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

Desha County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2021, at 42.8%. Benton County had the lowest, at 24.6%. The median was 34.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest42.8Desha County
Lowest24.6Benton County
Median34.375 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Arkansas County: 34.2 %Ashley County: 40 %Baxter County: 31.8 %Benton County: 24.6 %Boone County: 30.1 %Bradley County: 38 %Calhoun County: 32.3 %Carroll County: 32.5 %Chicot County: 41.9 %Clark County: 31.5 %Clay County: 34.3 %Cleburne County: 35 %Cleveland County: 33.3 %Columbia County: 33.7 %Conway County: 34.1 %Craighead County: 30.5 %Crawford County: 32.3 %Crittenden County: 35.9 %Cross County: 36 %Dallas County: 36.3 %Desha County: 42.8 %Drew County: 33.5 %Faulkner County: 26.8 %Franklin County: 37.1 %Fulton County: 37.3 %Garland County: 31.5 %Grant County: 30.6 %Greene County: 33.7 %Hempstead County: 37.4 %Hot Spring County: 31.5 %Howard County: 35.4 %Independence County: 31.6 %Izard County: 34.1 %Jackson County: 37.3 %Jefferson County: 36.6 %Johnson County: 37.5 %Lafayette County: 42.6 %Lawrence County: 33.2 %Lee County: 42.3 %Lincoln County: 35.3 %Little River County: 33.1 %Logan County: 33.8 %Lonoke County: 28.9 %Madison County: 34.2 %Marion County: 34.5 %Miller County: 33.2 %Mississippi County: 36.2 %Monroe County: 40.8 %Montgomery County: 35.6 %Nevada County: 37.1 %Newton County: 32.2 %Ouachita County: 39.3 %Perry County: 32.3 %Phillips County: 42 %Pike County: 32.5 %Poinsett County: 37.5 %Polk County: 34.2 %Pope County: 30.5 %Prairie County: 32.9 %Pulaski County: 26.8 %Randolph County: 36 %St. Francis County: 42.1 %Saline County: 25.7 %Scott County: 35 %Searcy County: 37.6 %Sebastian County: 32.7 %Sevier County: 37.7 %Sharp County: 37.3 %Stone County: 38.8 %Union County: 34.8 %Van Buren County: 36.4 %Washington County: 26.2 %White County: 32 %Woodruff County: 37.4 %Yell County: 38.2 %
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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

