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Counties in New York by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Bronx County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 62 counties in 2021, at 36.1%. Tompkins County had the lowest, at 16.4%. The median was 25.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest36.1Bronx County
Lowest16.4Tompkins County
Median25.262 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Albany County: 21.5 %Allegany County: 25.1 %Bronx County: 36.1 %Broome County: 23.7 %Cattaraugus County: 27.7 %Cayuga County: 24.1 %Chautauqua County: 26.6 %Chemung County: 27.6 %Chenango County: 26.8 %Clinton County: 25.2 %Columbia County: 21.9 %Cortland County: 24 %Delaware County: 26.9 %Dutchess County: 23.9 %Erie County: 25 %Essex County: 24.1 %Franklin County: 29.6 %Fulton County: 27.6 %Genesee County: 24.4 %Greene County: 26.6 %Hamilton County: 28.6 %Herkimer County: 27.1 %Jefferson County: 23.5 %Kings County: 28 %Lewis County: 28.8 %Livingston County: 21.7 %Madison County: 22 %Monroe County: 24.6 %Montgomery County: 28 %Nassau County: 23.2 %New York County: 20.7 %Niagara County: 26.5 %Oneida County: 26.4 %Onondaga County: 25 %Ontario County: 21.5 %Orange County: 26.4 %Orleans County: 29.5 %Oswego County: 27.8 %Otsego County: 24.5 %Putnam County: 20.7 %Queens County: 30.7 %Rensselaer County: 21.6 %Richmond County: 26.2 %Rockland County: 27 %St. Lawrence County: 25.9 %Saratoga County: 19.7 %Schenectady County: 24.3 %Schoharie County: 25.9 %Schuyler County: 27.8 %Seneca County: 27.4 %Steuben County: 25.7 %Suffolk County: 25 %Sullivan County: 28.5 %Tioga County: 24.5 %Tompkins County: 16.4 %Ulster County: 21.1 %Warren County: 24.9 %Washington County: 24.9 %Wayne County: 26.9 %Westchester County: 21.5 %Wyoming County: 25.8 %Yates County: 24.6 %
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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

Bronx County: 36.1 %Bronx County36.1Queens County: 30.7 %Queens County30.7Franklin County: 29.6 %Franklin County29.6Orleans County: 29.5 %Orleans County29.5Lewis County: 28.8 %Lewis County28.8Hamilton County: 28.6 %Hamilton County28.6Sullivan County: 28.5 %Sullivan County28.5Kings County: 28 %Kings County28Montgomery County: 28 %Montgomery County28Oswego County: 27.8 %Oswego County27.8Schuyler County: 27.8 %Schuyler County27.8Cattaraugus County: 27.7 %Cattaraugus County27.7Chemung County: 27.6 %Chemung County27.6Fulton County: 27.6 %Fulton County27.6Seneca County: 27.4 %Seneca County27.4Herkimer County: 27.1 %Herkimer County27.1Rockland County: 27 %Rockland County27Delaware County: 26.9 %Delaware County26.9Wayne County: 26.9 %Wayne County26.9Chenango County: 26.8 %Chenango County26.8Chautauqua County: 26.6 %Chautauqua County26.6Greene County: 26.6 %Greene County26.6Niagara County: 26.5 %Niagara County26.5Oneida County: 26.4 %Oneida County26.4Orange County: 26.4 %Orange County26.4Richmond County: 26.2 %Richmond County26.2Schoharie County: 25.9 %Schoharie County25.9St. Lawrence County: 25.9 %St. Lawrence County25.9Wyoming County: 25.8 %Wyoming County25.8Steuben County: 25.7 %Steuben County25.7Clinton County: 25.2 %Clinton County25.2Allegany County: 25.1 %Allegany County25.1Erie County: 25 %Erie County25Onondaga County: 25 %Onondaga County25Suffolk County: 25 %Suffolk County25Warren County: 24.9 %Warren County24.9Washington County: 24.9 %Washington County24.9Monroe County: 24.6 %Monroe County24.6Yates County: 24.6 %Yates County24.6Otsego