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

Gary, IN had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 88 cities in 2023, at 40.9%. Carmel, IN had the lowest, at 15.1%. The median was 25.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest40.9Gary, IN
Lowest15.1Carmel, IN
Median25.588 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Gary, IN: 40.9 %Gary, IN40.9East Chicago, IN: 40.3 %East Chicago, IN40.3Logansport, IN: 34.2 %Logansport, IN34.2Anderson, IN: 33.5 %Anderson, IN33.5Connersville, IN: 33.4 %Connersville, IN33.4Marion, IN: 33.4 %Marion, IN33.4Hammond, IN: 33 %Hammond, IN33Washington, IN: 32.3 %Washington, IN32.3New Castle, IN: 32.2 %New Castle, IN32.2Crawfordsville, IN: 32.1 %Crawfordsville, IN32.1Michigan City, IN: 31.8 %Michigan City, IN31.8South Bend, IN: 31.6 %South Bend, IN31.6Frankfort, IN: 31.4 %Frankfort, IN31.4Richmond, IN: 31.2 %Richmond, IN31.2Plymouth, IN: 31.1 %Plymouth, IN31.1Lake Station, IN: 30.9 %Lake Station, IN30.9Peru, IN: 30.9 %Peru, IN30.9Elkhart, IN: 30.3 %Elkhart, IN30.3Kokomo, IN: 30 %Kokomo, IN30Seymour, IN: 30 %Seymour, IN30Bedford, IN: 29.9 %Bedford, IN29.9Portage, IN: 29.6 %Portage, IN29.6New Albany, IN: 29.5 %New Albany, IN29.5Evansville, IN: 29.1 %Evansville, IN29.1Clarksville, IN: 29 %Clarksville, IN29Merrillville, IN: 28.9 %Merrillville, IN28.9Muncie, IN: 28.9 %Muncie, IN28.9La Porte, IN: 28.6 %La Porte, IN28.6Wabash, IN: 28.6 %Wabash, IN28.6Warsaw, IN: 28.4 %Warsaw, IN28.4Decatur, IN: 28 %Decatur, IN28Shelbyville, IN: 28 %Shelbyville, IN28Terre Haute, IN: 28 %Terre Haute, IN28Goshen, IN: 27.4 %Goshen, IN27.4Mishawaka, IN: 27.3 %Mishawaka, IN27.3Huntington, IN: 27.1 %Huntington, IN27.1Bluffton, IN: 27 %Bluffton, IN27Greensburg, IN: 26.9 %Greensburg, IN26.9Kendallville, IN: 26.8 %Kendallville, IN26.8Vincennes, IN: 26.6 %Vincennes, IN26.6Gary, IN: 40.9 %Gary, IN40.9East Chicago, IN: 40.3 %East Chicago, IN40.3Logansport, IN: 34.2 %Logansport, IN34.2Anderson, IN: 33.5 %Anderson, IN33.5Connersville, IN: 33.4 %Connersville, IN33.4Marion, IN: 33.4 %Marion, IN33.4Hammond, IN: 33 %Hammond, IN33Washington, IN: 32.3 %Washington, IN32.3New Castle, IN: 32.2 %New Castle, IN32.2Crawfordsville, IN: 32.1 %Crawfordsville, IN32.1Michigan City, IN: 31.8 %Michigan City, IN31.8South Bend, IN: 31.6 %South Bend, IN31.6Frankfort, IN: 31.4 %Frankfort, IN31.4Richmond, IN: 31.2 %Richmond, IN31.2Plymouth, IN: 31.1 %Plymouth, IN31.1Lake Station, IN: 30.9 %Lake Station, IN30.9Peru, IN: 30.9 %Peru, IN30.9Elkhart, IN: 30.3 %Elkhart, IN30.3Kokomo, IN: 30 %Kokomo, IN30Seymour, IN: 30 %Seymour, IN30Bedford, IN: 29.9 %Bedford, IN29.9Portage, IN: 29.6 %Portage, IN29.6New Albany, IN: 29.5 %New Albany, IN29.5Evansville, IN: 29.1 %Evansville, IN29.1Clarksville, IN: 29 %Clarksville, IN29Merrillville, IN: 28.9 %Merrillville, IN28.9Muncie, IN: 28.9 %Muncie, IN28.9La Porte, IN: 28.6 %La Porte, IN28.6Wabash, IN: 28.6 %Wabash, IN28.6Warsaw, IN: 28.4 %Warsaw, IN28.4Decatur, IN: 28 %Decatur, IN28Shelbyville, IN: 28 %Shelbyville, IN28Terre Haute, IN: 28 %Terre Haute, IN28Goshen, IN: 27.4 %Goshen, IN27.4Mishawaka, IN: 27.3 %Mishawaka, IN27.3Huntington, IN: 27.1 %Huntington, IN27.1Bluffton, IN: 27 %Bluffton, IN27Greensburg, IN: 26.9 %Greensburg, IN26.9Kendallville, IN: 26.8 %Kendallville, IN26.8Vincennes, IN: 26.6 %Vincennes, IN26.6
