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

Bent County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2023, at 29.9%. Boulder County had the lowest, at 12.1%. The median was 20.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest29.9Bent County
Lowest12.1Boulder County
Median20.164 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 22.8 %Alamosa County: 23.9 %Arapahoe County: 18 %Archuleta County: 19.7 %Baca County: 26 %Bent County: 29.9 %Boulder County: 12.1 %Broomfield County: 13.5 %Chaffee County: 18 %Cheyenne County: 21.2 %Clear Creek County: 15.2 %Conejos County: 26 %Costilla County: 28.7 %Crowley County: 25.2 %Custer County: 19.6 %Delta County: 22.9 %Denver County: 17 %Dolores County: 21.1 %Douglas County: 13.7 %Eagle County: 16.3 %Elbert County: 16.2 %El Paso County: 18.8 %Fremont County: 22.9 %Garfield County: 18.6 %Gilpin County: 16.2 %Grand County: 16.6 %Gunnison County: 14.2 %Hinsdale County: 15 %Huerfano County: 23.7 %Jackson County: 25.2 %Jefferson County: 13.3 %Kiowa County: 21.7 %Kit Carson County: 22.9 %Lake County: 17 %La Plata County: 16.1 %Larimer County: 13.9 %Las Animas County: 26 %Lincoln County: 23.4 %Logan County: 23.5 %Mesa County: 20 %Mineral County: 16.6 %Moffat County: 22.1 %Montezuma County: 22 %Montrose County: 21.6 %Morgan County: 23.3 %Otero County: 27.6 %Ouray County: 15.3 %Park County: 16 %Phillips County: 24 %Pitkin County: 13.7 %Prowers County: 26.3 %Pueblo County: 26.8 %Rio Blanco County: 18.9 %Rio Grande County: 23.2 %Routt County: 15.3 %Saguache County: 25.9 %San Juan County: 17.4 %San Miguel County: 14.9 %Sedgwick County: 23.1 %Summit County: 15.3 %Teller County: 17 %Washington County: 20.2 %Weld County: 20.6 %Yuma County: 22.7 %
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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

