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Counties in Ohio by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Meigs County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 88 counties in 2023, at 39.1%. Delaware County had the lowest, at 17.7%. The median was 29.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest39.1Meigs County
Lowest17.7Delaware County
Median29.688 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 35.3 %Allen County: 29.3 %Ashland County: 30.7 %Ashtabula County: 34.5 %Athens County: 24.8 %Auglaize County: 26.5 %Belmont County: 32.1 %Brown County: 34.1 %Butler County: 27.8 %Carroll County: 32.4 %Champaign County: 27.5 %Clark County: 33.5 %Clermont County: 25.3 %Clinton County: 30.3 %Columbiana County: 32 %Coshocton County: 32.3 %Crawford County: 32.2 %Cuyahoga County: 24.7 %Darke County: 30 %Defiance County: 27.8 %Delaware County: 17.7 %Erie County: 28 %Fairfield County: 24.4 %Fayette County: 32.3 %Franklin County: 23.7 %Fulton County: 27.3 %Gallia County: 35.2 %Geauga County: 23.2 %Greene County: 22.6 %Guernsey County: 32.5 %Hamilton County: 24.4 %Hancock County: 26.7 %Hardin County: 30.4 %Harrison County: 31.6 %Henry County: 28 %Highland County: 32.7 %Hocking County: 33.4 %Holmes County: 33.9 %Huron County: 30.3 %Jackson County: 33.8 %Jefferson County: 31.3 %Knox County: 27.6 %Lake County: 25.4 %Lawrence County: 32.4 %Licking County: 24.1 %Logan County: 29.2 %Lorain County: 29 %Lucas County: 29.8 %Madison County: 26.9 %Mahoning County: 28.2 %Marion County: 33.8 %Medina County: 24.2 %Meigs County: 39.1 %Mercer County: 27.5 %Miami County: 26.1 %Monroe County: 34 %Montgomery County: 29.3 %Morgan County: 33.5 %Morrow County: 29.8 %Muskingum County: 29.9 %Noble County: 33.6 %Ottawa County: 28.4 %Paulding County: 30.8 %Perry County: 32.1 %Pickaway County: 29.4 %Pike County: 36.6 %Portage County: 25 %Preble County: 30.3 %Putnam County: 24.7 %Richland County: 30.2 %Ross County: 30.8 %Sandusky County: 29.3 %Scioto County: 35.9 %Seneca County: 29.3 %Shelby County: 29.3 %Stark County: 29.1 %Summit County: 26.2 %Trumbull County: 31.3 %Tuscarawas County: 29.9 %Union County: 23.2 %Van Wert County: 29.3 %Vinton County: 33 %Warren County: 20.4 %Washington County: 29.9 %Wayne County: 27.3 %Williams County: 31.6 %Wood County: 22.9 %Wyandot County: 27.1 %
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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.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Meigs County: 39.1 %Meigs County39.1Pike County: 36.6 %Pike County36.6Scioto County: 35.9 %Scioto County35.9Adams County: 35.3 %Adams County35.3Gallia County: 35.2 %Gallia County35.2Ashtabula County: 34.5 %Ashtabula County34.5Brown County: 34.1 %Brown County34.1Monroe County: 34 %Monroe County34Holmes County: 33.9 %Holmes County33.9Jackson County: 33.8 %Jackson County33.8Marion County: 33.8 %Marion County33.8Noble County: 33.6 %Noble County33.6Clark County: 33.5 %Clark County33.5Morgan County: 33.5 %Morgan County33.5Hocking County: 33.4 %Hocking County33.4Vinton County: 33 %Vinton County33Highland County: 32.7 %Highland County32.7Guernsey County: 32.5 %Guernsey County32.5Carroll County: 32.4 %Carroll County32.4Lawrence County: 32.4 %Lawrence County32.4Coshocton County: 32.3 %Coshocton County32.3Fayette County: 32.3 %Fayette County32.3Crawford County: 32.2 %Crawford County32.2Belmont County: 32.1 %Belmont County32.1Perry County: 32.1 %Perry County32.1Columbiana County: 32 %Columbiana County32Harrison County: 31.6 %Harrison County31.6Williams County: 31.6 %Williams County31.6Jefferson County: 31.3 %Jefferson County31.3Trumbull County: 31.3 %Trumbull County31.3Paulding County: 30.8 %Paulding County30.8Ross County: 30.8 %Ross County30.8Ashland County: 30.7 %Ashland County30.7Hardin County: 30.4 %Hardin County30.4Clinton County: 30.3 %Clinton County30.3Huron County: 30.3 %Huron County30.3Preble County: 30.3 %Preble County30.3Richland County: 30.2 %Richland County30.2Darke County: 30 %Darke County30Muskingum County: 29.9 %Muskingum County29.9Meigs County: 39.1 %Meigs County39.1Pike County: 36.6 %Pike County36.6Scioto County: 35.9 %Scioto County35.9Adams County: 35.3 %Adams County35.3Gallia County: 35.2 %Gallia County35.2Ashtabula County: 34.5 %Ashtabula County34.5Brown County: 34.1 %Brown County34.1Monroe County: 34 %Monroe