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Counties in New Mexico by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Luna County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 33 counties in 2023, at 35.7%. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 13.5%. The median was 28.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest35.7Luna County
Lowest13.5Los Alamos County
Median28.533 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Bernalillo County: 23.2 %Catron County: 27.3 %Chaves County: 31 %Cibola County: 29.5 %Colfax County: 27.5 %Curry County: 28.5 %De Baca County: 27.7 %Doña Ana County: 27.7 %Eddy County: 26.7 %Grant County: 28.3 %Guadalupe County: 33.2 %Harding County: 32.2 %Hidalgo County: 31.1 %Lea County: 29.8 %Lincoln County: 25.4 %Los Alamos County: 13.5 %Luna County: 35.7 %McKinley County: 32.1 %Mora County: 30.6 %Otero County: 24.6 %Quay County: 31.6 %Rio Arriba County: 30.8 %Roosevelt County: 26.9 %Sandoval County: 22.1 %San Juan County: 26.5 %San Miguel County: 31.7 %Santa Fe County: 21.4 %Sierra County: 30.9 %Socorro County: 30.9 %Taos County: 25.2 %Torrance County: 30.7 %Union County: 28.2 %Valencia County: 29 %
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%, 2023. 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, 2023

Luna County: 35.7 %Luna County35.7Guadalupe County: 33.2 %Guadalupe County33.2Harding County: 32.2 %Harding County32.2McKinley County: 32.1 %McKinley County32.1San Miguel County: 31.7 %San Miguel County31.7Quay County: 31.6 %Quay County31.6Hidalgo County: 31.1 %Hidalgo County31.1Chaves County: 31 %Chaves County31Sierra County: 30.9 %Sierra County30.9Socorro County: 30.9 %Socorro County30.9Rio Arriba County: 30.8 %Rio Arriba County30.8Torrance County: 30.7 %Torrance County30.7Mora County: 30.6 %Mora County30.6Lea County: 29.8 %Lea County29.8Cibola County: 29.5 %Cibola County29.5Valencia County: 29 %Valencia County29Curry County: 28.5 %Curry County28.5Grant County: 28.3 %Grant County28.3Union County: 28.2 %Union County28.2De Baca County: 27.7 %De Baca County27.7Doña Ana County: 27.7 %Doña Ana County27.7Colfax County: 27.5 %Colfax County27.5Catron County: 27.3 %Catron County27.3Roosevelt County: 26.9 %Roosevelt County26.9Eddy County: 26.7 %Eddy County26.7San Juan County: 26.5 %San Juan County26.5Lincoln County: 25.4 %Lincoln County25.4Taos County: 25.2 %Taos County25.2Otero County: 24.6 %Otero County24.6Bernalillo County: 23.2 %Bernalillo County23.2Sandoval County: 22.1 %Sandoval County22.1Santa Fe County: 21.4 %Santa Fe County21.4Los Alamos County: 13.5 %Los Alamos County13.5Luna County: 35.7 %Luna County35.7Guadalupe County: 33.2 %Guadalupe County33.2Harding County: 32.2 %Harding County32.2McKinley County: 32.1 %McKinley County32.1San Miguel County: 31.7 %San Miguel County31.7Quay County: 31.6 %Quay County31.6Hidalgo County: 31.1 %Hidalgo County31.1Chaves County: 31 %Chaves County31Sierra County: 30.9 %Sierra County30.9Socorro County: 30.9 %Socorro County30.9Rio Arriba County: 30.8 %Rio Arriba County30.8Torrance County: 30.7 %Torrance County30.7Mora County: 30.6 %Mora County30.6Lea County: 29.8 %Lea County29.8Cibola County: 29.5 %Cibola County29.5Valencia County: 29 %Valencia County29Curry County: 28.5 %Curry County28.5Grant County: 28.3 %Grant County28.3Union County: 28.2 %Union County28.2De Baca County: 27.7 %De Baca County27.7Doña Ana County: 27.7 %Doña Ana County27.7Colfax County: 27.5 %Colfax County27.5Catron County: 27.3 %Catron County27.3Roosevelt County: 26.9 %Roosevelt County26.9Eddy County: 26.7 %Eddy County26.7San Juan County: 26.5 %San Juan County26.5Lincoln County: 25.4 %Lincoln County25.4Taos County: 25.2 %Taos County25.2Otero County: 24.6 %Otero County24.6Bernalillo County: 23.2 %Bernalillo County23.2Sandoval County: 22.1 %Sandoval County22.1Santa Fe County: 21.4 %Santa Fe County21.4Los Alamos County: 13.5 %Los Alamos County13.5
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Luna County35.7-0.4 pts
2Guadalupe County33.2+1.6 pts
3Harding County32.2+2.4 pts
4McKinley County32.1+0.5 pts
5San Miguel County31.7+3.6 pts
6Quay County31.6+0.3 pts
7Hidalgo County31.1+0.9 pts
8Chaves County31+1.5 pts
9Sierra County30.9+2.8 pts
9Socorro County30.9-0.4 pts
11Rio Arriba County30.8+1.2 pts
12Torrance County30.7+0.2 pts
13Mora County30.6-0.6 pts
14Lea County29.8+0.2 pts
15Cibola County29.5+1.4 pts
16Valencia County29+3.3 pts
17Curry County28.5+3.3 pts
18Grant County28.3-0.8 pts
19Union County28.2-3 pts
20De Baca County27.7-0.3 pts
20Doña Ana County27.7+3.9 pts
22Colfax County27.5+0.1 pts
23Catron County27.3-3.8 pts
24Roosevelt County26.9+1.4 pts
25Eddy County26.7-2.5 pts
26San Juan County26.5-1.6 pts
27Lincoln County25.40 pts
28Taos County25.2-0.7 pts
29Otero County24.6-2.1 pts
30Bernalillo County23.2+3.2 pts
31Sandoval County22.1-1.1 pts
32Santa Fe County21.4+1.5 pts
33Los Alamos County13.5+0.9 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 New Mexico by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [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 New Mexico by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/new-mexico-counties. 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 New Mexico by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties.

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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 New Mexico by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Luna County, with 35.7% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Los Alamos County, with 13.5% in 2023.

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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