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

Kimball County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 93 counties in 2021, at 34.3%. Lancaster County had the lowest, at 19.8%. The median was 27.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest34.3Kimball County
Lowest19.8Lancaster County
Median27.993 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 28.7 %Antelope County: 27.5 %Arthur County: 27 %Banner County: 24.8 %Blaine County: 27.5 %Boone County: 27.8 %Box Butte County: 29.9 %Boyd County: 30.3 %Brown County: 29.2 %Buffalo County: 23.4 %Burt County: 29.4 %Butler County: 26.8 %Cass County: 24 %Cedar County: 26.7 %Chase County: 29.7 %Cherry County: 28 %Cheyenne County: 28.4 %Clay County: 28.1 %Colfax County: 32 %Cuming County: 28.4 %Custer County: 27.4 %Dakota County: 30.5 %Dawes County: 24.7 %Dawson County: 30.6 %Deuel County: 29.9 %Dixon County: 29.4 %Dodge County: 28.9 %Douglas County: 23.2 %Dundy County: 29 %Fillmore County: 26 %Franklin County: 33.6 %Frontier County: 26.1 %Furnas County: 29.5 %Gage County: 27.9 %Garden County: 31 %Garfield County: 24.7 %Gosper County: 24.8 %Grant County: 27.2 %Greeley County: 29 %Hall County: 31.7 %Hamilton County: 24.3 %Harlan County: 25.6 %Hayes County: 29.9 %Hitchcock County: 28.5 %Holt County: 27.3 %Hooker County: 26.6 %Howard County: 28 %Jefferson County: 29.3 %Johnson County: 27.6 %Kearney County: 26.2 %Keith County: 28.2 %Keya Paha County: 32.6 %Kimball County: 34.3 %Knox County: 29.1 %Lancaster County: 19.8 %Lincoln County: 27 %Logan County: 25.7 %Loup County: 28.6 %McPherson County: 27.9 %Madison County: 27.9 %Merrick County: 28.2 %Morrill County: 28.4 %Nance County: 27.8 %Nemaha County: 28.2 %Nuckolls County: 27.8 %Otoe County: 28 %Pawnee County: 32 %Perkins County: 28 %Phelps County: 25.8 %Pierce County: 26.8 %Platte County: 26.9 %Polk County: 26.6 %Red Willow County: 26.1 %Richardson County: 31 %Rock County: 27.9 %Saline County: 29.6 %Sarpy County: 21.8 %Saunders County: 23.7 %Scotts Bluff County: 29.2 %Seward County: 21.9 %Sheridan County: 31.3 %Sherman County: 28 %Sioux County: 28.7 %Stanton County: 26.2 %Thayer County: 27.4 %Thomas County: 25.2 %Thurston County: 30.5 %Valley County: 27 %Washington County: 22.6 %Wayne County: 23.5 %Webster County: 30.5 %Wheeler County: 28.5 %York County: 23.1 %
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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