County34Holmes County: 33.9 %Holmes County33.9Jackson County: 33.8 %Jackson County33.8Marion County: 33.8 %Marion County33.8Noble County: 33.6 %Noble County33.6Clark County: 33.5 %Clark County33.5Morgan County: 33.5 %Morgan County33.5Hocking County: 33.4 %Hocking County33.4Vinton County: 33 %Vinton County33Highland County: 32.7 %Highland County32.7Guernsey County: 32.5 %Guernsey County32.5Carroll County: 32.4 %Carroll County32.4Lawrence County: 32.4 %Lawrence County32.4Coshocton County: 32.3 %Coshocton County32.3Fayette County: 32.3 %Fayette County32.3Crawford County: 32.2 %Crawford County32.2Belmont County: 32.1 %Belmont County32.1Perry County: 32.1 %Perry County32.1Columbiana County: 32 %Columbiana County32Harrison County: 31.6 %Harrison County31.6Williams County: 31.6 %Williams County31.6Jefferson County: 31.3 %Jefferson County31.3Trumbull County: 31.3 %Trumbull County31.3Paulding County: 30.8 %Paulding County30.8Ross County: 30.8 %Ross County30.8Ashland County: 30.7 %Ashland County30.7Hardin County: 30.4 %Hardin County30.4Clinton County: 30.3 %Clinton County30.3Huron County: 30.3 %Huron County30.3Preble County: 30.3 %Preble County30.3Richland County: 30.2 %Richland County30.2Darke County: 30 %Darke County30Muskingum County: 29.9 %Muskingum County29.9
%. 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
1Meigs County39.1+6.1 pts
2Pike County36.6+4.1 pts
3Scioto County35.9+4.5 pts
4Adams County35.3+2.7 pts
5Gallia County35.2+1.9 pts
6Ashtabula County34.5+6.2 pts
7Brown County34.1+1.8 pts
8Monroe County34+2.3 pts
9Holmes County33.9+0.8 pts
10Jackson County33.8+1.3 pts
10Marion County33.8+5.6 pts
12Noble County33.6+0.8 pts
13Clark County33.5+2.9 pts
13Morgan County33.5+5.3 pts
15Hocking County33.4-0.1 pts
16Vinton County33-0.9 pts
17Highland County32.7-0.1 pts
18Guernsey County32.50 pts
19Carroll County32.4+1 pts
19Lawrence County32.4-1.6 pts
21Coshocton County32.3+2.9 pts
21Fayette County32.3+0.4 pts
23Crawford County32.2+0.9 pts
24Belmont County32.1-0.2 pts
24Perry County32.1+0.7 pts
26Columbiana County32+2.3 pts
27Harrison County31.6+1.3 pts
27Williams County31.6+3.1 pts
29Jefferson County31.3+3.5 pts
29Trumbull County31.3-0.6 pts
31Paulding County30.80 pts
31Ross County30.8+0.3 pts
33Ashland County30.7+0.5 pts
34Hardin County30.4-0.9 pts
35Clinton County30.3-0.1 pts
35Huron County30.3+6 pts
35Preble County30.3+2.6 pts
38Richland County30.2+2.5 pts
39Darke County30+1.9 pts
40Muskingum County29.9+1.3 pts
40Tuscarawas County29.9-2.3 pts
40Washington County29.9+0.8 pts
43Lucas County29.8+2 pts
43Morrow County29.8-2.1 pts
45Pickaway County29.4+3.1 pts
46Allen County29.3-2.6 pts
46Montgomery County29.3-1 pts
46Sandusky County29.3-0.5 pts
46Seneca County29.3+0.3 pts
46Shelby County29.3+2.6 pts
46Van Wert County29.3+3.3 pts
52Logan County29.2-1 pts
53Stark County29.1+4.9 pts
54Lorain County29-0.5 pts
55Ottawa County28.4+2.4 pts
56Mahoning County28.2-0.4 pts
57Erie County28+1.3 pts
57Henry County28-1.3 pts
59Butler County27.8+2 pts
59Defiance County27.8+0.6 pts
61Knox County27.6+1.9 pts
62Champaign County27.5+0.3 pts
62Mercer County27.5+0.8 pts
64Fulton County27.3-4.1 pts
64Wayne County27.3+3 pts
66Wyandot County27.10 pts
67Madison County26.9-1 pts
68Hancock County26.7+2.5 pts
69Auglaize County26.5+2.2 pts
70Summit County26.2+2.4 pts
71Miami County26.1+3.4 pts
72Lake County25.4-1.3 pts
73Clermont County25.3-1.4 pts
74Portage County25+1.6 pts
75Athens County24.8+2.4 pts
76Cuyahoga County24.7+1.6 pts
76Putnam County24.7+1.7 pts
78Fairfield County24.4-3.5 pts
78Hamilton County24.4-2.7 pts
80Medina County24.2-0.9 pts
81Licking County24.1-1.3 pts
82Franklin County23.7+0.5 pts
83Geauga County23.2+1.3 pts
83Union County23.2+3.2 pts
85Wood County22.9-0.8 pts
86Greene County22.6-0.2 pts
87Warren County20.4-1.5 pts
88Delaware County17.7-0.4 pts

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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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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/ohio-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Meigs County, with 39.1% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Delaware County, with 17.7% in 2023.

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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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