Desha County: 42.8 %Desha County42.8Lafayette County: 42.6 %Lafayette County42.6Lee County: 42.3 %Lee County42.3St. Francis County: 42.1 %St. Francis County42.1Phillips County: 42 %Phillips County42Chicot County: 41.9 %Chicot County41.9Monroe County: 40.8 %Monroe County40.8Ashley County: 40 %Ashley County40Ouachita County: 39.3 %Ouachita County39.3Stone County: 38.8 %Stone County38.8Yell County: 38.2 %Yell County38.2Bradley County: 38 %Bradley County38Sevier County: 37.7 %Sevier County37.7Searcy County: 37.6 %Searcy County37.6Johnson County: 37.5 %Johnson County37.5Poinsett County: 37.5 %Poinsett County37.5Hempstead County: 37.4 %Hempstead County37.4Woodruff County: 37.4 %Woodruff County37.4Fulton County: 37.3 %Fulton County37.3Jackson County: 37.3 %Jackson County37.3Sharp County: 37.3 %Sharp County37.3Franklin County: 37.1 %Franklin County37.1Nevada County: 37.1 %Nevada County37.1Jefferson County: 36.6 %Jefferson County36.6Van Buren County: 36.4 %Van Buren County36.4Dallas County: 36.3 %Dallas County36.3Mississippi County: 36.2 %Mississippi County36.2Cross County: 36 %Cross County36Randolph County: 36 %Randolph County36Crittenden County: 35.9 %Crittenden County35.9Montgomery County: 35.6 %Montgomery County35.6Howard County: 35.4 %Howard County35.4Lincoln County: 35.3 %Lincoln County35.3Cleburne County: 35 %Cleburne County35Scott County: 35 %Scott County35Union County: 34.8 %Union County34.8Marion County: 34.5 %Marion County34.5Clay County: 34.3 %Clay County34.3Arkansas County: 34.2 %Arkansas County34.2Madison County: 34.2 %Madison County34.2Desha County: 42.8 %Desha County42.8Lafayette County: 42.6 %Lafayette County42.6Lee County: 42.3 %Lee County42.3St. Francis County: 42.1 %St. Francis County42.1Phillips County: 42 %Phillips County42Chicot County: 41.9 %Chicot County41.9Monroe County: 40.8 %Monroe County40.8Ashley County: 40 %Ashley County40Ouachita County: 39.3 %Ouachita County39.3Stone County: 38.8 %Stone County38.8Yell County: 38.2 %Yell County38.2Bradley County: 38 %Bradley County38Sevier County: 37.7 %Sevier County37.7Searcy County: 37.6 %Searcy County37.6Johnson County: 37.5 %Johnson County37.5Poinsett County: 37.5 %Poinsett County37.5Hempstead County: 37.4 %Hempstead County37.4Woodruff County: 37.4 %Woodruff County37.4Fulton County: 37.3 %Fulton County37.3Jackson County: 37.3 %Jackson County37.3Sharp County: 37.3 %Sharp County37.3Franklin County: 37.1 %Franklin County37.1Nevada County: 37.1 %Nevada County37.1Jefferson County: 36.6 %Jefferson County36.6Van Buren County: 36.4 %Van Buren County36.4Dallas County: 36.3 %Dallas County36.3Mississippi County: 36.2 %Mississippi County36.2Cross County: 36 %Cross County36Randolph County: 36 %Randolph County36Crittenden County: 35.9 %Crittenden County35.9Montgomery County: 35.6 %Montgomery County35.6Howard County: 35.4 %Howard County35.4Lincoln County: 35.3 %Lincoln County35.3Cleburne County: 35 %Cleburne County35Scott County: 35 %Scott County35Union County: 34.8 %Union County34.8Marion County: 34.5 %Marion County34.5Clay County: 34.3 %Clay County34.3Arkansas County: 34.2 %Arkansas County34.2Madison County: 34.2 %Madison County34.2
%. 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 (%)
1Desha County42.8
2Lafayette County42.6
3Lee County42.3
4St. Francis County42.1
5Phillips County42
6Chicot County41.9
7Monroe County40.8
8Ashley County40
9Ouachita County39.3
10Stone County38.8
11Yell County38.2
12Bradley County38
13Sevier County37.7
14Searcy County37.6
15Johnson County37.5
15Poinsett County37.5
17Hempstead County37.4
17Woodruff County37.4
19Fulton County37.3
19Jackson County37.3
19Sharp County37.3
22Franklin County37.1
22Nevada County37.1
24Jefferson County36.6
25Van Buren County36.4
26Dallas County36.3
27Mississippi County36.2
28Cross County36
28Randolph County36
30Crittenden County35.9
31Montgomery County35.6
32Howard County35.4
33Lincoln County35.3
34Cleburne County35
34Scott County35
36Union County34.8
37Marion County34.5
38Clay County34.3
39Arkansas County34.2
39Madison County34.2
39Polk County34.2
42Conway County34.1
42Izard County34.1
44Logan County33.8
45Columbia County33.7
45Greene County33.7
47Drew County33.5
48Cleveland County33.3
49Lawrence County33.2
49Miller County33.2
51Little River County33.1
52Prairie County32.9
53Sebastian County32.7
54Carroll County32.5
54Pike County32.5
56Calhoun County32.3
56Crawford County32.3
56Perry County32.3
59Newton County32.2
60White County32
61Baxter County31.8
62Independence County31.6
63Clark County31.5
63Garland County31.5
63Hot Spring County31.5
66Grant County30.6
67Craighead County30.5
67Pope County30.5
69Boone County30.1
70Lonoke County28.9
71Faulkner County26.8
71Pulaski County26.8
73Washington County26.2
74Saline County25.7
75Benton County24.6

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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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-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 Arkansas by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2021.

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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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Desha County, with 42.8% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Benton County, with 24.6% 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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