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

Storm Lake, IA had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 41 cities in 2023, at 33.6%. North Liberty, IA had the lowest, at 14.5%. The median was 23.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest33.6Storm Lake, IA
Lowest14.5North Liberty, IA
Median23.941 cities

All cities, 2023

Storm Lake, IA: 33.6 %Storm Lake, IA33.6Ottumwa, IA: 31.8 %Ottumwa, IA31.8Marshalltown, IA: 30.8 %Marshalltown, IA30.8Muscatine, IA: 30.4 %Muscatine, IA30.4Sioux City, IA: 30.3 %Sioux City, IA30.3Clinton, IA: 29.6 %Clinton, IA29.6Oskaloosa, IA: 29.6 %Oskaloosa, IA29.6Burlington, IA: 29.3 %Burlington, IA29.3Des Moines, IA: 28.8 %Des Moines, IA28.8Council Bluffs, IA: 28.7 %Council Bluffs, IA28.7Fort Dodge, IA: 28.4 %Fort Dodge, IA28.4Newton, IA: 28.2 %Newton, IA28.2Mason City, IA: 28 %Mason City, IA28Carroll, IA: 27.9 %Carroll, IA27.9Spencer, IA: 27.5 %Spencer, IA27.5Waterloo, IA: 27.5 %Waterloo, IA27.5Davenport, IA: 26.6 %Davenport, IA26.6Boone, IA: 26.4 %Boone, IA26.4Pleasant Hill, IA: 25.3 %Pleasant Hill, IA25.3Le Mars, IA: 24.7 %Le Mars, IA24.7Cedar Rapids, IA: 23.9 %Cedar Rapids, IA23.9Dubuque, IA: 23.6 %Dubuque, IA23.6Altoona, IA: 23.4 %Altoona, IA23.4Waverly, IA: 22.8 %Waverly, IA22.8Indianola, IA: 22.5 %Indianola, IA22.5Ames, IA: 21.3 %Ames, IA21.3Bettendorf, IA: 20.6 %Bettendorf, IA20.6Urbandale, IA: 20.6 %Urbandale, IA20.6Marion, IA: 20.2 %Marion, IA20.2Cedar Falls, IA: 20.1 %Cedar Falls, IA20.1Pella, IA: 20.1 %Pella, IA20.1Iowa City, IA: 20 %Iowa City, IA20Clive, IA: 19.6 %Clive, IA19.6West Des Moines, IA: 19.6 %West Des Moines, IA19.6Norwalk, IA: 19.4 %Norwalk, IA19.4Grimes, IA: 19.2 %Grimes, IA19.2Johnston, IA: 19.2 %Johnston, IA19.2Waukee, IA: 18.4 %Waukee, IA18.4Ankeny, IA: 18.3 %Ankeny, IA18.3Coralville, IA: 18 %Coralville, IA18North Liberty, IA: 14.5 %North Liberty, IA14.5Storm Lake, IA: 33.6 %Storm Lake, IA33.6Ottumwa, IA: 31.8 %Ottumwa, IA31.8Marshalltown, IA: 30.8 %Marshalltown, IA30.8Muscatine, IA: 30.4 %Muscatine, IA30.4Sioux City, IA: 30.3 %Sioux City, IA30.3Clinton, IA: 29.6 %Clinton, IA29.6Oskaloosa, IA: 29.6 %Oskaloosa, IA29.6Burlington, IA: 29.3 %Burlington, IA29.3Des Moines, IA: 28.8 %Des Moines, IA28.8Council Bluffs, IA: 28.7 %Council Bluffs, IA28.7Fort Dodge, IA: 28.4 %Fort Dodge, IA28.4Newton, IA: 28.2 %Newton, IA28.2Mason City, IA: 28 %Mason City, IA28Carroll, IA: 27.9 %Carroll, IA27.9Spencer, IA: 27.5 %Spencer, IA27.5Waterloo, IA: 27.5 %Waterloo, IA27.5Davenport, IA: 26.6 %Davenport, IA26.6Boone, IA: 26.4 %Boone, IA26.4Pleasant Hill, IA: 25.3 %Pleasant Hill, IA25.3Le Mars, IA: 24.7 %Le Mars, IA24.7Cedar Rapids, IA: 