US cities by adult obesity rate, local model estimate, 2023

Forrest City, AR had the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate of 3101 cities in 2023, at 52.9%. San Marino, CA had the lowest, at 14.8%. The median was 34.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest52.9Forrest City, AR

Lowest14.8San Marino, CA

Median34.43101 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

%. 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	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Forrest City, AR	52.9	+4.2 pts
2	Gary, IN	51.9	+2.2 pts
3	East St. Louis, IL	51.8	+1.1 pts
4	Prichard, AL	50.7	-2.7 pts
5	Flint, MI	50.5	+1.4 pts
6	Muskegon, MI	49.9	+1.2 pts
7	East Cleveland, OH	49.8	-1.2 pts
8	West Memphis, AR	49.6	+5.5 pts
9	Blytheville, AR	49.4	+3.6 pts
10	Moss Point, MS	49.2	+2.5 pts
11	Gadsden, AL	49	+3.7 pts
12	Logansport, IN	48.8	+6.2 pts
13	Pine Bluff, AR	48.7	+2.7 pts
14	Minden, LA	48.6	-0.6 pts
15	Jennings, MO	48.5	+0.1 pts
15	Monroe, LA	48.5	+3 pts
17	Ashtabula, OH	48.4	+1.9 pts
17	Bogalusa, LA	48.4	+2.3 pts
17	Canton, MS	48.4	+0.2 pts
20	Donna, TX	48.3	-0.3 pts
21	Conneaut, OH	48.1	+2.7 pts
21	Grenada, MS	48.1	+0.8 pts
23	McDonough, GA	48	+4.5 pts
24	Dublin, GA	47.7	+3.8 pts
25	McComb, MS	47.6	0 pts
26	Abbeville, LA	47.5	+4.5 pts
26	Lumberton, NC	47.5	+6.3 pts
28	Bridgeton, NJ	47.4	+3.9 pts
28	Clarksdale, MS	47.4	-1 pts
28	Portsmouth, OH	47.4	+2.1 pts
28	Selma, AL	47.4	-4.7 pts
32	Crowley, LA	47.3	+5.6 pts
32	Danville, IL	47.3	+3.7 pts
32	Elkhart, IN	47.3	+1.8 pts
35	Eufaula, AL	47.2	+3.9 pts
35	Youngstown, OH	47.2	+0.1 pts
37	Connersville, IN	47.1	+6.1 pts
37	Okmulgee, OK	47.1	+1 pts
37	Vicksburg, MS	47.1	+2 pts
40	East Chicago, IN	47	+1.5 pts
40	Sylacauga, AL	47	+3.5 pts
42	Canton, OH	46.9	+1.4 pts
43	Riverdale, GA	46.8	+0.1 pts
43	Talladega, AL	46.8	+1.8 pts
45	Laurel, MS	46.7	-2.1 pts
46	Parkersburg, WV	46.6	+4.9 pts
46	Zanesville, OH	46.6	+2.8 pts
48	Athens, TN	46.5	+4.9 pts
48	Kankakee, IL	46.5	-0.2 pts
48	Roma, TX	46.5	-0.7 pts
51	Huntington, WV	46.4	+3.7 pts
51	Montgomery, AL	46.4	+1.9 pts
53	Inkster, MI	46.3	+0.7 pts
53	Kennett, MO	46.3	+2.6 pts
53	Petersburg, VA	46.3	-0.7 pts
56	Meridian, MS	46.2	+3.5 pts
56	Racine, WI	46.2	+3.4 pts
56	Riverdale, IL	46.2	-2.4 pts
59	Kinston, NC	46.1	+2.9 pts
59	Thibodaux, LA	46.1	+5 pts
61	Center Point, AL	46	-2.1 pts
61	Elkton, MD	46	+4.2 pts
61	Jackson, MS	46	-1.4 pts
61	Mendota, CA	46	-1.4 pts
61	Shelbyville, TN	46	+3.8 pts
61	Waupun, WI	46	+4.2 pts
67	Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO	45.9	-0.5 pts
67	Cambridge, MD	45.9	+0.4 pts
67	Eastpointe, MI	45.9	+1.6 pts
67	Opelousas, LA	45.9	-7.7 pts
71	Alton, TX	45.8	-2.7 pts
71	Sandusky, OH	45.8	+2.8 pts
73	Henderson, NC	45.7	+2.6 pts
73	Killeen, TX	45.7	+4.4 pts
73	Locust Grove, GA	45.7	+4.6 pts
73	Marion, OH	45.7	-0.7 pts
73	Stockbridge, GA	45.7	+4.7 pts
73	Warren, OH	45.7	-3.9 pts
79	Detroit, MI	45.6	+0.8 pts
