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Counties in Alabama by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Greene County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2023, at 44.7%. Shelby County had the lowest, at 20.7%. The median was 32.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest44.7Greene County
Lowest20.7Shelby County
Median32.267 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Autauga County: 27 %Baldwin County: 25.4 %Barbour County: 36.2 %Bibb County: 33.3 %Blount County: 29.1 %Bullock County: 44.2 %Butler County: 37.1 %Calhoun County: 31.9 %Chambers County: 34.3 %Cherokee County: 31.4 %Chilton County: 31.1 %Choctaw County: 36.4 %Clarke County: 34.4 %Clay County: 32.7 %Cleburne County: 30.5 %Coffee County: 29.9 %Colbert County: 28.6 %Conecuh County: 39.4 %Coosa County: 33.5 %Covington County: 31.9 %Crenshaw County: 32.6 %Cullman County: 27.3 %Dale County: 31.7 %Dallas County: 38 %DeKalb County: 33.8 %Elmore County: 26.2 %Escambia County: 35.7 %Etowah County: 33.3 %Fayette County: 32.7 %Franklin County: 33.9 %Geneva County: 32 %Greene County: 44.7 %Hale County: 36 %Henry County: 31.4 %Houston County: 29 %Jackson County: 32.5 %Jefferson County: 28 %Lamar County: 32.3 %Lauderdale County: 26.7 %Lawrence County: 31.1 %Lee County: 25 %Limestone County: 25.4 %Lowndes County: 41.4 %Macon County: 35.2 %Madison County: 22.7 %Marengo County: 34.6 %Marion County: 32.2 %Marshall County: 30.8 %Mobile County: 30.7 %Monroe County: 36.8 %Montgomery County: 30.6 %Morgan County: 29.8 %Perry County: 42.1 %Pickens County: 34.8 %Pike County: 28.1 %Randolph County: 30 %Russell County: 33.2 %St. Clair County: 27.6 %Shelby County: 20.7 %Sumter County: 35.6 %Talladega County: 32.6 %Tallapoosa County: 30 %Tuscaloosa County: 25.9 %Walker County: 32.2 %Washington County: 31.9 %Wilcox County: 41.2 %Winston County: 34.1 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Greene County: 44.7 %Greene County44.7Bullock County: 44.2 %Bullock County44.2Perry County: 42.1 %Perry County42.1Lowndes County: 41.4 %Lowndes County41.4Wilcox County: 41.2 %Wilcox County41.2Conecuh County: 39.4 %Conecuh County39.4Dallas County: 38 %Dallas County38Butler County: 37.1 %Butler County37.1Monroe County: 36.8 %Monroe County36.8Choctaw County: 36.4 %Choctaw County36.4Barbour County: 36.2 %Barbour County36.2Hale County: 36 %Hale County36Escambia County: 35.7 %Escambia County35.7Sumter County: 35.6 %Sumter County35.6Macon County: 35.2 %Macon County35.2Pickens County: 34.8 %Pickens County34.8Marengo County: 34.6 %Marengo County34.6Clarke County: 34.4 %Clarke County34.4Chambers County: 34.3 %Chambers County34.3Winston County: 34.1 %Winston County34.1Franklin County: 33.9 %Franklin County33.9DeKalb County: 33.8 %DeKalb County33.8Coosa County: 33.5 %Coosa County33.5Bibb County: 33.3 %Bibb County33.3Etowah County: 33.3 %Etowah County33.3Russell County: 33.2 %Russell County33.2Clay County: 32.7 %Clay County32.7Fayette County: 32.7 %Fayette County32.7Crenshaw County: 32.6 %Crenshaw County32.6Talladega County: 32.6 %Talladega County32.6Jackson County: 32.5 %Jackson County32.5Lamar County: 32.3 %Lamar County32.3Marion County: 32.2 %Marion County32.2Walker County: 32.2 %Walker County32.2Geneva County: 32 %Geneva County32Calhoun County: 31.9 %Calhoun County31.9Covington County: 31.9 %Covington County31.9Washington County: 31.9 %Washington County31.9Dale County: 31.7 %Dale County31.7Cherokee County: 31.4 %Cherokee County31.4Greene County: 44.7 %Greene County44.7Bullock County: 44.2 %Bullock County44.2Perry County: 42.1 %Perry County42.1Lowndes County: 41.4 %Lowndes County41.4Wilcox County: 41.2 %Wilcox County41.2Conecuh County: 39.4 %Conecuh County39.4Dallas County: 38 %Dallas County38Butler County: 37.1 %Butler County37.1Monroe County: 