Cities in Texas by adult obesity rate, local model estimate

Donna, TX had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 255 cities in 2021, at 46.4%. University Park, TX had the lowest, at 25.4%. The median was 36.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest46.4Donna, TX

Lowest25.4University Park, TX

Median36.6255 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	Donna, TX	46.4
2	San Benito, TX	46.2
3	Freeport, TX	45.6
4	Mercedes, TX	45.4
4	Raymondville, TX	45.4
6	Forest Hill, TX	45.1
6	Hidalgo, TX	45.1
6	Palmview, TX	45.1
9	Brownsville, TX	44.8
10	Rio Grande City, TX	44.7
10	Roma, TX	44.7
12	Pharr, TX	44.5
13	Laredo, TX	44.4
14	Alton, TX	44.3
15	Gatesville, TX	44.2
15	Robstown, TX	44.2
15	San Juan, TX	44.2
18	Harlingen, TX	43.6
19	Eagle Pass, TX	43.5
20	Alamo, TX	43.4
20	Palestine, TX	43.4
22	Lufkin, TX	43.1
23	Bellmead, TX	43
24	Alice, TX	42.5
24	Galena Park, TX	42.5
24	Greenville, TX	42.5
27	Beeville, TX	41.9
27	Port Arthur, TX	41.9
27	Weslaco, TX	41.9
30	McAllen, TX	41.6
31	Edinburg, TX	41.5
32	Jacksonville, TX	41.4
32	Lancaster, TX	41.4
32	Mission, TX	41.4
35	Clute, TX	41.3
35	Hereford, TX	41.3
35	Texarkana, TX	41.3
35	Victoria, TX	41.3
39	Mineral Wells, TX	41.2
40	Copperas Cove, TX	41
40	Marshall, TX	41
42	Angleton, TX	40.8
42	Bay City, TX	40.8
42	Bonham, TX	40.8
42	Del Rio, TX	40.8
42	Killeen, TX	40.8
47	Mount Pleasant, TX	40.7
47	South Houston, TX	40.7
49	San Elizario, TX	40.6
50	Alvin, TX	40.5
50	Orange, TX	40.5
52	Socorro, TX	40.4
53	Big Spring, TX	40.2
53	Corpus Christi, TX	40.2
53	Seguin, TX	40.2
56	Lockhart, TX	40.1
57	Ennis, TX	40
57	Ingleside, TX	40
59	Balch Springs, TX	39.9
59	La Marque, TX	39.9
59	Terrell, TX	39.9
62	Paris, TX	39.7
62	Texas City, TX	39.7
64	Nacogdoches, TX	39.6
65	El Campo, TX	39.5
65	Plainview, TX	39.5
67	Amarillo, TX	39.4
67	Longview, TX	39.4
67	Pampa, TX	39.4
67	San Antonio, TX	39.4
67	Temple, TX	39.4
72	Athens, TX	39.3
72	Corsicana, TX	39.3
72	Uvalde, TX	39.3
75	Beaumont, TX	39.2
75	Dayton, TX	39.2
75	Waco, TX	39.2
78	Seagoville, TX	39.1
79	Elgin, TX	39
79	Glenn Heights, TX	39
79	Kaufman, TX	39
82	Sulphur Springs, TX	38.9
83	DeSoto, TX	38.8
84	Sweetwater, TX	38.7
85	Manvel, TX	38.6
86	Converse, TX	38.5
87	Denison, TX	38.4
88	Iowa Colony, TX	38.3
89	Andrews, TX	38.2
89	Borger, TX	38.2
89	Sherman, TX	38.2
92	Baytown, TX	38.1
92	Henderson, TX	38.1
92	Humble, TX	38.1
92	Kingsville, TX	38.1
92	Lubbock, TX	38.1
92	Port Lavaca, TX	38.1
98	Portland, TX	38
98	Rosenberg, TX	38
100	Brownwood, TX	37.9
100	Mont Belvieu, TX	37.9
102	Pasadena, TX	37.8
102	Taylor, TX	37.8
104	Harker Heights, TX	37.7
104	Houston, TX	37.7
104	Live Oak, TX	37.7
107	Pleasanton, TX	37.6
107	Red Oak, TX	37.6
107	Richmond, TX	37.6
110	Universal City, TX	37.4
110	Waxahachie, TX	37.4
112	Gainesville, TX	37.3
113	Cleburne, TX	37.2
113	El Paso, TX	37.2
113	Weatherford, TX	37.2
116	Lake Jackson, TX	37.1
117	Canyon, TX	37
117	Cedar Hill, TX	37
117	Kilgore, TX	37
117	Levelland, TX	37
121	Leon Valley, TX	36.9
121	Rockport, TX	36.9
123	Belton, TX	36.8
123	Dickinson, TX	36.8
123	Duncanville, TX	36.8
123	Galveston, TX	36.8
127	Odessa, TX	36.7
128	Conroe, TX	36.6
128	Fort Worth, TX	36.6
130	Dumas, TX	36.5
131	Cibolo, TX	36.4
131	Dallas, TX	36.4
131	Horizon City, TX	36.4
134	San Angelo, TX	36.2
135	Snyder, TX	36.1
135	White Settlement, TX	36.1
137	Hutto, TX	35.9
137	Selma, TX	35.9
139	Mesquite, TX	35.8
139	Schertz, TX	35.8
139	Tyler, TX	35.8
142	Haltom City, TX	35.7
142	La Porte, TX	35.7