79	Greenville, MS	45.6	-1.1 pts
79	Hopewell, VA	45.6	+0.2 pts
79	Lake Charles, LA	45.6	0 pts
79	Saginaw, MI	45.6	-5.5 pts
84	Pascagoula, MS	45.5	+2.6 pts
84	Peru, IN	45.5	+2.4 pts
84	Springfield, OH	45.5	+0.8 pts
87	Clarksville, IN	45.4	+2.5 pts
87	Lima, OH	45.4	-5.2 pts
87	Palmview, TX	45.4	-2.1 pts
90	Jackson, MI	45.3	+1.1 pts
90	Port Arthur, TX	45.3	+4.2 pts
90	Trotwood, OH	45.3	-3.6 pts
93	Laurinburg, NC	45.2	+4.9 pts
94	Camden, AR	45.1	-0.1 pts
94	Guymon, OK	45.1	+2.8 pts
94	Lovejoy, GA	45.1	-1.9 pts
94	New Castle, IN	45.1	-0.2 pts
94	San Juan, TX	45.1	-1.8 pts
99	Beloit, WI	45	+5 pts
99	Jeffersonville, IN	45	+3 pts
99	Jesup, GA	45	+1.4 pts
99	Rio Grande City, TX	45	-0.6 pts
103	Beckley, WV	44.9	+3.1 pts
103	Gatesville, TX	44.9	+2 pts
103	Gretna, LA	44.9	+2.1 pts
103	Jackson, TN	44.9	+4.5 pts
103	Mercedes, TX	44.9	-1.7 pts
103	Waycross, GA	44.9	+1.9 pts
109	Chillicothe, OH	44.8	+3 pts
109	Dover, DE	44.8	+4.1 pts
109	Hutchinson, KS	44.8	+7.3 pts
109	Martinsville, VA	44.8	+0.8 pts
109	Parlier, CA	44.8	-0.3 pts
109	Pharr, TX	44.8	-2.1 pts
109	South Sioux City, NE	44.8	-1 pts
116	Bessemer, AL	44.7	-2.3 pts
116	Rockford, IL	44.7	+4.1 pts
118	Marshalltown, IA	44.6	+4.4 pts
118	New Iberia, LA	44.6	-0.8 pts
118	Woodburn, OR	44.6	+2.5 pts
121	Fond du Lac, WI	44.5	+3.1 pts
121	Niagara Falls, NY	44.5	+5.3 pts
121	Robstown, TX	44.5	-1.4 pts
124	Battle Creek, MI	44.4	+4 pts
124	Brookhaven, MS	44.4	-1.5 pts
124	Decatur, IL	44.4	+6.6 pts
124	Forest Park, GA	44.4	-1.1 pts
124	Ironton, OH	44.4	-2 pts
124	Macon, GA	44.4	-3.6 pts
124	Raymondville, TX	44.4	-3.2 pts
124	Russellville, AL	44.4	+3.1 pts
132	Alamo, TX	44.3	-2.1 pts
132	Alexandria, LA	44.3	-0.4 pts
132	Alton, IL	44.3	+3.4 pts
132	Blythe, CA	44.3	+4 pts
132	Ozark, AL	44.3	-2.4 pts
137	Steubenville, OH	44.2	+1.9 pts
138	Ionia, MI	44.1	+1.3 pts
138	Maple Heights, OH	44.1	-1.6 pts
138	Marietta, OH	44.1	-0.6 pts
138	Monroe, GA	44.1	+2.9 pts
142	Plymouth, IN	44	+7.6 pts
142	Urbana, OH	44	+2.9 pts
142	Waterloo, IA	44	+3.1 pts
145	Eloy, AZ	43.9	+1.8 pts
145	Hamilton, OH	43.9	+3.7 pts
145	Mansfield, OH	43.9	-1.1 pts
148	Hidalgo, TX	43.8	-3.5 pts
148	Lawton, OK	43.8	+0.6 pts
148	Russellville, AR	43.8	+8.8 pts
151	Green Bay, WI	43.7	+5.2 pts
151	Lexington, NE	43.7	+0.1 pts
153	Bainbridge, GA	43.6	+2.4 pts
153	Portland, TN	43.6	+2 pts
153	Smyrna, DE	43.6	+3.2 pts
153	Sunnyside, WA	43.6	-1.2 pts
153	Weirton, WV	43.6	-0.2 pts
158	Covington, GA	43.5	+0.1 pts
158	Eagle Pass, TX	43.5	0 pts
158	El Reno, OK	43.5	-4.1 pts
158	Haines City, FL	43.5	+0.2 pts
158	Marion, IN	43.5	-0.6 pts
158	Morgan City, LA	43.5	0 pts
158	Painesville, OH	43.5	-2.9 pts
158	Pontiac, MI	43.5	+1.6 pts
158	Washington, IN	43.5	+4.8 pts
167	Baker, LA	43.4	-0.2 pts
167	Boone, IA	43.4	+4.1 pts
167	Guthrie, OK	43.4	-0.5 pts
167	Liberal, KS	43.4	-1.9 pts
167	Middletown, OH	43.4	+3.4 pts
167	Monroe, MI	43.4	+3.2 pts
167	Phenix City, AL	43.4	-2.1 pts
167	Warrensville Heights, OH	43.4	-3 pts