%. 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
1Gary, IN40.9-3.5 pts
2East Chicago, IN40.3-4 pts
3Logansport, IN34.2-3.4 pts
4Anderson, IN33.5+0.2 pts
5Connersville, IN33.4-0.6 pts
5Marion, IN33.4-4.5 pts
7Hammond, IN33-3.4 pts
8Washington, IN32.3+0.2 pts
9New Castle, IN32.2-1.8 pts
10Crawfordsville, IN32.1-1.3 pts
11Michigan City, IN31.8-1.2 pts
12South Bend, IN31.6-2.3 pts
13Frankfort, IN31.4-3.2 pts
14Richmond, IN31.2-2.5 pts
15Plymouth, IN31.1-2.2 pts
16Lake Station, IN30.9-4 pts
16Peru, IN30.9-2.1 pts
18Elkhart, IN30.3-5.1 pts
19Kokomo, IN30-3 pts
19Seymour, IN30-5.4 pts
21Bedford, IN29.9-3.6 pts
22Portage, IN29.6-0.9 pts
23New Albany, IN29.5+0.9 pts
24Evansville, IN29.1-3.2 pts
25Clarksville, IN29-3.1 pts
26Merrillville, IN28.9-4.3 pts
26Muncie, IN28.9-3 pts
28La Porte, IN28.6-1.6 pts
28Wabash, IN28.6-2.9 pts
30Warsaw, IN28.4-2 pts
31Decatur, IN28-3.9 pts
31Shelbyville, IN28-3.5 pts
31Terre Haute, IN28-3.6 pts
34Goshen, IN27.4-5 pts
35Mishawaka, IN27.3-2.4 pts
36Huntington, IN27.1-2.9 pts
37Bluffton, IN27-3.3 pts
38Greensburg, IN26.9-2.6 pts
39Kendallville, IN26.8-0.9 pts
40Vincennes, IN26.6-3.1 pts
41Martinsville, IN26.2-3.3 pts
42Hobart, IN25.8-2.7 pts
43Auburn, IN25.7-3 pts
43Beech Grove, IN25.7-4.8 pts
45Jasper, IN25.4-2.3 pts
45Jeffersonville, IN25.4-2.5 pts
45Mooresville, IN25.4-4.5 pts
48Madison, IN25.2-3.8 pts
49Fort Wayne, IN25-3.4 pts
50Columbia City, IN24.9-2.8 pts
51Lebanon, IN24.7-2 pts
52Chesterton, IN24.6-1.2 pts
52Indianapolis, IN24.6-3.7 pts
54Lafayette, IN24.5-3.1 pts
54Valparaiso, IN24.5-1 pts
56Columbus, IN24-1.5 pts
57Franklin, IN23.6-5.8 pts
58Highland, IN23.5-3.3 pts
59Griffith, IN23.3-3.6 pts
60Lawrence, IN23.2-4.9 pts
61Greenwood, IN23-4.1 pts
61West Lafayette, IN23-2.8 pts
63New Haven, IN22.9-4 pts
64Bloomington, IN22.5-2.4 pts
65Greenfield, IN22.3-3.1 pts
65Speedway, IN22.3-2.7 pts
67Schererville, IN22.2-2.5 pts
67Sellersburg, IN22.2-2.2 pts
69Crown Point, IN21.7-3.2 pts
69Dyer, IN21.7-3.8 pts
71Plainfield, IN21.3-4.4 pts
72Lowell, IN21.2-4.1 pts
73Cedar Lake, IN21-4 pts
74Bargersville, IN20.9-5.9 pts
74Munster, IN20.9-2.5 pts
76Avon, IN20-3.5 pts
77Yorktown, IN19.8-3.1 pts
78St. John, IN19.6-4 pts
79Danville, IN19.2-6.5 pts
80Brownsburg, IN18.5-3.5 pts
81Noblesville, IN17.3-2.6 pts
82McCordsville, IN16.7-1.4 pts
83Westfield, IN16.1-1.8 pts
84Huntertown, IN16-3.4 pts
85Zionsville, IN15.8-2 pts
86Whitestown, IN15.7-1.4 pts
87Fishers, IN15.3-2 pts
88Carmel, IN15.1-1.1 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 Indiana 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 Indiana 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/indiana-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 Indiana 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/indiana-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 Indiana 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/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Gary, IN, with 40.9% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Carmel, IN, with 15.1% 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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