144	Brenham, TX	35.6
144	Crowley, TX	35.6
146	Bryan, TX	35.5
147	Burkburnett, TX	35.4
147	Grand Prairie, TX	35.4
147	Pearland, TX	35.4
147	Robinson, TX	35.4
147	Wichita Falls, TX	35.4
152	Arlington, TX	35.3
152	Huntsville, TX	35.3
152	Midlothian, TX	35.3
155	Liberty Hill, TX	35.2
156	Bastrop, TX	35.1
157	Hewitt, TX	34.9
157	Midland, TX	34.9
159	Kennedale, TX	34.8
160	Lumberton, TX	34.7
160	Santa Fe, TX	34.7
162	Sanger, TX	34.6
163	Azle, TX	34.5
163	Groves, TX	34.5
165	Providence Village, TX	34.3
166	Abilene, TX	34.2
166	Garland, TX	34.2
166	Hurst, TX	34.2
166	Little Elm, TX	34.2
166	Round Rock, TX	34.2
166	Saginaw, TX	34.2
172	Webster, TX	34.1
173	Forney, TX	34
173	Leander, TX	34
175	Deer Park, TX	33.9
175	Fate, TX	33.9
175	Lewisville, TX	33.9
175	Watauga, TX	33.9
179	Helotes, TX	33.7
179	Royse City, TX	33.7
181	Burleson, TX	33.6
182	Katy, TX	33.4
182	Manor, TX	33.4
182	Missouri City, TX	33.4
182	The Colony, TX	33.4
186	Corinth, TX	33.3
186	Euless, TX	33.3
186	Kerrville, TX	33.3
186	Tomball, TX	33.3
190	Fredericksburg, TX	33.2
191	Mansfield, TX	33.1
191	New Braunfels, TX	33.1
193	Rockwall, TX	33
194	Boerne, TX	32.8
194	Port Neches, TX	32.8
196	North Richland Hills, TX	32.7
197	Denton, TX	32.6
197	Stephenville, TX	32.6
199	Carrollton, TX	32.4
199	Seabrook, TX	32.4
201	Georgetown, TX	32.2
201	Irving, TX	32.2
201	Princeton, TX	32.2
204	Cedar Park, TX	32.1
204	Fair Oaks Ranch, TX	32.1
204	Granbury, TX	32.1
204	Grapevine, TX	32.1
204	Stafford, TX	32.1
209	Heath, TX	32
209	Nederland, TX	32
211	Bedford, TX	31.8
211	Rowlett, TX	31.8
213	Josephine, TX	31.7
214	Northlake, TX	31.6
215	Benbrook, TX	31.5
215	League City, TX	31.5
217	Farmers Branch, TX	31.3
217	Highland Village, TX	31.3
217	Lavon, TX	31.3
217	Trophy Club, TX	31.3
221	Fulshear, TX	31.2
222	Melissa, TX	31.1
222	Roanoke, TX	31.1
224	Friendswood, TX	30.9
225	Flower Mound, TX	30.8
226	Anna, TX	30.6
226	Kyle, TX	30.6
226	Wylie, TX	30.6
229	Keller, TX	30.4
230	McKinney, TX	30.2
231	Southlake, TX	29.8
232	Addison, TX	29.7
232	Colleyville, TX	29.7
232	Sachse, TX	29.7
235	Pflugerville, TX	29.4
236	Lago Vista, TX	29.1
237	Frisco, TX	28.9
238	Buda, TX	28.7
239	Prosper, TX	28.6
240	Celina, TX	28.4
241	Austin, TX	28.2
242	Allen, TX	28.1
242	Richardson, TX	28.1
244	Dripping Springs, TX	28
245	San Marcos, TX	27.7
246	Fairview, TX	27.6
246	West University Place, TX	27.6
248	College Station, TX	27.4
248	Plano, TX	27.4
250	Bellaire, TX	27.2

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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 Texas 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 Texas 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/texas-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 Texas 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/texas-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  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 Texas by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2021}},
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  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/texas-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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Which city has the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Donna, TX, with 46.4% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

University Park, TX, with 25.4% 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult obesity rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.