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

Mahnomen County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 87 counties in 2021, at 32.9%. Carver County had the lowest, at 17.5%. The median was 24.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest32.9Mahnomen County
Lowest17.5Carver County
Median24.287 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aitkin County: 28 %Anoka County: 21.5 %Becker County: 24.3 %Beltrami County: 23.8 %Benton County: 22.3 %Big Stone County: 26.7 %Blue Earth County: 19.7 %Brown County: 22.7 %Carlton County: 23 %Carver County: 17.5 %Cass County: 26.9 %Chippewa County: 26.6 %Chisago County: 21.8 %Clay County: 21.1 %Clearwater County: 26.8 %Cook County: 21.1 %Cottonwood County: 27.3 %Crow Wing County: 24 %Dakota County: 19 %Dodge County: 20.6 %Douglas County: 23.6 %Faribault County: 27.2 %Fillmore County: 23.6 %Freeborn County: 28.1 %Goodhue County: 24.2 %Grant County: 26.1 %Hennepin County: 17.8 %Houston County: 21.8 %Hubbard County: 22.5 %Isanti County: 23.2 %Itasca County: 23.6 %Jackson County: 25.1 %Kanabec County: 26 %Kandiyohi County: 23.9 %Kittson County: 23.8 %Koochiching County: 26 %Lac qui Parle County: 25.5 %Lake County: 23.4 %Lake of the Woods County: 24.6 %Le Sueur County: 22.1 %Lincoln County: 25.8 %Lyon County: 24.5 %McLeod County: 24.9 %Mahnomen County: 32.9 %Marshall County: 24.7 %Martin County: 26 %Meeker County: 24.5 %Mille Lacs County: 25.5 %Morrison County: 25.9 %Mower County: 27.8 %Murray County: 25.6 %Nicollet County: 20.5 %Nobles County: 30.6 %Norman County: 25.1 %Olmsted County: 19.8 %Otter Tail County: 27.3 %Pennington County: 23.8 %Pine County: 25.3 %Pipestone County: 26.8 %Polk County: 24.8 %Pope County: 23.6 %Ramsey County: 20 %Red Lake County: 25.5 %Redwood County: 27.1 %Renville County: 25.5 %Rice County: 22.4 %Rock County: 23.2 %Roseau County: 24.2 %St. Louis County: 23.2 %Scott County: 18.3 %Sherburne County: 19.4 %Sibley County: 24.1 %Stearns County: 23 %Steele County: 24.1 %Stevens County: 22.9 %Swift County: 27.4 %Todd County: 28 %Traverse County: 26.6 %Wabasha County: 24 %Wadena County: 27.6 %Waseca County: 23.3 %Washington County: 17.9 %Watonwan County: 27.8 %Wilkin County: 24.3 %Winona County: 22.1 %Wright County: 19 %Yellow Medicine County: 25.7 %
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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

