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Cities in Arizona by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Douglas, AZ had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 44 cities in 2023, at 39%. Paradise Valley, AZ had the lowest, at 13.8%. The median was 23.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest39Douglas, AZ
Lowest13.8Paradise Valley, AZ
Median23.744 cities

All cities, 2023

Douglas, AZ: 39 %Douglas, AZ39Nogales, AZ: 37.7 %Nogales, AZ37.7Eloy, AZ: 33.7 %Eloy, AZ33.7Bullhead City, AZ: 32.5 %Bullhead City, AZ32.5Somerton, AZ: 32.2 %Somerton, AZ32.2San Luis, AZ: 32.1 %San Luis, AZ32.1Coolidge, AZ: 30.9 %Coolidge, AZ30.9Casa Grande, AZ: 28.6 %Casa Grande, AZ28.6Apache Junction, AZ: 27.5 %Apache Junction, AZ27.5Kingman, AZ: 26.7 %Kingman, AZ26.7Lake Havasu City, AZ: 26.7 %Lake Havasu City, AZ26.7Camp Verde, AZ: 26.5 %Camp Verde, AZ26.5Yuma, AZ: 26.5 %Yuma, AZ26.5Cottonwood, AZ: 25.9 %Cottonwood, AZ25.9Safford, AZ: 25.6 %Safford, AZ25.6Tucson, AZ: 25.2 %Tucson, AZ25.2El Mirage, AZ: 25 %El Mirage, AZ25Florence, AZ: 25 %Florence, AZ25Glendale, AZ: 24.6 %Glendale, AZ24.6Payson, AZ: 24.4 %Payson, AZ24.4Chino Valley, AZ: 24.2 %Chino Valley, AZ24.2Avondale, AZ: 24.1 %Avondale, AZ24.1Prescott Valley, AZ: 23.2 %Prescott Valley, AZ23.2Maricopa, AZ: 22.9 %Maricopa, AZ22.9Phoenix, AZ: 22.9 %Phoenix, AZ22.9Buckeye, AZ: 21.9 %Buckeye, AZ21.9Sierra Vista, AZ: 21.8 %Sierra Vista, AZ21.8Show Low, AZ: 20.8 %Show Low, AZ20.8Mesa, AZ: 20.7 %Mesa, AZ20.7Prescott, AZ: 20.2 %Prescott, AZ20.2Sahuarita, AZ: 20.2 %Sahuarita, AZ20.2Surprise, AZ: 19.7 %Surprise, AZ19.7Goodyear, AZ: 19.1 %Goodyear, AZ19.1Peoria, AZ: 19.1 %Peoria, AZ19.1Chandler, AZ: 17.2 %Chandler, AZ17.2Marana, AZ: 17.1 %Marana, AZ17.1Fountain Hills, AZ: 16.9 %Fountain Hills, AZ16.9Tempe, AZ: 16.8 %Tempe, AZ16.8Oro Valley, AZ: 16.3 %Oro Valley, AZ16.3Queen Creek, AZ: 15.9 %Queen Creek, AZ15.9Gilbert, AZ: 15.2 %Gilbert, AZ15.2Flagstaff, AZ: 15 %Flagstaff, AZ15Scottsdale, AZ: 14.8 %Scottsdale, AZ14.8Paradise Valley, AZ: 13.8 %Paradise Valley, AZ13.8Douglas, AZ: 39 %Douglas, AZ39Nogales, AZ: 37.7 %Nogales, AZ37.7Eloy, AZ: 33.7 %Eloy, AZ33.7Bullhead City, AZ: 32.5 %Bullhead City, AZ32.5Somerton, AZ: 32.2 %Somerton, AZ32.2San Luis, AZ: 32.1 %San Luis, AZ32.1Coolidge, AZ: 30.9 %Coolidge, AZ30.9Casa Grande, AZ: 28.6 %Casa Grande, AZ28.6Apache Junction, AZ: 27.5 %Apache Junction, AZ27.5Kingman, AZ: 26.7 %Kingman, AZ26.7Lake Havasu City, AZ: 26.7 %Lake Havasu City, AZ26.7Camp Verde, AZ: 26.5 %Camp Verde, AZ26.5Yuma, AZ: 26.5 %Yuma, AZ26.5Cottonwood, AZ: 25.9 %Cottonwood, AZ25.9Safford, AZ: 25.6 %Safford, AZ25.6Tucson, AZ: 25.2 %Tucson, AZ25.2El Mirage, AZ: 25 %El Mirage, AZ25Florence, AZ: 25 %Florence, AZ25Glendale, AZ: 24.6 %Glendale, AZ24.6Payson, AZ: 24.4 %Payson, AZ24.4Chino Valley, AZ: 24.2 %Chino Valley, AZ24.2Avondale, AZ: 24.1 %Avondale, AZ24.1Prescott Valley, AZ: 23.2 %Prescott Valley, AZ23.2Maricopa, AZ: 22.9 %Maricopa, AZ22.9Phoenix, AZ: 22.9 %Phoenix, AZ22.9Buckeye, AZ: 21.9 %Buckeye, AZ21.9Sierra Vista, AZ: 21.8 %Sierra Vista, AZ21.8Show Low, AZ: 20.8 %Show Low, AZ20.8Mesa, AZ: 20.7 %Mesa, AZ20.7Prescott, AZ: 20.2 %Prescott, AZ20.2Sahuarita, AZ: 20.2 %Sahuarita, AZ20.2Surprise, AZ: 19.7 %Surprise, AZ19.7Goodyear, AZ: 19.1 %Goodyear, AZ19.1Peoria, AZ: 19.1 %Peoria, AZ19.1Chandler, AZ: 17.2 %Chandler, AZ17.2Marana, AZ: 17.1 %Marana, AZ17.1Fountain Hills, AZ: 16.9 %Fountain Hills, AZ16.9Tempe, AZ: 16.8 %Tempe, AZ16.8Oro Valley, AZ: 16.3 %Oro Valley, AZ16.3Queen Creek, AZ: 15.9 %Queen Creek, AZ15.9Gilbert, AZ: 15.2 %Gilbert, AZ15.2Flagstaff, AZ: 15 %Flagstaff, AZ15Scottsdale, AZ: 14.8 %Scottsdale, AZ14.8Paradise Valley, AZ: 13.8 %Paradise Valley, AZ13.8
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Douglas, AZ39+2.6 pts
2Nogales, AZ37.7+0.5 pts
3Eloy, AZ33.7+0.5 pts
4Bullhead City, AZ32.5-1.3 pts
5Somerton, AZ32.2-3.1 pts
6San Luis, AZ32.1-4.7 pts
7Coolidge, AZ30.9-0.9 pts
8Casa Grande, AZ28.6-0.6 pts
9Apache Junction, AZ27.5-1 pts
10Kingman, AZ26.7-1.4 pts
10Lake Havasu City, AZ26.7-0.5 pts
12Camp Verde, AZ26.5-3.4 pts
12Yuma, AZ26.5-4.4 pts
14Cottonwood, AZ25.9-1.2 pts
15Safford, AZ25.6-0.8 pts
16Tucson, AZ25.2-2.8 pts
17El Mirage, AZ25-3.2 pts
17Florence, AZ25-0.5 pts
19Glendale, AZ24.6-3.5 pts
20Payson, AZ24.4-0.9 pts
21Chino Valley, AZ24.2+1.1 pts
22Avondale, AZ24.1-2.9 pts
23Prescott Valley, AZ23.2-1 pts
24Maricopa, AZ22.9-1.1 pts
24Phoenix, AZ22.9-3.4 pts
26Buckeye, AZ21.9-3.1 pts
27Sierra Vista, AZ21.8-0.3 pts
28Show Low, AZ20.8-0.5 pts
29Mesa, AZ20.7-3.5 pts
30Prescott, AZ20.2-1.5 pts
30Sahuarita, AZ20.2-2.7 pts
32Surprise, AZ19.7-2.6 pts
33Goodyear, AZ19.1-3.5 pts
33Peoria, AZ19.1-3.4 pts
35Chandler, AZ17.2-3.2 pts
36Marana, AZ17.1-2.5 pts
37Fountain Hills, AZ16.9-1.6 pts
38Tempe, AZ16.8-3.4 pts
39Oro Valley, AZ16.3-2.4 pts
40Queen Creek, AZ15.9-3.1 pts
41Gilbert, AZ15.2-2.9 pts
42Flagstaff, AZ15-2.1 pts
43Scottsdale, AZ14.8-3 pts
44Paradise Valley, AZ13.8-3.1 pts

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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.

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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), 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Arizona 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Arizona by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/arizona-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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Arizona by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/arizona-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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Arizona by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/arizona-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Douglas, AZ, with 39% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Paradise Valley, AZ, with 13.8% 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), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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