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

Costilla County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 28.6%. Boulder County had the lowest, at 11.9%. The median was 19.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest28.6Costilla County
Lowest11.9Boulder County
Median19.564 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 22.8 %Alamosa County: 24.4 %Arapahoe County: 17.3 %Archuleta County: 19 %Baca County: 23.8 %Bent County: 26.6 %Boulder County: 11.9 %Broomfield County: 12.3 %Chaffee County: 18 %Cheyenne County: 19.6 %Clear Creek County: 14.7 %Conejos County: 24.9 %Costilla County: 28.6 %Crowley County: 26.4 %Custer County: 18.1 %Delta County: 22.4 %Denver County: 16.4 %Dolores County: 19.3 %Douglas County: 12.2 %Eagle County: 15.6 %Elbert County: 15.7 %El Paso County: 17.1 %Fremont County: 22.3 %Garfield County: 17.6 %Gilpin County: 14.7 %Grand County: 16.9 %Gunnison County: 14 %Hinsdale County: 15.7 %Huerfano County: 22.6 %Jackson County: 21.1 %Jefferson County: 14.2 %Kiowa County: 21.2 %Kit Carson County: 22 %Lake County: 16.6 %La Plata County: 16.2 %Larimer County: 14.9 %Las Animas County: 26.1 %Lincoln County: 22.8 %Logan County: 21.4 %Mesa County: 20.6 %Mineral County: 14.8 %Moffat County: 22.4 %Montezuma County: 20.4 %Montrose County: 21 %Morgan County: 23.4 %Otero County: 27 %Ouray County: 14.6 %Park County: 16.5 %Phillips County: 22 %Pitkin County: 13 %Prowers County: 24.2 %Pueblo County: 22.8 %Rio Blanco County: 20.1 %Rio Grande County: 21.1 %Routt County: 13.9 %Saguache County: 24.7 %San Juan County: 17.8 %San Miguel County: 14.8 %Sedgwick County: 22.9 %Summit County: 14.5 %Teller County: 17 %Washington County: 21.1 %Weld County: 18.4 %Yuma County: 21.1 %
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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

