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Cities in Tennessee by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023

Athens, TN had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 65 cities in 2023, at 46.5%. Germantown, TN had the lowest, at 27.5%. The median was 38.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest46.5Athens, TN
Lowest27.5Germantown, TN
Median38.465 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Athens, TN: 46.5 %Athens, TN46.5Shelbyville, TN: 46 %Shelbyville, TN46Jackson, TN: 44.9 %Jackson, TN44.9Portland, TN: 43.6 %Portland, TN43.6McMinnville, TN: 43 %McMinnville, TN43Morristown, TN: 42.7 %Morristown, TN42.7Clinton, TN: 42.4 %Clinton, TN42.4Lawrenceburg, TN: 42.1 %Lawrenceburg, TN42.1Lewisburg, TN: 42.1 %Lewisburg, TN42.1Memphis, TN: 42.1 %Memphis, TN42.1Gallatin, TN: 42 %Gallatin, TN42Union City, TN: 42 %Union City, TN42Atoka, TN: 41.7 %Atoka, TN41.7Springfield, TN: 41.7 %Springfield, TN41.7La Vergne, TN: 41.6 %La Vergne, TN41.6Cleveland, TN: 41.4 %Cleveland, TN41.4Dyersburg, TN: 41 %Dyersburg, TN41Crossville, TN: 40.9 %Crossville, TN40.9Hartsville, TN: 40.3 %Hartsville, TN40.3Greeneville, TN: 40.2 %Greeneville, TN40.2Lenoir City, TN: 40 %Lenoir City, TN40Oak Ridge, TN: 39.9 %Oak Ridge, TN39.9Paris, TN: 39.8 %Paris, TN39.8Martin, TN: 39.4 %Martin, TN39.4Clarksville, TN: 39.3 %Clarksville, TN39.3Smyrna, TN: 39.3 %Smyrna, TN39.3Sevierville, TN: 39 %Sevierville, TN39Tullahoma, TN: 38.9 %Tullahoma, TN38.9Manchester, TN: 38.8 %Manchester, TN38.8Kingsport, TN: 38.6 %Kingsport, TN38.6Alcoa, TN: 38.4 %Alcoa, TN38.4Hendersonville, TN: 38.4 %Hendersonville, TN38.4Oakland, TN: 38.4 %Oakland, TN38.4Millington, TN: 38.2 %Millington, TN38.2Bristol, TN: 37.8 %Bristol, TN37.8Dickson, TN: 37.6 %Dickson, TN37.6Murfreesboro, TN: 37.3 %Murfreesboro, TN37.3White House, TN: 37.1 %White House, TN37.1Columbia, TN: 36.9 %Columbia, TN36.9Cookeville, TN: 36.5 %Cookeville, TN36.5Athens, TN: 46.5 %Athens, TN46.5Shelbyville, TN: 46 %Shelbyville, TN46Jackson, TN: 44.9 %Jackson, TN44.9Portland, TN: 43.6 %Portland, TN43.6McMinnville, TN: 43 %McMinnville, TN43Morristown, TN: 42.7 %Morristown, TN42.7Clinton, TN: 42.4 %Clinton, TN42.4Lawrenceburg, TN: 42.1 %Lawrenceburg, TN42.1Lewisburg, TN: 42.1 %Lewisburg, TN42.1Memphis, TN: 42.1 %Memphis, TN42.1Gallatin, TN: 42 %Gallatin, TN42Union City, TN: 42 %Union City, TN42Atoka, TN: 41.7 %Atoka, TN41.7Springfield, TN: 41.7 %Springfield, TN41.7La Vergne, TN: 41.6 %La Vergne, TN41.6Cleveland, TN: 41.4 %Cleveland, TN41.4Dyersburg, TN: 41 %Dyersburg, TN41Crossville, TN: 40.9 %Crossville, TN40.9Hartsville, TN: 40.3 %Hartsville, TN40.3Greeneville, TN: 40.2 %Greeneville, TN40.2Lenoir City, TN: 40 %Lenoir City, TN40Oak Ridge, TN: 39.9 %Oak Ridge, TN39.9Paris, TN: 39.8 %Paris, TN39.8Martin, TN: 39.4 %Martin, TN39.4Clarksville, TN: 39.3 %Clarksville, TN39.3Smyrna, TN: 39.3 %Smyrna, TN39.3Sevierville, TN: 39 %Sevierville, TN39Tullahoma, TN: 38.9 %Tullahoma, TN38.9Manchester, TN: 38.8 %Manchester, TN38.8Kingsport, TN: 38.6 %Kingsport, TN38.6Alcoa, TN: 38.4 %Alcoa, TN38.4Hendersonville, TN: 38.4 %Hendersonville, TN38.4Oakland, TN: 38.4 %Oakland, TN38.4Millington, TN: 38.2 %Millington, TN38.2Bristol, TN: 37.8 %Bristol, TN37.8Dickson, TN: 37.6 %Dickson, TN37.6Murfreesboro, TN: 37.3 %Murfreesboro, TN37.3White House, TN: 37.1 %White House, TN37.1Columbia, TN: 36.9 %Columbia, TN36.9Cookeville, TN: 36.5 %Cookeville, TN36.5
