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

East Carroll Parish had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 47.6%. St. Tammany Parish had the lowest, at 23%. The median was 33.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest47.6East Carroll Parish
Lowest23St. Tammany Parish
Median33.164 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 34.3 %Allen Parish: 33.2 %Ascension Parish: 24.6 %Assumption Parish: 36.2 %Avoyelles Parish: 37.4 %Beauregard Parish: 29.2 %Bienville Parish: 39.8 %Bossier Parish: 28 %Caddo Parish: 32.5 %Calcasieu Parish: 29.9 %Caldwell Parish: 36.4 %Cameron Parish: 29.1 %Catahoula Parish: 35.2 %Claiborne Parish: 40.6 %Concordia Parish: 41.8 %De Soto Parish: 34.2 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 25.6 %East Carroll Parish: 47.6 %East Feliciana Parish: 31.2 %Evangeline Parish: 38.9 %Franklin Parish: 38.1 %Grant Parish: 31.2 %Iberia Parish: 33.8 %Iberville Parish: 33 %Jackson Parish: 34 %Jefferson Parish: 28.4 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 31.3 %Lafayette Parish: 27 %Lafourche Parish: 31.6 %LaSalle Parish: 30.4 %Lincoln Parish: 29.2 %Livingston Parish: 28.2 %Madison Parish: 39.9 %Morehouse Parish: 38.8 %Natchitoches Parish: 33 %Orleans Parish: 25.3 %Ouachita Parish: 31.8 %Plaquemines Parish: 30 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 33.7 %Rapides Parish: 31.6 %Red River Parish: 36.2 %Richland Parish: 36.8 %Sabine Parish: 35.3 %St. Bernard Parish: 32.7 %St. Charles Parish: 27 %St. Helena Parish: 38.2 %St. James Parish: 31.1 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 32.2 %St. Landry Parish: 35.9 %St. Martin Parish: 31.1 %St. Mary Parish: 36.4 %St. Tammany Parish: 23 %Tangipahoa Parish: 34.3 %Tensas Parish: 42.1 %Terrebonne Parish: 33.5 %Union Parish: 34.6 %Vermilion Parish: 30.8 %Vernon Parish: 29.5 %Washington Parish: 38.1 %Webster Parish: 38.3 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 28.5 %West Carroll Parish: 35.1 %West Feliciana Parish: 27.9 %Winn Parish: 34.1 %
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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

