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

Greene County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 48.2%. Shelby County had the lowest, at 24.5%. The median was 35.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest48.2Greene County
Lowest24.5Shelby County
Median35.867 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Autauga County: 30 %Baldwin County: 29.4 %Barbour County: 41.7 %Bibb County: 37 %Blount County: 31.8 %Bullock County: 44.9 %Butler County: 38.4 %Calhoun County: 35.1 %Chambers County: 36.8 %Cherokee County: 35.3 %Chilton County: 35.4 %Choctaw County: 39.9 %Clarke County: 40.2 %Clay County: 37.2 %Cleburne County: 34.1 %Coffee County: 31.6 %Colbert County: 33 %Conecuh County: 40.3 %Coosa County: 36 %Covington County: 33.8 %Crenshaw County: 37.6 %Cullman County: 31.4 %Dale County: 35.5 %Dallas County: 39.7 %DeKalb County: 36.2 %Elmore County: 30.9 %Escambia County: 40.5 %Etowah County: 33.8 %Fayette County: 37.1 %Franklin County: 37.5 %Geneva County: 38.4 %Greene County: 48.2 %Hale County: 41.3 %Henry County: 34.8 %Houston County: 34.7 %Jackson County: 35.1 %Jefferson County: 30.2 %Lamar County: 37 %Lauderdale County: 31.7 %Lawrence County: 34.9 %Lee County: 29.1 %Limestone County: 30.2 %Lowndes County: 43.6 %Macon County: 38.4 %Madison County: 25.7 %Marengo County: 38.4 %Marion County: 35.4 %Marshall County: 35.2 %Mobile County: 35.8 %Monroe County: 40.2 %Montgomery County: 35.4 %Morgan County: 33.9 %Perry County: 46.5 %Pickens County: 38.5 %Pike County: 33.1 %Randolph County: 36.5 %Russell County: 35.2 %St. Clair County: 31.6 %Shelby County: 24.5 %Sumter County: 40.7 %Talladega County: 39.1 %Tallapoosa County: 35.5 %Tuscaloosa County: 31.6 %Walker County: 36.4 %Washington County: 37.1 %Wilcox County: 46 %Winston County: 36.9 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Greene County: 48.2 %Greene County48.2Perry County: 46.5 %Perry County46.5Wilcox County: 46 %Wilcox County46Bullock County: 44.9 %Bullock County44.9Lowndes County: 43.6 %Lowndes County43.6Barbour County: 41.7 %Barbour County41.7Hale County: 41.3 %Hale County41.3Sumter County: 40.7 %Sumter County40.7Escambia County: 40.5 %Escambia County40.5Conecuh County: 40.3 %Conecuh County40.3Clarke County: 40.2 %Clarke County40.2Monroe County: 40.2 %Monroe County40.2Choctaw County: 39.9 %Choctaw County39.9Dallas County: 39.7 %Dallas County39.7Talladega County: 39.1 %Talladega County39.1Pickens County: 38.5 %Pickens County38.5Butler County: 38.4 %Butler County38.4Geneva County: 38.4 %Geneva County38.4Macon County: 38.4 %Macon County38.4Marengo County: 38.4 %Marengo County38.4Crenshaw County: 37.6 %Crenshaw County37.6Franklin County: 37.5 %Franklin County37.5Clay County: 37.2 %Clay County37.2Fayette County: 37.1 %Fayette County37.1Washington County: 37.1 %Washington County37.1Bibb County: 37 %Bibb County37Lamar County: 37 %Lamar County37Winston County: 36.9 %Winston County36.9Chambers County: 36.8 %Chambers County36.8Randolph County: 36.5 %Randolph County36.5Walker County: 36.4 %Walker County36.4DeKalb County: 36.2 %DeKalb County36.2Coosa County: 36 %Coosa County36Mobile County: 35.8 %Mobile County35.8Dale County: 35.5 %Dale County35.5Tallapoosa County: 35.5 %Tallapoosa County35.5Chilton County: 35.4 %Chilton County35.4Marion County: 35.4 %Marion County35.4Montgomery County: 35.4 %Montgomery