%. 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
1Athens, TN46.5+4.9 pts
2Shelbyville, TN46+3.8 pts
3Jackson, TN44.9+4.5 pts
4Portland, TN43.6+2 pts
5McMinnville, TN43+3.3 pts
6Morristown, TN42.7+1.1 pts
7Clinton, TN42.4+2.7 pts
8Lawrenceburg, TN42.1-0.1 pts
8Lewisburg, TN42.1+1 pts
8Memphis, TN42.1-2.8 pts
11Gallatin, TN42+1.5 pts
11Union City, TN420 pts
13Atoka, TN41.7+4 pts
13Springfield, TN41.7-2.3 pts
15La Vergne, TN41.6+5.6 pts
16Cleveland, TN41.4+1.3 pts
17Dyersburg, TN41-1 pts
18Crossville, TN40.9+2.2 pts
19Hartsville, TN40.3-0.3 pts
20Greeneville, TN40.2+3.1 pts
21Lenoir City, TN40+0.3 pts
22Oak Ridge, TN39.9+1.5 pts
23Paris, TN39.8-1.5 pts
24Martin, TN39.4-1.1 pts
25Clarksville, TN39.3-3.3 pts
25Smyrna, TN39.3+5.1 pts
27Sevierville, TN39-2.5 pts
28Tullahoma, TN38.9+0.4 pts
29Manchester, TN38.8+0.5 pts
30Kingsport, TN38.6-3 pts
31Alcoa, TN38.4+3.3 pts
31Hendersonville, TN38.4+1.4 pts
31Oakland, TN38.4+1.8 pts
34Millington, TN38.2-3.1 pts
35Bristol, TN37.8-4.3 pts
36Dickson, TN37.6+2 pts
37Murfreesboro, TN37.3+4.8 pts
38White House, TN37.1-0.3 pts
39Columbia, TN36.9-5 pts
40Cookeville, TN36.5+0.2 pts
41Chattanooga, TN36.3+1.4 pts
41Elizabethton, TN36.3-3.5 pts
43Goodlettsville, TN36.2+0.7 pts
43Johnson City, TN36.2-0.6 pts
45Winchester, TN36.1-2.6 pts
46Knoxville, TN36-3.4 pts
47East Ridge, TN35.6+0.7 pts
48Maryville, TN35.3+3 pts
49Soddy-Daisy, TN33.5+1.8 pts
50Bartlett, TN33.4-2.8 pts
50Fairview, TN33.4+0.3 pts
52Arlington, TN33.3-3.1 pts
53Lebanon, TN32.9-5.4 pts
54Red Bank, TN32.4+1.4 pts
55Nashville, TN32+0.8 pts
56Spring Hill, TN31.8-2 pts
57Lakeland, TN30.1-2.9 pts
58Mount Juliet, TN29.5-5.4 pts
59Franklin, TN29.30 pts
59Nolensville, TN29.3-0.6 pts
61Collierville, TN29.1-2.8 pts
62Collegedale, TN29+0.9 pts
63Farragut, TN28.6-3.3 pts
64Brentwood, TN27.9-0.1 pts
65Germantown, TN27.5-2.8 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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/tennessee-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 Tennessee 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/tennessee-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 Tennessee 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/tennessee-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Athens, TN, with 46.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Germantown, TN, with 27.5% in 2023.

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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, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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