Mahnomen County: 32.9 %Mahnomen County32.9Nobles County: 30.6 %Nobles County30.6Freeborn County: 28.1 %Freeborn County28.1Aitkin County: 28 %Aitkin County28Todd County: 28 %Todd County28Mower County: 27.8 %Mower County27.8Watonwan County: 27.8 %Watonwan County27.8Wadena County: 27.6 %Wadena County27.6Swift County: 27.4 %Swift County27.4Cottonwood County: 27.3 %Cottonwood County27.3Otter Tail County: 27.3 %Otter Tail County27.3Faribault County: 27.2 %Faribault County27.2Redwood County: 27.1 %Redwood County27.1Cass County: 26.9 %Cass County26.9Clearwater County: 26.8 %Clearwater County26.8Pipestone County: 26.8 %Pipestone County26.8Big Stone County: 26.7 %Big Stone County26.7Chippewa County: 26.6 %Chippewa County26.6Traverse County: 26.6 %Traverse County26.6Grant County: 26.1 %Grant County26.1Kanabec County: 26 %Kanabec County26Koochiching County: 26 %Koochiching County26Martin County: 26 %Martin County26Morrison County: 25.9 %Morrison County25.9Lincoln County: 25.8 %Lincoln County25.8Yellow Medicine County: 25.7 %Yellow Medicine County25.7Murray County: 25.6 %Murray County25.6Lac qui Parle County: 25.5 %Lac qui Parle County25.5Mille Lacs County: 25.5 %Mille Lacs County25.5Red Lake County: 25.5 %Red Lake County25.5Renville County: 25.5 %Renville County25.5Pine County: 25.3 %Pine County25.3Jackson County: 25.1 %Jackson County25.1Norman County: 25.1 %Norman County25.1McLeod County: 24.9 %McLeod County24.9Polk County: 24.8 %Polk County24.8Marshall County: 24.7 %Marshall County24.7Lake of the Woods County: 24.6 %Lake of the Woods County24.6Lyon County: 24.5 %Lyon County24.5Meeker County: 24.5 %Meeker County24.5Mahnomen County: 32.9 %Mahnomen County32.9Nobles County: 30.6 %Nobles County30.6Freeborn County: 28.1 %Freeborn County28.1Aitkin County: 28 %Aitkin County28Todd County: 28 %Todd County28Mower County: 27.8 %Mower County27.8Watonwan County: 27.8 %Watonwan County27.8Wadena County: 27.6 %Wadena County27.6Swift County: 27.4 %Swift County27.4Cottonwood County: 27.3 %Cottonwood County27.3Otter Tail County: 27.3 %Otter Tail County27.3Faribault County: 27.2 %Faribault County27.2Redwood County: 27.1 %Redwood County27.1Cass County: 26.9 %Cass County26.9Clearwater County: 26.8 %Clearwater County26.8Pipestone County: 26.8 %Pipestone County26.8Big Stone County: 26.7 %Big Stone County26.7Chippewa County: 26.6 %Chippewa County26.6Traverse County: 26.6 %Traverse County26.6Grant County: 26.1 %Grant County26.1Kanabec County: 26 %Kanabec County26Koochiching County: 26 %Koochiching County26Martin County: 26 %Martin County26Morrison County: 25.9 %Morrison County25.9Lincoln County: 25.8 %Lincoln County25.8Yellow Medicine County: 25.7 %Yellow Medicine County25.7Murray County: 25.6 %Murray County25.6Lac qui Parle County: 25.5 %Lac qui Parle County25.5Mille Lacs County: 25.5 %Mille Lacs County25.5Red Lake County: 25.5 %Red Lake County25.5Renville County: 25.5 %Renville County25.5Pine County: 25.3 %Pine County25.3Jackson County: 25.1 %Jackson County25.1Norman County: 25.1 %Norman County25.1McLeod County: 24.9 %McLeod County24.9Polk County: 24.8 %Polk County24.8Marshall County: 24.7 %Marshall County24.7Lake of the Woods County: 24.6 %Lake of the Woods County24.6Lyon County: 24.5 %Lyon County24.5Meeker County: 24.5 %Meeker County24.5
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Mahnomen County32.9
2Nobles County30.6
3Freeborn County28.1
4Aitkin County28
4Todd County28
6Mower County27.8
6Watonwan County27.8
8Wadena County27.6
9Swift County27.4
10Cottonwood County27.3
10Otter Tail County27.3
12Faribault County27.2
13Redwood County27.1
14Cass County26.9
15Clearwater County26.8
15Pipestone County26.8
17Big Stone County26.7
18Chippewa County26.6
18Traverse County26.6
20Grant County26.1
21Kanabec County26
21Koochiching County26
21Martin County26
24Morrison County25.9
25Lincoln County25.8
26Yellow Medicine County25.7
27Murray County25.6
28Lac qui Parle County25.5
28Mille Lacs County25.5
28Red Lake County25.5
28Renville County25.5
32Pine County25.3
33Jackson County25.1
33Norman County25.1
35McLeod County24.9
36Polk County24.8
37Marshall County24.7
38Lake of the Woods County24.6
39Lyon County24.5
39Meeker County24.5
41Becker County24.3
41Wilkin County24.3
43Goodhue County24.2
43Roseau County24.2
45Sibley County24.1
45Steele County24.1
47Crow Wing County24
47Wabasha County24
49Kandiyohi County23.9
50Beltrami County23.8
50Kittson County23.8
50Pennington County23.8
53Douglas County23.6
53Fillmore County23.6
53Itasca County23.6
53Pope County23.6
57Lake County23.4
58Waseca County23.3
59Isanti County23.2
59Rock County23.2
59St. Louis County23.2
62Carlton County23
62Stearns County23
64Stevens County22.9
65Brown County22.7
66Hubbard County22.5
67Rice County22.4
68Benton County22.3
69Le Sueur County22.1
69Winona County22.1
71Chisago County21.8
71Houston County21.8
73Anoka County21.5
74Clay County21.1
74Cook County21.1
76Dodge County20.6
77Nicollet County20.5
78Ramsey County20
79Olmsted County19.8
80Blue Earth County19.7
81Sherburne County19.4
82Dakota County19
82Wright County19
84Scott County18.3
85Washington County17.9
86Hennepin County17.8
87Carver County17.5

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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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Mahnomen County, with 32.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Carver County, with 17.5% in 2021.

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