Bent County: 29.9 %Bent County29.9Costilla County: 28.7 %Costilla County28.7Otero County: 27.6 %Otero County27.6Pueblo County: 26.8 %Pueblo County26.8Prowers County: 26.3 %Prowers County26.3Baca County: 26 %Baca County26Conejos County: 26 %Conejos County26Las Animas County: 26 %Las Animas County26Saguache County: 25.9 %Saguache County25.9Crowley County: 25.2 %Crowley County25.2Jackson County: 25.2 %Jackson County25.2Phillips County: 24 %Phillips County24Alamosa County: 23.9 %Alamosa County23.9Huerfano County: 23.7 %Huerfano County23.7Logan County: 23.5 %Logan County23.5Lincoln County: 23.4 %Lincoln County23.4Morgan County: 23.3 %Morgan County23.3Rio Grande County: 23.2 %Rio Grande County23.2Sedgwick County: 23.1 %Sedgwick County23.1Delta County: 22.9 %Delta County22.9Fremont County: 22.9 %Fremont County22.9Kit Carson County: 22.9 %Kit Carson County22.9Adams County: 22.8 %Adams County22.8Yuma County: 22.7 %Yuma County22.7Moffat County: 22.1 %Moffat County22.1Montezuma County: 22 %Montezuma County22Kiowa County: 21.7 %Kiowa County21.7Montrose County: 21.6 %Montrose County21.6Cheyenne County: 21.2 %Cheyenne County21.2Dolores County: 21.1 %Dolores County21.1Weld County: 20.6 %Weld County20.6Washington County: 20.2 %Washington County20.2Mesa County: 20 %Mesa County20Archuleta County: 19.7 %Archuleta County19.7Custer County: 19.6 %Custer County19.6Rio Blanco County: 18.9 %Rio Blanco County18.9El Paso County: 18.8 %El Paso County18.8Garfield County: 18.6 %Garfield County18.6Arapahoe County: 18 %Arapahoe County18Chaffee County: 18 %Chaffee County18Bent County: 29.9 %Bent County29.9Costilla County: 28.7 %Costilla County28.7Otero County: 27.6 %Otero County27.6Pueblo County: 26.8 %Pueblo County26.8Prowers County: 26.3 %Prowers County26.3Baca County: 26 %Baca County26Conejos County: 26 %Conejos County26Las Animas County: 26 %Las Animas County26Saguache County: 25.9 %Saguache County25.9Crowley County: 25.2 %Crowley County25.2Jackson County: 25.2 %Jackson County25.2Phillips County: 24 %Phillips County24Alamosa County: 23.9 %Alamosa County23.9Huerfano County: 23.7 %Huerfano County23.7Logan County: 23.5 %Logan County23.5Lincoln County: 23.4 %Lincoln County23.4Morgan County: 23.3 %Morgan County23.3Rio Grande County: 23.2 %Rio Grande County23.2Sedgwick County: 23.1 %Sedgwick County23.1Delta County: 22.9 %Delta County22.9Fremont County: 22.9 %Fremont County22.9Kit Carson County: 22.9 %Kit Carson County22.9Adams County: 22.8 %Adams County22.8Yuma County: 22.7 %Yuma County22.7Moffat County: 22.1 %Moffat County22.1Montezuma County: 22 %Montezuma County22Kiowa County: 21.7 %Kiowa County21.7Montrose County: 21.6 %Montrose County21.6Cheyenne County: 21.2 %Cheyenne County21.2Dolores County: 21.1 %Dolores County21.1Weld County: 20.6 %Weld County20.6Washington County: 20.2 %Washington County20.2Mesa County: 20 %Mesa County20Archuleta County: 19.7 %Archuleta County19.7Custer County: 19.6 %Custer County19.6Rio Blanco County: 18.9 %Rio Blanco County18.9El Paso County: 18.8 %El Paso County18.8Garfield County: 18.6 %Garfield County18.6Arapahoe County: 18 %Arapahoe County18Chaffee County: 18 %Chaffee County18
%. 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
1Bent County29.9+3.3 pts
2Costilla County28.7-2.4 pts
3Otero County27.6-2.1 pts
4Pueblo County26.8+3.4 pts
5Prowers County26.3+1.5 pts
6Baca County26-0.2 pts
6Conejos County26+0.8 pts
6Las Animas County26-0.5 pts
9Saguache County25.9-0.7 pts
10Crowley County25.2+0.2 pts
10Jackson County25.2+1.7 pts
12Phillips County24-0.7 pts
13Alamosa County23.9+0.9 pts
14Huerfano County23.7-0.8 pts
15Logan County23.5+0.8 pts
16Lincoln County23.4+0.9 pts
17Morgan County23.3+1.8 pts
18Rio Grande County23.2+3 pts
19Sedgwick County23.1-2.2 pts
20Delta County22.9+1.2 pts
20Fremont County22.9+1.6 pts
20Kit Carson County22.9+2.1 pts
23Adams County22.8-0.3 pts
24Yuma County22.7-0.2 pts
25Moffat County22.1-1.4 pts
26Montezuma County22-0.2 pts
27Kiowa County21.7-3.1 pts
28Montrose County21.6+0.9 pts
29Cheyenne County21.2+1.6 pts
30Dolores County21.1+1.8 pts
31Weld County20.6+1.2 pts
32Washington County20.2+0.8 pts
33Mesa County20+0.8 pts
34Archuleta County19.7+1.5 pts
35Custer County19.6-0.7 pts
36Rio Blanco County18.9-0.6 pts
37El Paso County18.8+0.5 pts
38Garfield County18.6-0.2 pts
39Arapahoe County18+0.5 pts
39Chaffee County18-2.1 pts
41San Juan County17.4-1.2 pts
42Denver County17-3.4 pts
42Lake County17+1.9 pts
42Teller County17-0.6 pts
45Grand County16.6+0.8 pts
45Mineral County16.6-2.8 pts
47Eagle County16.3+0.5 pts
48Elbert County16.2-0.8 pts
48Gilpin County16.2-0.3 pts
50La Plata County16.1+1.2 pts
51Park County16-0.3 pts
52Ouray County15.3-0.9 pts
52Routt County15.3+0.1 pts
52Summit County15.3+0.2 pts
55Clear Creek County15.2+0.1 pts
56Hinsdale County15-1.6 pts
57San Miguel County14.9-0.8 pts
58Gunnison County14.2+1.3 pts
59Larimer County13.9+0.7 pts
60Douglas County13.7+1.5 pts
60Pitkin County13.7+0.8 pts
62Broomfield County13.5+0.6 pts
63Jefferson County13.3-0.9 pts
64Boulder County12.1-0.4 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 Colorado 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 Colorado 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/colorado-counties. 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 Colorado 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/colorado-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bent County, with 29.9% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Boulder County, with 12.1% in 2023.

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