Kimball County: 34.3 %Kimball County34.3Franklin County: 33.6 %Franklin County33.6Keya Paha County: 32.6 %Keya Paha County32.6Colfax County: 32 %Colfax County32Pawnee County: 32 %Pawnee County32Hall County: 31.7 %Hall County31.7Sheridan County: 31.3 %Sheridan County31.3Garden County: 31 %Garden County31Richardson County: 31 %Richardson County31Dawson County: 30.6 %Dawson County30.6Dakota County: 30.5 %Dakota County30.5Thurston County: 30.5 %Thurston County30.5Webster County: 30.5 %Webster County30.5Boyd County: 30.3 %Boyd County30.3Box Butte County: 29.9 %Box Butte County29.9Deuel County: 29.9 %Deuel County29.9Hayes County: 29.9 %Hayes County29.9Chase County: 29.7 %Chase County29.7Saline County: 29.6 %Saline County29.6Furnas County: 29.5 %Furnas County29.5Burt County: 29.4 %Burt County29.4Dixon County: 29.4 %Dixon County29.4Jefferson County: 29.3 %Jefferson County29.3Brown County: 29.2 %Brown County29.2Scotts Bluff County: 29.2 %Scotts Bluff County29.2Knox County: 29.1 %Knox County29.1Dundy County: 29 %Dundy County29Greeley County: 29 %Greeley County29Dodge County: 28.9 %Dodge County28.9Adams County: 28.7 %Adams County28.7Sioux County: 28.7 %Sioux County28.7Loup County: 28.6 %Loup County28.6Hitchcock County: 28.5 %Hitchcock County28.5Wheeler County: 28.5 %Wheeler County28.5Cheyenne County: 28.4 %Cheyenne County28.4Cuming County: 28.4 %Cuming County28.4Morrill County: 28.4 %Morrill County28.4Keith County: 28.2 %Keith County28.2Merrick County: 28.2 %Merrick County28.2Nemaha County: 28.2 %Nemaha County28.2Kimball County: 34.3 %Kimball County34.3Franklin County: 33.6 %Franklin County33.6Keya Paha County: 32.6 %Keya Paha County32.6Colfax County: 32 %Colfax County32Pawnee County: 32 %Pawnee County32Hall County: 31.7 %Hall County31.7Sheridan County: 31.3 %Sheridan County31.3Garden County: 31 %Garden County31Richardson County: 31 %Richardson County31Dawson County: 30.6 %Dawson County30.6Dakota County: 30.5 %Dakota County30.5Thurston County: 30.5 %Thurston County30.5Webster County: 30.5 %Webster County30.5Boyd County: 30.3 %Boyd County30.3Box Butte County: 29.9 %Box Butte County29.9Deuel County: 29.9 %Deuel County29.9Hayes County: 29.9 %Hayes County29.9Chase County: 29.7 %Chase County29.7Saline County: 29.6 %Saline County29.6Furnas County: 29.5 %Furnas County29.5Burt County: 29.4 %Burt County29.4Dixon County: 29.4 %Dixon County29.4Jefferson County: 29.3 %Jefferson County29.3Brown County: 29.2 %Brown County29.2Scotts Bluff County: 29.2 %Scotts Bluff County29.2Knox County: 29.1 %Knox County29.1Dundy County: 29 %Dundy County29Greeley County: 29 %Greeley County29Dodge County: 28.9 %Dodge County28.9Adams County: 28.7 %Adams County28.7Sioux County: 28.7 %Sioux County28.7Loup County: 28.6 %Loup County28.6Hitchcock County: 28.5 %Hitchcock County28.5Wheeler County: 28.5 %Wheeler County28.5Cheyenne County: 28.4 %Cheyenne County28.4Cuming County: 28.4 %Cuming County28.4Morrill County: 28.4 %Morrill County28.4Keith County: 28.2 %Keith County28.2Merrick County: 28.2 %Merrick County28.2Nemaha County: 28.2 %Nemaha County28.2
%. 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 (%)
1Kimball County34.3
2Franklin County33.6
3Keya Paha County32.6
4Colfax County32
4Pawnee County32
6Hall County31.7
7Sheridan County31.3
8Garden County31
8Richardson County31
10Dawson County30.6
11Dakota County30.5
11Thurston County30.5
11Webster County30.5
14Boyd County30.3
15Box Butte County29.9
15Deuel County29.9
15Hayes County29.9
18Chase County29.7
19Saline County29.6
20Furnas County29.5
21Burt County29.4
21Dixon County29.4
23Jefferson County29.3
24Brown County29.2
24Scotts Bluff County29.2
26Knox County29.1
27Dundy County29
27Greeley County29
29Dodge County28.9
30Adams County28.7
30Sioux County28.7
32Loup County28.6
33Hitchcock County28.5
33Wheeler County28.5
35Cheyenne County28.4
35Cuming County28.4
35Morrill County28.4
38Keith County28.2
38Merrick County28.2
38Nemaha County28.2
41Clay County28.1
42Cherry County28
42Howard County28
42Otoe County28
42Perkins County28
42Sherman County28
47Gage County27.9
47Madison County27.9
47McPherson County27.9
47Rock County27.9
51Boone County27.8
51Nance County27.8
51Nuckolls County27.8
54Johnson County27.6
55Antelope County27.5
55Blaine County27.5
57Custer County27.4
57Thayer County27.4
59Holt County27.3
60Grant County27.2
61Arthur County27
61Lincoln County27
61Valley County27
64Platte County26.9
65Butler County26.8
65Pierce County26.8
67Cedar County26.7
68Hooker County26.6
68Polk County26.6
70Kearney County26.2
70Stanton County26.2
72Frontier County26.1
72Red Willow County26.1
74Fillmore County26
75Phelps County25.8
76Logan County25.7
77Harlan County25.6
78Thomas County25.2
79Banner County24.8
79Gosper County24.8
81Dawes County24.7
81Garfield County24.7
83Hamilton County24.3
84Cass County24
85Saunders County23.7
86Wayne County23.5
87Buffalo County23.4
88Douglas County23.2
89York County23.1
90Washington County22.6
91Seward County21.9
92Sarpy County21.8
93Lancaster County19.8

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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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Kimball County, with 34.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Lancaster County, with 19.8% 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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