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

Humphreys County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 82 counties in 2021, at 43.7%. Madison County had the lowest, at 21.6%. The median was 34.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest43.7Humphreys County
Lowest21.6Madison County
Median34.382 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 38.4 %Alcorn County: 31.7 %Amite County: 38.8 %Attala County: 35.2 %Benton County: 34.3 %Bolivar County: 38.1 %Calhoun County: 35.5 %Carroll County: 34.4 %Chickasaw County: 37.6 %Choctaw County: 33.7 %Claiborne County: 39.7 %Clarke County: 34.6 %Clay County: 36.5 %Coahoma County: 39.9 %Copiah County: 34.2 %Covington County: 33 %DeSoto County: 25.3 %Forrest County: 29.3 %Franklin County: 36 %George County: 32 %Greene County: 29.6 %Grenada County: 33.4 %Hancock County: 28 %Harrison County: 29.6 %Hinds County: 32.6 %Holmes County: 42.1 %Humphreys County: 43.7 %Issaquena County: 40.4 %Itawamba County: 29.1 %Jackson County: 27.9 %Jasper County: 35.1 %Jefferson County: 39.4 %Jefferson Davis County: 37.9 %Jones County: 31.5 %Kemper County: 34.8 %Lafayette County: 24.9 %Lamar County: 26.5 %Lauderdale County: 34.2 %Lawrence County: 35.6 %Leake County: 34 %Lee County: 27.3 %Leflore County: 41.2 %Lincoln County: 32.4 %Lowndes County: 31.3 %Madison County: 21.6 %Marion County: 35.8 %Marshall County: 34.9 %Monroe County: 34 %Montgomery County: 37.8 %Neshoba County: 37.2 %Newton County: 33.7 %Noxubee County: 39.6 %Oktibbeha County: 25.8 %Panola County: 35.9 %Pearl River County: 29.1 %Perry County: 34.5 %Pike County: 37.3 %Pontotoc County: 30.7 %Prentiss County: 31.5 %Quitman County: 43.7 %Rankin County: 26.9 %Scott County: 38 %Sharkey County: 40.5 %Simpson County: 32.1 %Smith County: 33.3 %Stone County: 31.2 %Sunflower County: 38 %Tallahatchie County: 37.5 %Tate County: 30.5 %Tippah County: 34 %Tishomingo County: 34.4 %Tunica County: 40 %Union County: 32.1 %Walthall County: 34.3 %Warren County: 30.9 %Washington County: 38 %Wayne County: 33.9 %Webster County: 31.1 %Wilkinson County: 40.8 %Winston County: 35.5 %Yalobusha County: 34.9 %Yazoo County: 38.8 %
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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