175	Bedford, IN	43.3	+2.2 pts
175	Hammond, LA	43.3	+1.6 pts
175	New Carrollton, MD	43.3	+5.7 pts
175	New Philadelphia, OH	43.3	+0.1 pts
179	Auburn, IN	43.2	+5.2 pts
179	Grandview, WA	43.2	-0.8 pts
179	Hammond, IN	43.2	+1.5 pts
179	West Monroe, LA	43.2	+2.2 pts
183	Gautier, MS	43.1	+2.6 pts
183	Goshen, IN	43.1	+1.4 pts
183	Shreveport, LA	43.1	-2.7 pts
183	Weslaco, TX	43.1	-2.2 pts
187	Albany, GA	43	-1.3 pts
187	Fremont, OH	43	-0.7 pts
187	Griffin, GA	43	+0.5 pts
187	McMinnville, TN	43	+3.3 pts
187	North Little Rock, AR	43	+2 pts
187	Terre Haute, IN	43	+2.3 pts
187	York, SC	43	+6.2 pts
194	Anniston, AL	42.9	0 pts
194	Arkansas City, KS	42.9	+0.1 pts
194	Clarksburg, WV	42.9	-0.5 pts
194	Dayton, OH	42.9	-3.9 pts
194	Hagerstown, MD	42.9	-3.6 pts
194	Lorain, OH	42.9	-1.8 pts
194	Natchitoches, LA	42.9	-1.9 pts
194	Poplar Bluff, MO	42.9	-1.6 pts
194	St. Joseph, MO	42.9	+2.7 pts
203	Bedford Heights, OH	42.8	-2.5 pts
203	Fairmont, WV	42.8	+2.3 pts
203	Muskogee, OK	42.8	-3.9 pts
203	Ponca City, OK	42.8	-1.1 pts
203	Salisbury, MD	42.8	+4.3 pts
203	Silverton, OR	42.8	+4.5 pts
203	Temple, TX	42.8	+4.4 pts
210	Akron, OH	42.7	-2.3 pts
210	Greenwood, MS	42.7	-0.7 pts
210	Morristown, TN	42.7	+1.1 pts
210	Paragould, AR	42.7	+5.9 pts
210	Winston-Salem, NC	42.7	+9.3 pts
215	Davenport, IA	42.6	+1.9 pts
215	Ferguson, MO	42.6	-1 pts
215	Freeport, IL	42.6	-0.9 pts
215	Freeport, TX	42.6	-6.2 pts
215	Lake Wales, FL	42.6	+0.4 pts
215	Opelika, AL	42.6	+4.4 pts
215	Portage, IN	42.6	+3.1 pts
215	Tuscaloosa, AL	42.6	+2.3 pts
215	Willmar, MN	42.6	+3.5 pts
224	Alliance, OH	42.5	+1.6 pts
224	Beatrice, NE	42.5	+0.2 pts
224	Carthage, MO	42.5	+4.5 pts
224	Columbus, NE	42.5	+5.8 pts
224	Coolidge, AZ	42.5	+0.3 pts
224	Edinburg, TX	42.5	-2.4 pts
224	Faribault, MN	42.5	+3.8 pts
224	Goldsboro, NC	42.5	+1.3 pts
224	Kelso, WA	42.5	+1.4 pts
224	Martinsburg, WV	42.5	-2.5 pts
224	Merrillville, IN	42.5	+1 pts
224	Shelbyville, IN	42.5	+1.5 pts
236	Bluffton, IN	42.4	+2.1 pts
236	Bossier City, LA	42.4	-3.3 pts
236	Clinton, TN	42.4	+2.7 pts
236	Lockhart, TX	42.4	+3.9 pts
236	Rocky Mount, NC	42.4	-1.4 pts
236	Suffolk, VA	42.4	+0.3 pts
236	Watertown, WI	42.4	+1.7 pts
243	Brunswick, GA	42.3	-0.6 pts
243	Dolton, IL	42.3	-2.9 pts
243	Horn Lake, MS	42.3	-2.9 pts
243	San Benito, TX	42.3	-6 pts
243	Sumter, SC	42.3	+1.6 pts
243	Woodward, OK	42.3	+0.3 pts
249	Birmingham, AL	42.2	-1.9 pts
249	Bonham, TX	42.2	+2.4 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. 110 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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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Which city has the highest adult obesity rate, local model estimate?

Forrest City, AR, with 52.9% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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San Marino, CA, with 14.8% in 2023.

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