County: 24.5 %Otsego County24.5Bronx County: 36.1 %Bronx County36.1Queens County: 30.7 %Queens County30.7Franklin County: 29.6 %Franklin County29.6Orleans County: 29.5 %Orleans County29.5Lewis County: 28.8 %Lewis County28.8Hamilton County: 28.6 %Hamilton County28.6Sullivan County: 28.5 %Sullivan County28.5Kings County: 28 %Kings County28Montgomery County: 28 %Montgomery County28Oswego County: 27.8 %Oswego County27.8Schuyler County: 27.8 %Schuyler County27.8Cattaraugus County: 27.7 %Cattaraugus County27.7Chemung County: 27.6 %Chemung County27.6Fulton County: 27.6 %Fulton County27.6Seneca County: 27.4 %Seneca County27.4Herkimer County: 27.1 %Herkimer County27.1Rockland County: 27 %Rockland County27Delaware County: 26.9 %Delaware County26.9Wayne County: 26.9 %Wayne County26.9Chenango County: 26.8 %Chenango County26.8Chautauqua County: 26.6 %Chautauqua County26.6Greene County: 26.6 %Greene County26.6Niagara County: 26.5 %Niagara County26.5Oneida County: 26.4 %Oneida County26.4Orange County: 26.4 %Orange County26.4Richmond County: 26.2 %Richmond County26.2Schoharie County: 25.9 %Schoharie County25.9St. Lawrence County: 25.9 %St. Lawrence County25.9Wyoming County: 25.8 %Wyoming County25.8Steuben County: 25.7 %Steuben County25.7Clinton County: 25.2 %Clinton County25.2Allegany County: 25.1 %Allegany County25.1Erie County: 25 %Erie County25Onondaga County: 25 %Onondaga County25Suffolk County: 25 %Suffolk County25Warren County: 24.9 %Warren County24.9Washington County: 24.9 %Washington County24.9Monroe County: 24.6 %Monroe County24.6Yates County: 24.6 %Yates County24.6Otsego County: 24.5 %Otsego 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 (%)
1Bronx County36.1
2Queens County30.7
3Franklin County29.6
4Orleans County29.5
5Lewis County28.8
6Hamilton County28.6
7Sullivan County28.5
8Kings County28
8Montgomery County28
10Oswego County27.8
10Schuyler County27.8
12Cattaraugus County27.7
13Chemung County27.6
13Fulton County27.6
15Seneca County27.4
16Herkimer County27.1
17Rockland County27
18Delaware County26.9
18Wayne County26.9
20Chenango County26.8
21Chautauqua County26.6
21Greene County26.6
23Niagara County26.5
24Oneida County26.4
24Orange County26.4
26Richmond County26.2
27Schoharie County25.9
27St. Lawrence County25.9
29Wyoming County25.8
30Steuben County25.7
31Clinton County25.2
32Allegany County25.1
33Erie County25
33Onondaga County25
33Suffolk County25
36Warren County24.9
36Washington County24.9
38Monroe County24.6
38Yates County24.6
40Otsego County24.5
40Tioga County24.5
42Genesee County24.4
43Schenectady County24.3
44Cayuga County24.1
44Essex County24.1
46Cortland County24
47Dutchess County23.9
48Broome County23.7
49Jefferson County23.5
50Nassau County23.2
51Madison County22
52Columbia County21.9
53Livingston County21.7
54Rensselaer County21.6
55Albany County21.5
55Ontario County21.5
55Westchester County21.5
58Ulster County21.1
59New York County20.7
59Putnam County20.7
61Saratoga County19.7
62Tompkins County16.4

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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 New York 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 New York 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/new-york-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Bronx County, with 36.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Tompkins County, with 16.4% 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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