Costilla County: 28.6 %Costilla County28.6Otero County: 27 %Otero County27Bent County: 26.6 %Bent County26.6Crowley County: 26.4 %Crowley County26.4Las Animas County: 26.1 %Las Animas County26.1Conejos County: 24.9 %Conejos County24.9Saguache County: 24.7 %Saguache County24.7Alamosa County: 24.4 %Alamosa County24.4Prowers County: 24.2 %Prowers County24.2Baca County: 23.8 %Baca County23.8Morgan County: 23.4 %Morgan County23.4Sedgwick County: 22.9 %Sedgwick County22.9Adams County: 22.8 %Adams County22.8Lincoln County: 22.8 %Lincoln County22.8Pueblo County: 22.8 %Pueblo County22.8Huerfano County: 22.6 %Huerfano County22.6Delta County: 22.4 %Delta County22.4Moffat County: 22.4 %Moffat County22.4Fremont County: 22.3 %Fremont County22.3Kit Carson County: 22 %Kit Carson County22Phillips County: 22 %Phillips County22Logan County: 21.4 %Logan County21.4Kiowa County: 21.2 %Kiowa County21.2Jackson County: 21.1 %Jackson County21.1Rio Grande County: 21.1 %Rio Grande County21.1Washington County: 21.1 %Washington County21.1Yuma County: 21.1 %Yuma County21.1Montrose County: 21 %Montrose County21Mesa County: 20.6 %Mesa County20.6Montezuma County: 20.4 %Montezuma County20.4Rio Blanco County: 20.1 %Rio Blanco County20.1Cheyenne County: 19.6 %Cheyenne County19.6Dolores County: 19.3 %Dolores County19.3Archuleta County: 19 %Archuleta County19Weld County: 18.4 %Weld County18.4Custer County: 18.1 %Custer County18.1Chaffee County: 18 %Chaffee County18San Juan County: 17.8 %San Juan County17.8Garfield County: 17.6 %Garfield County17.6Arapahoe County: 17.3 %Arapahoe County17.3Costilla County: 28.6 %Costilla County28.6Otero County: 27 %Otero County27Bent County: 26.6 %Bent County26.6Crowley County: 26.4 %Crowley County26.4Las Animas County: 26.1 %Las Animas County26.1Conejos County: 24.9 %Conejos County24.9Saguache County: 24.7 %Saguache County24.7Alamosa County: 24.4 %Alamosa County24.4Prowers County: 24.2 %Prowers County24.2Baca County: 23.8 %Baca County23.8Morgan County: 23.4 %Morgan County23.4Sedgwick County: 22.9 %Sedgwick County22.9Adams County: 22.8 %Adams County22.8Lincoln County: 22.8 %Lincoln County22.8Pueblo County: 22.8 %Pueblo County22.8Huerfano County: 22.6 %Huerfano County22.6Delta County: 22.4 %Delta County22.4Moffat County: 22.4 %Moffat County22.4Fremont County: 22.3 %Fremont County22.3Kit Carson County: 22 %Kit Carson County22Phillips County: 22 %Phillips County22Logan County: 21.4 %Logan County21.4Kiowa County: 21.2 %Kiowa County21.2Jackson County: 21.1 %Jackson County21.1Rio Grande County: 21.1 %Rio Grande County21.1Washington County: 21.1 %Washington County21.1Yuma County: 21.1 %Yuma County21.1Montrose County: 21 %Montrose County21Mesa County: 20.6 %Mesa County20.6Montezuma County: 20.4 %Montezuma County20.4Rio Blanco County: 20.1 %Rio Blanco County20.1Cheyenne County: 19.6 %Cheyenne County19.6Dolores County: 19.3 %Dolores County19.3Archuleta County: 19 %Archuleta County19Weld County: 18.4 %Weld County18.4Custer County: 18.1 %Custer County18.1Chaffee County: 18 %Chaffee County18San Juan County: 17.8 %San Juan County17.8Garfield County: 17.6 %Garfield County17.6Arapahoe County: 17.3 %Arapahoe County17.3
%. 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 (%)
1Costilla County28.6
2Otero County27
3Bent County26.6
4Crowley County26.4
5Las Animas County26.1
6Conejos County24.9
7Saguache County24.7
8Alamosa County24.4
9Prowers County24.2
10Baca County23.8
11Morgan County23.4
12Sedgwick County22.9
13Adams County22.8
13Lincoln County22.8
13Pueblo County22.8
16Huerfano County22.6
17Delta County22.4
17Moffat County22.4
19Fremont County22.3
20Kit Carson County22
20Phillips County22
22Logan County21.4
23Kiowa County21.2
24Jackson County21.1
24Rio Grande County21.1
24Washington County21.1
24Yuma County21.1
28Montrose County21
29Mesa County20.6
30Montezuma County20.4
31Rio Blanco County20.1
32Cheyenne County19.6
33Dolores County19.3
34Archuleta County19
35Weld County18.4
36Custer County18.1
37Chaffee County18
38San Juan County17.8
39Garfield County17.6
40Arapahoe County17.3
41El Paso County17.1
42Teller County17
43Grand County16.9
44Lake County16.6
45Park County16.5
46Denver County16.4
47La Plata County16.2
48Elbert County15.7
48Hinsdale County15.7
50Eagle County15.6
51Larimer County14.9
52Mineral County14.8
52San Miguel County14.8
54Clear Creek County14.7
54Gilpin County14.7
56Ouray County14.6
57Summit County14.5
58Jefferson County14.2
59Gunnison County14
60Routt County13.9
61Pitkin County13
62Broomfield County12.3
63Douglas County12.2
64Boulder County11.9

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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, 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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Costilla County, with 28.6% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Boulder County, with 11.9% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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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