Humphreys County: 43.7 %Humphreys County43.7Quitman County: 43.7 %Quitman County43.7Holmes County: 42.1 %Holmes County42.1Leflore County: 41.2 %Leflore County41.2Wilkinson County: 40.8 %Wilkinson County40.8Sharkey County: 40.5 %Sharkey County40.5Issaquena County: 40.4 %Issaquena County40.4Tunica County: 40 %Tunica County40Coahoma County: 39.9 %Coahoma County39.9Claiborne County: 39.7 %Claiborne County39.7Noxubee County: 39.6 %Noxubee County39.6Jefferson County: 39.4 %Jefferson County39.4Amite County: 38.8 %Amite County38.8Yazoo County: 38.8 %Yazoo County38.8Adams County: 38.4 %Adams County38.4Bolivar County: 38.1 %Bolivar County38.1Scott County: 38 %Scott County38Sunflower County: 38 %Sunflower County38Washington County: 38 %Washington County38Jefferson Davis County: 37.9 %Jefferson Davis County37.9Montgomery County: 37.8 %Montgomery County37.8Chickasaw County: 37.6 %Chickasaw County37.6Tallahatchie County: 37.5 %Tallahatchie County37.5Pike County: 37.3 %Pike County37.3Neshoba County: 37.2 %Neshoba County37.2Clay County: 36.5 %Clay County36.5Franklin County: 36 %Franklin County36Panola County: 35.9 %Panola County35.9Marion County: 35.8 %Marion County35.8Lawrence County: 35.6 %Lawrence County35.6Calhoun County: 35.5 %Calhoun County35.5Winston County: 35.5 %Winston County35.5Attala County: 35.2 %Attala County35.2Jasper County: 35.1 %Jasper County35.1Marshall County: 34.9 %Marshall County34.9Yalobusha County: 34.9 %Yalobusha County34.9Kemper County: 34.8 %Kemper County34.8Clarke County: 34.6 %Clarke County34.6Perry County: 34.5 %Perry County34.5Carroll County: 34.4 %Carroll County34.4Humphreys County: 43.7 %Humphreys County43.7Quitman County: 43.7 %Quitman County43.7Holmes County: 42.1 %Holmes County42.1Leflore County: 41.2 %Leflore County41.2Wilkinson County: 40.8 %Wilkinson County40.8Sharkey County: 40.5 %Sharkey County40.5Issaquena County: 40.4 %Issaquena County40.4Tunica County: 40 %Tunica County40Coahoma County: 39.9 %Coahoma County39.9Claiborne County: 39.7 %Claiborne County39.7Noxubee County: 39.6 %Noxubee County39.6Jefferson County: 39.4 %Jefferson County39.4Amite County: 38.8 %Amite County38.8Yazoo County: 38.8 %Yazoo County38.8Adams County: 38.4 %Adams County38.4Bolivar County: 38.1 %Bolivar County38.1Scott County: 38 %Scott County38Sunflower County: 38 %Sunflower County38Washington County: 38 %Washington County38Jefferson Davis County: 37.9 %Jefferson Davis County37.9Montgomery County: 37.8 %Montgomery County37.8Chickasaw County: 37.6 %Chickasaw County37.6Tallahatchie County: 37.5 %Tallahatchie County37.5Pike County: 37.3 %Pike County37.3Neshoba County: 37.2 %Neshoba County37.2Clay County: 36.5 %Clay County36.5Franklin County: 36 %Franklin County36Panola County: 35.9 %Panola County35.9Marion County: 35.8 %Marion County35.8Lawrence County: 35.6 %Lawrence County35.6Calhoun County: 35.5 %Calhoun County35.5Winston County: 35.5 %Winston County35.5Attala County: 35.2 %Attala County35.2Jasper County: 35.1 %Jasper County35.1Marshall County: 34.9 %Marshall County34.9Yalobusha County: 34.9 %Yalobusha County34.9Kemper County: 34.8 %Kemper County34.8Clarke County: 34.6 %Clarke County34.6Perry County: 34.5 %Perry County34.5Carroll County: 34.4 %Carroll County34.4
%. 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 (%)
1Humphreys County43.7
1Quitman County43.7
3Holmes County42.1
4Leflore County41.2
5Wilkinson County40.8
6Sharkey County40.5
7Issaquena County40.4
8Tunica County40
9Coahoma County39.9
10Claiborne County39.7
11Noxubee County39.6
12Jefferson County39.4
13Amite County38.8
13Yazoo County38.8
15Adams County38.4
16Bolivar County38.1
17Scott County38
17Sunflower County38
17Washington County38
20Jefferson Davis County37.9
21Montgomery County37.8
22Chickasaw County37.6
23Tallahatchie County37.5
24Pike County37.3
25Neshoba County37.2
26Clay County36.5
27Franklin County36
28Panola County35.9
29Marion County35.8
30Lawrence County35.6
31Calhoun County35.5
31Winston County35.5
33Attala County35.2
34Jasper County35.1
35Marshall County34.9
35Yalobusha County34.9
37Kemper County34.8
38Clarke County34.6
39Perry County34.5
40Carroll County34.4
40Tishomingo County34.4
42Benton County34.3
42Walthall County34.3
44Copiah County34.2
44Lauderdale County34.2
46Leake County34
46Monroe County34
46Tippah County34
49Wayne County33.9
50Choctaw County33.7
50Newton County33.7
52Grenada County33.4
53Smith County33.3
54Covington County33
55Hinds County32.6
56Lincoln County32.4
57Simpson County32.1
57Union County32.1
59George County32
60Alcorn County31.7
61Jones County31.5
61Prentiss County31.5
63Lowndes County31.3
64Stone County31.2
65Webster County31.1
66Warren County30.9
67Pontotoc County30.7
68Tate County30.5
69Greene County29.6
69Harrison County29.6
71Forrest County29.3
72Itawamba County29.1
72Pearl River County29.1
74Hancock County28
75Jackson County27.9
76Lee County27.3
77Rankin County26.9
78Lamar County26.5
79Oktibbeha County25.8
80DeSoto County25.3
81Lafayette County24.9
82Madison County21.6

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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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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 Mississippi 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/mississippi-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Humphreys County, with 43.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Madison County, with 21.6% 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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