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Cities in South Carolina by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023

York, SC had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 43 cities in 2023, at 43%. Mount Pleasant, SC had the lowest, at 26%. The median was 34.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest43York, SC
Lowest26Mount Pleasant, SC
Median34.443 cities

All cities, 2023

York, SC: 43 %York, SC43Sumter, SC: 42.3 %Sumter, SC42.3Orangeburg, SC: 41.2 %Orangeburg, SC41.2Spartanburg, SC: 41 %Spartanburg, SC41Florence, SC: 40.9 %Florence, SC40.9Gaffney, SC: 40.8 %Gaffney, SC40.8Rock Hill, SC: 40.6 %Rock Hill, SC40.6Newberry, SC: 39.5 %Newberry, SC39.5Greenwood, SC: 39.1 %Greenwood, SC39.1Moncks Corner, SC: 38.6 %Moncks Corner, SC38.6Anderson, SC: 37.1 %Anderson, SC37.1Hanahan, SC: 37.1 %Hanahan, SC37.1Easley, SC: 36.6 %Easley, SC36.6Cayce, SC: 36.4 %Cayce, SC36.4West Columbia, SC: 36.2 %West Columbia, SC36.2Goose Creek, SC: 36 %Goose Creek, SC36Summerville, SC: 35.6 %Summerville, SC35.6Fort Mill, SC: 35.3 %Fort Mill, SC35.3Fountain Inn, SC: 35.2 %Fountain Inn, SC35.2North Charleston, SC: 35.2 %North Charleston, SC35.2Myrtle Beach, SC: 34.7 %Myrtle Beach, SC34.7Columbia, SC: 34.4 %Columbia, SC34.4Greer, SC: 34.4 %Greer, SC34.4Irmo, SC: 33.3 %Irmo, SC33.3Conway, SC: 32.7 %Conway, SC32.7Lexington, SC: 32.7 %Lexington, SC32.7Aiken, SC: 32.4 %Aiken, SC32.4Mauldin, SC: 32.4 %Mauldin, SC32.4Simpsonville, SC: 32.4 %Simpsonville, SC32.4Clemson, SC: 32.1 %Clemson, SC32.1North Augusta, SC: 32.1 %North Augusta, SC32.1Tega Cay, SC: 31.9 %Tega Cay, SC31.9Greenville, SC: 31.4 %Greenville, SC31.4Beaufort, SC: 30.9 %Beaufort, SC30.9Hardeeville, SC: 30.9 %Hardeeville, SC30.9North Myrtle Beach, SC: 29.7 %North Myrtle Beach, SC29.7Forest Acres, SC: 29.6 %Forest Acres, SC29.6Bluffton, SC: 29.2 %Bluffton, SC29.2Port Royal, SC: 28.8 %Port Royal, SC28.8Charleston, SC: 28.7 %Charleston, SC28.7Hilton Head Island, SC: 27.8 %Hilton Head Island, SC27.8James Island, SC: 27 %James Island, SC27Mount Pleasant, SC: 26 %Mount Pleasant, SC26York, SC: 43 %York, SC43Sumter, SC: 42.3 %Sumter, SC42.3Orangeburg, SC: 41.2 %Orangeburg, SC41.2Spartanburg, SC: 41 %Spartanburg, SC41Florence, SC: 40.9 %Florence, SC40.9Gaffney, SC: 40.8 %Gaffney, SC40.8Rock Hill, SC: 40.6 %Rock Hill, SC40.6Newberry, SC: 39.5 %Newberry, SC39.5Greenwood, SC: 39.1 %Greenwood, SC39.1Moncks Corner, SC: 38.6 %Moncks Corner, SC38.6Anderson, SC: 37.1 %Anderson, SC37.1Hanahan, SC: 37.1 %Hanahan, SC37.1Easley, SC: 36.6 %Easley, SC36.6Cayce, SC: 36.4 %Cayce, SC36.4West Columbia, SC: 36.2 %West Columbia, SC36.2Goose Creek, SC: 36 %Goose Creek, SC36Summerville, SC: 35.6 %Summerville, SC35.6Fort Mill, SC: 35.3 %Fort Mill, SC35.3Fountain Inn, SC: 35.2 %Fountain Inn, SC35.2North Charleston, SC: 35.2 %North Charleston, SC35.2Myrtle Beach, SC: 34.7 %Myrtle Beach, SC34.7Columbia, SC: 34.4 %Columbia, SC34.4Greer, SC: 34.4 %Greer, SC34.4Irmo, SC: 33.3 %Irmo, SC33.3Conway, SC: 32.7 %Conway, SC32.7Lexington, SC: 32.7 %Lexington, SC32.7Aiken, SC: 32.4 %Aiken, SC32.4Mauldin, SC: 32.4 %Mauldin, SC32.4Simpsonville, SC: 32.4 %Simpsonville, SC32.4Clemson, SC: 32.1 %Clemson, SC32.1North Augusta, SC: 32.1 %North Augusta, SC32.1Tega Cay, SC: 31.9 %Tega Cay, SC31.9Greenville, SC: 31.4 %Greenville, SC31.4Beaufort, SC: 30.9 %Beaufort, SC30.9Hardeeville, SC: 30.9 %Hardeeville, SC30.9North Myrtle Beach, SC: 29.7 %North Myrtle Beach, SC29.7Forest Acres, SC: 29.6 %Forest Acres, SC29.6Bluffton, SC: 29.2 %Bluffton, SC29.2Port Royal, SC: 28.8 %Port Royal, SC28.8Charleston, SC: 28.7 %Charleston, SC28.7Hilton Head Island, SC: 27.8 %Hilton Head Island, SC27.8James Island, SC: 27 %James Island, SC27Mount Pleasant, SC: 26 %Mount Pleasant, SC26
%. 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

