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

Clarke County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 99 counties in 2021, at 32.1%. Story County had the lowest, at 18.5%. The median was 26.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest32.1Clarke County
Lowest18.5Story County
Median26.899 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adair County: 27.5 %Adams County: 26.9 %Allamakee County: 28.5 %Appanoose County: 30.7 %Audubon County: 27.1 %Benton County: 24.5 %Black Hawk County: 25.3 %Boone County: 24.2 %Bremer County: 21.8 %Buchanan County: 25 %Buena Vista County: 29.8 %Butler County: 27.2 %Calhoun County: 27.2 %Carroll County: 25.9 %Cass County: 30.2 %Cedar County: 25.3 %Cerro Gordo County: 26.4 %Cherokee County: 28.9 %Chickasaw County: 26.1 %Clarke County: 32.1 %Clay County: 27.5 %Clayton County: 29.7 %Clinton County: 27.4 %Crawford County: 31.1 %Dallas County: 18.7 %Davis County: 28.5 %Decatur County: 27.3 %Delaware County: 26.2 %Des Moines County: 28.6 %Dickinson County: 24.7 %Dubuque County: 23.2 %Emmet County: 27.9 %Fayette County: 29.4 %Floyd County: 26.3 %Franklin County: 29.1 %Fremont County: 27.5 %Greene County: 28.1 %Grundy County: 23.1 %Guthrie County: 26.5 %Hamilton County: 25.3 %Hancock County: 26.2 %Hardin County: 27.6 %Harrison County: 26.5 %Henry County: 26.8 %Howard County: 26.3 %Humboldt County: 28 %Ida County: 27 %Iowa County: 25.8 %Jackson County: 27.2 %Jasper County: 25 %Jefferson County: 26.7 %Johnson County: 20.4 %Jones County: 26.7 %Keokuk County: 29.4 %Kossuth County: 27.8 %Lee County: 27.6 %Linn County: 22 %Louisa County: 29.2 %Lucas County: 29.6 %Lyon County: 25.8 %Madison County: 23 %Mahaska County: 27.2 %Marion County: 23.6 %Marshall County: 27.5 %Mills County: 23.9 %Mitchell County: 25 %Monona County: 28.4 %Monroe County: 26.1 %Montgomery County: 29.2 %Muscatine County: 26.6 %O'Brien County: 26.7 %Osceola County: 28.4 %Page County: 28.1 %Palo Alto County: 25.5 %Plymouth County: 23.7 %Pocahontas County: 29.5 %Polk County: 23.9 %Pottawattamie County: 25.9 %Poweshiek County: 25.7 %Ringgold County: 29.7 %Sac County: 27 %Scott County: 24 %Shelby County: 25.9 %Sioux County: 22.6 %Story County: 18.5 %Tama County: 29.6 %Taylor County: 27.5 %Union County: 26.6 %Van Buren County: 31.1 %Wapello County: 30.6 %Warren County: 21.7 %Washington County: 26.8 %Wayne County: 29.8 %Webster County: 28.3 %Winnebago County: 25.2 %Winneshiek County: 23.7 %Woodbury County: 29.1 %Worth County: 25.9 %Wright County: 28.9 %
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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

