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Counties in Pennsylvania by adult obesity rate, local model estimate

Bradford County had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 41.3%. Centre County had the lowest, at 30.3%. The median was 36.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest41.3Bradford County
Lowest30.3Centre County
Median36.667 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 36.6 %Allegheny County: 31.5 %Armstrong County: 35.7 %Beaver County: 35.8 %Bedford County: 36.8 %Berks County: 36 %Blair County: 34.2 %Bradford County: 41.3 %Bucks County: 31.5 %Butler County: 32.2 %Cambria County: 38.4 %Cameron County: 38.8 %Carbon County: 36.6 %Centre County: 30.3 %Chester County: 31.8 %Clarion County: 35.8 %Clearfield County: 37.4 %Clinton County: 35.9 %Columbia County: 39.2 %Crawford County: 38.8 %Cumberland County: 30.6 %Dauphin County: 37.1 %Delaware County: 32.6 %Elk County: 35 %Erie County: 37.2 %Fayette County: 37.5 %Forest County: 39.5 %Franklin County: 37.8 %Fulton County: 37.6 %Greene County: 37.2 %Huntingdon County: 38 %Indiana County: 37.6 %Jefferson County: 38.1 %Juniata County: 36.8 %Lackawanna County: 32.6 %Lancaster County: 34.8 %Lawrence County: 36.1 %Lebanon County: 35.7 %Lehigh County: 33.7 %Luzerne County: 36.7 %Lycoming County: 36.6 %McKean County: 36.9 %Mercer County: 39.8 %Mifflin County: 35.7 %Monroe County: 33.3 %Montgomery County: 30.6 %Montour County: 33.6 %Northampton County: 31.9 %Northumberland County: 39.3 %Perry County: 35.3 %Philadelphia County: 31.1 %Pike County: 39.1 %Potter County: 39.1 %Schuylkill County: 39.6 %Snyder County: 35.3 %Somerset County: 39.3 %Sullivan County: 35.7 %Susquehanna County: 41.3 %Tioga County: 38 %Union County: 33.7 %Venango County: 35.3 %Warren County: 37.5 %Washington County: 33.9 %Wayne County: 34.2 %Westmoreland County: 32.1 %Wyoming County: 37 %York County: 39.5 %
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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

