IL	29.9
172	Mahomet, IL	29.9
174	Wheaton, IL	29.8
175	Oak Lawn, IL	29.6
176	Elmhurst, IL	29.5
177	Crestwood, IL	29.3
178	Bartlett, IL	29.2
178	Lisle, IL	29.2
180	Naperville, IL	29.1
181	Oak Forest, IL	29
182	Libertyville, IL	28.9
183	Tinley Park, IL	28.8
184	Highland Park, IL	28.6
185	Streamwood, IL	28.5
185	Westchester, IL	28.5
187	Deerfield, IL	28.4
188	Brookfield, IL	28.3
188	Hinsdale, IL	28.3
188	Wheeling, IL	28.3
191	Oak Park, IL	28.2
191	Prospect Heights, IL	28.2
193	Lemont, IL	28.1
193	Vernon Hills, IL	28.1
195	Rolling Meadows, IL	28
196	Urbana, IL	27.9
197	Norridge, IL	27.5
197	Palatine, IL	27.5
199	Des Plaines, IL	27.4
200	La Grange, IL	27.2
201	Barrington, IL	27.1
202	Lake Forest, IL	27
203	Elk Grove Village, IL	26.9
203	Orland Park, IL	26.9
205	Burr Ridge, IL	26.8
205	Evanston, IL	26.8
207	Mount Prospect, IL	26.7
208	Buffalo Grove, IL	26.6
209	Palos Heights, IL	26.2
210	Niles, IL	26
211	Arlington Heights, IL	25.8
212	Hoffman Estates, IL	25.6
212	Park Ridge, IL	25.6
214	Schaumburg, IL	25.5
214	Western Springs, IL	25.5
216	La Grange Park, IL	25.3
216	Skokie, IL	25.3
218	Glenview, IL	24.6
219	River Forest, IL	24.5
220	Winnetka, IL	24.2
221	Morton Grove, IL	24.1
222	Northbrook, IL	23.7
223	Wilmette, IL	23.6
224	Lincolnwood, IL	23.5

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About this ranking

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.

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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, 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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence (Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, 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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{centers_cities_in_illinois_by_2021,
  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence: Cities in Illinois by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cdc.gov/places/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/illinois-cities?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, 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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East St. Louis, IL, with 57.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Lincolnwood, IL, with 23.5% in 2021.

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