Clarke County: 32.1 %Clarke County32.1Crawford County: 31.1 %Crawford County31.1Van Buren County: 31.1 %Van Buren County31.1Appanoose County: 30.7 %Appanoose County30.7Wapello County: 30.6 %Wapello County30.6Cass County: 30.2 %Cass County30.2Buena Vista County: 29.8 %Buena Vista County29.8Wayne County: 29.8 %Wayne County29.8Clayton County: 29.7 %Clayton County29.7Ringgold County: 29.7 %Ringgold County29.7Lucas County: 29.6 %Lucas County29.6Tama County: 29.6 %Tama County29.6Pocahontas County: 29.5 %Pocahontas County29.5Fayette County: 29.4 %Fayette County29.4Keokuk County: 29.4 %Keokuk County29.4Louisa County: 29.2 %Louisa County29.2Montgomery County: 29.2 %Montgomery County29.2Franklin County: 29.1 %Franklin County29.1Woodbury County: 29.1 %Woodbury County29.1Cherokee County: 28.9 %Cherokee County28.9Wright County: 28.9 %Wright County28.9Des Moines County: 28.6 %Des Moines County28.6Allamakee County: 28.5 %Allamakee County28.5Davis County: 28.5 %Davis County28.5Monona County: 28.4 %Monona County28.4Osceola County: 28.4 %Osceola County28.4Webster County: 28.3 %Webster County28.3Greene County: 28.1 %Greene County28.1Page County: 28.1 %Page County28.1Humboldt County: 28 %Humboldt County28Emmet County: 27.9 %Emmet County27.9Kossuth County: 27.8 %Kossuth County27.8Hardin County: 27.6 %Hardin County27.6Lee County: 27.6 %Lee County27.6Adair County: 27.5 %Adair County27.5Clay County: 27.5 %Clay County27.5Fremont County: 27.5 %Fremont County27.5Marshall County: 27.5 %Marshall County27.5Taylor County: 27.5 %Taylor County27.5Clinton County: 27.4 %Clinton County27.4Clarke County: 32.1 %Clarke County32.1Crawford County: 31.1 %Crawford County31.1Van Buren County: 31.1 %Van Buren County31.1Appanoose County: 30.7 %Appanoose County30.7Wapello County: 30.6 %Wapello County30.6Cass County: 30.2 %Cass County30.2Buena Vista County: 29.8 %Buena Vista County29.8Wayne County: 29.8 %Wayne County29.8Clayton County: 29.7 %Clayton County29.7Ringgold County: 29.7 %Ringgold County29.7Lucas County: 29.6 %Lucas County29.6Tama County: 29.6 %Tama County29.6Pocahontas County: 29.5 %Pocahontas County29.5Fayette County: 29.4 %Fayette County29.4Keokuk County: 29.4 %Keokuk County29.4Louisa County: 29.2 %Louisa County29.2Montgomery County: 29.2 %Montgomery County29.2Franklin County: 29.1 %Franklin County29.1Woodbury County: 29.1 %Woodbury County29.1Cherokee County: 28.9 %Cherokee County28.9Wright County: 28.9 %Wright County28.9Des Moines County: 28.6 %Des Moines County28.6Allamakee County: 28.5 %Allamakee County28.5Davis County: 28.5 %Davis County28.5Monona County: 28.4 %Monona County28.4Osceola County: 28.4 %Osceola County28.4Webster County: 28.3 %Webster County28.3Greene County: 28.1 %Greene County28.1Page County: 28.1 %Page County28.1Humboldt County: 28 %Humboldt County28Emmet County: 27.9 %Emmet County27.9Kossuth County: 27.8 %Kossuth County27.8Hardin County: 27.6 %Hardin County27.6Lee County: 27.6 %Lee County27.6Adair County: 27.5 %Adair County27.5Clay County: 27.5 %Clay County27.5Fremont County: 27.5 %Fremont County27.5Marshall County: 27.5 %Marshall County27.5Taylor County: 27.5 %Taylor County27.5Clinton County: 27.4 %Clinton County27.4
%. 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 (%)
1Clarke County32.1
2Crawford County31.1
2Van Buren County31.1
4Appanoose County30.7
5Wapello County30.6
6Cass County30.2
7Buena Vista County29.8
7Wayne County29.8
9Clayton County29.7
9Ringgold County29.7
11Lucas County29.6
11Tama County29.6
13Pocahontas County29.5
14Fayette County29.4
14Keokuk County29.4
16Louisa County29.2
16Montgomery County29.2
18Franklin County29.1
18Woodbury County29.1
20Cherokee County28.9
20Wright County28.9
22Des Moines County28.6
23Allamakee County28.5
23Davis County28.5
25Monona County28.4
25Osceola County28.4
27Webster County28.3
28Greene County28.1
28Page County28.1
30Humboldt County28
31Emmet County27.9
32Kossuth County27.8
33Hardin County27.6
33Lee County27.6
35Adair County27.5
35Clay County27.5
35Fremont County27.5
35Marshall County27.5
35Taylor County27.5
40Clinton County27.4
41Decatur County27.3
42Butler County27.2
42Calhoun County27.2
42Jackson County27.2
42Mahaska County27.2
46Audubon County27.1
47Ida County27
47Sac County27
49Adams County26.9
50Henry County26.8
50Washington County26.8
52Jefferson County26.7
52Jones County26.7
52O'Brien County26.7
55Muscatine County26.6
55Union County26.6
57Guthrie County26.5
57Harrison County26.5
59Cerro Gordo County26.4
60Floyd County26.3
60Howard County26.3
62Delaware County26.2
62Hancock County26.2
64Chickasaw County26.1
64Monroe County26.1
66Carroll County25.9
66Pottawattamie County25.9
66Shelby County25.9
66Worth County25.9
70Iowa County25.8
70Lyon County25.8
72Poweshiek County25.7
73Palo Alto County25.5
74Black Hawk County25.3
74Cedar County25.3
74Hamilton County25.3
77Winnebago County25.2
78Buchanan County25
78Jasper County25
78Mitchell County25
81Dickinson County24.7
82Benton County24.5
83Boone County24.2
84Scott County24
85Mills County23.9
85Polk County23.9
87Plymouth County23.7
87Winneshiek County23.7
89Marion County23.6
90Dubuque County23.2
91Grundy County23.1
92Madison County23
93Sioux County22.6
94Linn County22
95Bremer County21.8
96Warren County21.7
97Johnson County20.4
98Dallas County18.7
99Story County18.5

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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 Iowa 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 Iowa 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/iowa-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 Iowa 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/iowa-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 Iowa 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/iowa-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Clarke County, with 32.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Story County, with 18.5% 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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