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

Washington County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 16 counties in 2022, at 29.7%. Knox County had the lowest, at 19.5%. The median was 23.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest29.7Washington County
Lowest19.5Knox County
Median23.616 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Androscoggin County: 23.5 %Aroostook County: 29 %Cumberland County: 19.5 %Franklin County: 23.7 %Hancock County: 21 %Kennebec County: 23.6 %Knox County: 19.5 %Lincoln County: 22.9 %Oxford County: 29.2 %Penobscot County: 23.7 %Piscataquis County: 27.1 %Sagadahoc County: 21 %Somerset County: 28.5 %Waldo County: 20.8 %Washington County: 29.7 %York County: 22.1 %
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%, 2022. 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.

All counties, 2022

Washington County: 29.7 %Washington County29.7Oxford County: 29.2 %Oxford County29.2Aroostook County: 29 %Aroostook County29Somerset County: 28.5 %Somerset County28.5Piscataquis County: 27.1 %Piscataquis County27.1Franklin County: 23.7 %Franklin County23.7Penobscot County: 23.7 %Penobscot County23.7Kennebec County: 23.6 %Kennebec County23.6Androscoggin County: 23.5 %Androscoggin County23.5Lincoln County: 22.9 %Lincoln County22.9York County: 22.1 %York County22.1Hancock County: 21 %Hancock County21Sagadahoc County: 21 %Sagadahoc County21Waldo County: 20.8 %Waldo County20.8Cumberland County: 19.5 %Cumberland County19.5Knox County: 19.5 %Knox County19.5Washington County: 29.7 %Washington County29.7Oxford County: 29.2 %Oxford County29.2Aroostook County: 29 %Aroostook County29Somerset County: 28.5 %Somerset County28.5Piscataquis County: 27.1 %Piscataquis County27.1Franklin County: 23.7 %Franklin County23.7Penobscot County: 23.7 %Penobscot County23.7Kennebec County: 23.6 %Kennebec County23.6Androscoggin County: 23.5 %Androscoggin County23.5Lincoln County: 22.9 %Lincoln County22.9York County: 22.1 %York County22.1Hancock County: 21 %Hancock County21Sagadahoc County: 21 %Sagadahoc County21Waldo County: 20.8 %Waldo County20.8Cumberland County: 19.5 %Cumberland County19.5Knox County: 19.5 %Knox County19.5
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Washington County29.7-3.1 pts
2Oxford County29.2+0.8 pts
3Aroostook County29-6.2 pts
4Somerset County28.5-4.5 pts
5Piscataquis County27.1-6 pts
6Franklin County23.7-4.9 pts
6Penobscot County23.7-3.6 pts
8Kennebec County23.6-2.9 pts
9Androscoggin County23.5-8.4 pts
10Lincoln County22.9-3 pts
11York County22.1-2.8 pts
12Hancock County21-4.1 pts
12Sagadahoc County21-1.6 pts
14Waldo County20.8-6 pts
15Cumberland County19.5-0.3 pts
15Knox County19.5-5.4 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 counties 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, 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 Maine by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [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 Maine by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. 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/maine-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Maine by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2022.

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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 Maine by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/maine-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Washington County, with 29.7% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Knox County, with 19.5% in 2022.

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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