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1York, SC43+6.2 pts
2Sumter, SC42.3+1.6 pts
3Orangeburg, SC41.2-3.7 pts
4Spartanburg, SC41+1.8 pts
5Florence, SC40.9+1.7 pts
6Gaffney, SC40.8+6.1 pts
7Rock Hill, SC40.6+5.8 pts
8Newberry, SC39.5+0.6 pts
9Greenwood, SC39.1-2.6 pts
10Moncks Corner, SC38.6+0.6 pts
11Anderson, SC37.1-3.5 pts
11Hanahan, SC37.1+1.3 pts
13Easley, SC36.6+1.4 pts
14Cayce, SC36.4-3.1 pts
15West Columbia, SC36.2-3.6 pts
16Goose Creek, SC36+0.7 pts
17Summerville, SC35.6-1.2 pts
18Fort Mill, SC35.3+5.4 pts
19Fountain Inn, SC35.2-0.2 pts
19North Charleston, SC35.2-0.3 pts
21Myrtle Beach, SC34.7-1.5 pts
22Columbia, SC34.4+2.2 pts
22Greer, SC34.4+1.3 pts
24Irmo, SC33.3-0.4 pts
25Conway, SC32.7-1.8 pts
25Lexington, SC32.7-2.8 pts
27Aiken, SC32.4-1.9 pts
27Mauldin, SC32.4+1.3 pts
27Simpsonville, SC32.4+1.4 pts
30Clemson, SC32.1+1 pts
30North Augusta, SC32.1-2.3 pts
32Tega Cay, SC31.9+4.4 pts
33Greenville, SC31.4+1.4 pts
34Beaufort, SC30.9+4 pts
34Hardeeville, SC30.9-1.9 pts
36North Myrtle Beach, SC29.7-1.9 pts
37Forest Acres, SC29.6+1.3 pts
38Bluffton, SC29.2+2 pts
39Port Royal, SC28.8+2.8 pts
40Charleston, SC28.7+0.2 pts
41Hilton Head Island, SC27.8+3 pts
42James Island, SC27+0.6 pts
43Mount Pleasant, SC26+0.2 pts

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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 South Carolina by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023) [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 South Carolina by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities. 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 South Carolina by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities.

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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 South Carolina by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-obesity-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

York, SC, with 43% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Mount Pleasant, SC, with 26% in 2023.

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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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