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Counties in Mississippi by adult obesity rate, local model estimate

Sunflower County had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 82 counties in 2021, at 50.7%. Lafayette County had the lowest, at 33.6%. The median was 42.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest50.7Sunflower County
Lowest33.6Lafayette County
Median42.582 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 44.5 %Alcorn County: 38.7 %Amite County: 41.7 %Attala County: 42.9 %Benton County: 43.1 %Bolivar County: 44.5 %Calhoun County: 41.6 %Carroll County: 40.2 %Chickasaw County: 44.5 %Choctaw County: 38.2 %Claiborne County: 48.1 %Clarke County: 44.9 %Clay County: 44.5 %Coahoma County: 50.4 %Copiah County: 43.2 %Covington County: 42.1 %DeSoto County: 41 %Forrest County: 38.8 %Franklin County: 42.7 %George County: 39.7 %Greene County: 38.9 %Grenada County: 42.9 %Hancock County: 37.6 %Harrison County: 35.7 %Hinds County: 43.2 %Holmes County: 49.9 %Humphreys County: 50.4 %Issaquena County: 44.5 %Itawamba County: 35.5 %Jackson County: 35.7 %Jasper County: 43.2 %Jefferson County: 46.9 %Jefferson Davis County: 43.7 %Jones County: 39.3 %Kemper County: 41.8 %Lafayette County: 33.6 %Lamar County: 38.8 %Lauderdale County: 43 %Lawrence County: 43.4 %Leake County: 44.2 %Lee County: 35.9 %Leflore County: 49 %Lincoln County: 42.1 %Lowndes County: 41 %Madison County: 36.3 %Marion County: 42.9 %Marshall County: 44.2 %Monroe County: 39.1 %Montgomery County: 45 %Neshoba County: 43.4 %Newton County: 42.3 %Noxubee County: 47.6 %Oktibbeha County: 39.7 %Panola County: 41.9 %Pearl River County: 39.1 %Perry County: 41.1 %Pike County: 44.7 %Pontotoc County: 37.5 %Prentiss County: 40 %Quitman County: 48 %Rankin County: 36.5 %Scott County: 43.1 %Sharkey County: 47.6 %Simpson County: 44.4 %Smith County: 41.5 %Stone County: 41 %Sunflower County: 50.7 %Tallahatchie County: 46.4 %Tate County: 39.6 %Tippah County: 40 %Tishomingo County: 38.6 %Tunica County: 48.8 %Union County: 41.2 %Walthall County: 42.8 %Warren County: 42 %Washington County: 44.2 %Wayne County: 41.9 %Webster County: 38.2 %Wilkinson County: 45.5 %Winston County: 41.8 %Yalobusha County: 43.5 %Yazoo County: 46.2 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Sunflower County: 50.7 %Sunflower County50.7Coahoma County: 50.4 %Coahoma County50.4Humphreys County: 50.4 %Humphreys County50.4Holmes County: 49.9 %Holmes County49.9Leflore County: 49 %Leflore County49Tunica County: 48.8 %Tunica County48.8Claiborne County: 48.1 %Claiborne County48.1Quitman County: 48 %Quitman County48Noxubee County: 47.6 %Noxubee County47.6Sharkey County: 47.6 %Sharkey County47.6Jefferson County: 46.9 %Jefferson County46.9Tallahatchie County: 46.4 %Tallahatchie County46.4Yazoo County: 46.2 %Yazoo County46.2Wilkinson County: 45.5 %Wilkinson County45.5Montgomery County: 45 %Montgomery County45Clarke County: 44.9 %Clarke County44.9Pike County: 44.7 %Pike County44.7Adams County: 44.5 %Adams County44.5Bolivar County: 44.5 %Bolivar County44.5Chickasaw County: 44.5 %Chickasaw County44.5Clay County: 44.5 %Clay County44.5Issaquena County: 44.5 %Issaquena County44.5Simpson County: 44.4 %Simpson County44.4Leake County: 44.2 %Leake County44.2Marshall County: 44.2 %Marshall County44.2Washington County: 44.2 %Washington County44.2Jefferson Davis County: 43.7 %Jefferson Davis County43.7Yalobusha County: 43.5 %Yalobusha County43.5Lawrence County: 43.4 %Lawrence County43.4Neshoba County: 43.4 %Neshoba County43.4Copiah County: 43.2 %Copiah County43.2Hinds County: 43.2 %Hinds County43.2Jasper County: 43.2 %Jasper County43.2Benton County: 43.1 %Benton County43.1Scott County: 43.1 %Scott County43.1Lauderdale County: 43 %Lauderdale County43Attala County: 42.9 %Attala County42.9Grenada County: 42.9 %Grenada County42.9Marion County: 42.9 %Marion County42.9Walthall County: 42.8 %Walthall County42.8Sunflower County: 50.7 %Sunflower County50.7Coahoma County: 50.4 %Coahoma County50.4Humphreys County: 50.4 %Humphreys County50.4Holmes County: 49.9 %Holmes County49.9Leflore County: 49 %Leflore County49Tunica County: 48.8 %Tunica County48.8Claiborne County: 48.1 %Claiborne County48.1Quitman County: 48 %Quitman County48Noxubee County: 47.6 %Noxubee County47.6Sharkey County: 47.6 %Sharkey County47.6Jefferson County: 46.9 %Jefferson County46.9Tallahatchie County: 46.4 %Tallahatchie County46.4Yazoo County: 46.2 %Yazoo County46.2Wilkinson County: 45.5 %Wilkinson County45.5Montgomery County: 45 %Montgomery County45Clarke County: 44.9 %Clarke County44.9Pike County: 44.7 %Pike County44.7Adams County: 44.5 %Adams County44.5Bolivar County: 44.5 %Bolivar County44.5Chickasaw County: 44.5 %Chickasaw County44.5Clay County: 44.5 %Clay County44.5Issaquena County: 44.5 %Issaquena County44.5Simpson County: 44.4 %Simpson County44.4Leake County: 44.2 %Leake County44.2Marshall County: 44.2 %Marshall County44.2Washington County: 44.2 %Washington County44.2Jefferson Davis County: 43.7 %Jefferson Davis County43.7Yalobusha County: 43.5 %Yalobusha County43.5Lawrence County: 43.4 %Lawrence County43.4Neshoba County: 43.4 %Neshoba County43.4Copiah County: 43.2 %Copiah County43.2Hinds County: 43.2 %Hinds County43.2Jasper County: 43.2 %Jasper County43.2Benton County: 43.1 %Benton County43.1Scott County: 43.1 %Scott County43.1Lauderdale County: 43 %Lauderdale County43Attala County: 42.9 %Attala County42.9Grenada County: 42.9 %Grenada County42.9Marion County: 42.9 %Marion County42.9Walthall County: 42.8 %Walthall County42.8
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Sunflower County50.7
2Coahoma County50.4
2Humphreys County50.4
4Holmes County49.9
5Leflore County49
6Tunica County48.8
7Claiborne County48.1
8Quitman County48
9Noxubee County47.6
9Sharkey County47.6
11Jefferson County46.9
12Tallahatchie County46.4
13Yazoo County46.2
14Wilkinson County45.5
15Montgomery County45
16Clarke County44.9
17Pike County44.7
18Adams County44.5
18Bolivar County44.5
18Chickasaw County44.5
18Clay County44.5
18Issaquena County44.5
23Simpson County44.4
24Leake County44.2
24Marshall County44.2
24Washington County44.2
27Jefferson Davis County43.7
28Yalobusha County43.5
29Lawrence County43.4
29Neshoba County43.4
31Copiah County43.2
31Hinds County43.2
31Jasper County43.2
34Benton County43.1
34Scott County43.1
36Lauderdale County43
37Attala County42.9
37Grenada County42.9
37Marion County42.9
40Walthall County42.8
41Franklin County42.7
42Newton County42.3
43Covington County42.1
43Lincoln County42.1
45Warren County42
46Panola County41.9
46Wayne County41.9
48Kemper County41.8
48Winston County41.8
50Amite County41.7
51Calhoun County41.6
52Smith County41.5
53Union County41.2
54Perry County41.1
55DeSoto County41
55Lowndes County41
55Stone County41
58Carroll County40.2
59Prentiss County40
59Tippah County40
61George County39.7
61Oktibbeha County39.7
63Tate County39.6
64Jones County39.3
65Monroe County39.1
65Pearl River County39.1
67Greene County38.9
68Forrest County38.8
68Lamar County38.8
70Alcorn County38.7
71Tishomingo County38.6
72Choctaw County38.2
72Webster County38.2
74Hancock County37.6
75Pontotoc County37.5
76Rankin County36.5
77Madison County36.3
78Lee County35.9
79Harrison County35.7
79Jackson County35.7
81Itawamba County35.5
82Lafayette County33.6

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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 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, h3ej-a9ec 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence (Counties in Mississippi 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Mississippi by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Sunflower County, with 50.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Lafayette County, with 33.6% 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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