East Carroll Parish: 47.6 %East Carroll Parish47.6Tensas Parish: 42.1 %Tensas Parish42.1Concordia Parish: 41.8 %Concordia Parish41.8Claiborne Parish: 40.6 %Claiborne Parish40.6Madison Parish: 39.9 %Madison Parish39.9Bienville Parish: 39.8 %Bienville Parish39.8Evangeline Parish: 38.9 %Evangeline Parish38.9Morehouse Parish: 38.8 %Morehouse Parish38.8Webster Parish: 38.3 %Webster Parish38.3St. Helena Parish: 38.2 %St. Helena Parish38.2Franklin Parish: 38.1 %Franklin Parish38.1Washington Parish: 38.1 %Washington Parish38.1Avoyelles Parish: 37.4 %Avoyelles Parish37.4Richland Parish: 36.8 %Richland Parish36.8Caldwell Parish: 36.4 %Caldwell Parish36.4St. Mary Parish: 36.4 %St. Mary Parish36.4Assumption Parish: 36.2 %Assumption Parish36.2Red River Parish: 36.2 %Red River Parish36.2St. Landry Parish: 35.9 %St. Landry Parish35.9Sabine Parish: 35.3 %Sabine Parish35.3Catahoula Parish: 35.2 %Catahoula Parish35.2West Carroll Parish: 35.1 %West Carroll Parish35.1Union Parish: 34.6 %Union Parish34.6Acadia Parish: 34.3 %Acadia Parish34.3Tangipahoa Parish: 34.3 %Tangipahoa Parish34.3De Soto Parish: 34.2 %De Soto Parish34.2Winn Parish: 34.1 %Winn Parish34.1Jackson Parish: 34 %Jackson Parish34Iberia Parish: 33.8 %Iberia Parish33.8Pointe Coupee Parish: 33.7 %Pointe Coupee Parish33.7Terrebonne Parish: 33.5 %Terrebonne Parish33.5Allen Parish: 33.2 %Allen Parish33.2Iberville Parish: 33 %Iberville Parish33Natchitoches Parish: 33 %Natchitoches Parish33St. Bernard Parish: 32.7 %St. Bernard Parish32.7Caddo Parish: 32.5 %Caddo Parish32.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 32.2 %St. John the Baptist Parish32.2Ouachita Parish: 31.8 %Ouachita Parish31.8Lafourche Parish: 31.6 %Lafourche Parish31.6Rapides Parish: 31.6 %Rapides Parish31.6East Carroll Parish: 47.6 %East Carroll Parish47.6Tensas Parish: 42.1 %Tensas Parish42.1Concordia Parish: 41.8 %Concordia Parish41.8Claiborne Parish: 40.6 %Claiborne Parish40.6Madison Parish: 39.9 %Madison Parish39.9Bienville Parish: 39.8 %Bienville Parish39.8Evangeline Parish: 38.9 %Evangeline Parish38.9Morehouse Parish: 38.8 %Morehouse Parish38.8Webster Parish: 38.3 %Webster Parish38.3St. Helena Parish: 38.2 %St. Helena Parish38.2Franklin Parish: 38.1 %Franklin Parish38.1Washington Parish: 38.1 %Washington Parish38.1Avoyelles Parish: 37.4 %Avoyelles Parish37.4Richland Parish: 36.8 %Richland Parish36.8Caldwell Parish: 36.4 %Caldwell Parish36.4St. Mary Parish: 36.4 %St. Mary Parish36.4Assumption Parish: 36.2 %Assumption Parish36.2Red River Parish: 36.2 %Red River Parish36.2St. Landry Parish: 35.9 %St. Landry Parish35.9Sabine Parish: 35.3 %Sabine Parish35.3Catahoula Parish: 35.2 %Catahoula Parish35.2West Carroll Parish: 35.1 %West Carroll Parish35.1Union Parish: 34.6 %Union Parish34.6Acadia Parish: 34.3 %Acadia Parish34.3Tangipahoa Parish: 34.3 %Tangipahoa Parish34.3De Soto Parish: 34.2 %De Soto Parish34.2Winn Parish: 34.1 %Winn Parish34.1Jackson Parish: 34 %Jackson Parish34Iberia Parish: 33.8 %Iberia Parish33.8Pointe Coupee Parish: 33.7 %Pointe Coupee Parish33.7Terrebonne Parish: 33.5 %Terrebonne Parish33.5Allen Parish: 33.2 %Allen Parish33.2Iberville Parish: 33 %Iberville Parish33Natchitoches Parish: 33 %Natchitoches Parish33St. Bernard Parish: 32.7 %St. Bernard Parish32.7Caddo Parish: 32.5 %Caddo Parish32.5St. John the Baptist Parish: 32.2 %St. John the Baptist Parish32.2Ouachita Parish: 31.8 %Ouachita Parish31.8Lafourche Parish: 31.6 %Lafourche Parish31.6Rapides Parish: 31.6 %Rapides Parish31.6
%. 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 (%)
1East Carroll Parish47.6
2Tensas Parish42.1
3Concordia Parish41.8
4Claiborne Parish40.6
5Madison Parish39.9
6Bienville Parish39.8
7Evangeline Parish38.9
8Morehouse Parish38.8
9Webster Parish38.3
10St. Helena Parish38.2
11Franklin Parish38.1
11Washington Parish38.1
13Avoyelles Parish37.4
14Richland Parish36.8
15Caldwell Parish36.4
15St. Mary Parish36.4
17Assumption Parish36.2
17Red River Parish36.2
19St. Landry Parish35.9
20Sabine Parish35.3
21Catahoula Parish35.2
22West Carroll Parish35.1
23Union Parish34.6
24Acadia Parish34.3
24Tangipahoa Parish34.3
26De Soto Parish34.2
27Winn Parish34.1
28Jackson Parish34
29Iberia Parish33.8
30Pointe Coupee Parish33.7
31Terrebonne Parish33.5
32Allen Parish33.2
33Iberville Parish33
33Natchitoches Parish33
35St. Bernard Parish32.7
36Caddo Parish32.5
37St. John the Baptist Parish32.2
38Ouachita Parish31.8
39Lafourche Parish31.6
39Rapides Parish31.6
41Jefferson Davis Parish31.3
42East Feliciana Parish31.2
42Grant Parish31.2
44St. James Parish31.1
44St. Martin Parish31.1
46Vermilion Parish30.8
47LaSalle Parish30.4
48Plaquemines Parish30
49Calcasieu Parish29.9
50Vernon Parish29.5
51Beauregard Parish29.2
51Lincoln Parish29.2
53Cameron Parish29.1
54West Baton Rouge Parish28.5
55Jefferson Parish28.4
56Livingston Parish28.2
57Bossier Parish28
58West Feliciana Parish27.9
59Lafayette Parish27
59St. Charles Parish27
61East Baton Rouge Parish25.6
62Orleans Parish25.3
63Ascension Parish24.6
64St. Tammany Parish23

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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, 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

East Carroll Parish, with 47.6% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

St. Tammany Parish, with 23% in 2021.

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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, 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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