Bradford County: 41.3 %Bradford County41.3Susquehanna County: 41.3 %Susquehanna County41.3Mercer County: 39.8 %Mercer County39.8Schuylkill County: 39.6 %Schuylkill County39.6Forest County: 39.5 %Forest County39.5York County: 39.5 %York County39.5Northumberland County: 39.3 %Northumberland County39.3Somerset County: 39.3 %Somerset County39.3Columbia County: 39.2 %Columbia County39.2Pike County: 39.1 %Pike County39.1Potter County: 39.1 %Potter County39.1Cameron County: 38.8 %Cameron County38.8Crawford County: 38.8 %Crawford County38.8Cambria County: 38.4 %Cambria County38.4Jefferson County: 38.1 %Jefferson County38.1Huntingdon County: 38 %Huntingdon County38Tioga County: 38 %Tioga County38Franklin County: 37.8 %Franklin County37.8Fulton County: 37.6 %Fulton County37.6Indiana County: 37.6 %Indiana County37.6Fayette County: 37.5 %Fayette County37.5Warren County: 37.5 %Warren County37.5Clearfield County: 37.4 %Clearfield County37.4Erie County: 37.2 %Erie County37.2Greene County: 37.2 %Greene County37.2Dauphin County: 37.1 %Dauphin County37.1Wyoming County: 37 %Wyoming County37McKean County: 36.9 %McKean County36.9Bedford County: 36.8 %Bedford County36.8Juniata County: 36.8 %Juniata County36.8Luzerne County: 36.7 %Luzerne County36.7Adams County: 36.6 %Adams County36.6Carbon County: 36.6 %Carbon County36.6Lycoming County: 36.6 %Lycoming County36.6Lawrence County: 36.1 %Lawrence County36.1Berks County: 36 %Berks County36Clinton County: 35.9 %Clinton County35.9Beaver County: 35.8 %Beaver County35.8Clarion County: 35.8 %Clarion County35.8Armstrong County: 35.7 %Armstrong County35.7Bradford County: 41.3 %Bradford County41.3Susquehanna County: 41.3 %Susquehanna County41.3Mercer County: 39.8 %Mercer County39.8Schuylkill County: 39.6 %Schuylkill County39.6Forest County: 39.5 %Forest County39.5York County: 39.5 %York County39.5Northumberland County: 39.3 %Northumberland County39.3Somerset County: 39.3 %Somerset County39.3Columbia County: 39.2 %Columbia County39.2Pike County: 39.1 %Pike County39.1Potter County: 39.1 %Potter County39.1Cameron County: 38.8 %Cameron County38.8Crawford County: 38.8 %Crawford County38.8Cambria County: 38.4 %Cambria County38.4Jefferson County: 38.1 %Jefferson County38.1Huntingdon County: 38 %Huntingdon County38Tioga County: 38 %Tioga County38Franklin County: 37.8 %Franklin County37.8Fulton County: 37.6 %Fulton County37.6Indiana County: 37.6 %Indiana County37.6Fayette County: 37.5 %Fayette County37.5Warren County: 37.5 %Warren County37.5Clearfield County: 37.4 %Clearfield County37.4Erie County: 37.2 %Erie County37.2Greene County: 37.2 %Greene County37.2Dauphin County: 37.1 %Dauphin County37.1Wyoming County: 37 %Wyoming County37McKean County: 36.9 %McKean County36.9Bedford County: 36.8 %Bedford County36.8Juniata County: 36.8 %Juniata County36.8Luzerne County: 36.7 %Luzerne County36.7Adams County: 36.6 %Adams County36.6Carbon County: 36.6 %Carbon County36.6Lycoming County: 36.6 %Lycoming County36.6Lawrence County: 36.1 %Lawrence County36.1Berks County: 36 %Berks County36Clinton County: 35.9 %Clinton County35.9Beaver County: 35.8 %Beaver County35.8Clarion County: 35.8 %Clarion County35.8Armstrong County: 35.7 %Armstrong County35.7
%. 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 (%)
1Bradford County41.3
1Susquehanna County41.3
3Mercer County39.8
4Schuylkill County39.6
5Forest County39.5
5York County39.5
7Northumberland County39.3
7Somerset County39.3
9Columbia County39.2
10Pike County39.1
10Potter County39.1
12Cameron County38.8
12Crawford County38.8
14Cambria County38.4
15Jefferson County38.1
16Huntingdon County38
16Tioga County38
18Franklin County37.8
19Fulton County37.6
19Indiana County37.6
21Fayette County37.5
21Warren County37.5
23Clearfield County37.4
24Erie County37.2
24Greene County37.2
26Dauphin County37.1
27Wyoming County37
28McKean County36.9
29Bedford County36.8
29Juniata County36.8
31Luzerne County36.7
32Adams County36.6
32Carbon County36.6
32Lycoming County36.6
35Lawrence County36.1
36Berks County36
37Clinton County35.9
38Beaver County35.8
38Clarion County35.8
40Armstrong County35.7
40Lebanon County35.7
40Mifflin County35.7
40Sullivan County35.7
44Perry County35.3
44Snyder County35.3
44Venango County35.3
47Elk County35
48Lancaster County34.8
49Blair County34.2
49Wayne County34.2
51Washington County33.9
52Lehigh County33.7
52Union County33.7
54Montour County33.6
55Monroe County33.3
56Delaware County32.6
56Lackawanna County32.6
58Butler County32.2
59Westmoreland County32.1
60Northampton County31.9
61Chester County31.8
62Allegheny County31.5
62Bucks County31.5
64Philadelphia County31.1
65Cumberland County30.6
65Montgomery County30.6
67Centre County30.3

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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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Counties in Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence, Counties in Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bradford County, with 41.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Centre County, with 30.3% 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, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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