County35.4Cherokee County: 35.3 %Cherokee County35.3Greene County: 48.2 %Greene County48.2Perry County: 46.5 %Perry County46.5Wilcox County: 46 %Wilcox County46Bullock County: 44.9 %Bullock County44.9Lowndes County: 43.6 %Lowndes County43.6Barbour County: 41.7 %Barbour County41.7Hale County: 41.3 %Hale County41.3Sumter County: 40.7 %Sumter County40.7Escambia County: 40.5 %Escambia County40.5Conecuh County: 40.3 %Conecuh County40.3Clarke County: 40.2 %Clarke County40.2Monroe County: 40.2 %Monroe County40.2Choctaw County: 39.9 %Choctaw County39.9Dallas County: 39.7 %Dallas County39.7Talladega County: 39.1 %Talladega County39.1Pickens County: 38.5 %Pickens County38.5Butler County: 38.4 %Butler County38.4Geneva County: 38.4 %Geneva County38.4Macon County: 38.4 %Macon County38.4Marengo County: 38.4 %Marengo County38.4Crenshaw County: 37.6 %Crenshaw County37.6Franklin County: 37.5 %Franklin County37.5Clay County: 37.2 %Clay County37.2Fayette County: 37.1 %Fayette County37.1Washington County: 37.1 %Washington County37.1Bibb County: 37 %Bibb County37Lamar County: 37 %Lamar County37Winston County: 36.9 %Winston County36.9Chambers County: 36.8 %Chambers County36.8Randolph County: 36.5 %Randolph County36.5Walker County: 36.4 %Walker County36.4DeKalb County: 36.2 %DeKalb County36.2Coosa County: 36 %Coosa County36Mobile County: 35.8 %Mobile County35.8Dale County: 35.5 %Dale County35.5Tallapoosa County: 35.5 %Tallapoosa County35.5Chilton County: 35.4 %Chilton County35.4Marion County: 35.4 %Marion County35.4Montgomery County: 35.4 %Montgomery County35.4Cherokee County: 35.3 %Cherokee County35.3
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Greene County48.2
2Perry County46.5
3Wilcox County46
4Bullock County44.9
5Lowndes County43.6
6Barbour County41.7
7Hale County41.3
8Sumter County40.7
9Escambia County40.5
10Conecuh County40.3
11Clarke County40.2
11Monroe County40.2
13Choctaw County39.9
14Dallas County39.7
15Talladega County39.1
16Pickens County38.5
17Butler County38.4
17Geneva County38.4
17Macon County38.4
17Marengo County38.4
21Crenshaw County37.6
22Franklin County37.5
23Clay County37.2
24Fayette County37.1
24Washington County37.1
26Bibb County37
26Lamar County37
28Winston County36.9
29Chambers County36.8
30Randolph County36.5
31Walker County36.4
32DeKalb County36.2
33Coosa County36
34Mobile County35.8
35Dale County35.5
35Tallapoosa County35.5
37Chilton County35.4
37Marion County35.4
37Montgomery County35.4
40Cherokee County35.3
41Marshall County35.2
41Russell County35.2
43Calhoun County35.1
43Jackson County35.1
45Lawrence County34.9
46Henry County34.8
47Houston County34.7
48Cleburne County34.1
49Morgan County33.9
50Covington County33.8
50Etowah County33.8
52Pike County33.1
53Colbert County33
54Blount County31.8
55Lauderdale County31.7
56Coffee County31.6
56St. Clair County31.6
56Tuscaloosa County31.6
59Cullman County31.4
60Elmore County30.9
61Jefferson County30.2
61Limestone County30.2
63Autauga County30
64Baldwin County29.4
65Lee County29.1
66Madison County25.7
67Shelby County24.5

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Greene County, with 48.2% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Shelby County, with 24.5% 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, 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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