23.9 %Cedar Rapids, IA23.9Dubuque, IA: 23.6 %Dubuque, IA23.6Altoona, IA: 23.4 %Altoona, IA23.4Waverly, IA: 22.8 %Waverly, IA22.8Indianola, IA: 22.5 %Indianola, IA22.5Ames, IA: 21.3 %Ames, IA21.3Bettendorf, IA: 20.6 %Bettendorf, IA20.6Urbandale, IA: 20.6 %Urbandale, IA20.6Marion, IA: 20.2 %Marion, IA20.2Cedar Falls, IA: 20.1 %Cedar Falls, IA20.1Pella, IA: 20.1 %Pella, IA20.1Iowa City, IA: 20 %Iowa City, IA20Clive, IA: 19.6 %Clive, IA19.6West Des Moines, IA: 19.6 %West Des Moines, IA19.6Norwalk, IA: 19.4 %Norwalk, IA19.4Grimes, IA: 19.2 %Grimes, IA19.2Johnston, IA: 19.2 %Johnston, IA19.2Waukee, IA: 18.4 %Waukee, IA18.4Ankeny, IA: 18.3 %Ankeny, IA18.3Coralville, IA: 18 %Coralville, IA18North Liberty, IA: 14.5 %North Liberty, IA14.5
%. 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
1Storm Lake, IA33.6+2.3 pts
2Ottumwa, IA31.8-0.8 pts
3Marshalltown, IA30.8+2.1 pts
4Muscatine, IA30.4+1.6 pts
5Sioux City, IA30.3-0.8 pts
6Clinton, IA29.6-1.4 pts
6Oskaloosa, IA29.6+0.8 pts
8Burlington, IA29.3-2.6 pts
9Des Moines, IA28.8+2.3 pts
10Council Bluffs, IA28.7+1.1 pts
11Fort Dodge, IA28.4-0.6 pts
12Newton, IA28.2-0.5 pts
13Mason City, IA28-1.6 pts
14Carroll, IA27.9+1.8 pts
15Spencer, IA27.50 pts
15Waterloo, IA27.5-2.4 pts
17Davenport, IA26.6-1.9 pts
18Boone, IA26.4-1.3 pts
19Pleasant Hill, IA25.3+2.2 pts
20Le Mars, IA24.7-0.7 pts
21Cedar Rapids, IA23.9-1.7 pts
22Dubuque, IA23.6-2.3 pts
23Altoona, IA23.4+2 pts
24Waverly, IA22.8-0.6 pts
25Indianola, IA22.5-1.2 pts
26Ames, IA21.3-1.4 pts
27Bettendorf, IA20.6-1.6 pts
27Urbandale, IA20.6+1.9 pts
29Marion, IA20.2-1.8 pts
30Cedar Falls, IA20.1-2.2 pts
30Pella, IA20.1-1.6 pts
32Iowa City, IA20-1.3 pts
33Clive, IA19.6+1.1 pts
33West Des Moines, IA19.6+1.6 pts
35Norwalk, IA19.4-2.5 pts
36Grimes, IA19.2-0.2 pts
36Johnston, IA19.2+1.3 pts
38Waukee, IA18.4+1.8 pts
39Ankeny, IA18.3+2 pts
40Coralville, IA18-0.4 pts
41North Liberty, IA14.5-0.8 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 cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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/iowa-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 Iowa 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/iowa-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 Iowa 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/iowa-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Storm Lake, IA, with 33.6% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

North Liberty, IA, with 14.5% in 2023.

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, 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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