36.8 %Monroe County36.8Choctaw County: 36.4 %Choctaw County36.4Barbour County: 36.2 %Barbour County36.2Hale County: 36 %Hale County36Escambia County: 35.7 %Escambia County35.7Sumter County: 35.6 %Sumter County35.6Macon County: 35.2 %Macon County35.2Pickens County: 34.8 %Pickens County34.8Marengo County: 34.6 %Marengo County34.6Clarke County: 34.4 %Clarke County34.4Chambers County: 34.3 %Chambers County34.3Winston County: 34.1 %Winston County34.1Franklin County: 33.9 %Franklin County33.9DeKalb County: 33.8 %DeKalb County33.8Coosa County: 33.5 %Coosa County33.5Bibb County: 33.3 %Bibb County33.3Etowah County: 33.3 %Etowah County33.3Russell County: 33.2 %Russell County33.2Clay County: 32.7 %Clay County32.7Fayette County: 32.7 %Fayette County32.7Crenshaw County: 32.6 %Crenshaw County32.6Talladega County: 32.6 %Talladega County32.6Jackson County: 32.5 %Jackson County32.5Lamar County: 32.3 %Lamar County32.3Marion County: 32.2 %Marion County32.2Walker County: 32.2 %Walker County32.2Geneva County: 32 %Geneva County32Calhoun County: 31.9 %Calhoun County31.9Covington County: 31.9 %Covington County31.9Washington County: 31.9 %Washington County31.9Dale County: 31.7 %Dale County31.7Cherokee County: 31.4 %Cherokee County31.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Greene County44.7+2.6 pts
2Bullock County44.2+3.2 pts
3Perry County42.1+2.6 pts
4Lowndes County41.4+2.7 pts
5Wilcox County41.2-1.4 pts
6Conecuh County39.4+3.4 pts
7Dallas County38+1.7 pts
8Butler County37.1+0.9 pts
9Monroe County36.8+2.3 pts
10Choctaw County36.4-0.5 pts
11Barbour County36.2-0.1 pts
12Hale County36+1.8 pts
13Escambia County35.7+1.6 pts
14Sumter County35.6-0.3 pts
15Macon County35.2-1.3 pts
16Pickens County34.8+0.6 pts
17Marengo County34.6-0.7 pts
18Clarke County34.4-0.8 pts
19Chambers County34.3-1.4 pts
20Winston County34.1+2.8 pts
21Franklin County33.9-0.5 pts
22DeKalb County33.8-2 pts
23Coosa County33.5+0.7 pts
24Bibb County33.3+0.4 pts
24Etowah County33.3+1.8 pts
26Russell County33.2-0.7 pts
27Clay County32.7-1.2 pts
27Fayette County32.7-1.1 pts
29Crenshaw County32.6+1 pts
29Talladega County32.6-0.4 pts
31Jackson County32.5-0.6 pts
32Lamar County32.3+0.9 pts
33Marion County32.2-0.6 pts
33Walker County32.2-3.6 pts
35Geneva County32-0.3 pts
36Calhoun County31.9+2.7 pts
36Covington County31.9+3.2 pts
36Washington County31.9-1.9 pts
39Dale County31.7+1 pts
40Cherokee County31.4+2.7 pts
40Henry County31.4-3.8 pts
42Chilton County31.1+1.7 pts
42Lawrence County31.1-0.9 pts
44Marshall County30.8+2.4 pts
45Mobile County30.7+1 pts
46Montgomery County30.6+0.6 pts
47Cleburne County30.5-2.6 pts
48Randolph County30-2.6 pts
48Tallapoosa County30-1.9 pts
50Coffee County29.9+1.8 pts
51Morgan County29.8-1.2 pts
52Blount County29.1-1.9 pts
53Houston County29-1.2 pts
54Colbert County28.6-1.7 pts
55Pike County28.1-0.9 pts
56Jefferson County28+0.9 pts
57St. Clair County27.6+1.5 pts
58Cullman County27.3-5 pts
59Autauga County27+0.1 pts
60Lauderdale County26.7+0.7 pts
61Elmore County26.20 pts
62Tuscaloosa County25.9-1.4 pts
63Baldwin County25.40 pts
63Limestone County25.4+0.1 pts
65Lee County25-1.4 pts
66Madison County22.7+0.8 pts
67Shelby County20.7-0.4 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. 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.

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), physical inactivity in adults, 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alabama by physical inactivity in adults, 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which county has the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Greene County, with 44.7% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Shelby County, with 20.7% 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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