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

Meigs County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 88 counties in 2021, at 36.7%. Delaware County had the lowest, at 19.2%. The median was 29.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest36.7Meigs County
Lowest19.2Delaware County
Median29.888 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 34 %Allen County: 31.7 %Ashland County: 29.2 %Ashtabula County: 33.1 %Athens County: 27.2 %Auglaize County: 26.8 %Belmont County: 31.1 %Brown County: 31.6 %Butler County: 27.6 %Carroll County: 30.1 %Champaign County: 28.2 %Clark County: 30 %Clermont County: 25.9 %Clinton County: 30.2 %Columbiana County: 31.1 %Coshocton County: 34.9 %Crawford County: 31 %Cuyahoga County: 25.5 %Darke County: 28.3 %Defiance County: 28.7 %Delaware County: 19.2 %Erie County: 29.6 %Fairfield County: 25.7 %Fayette County: 32 %Franklin County: 25.1 %Fulton County: 28.1 %Gallia County: 32.6 %Geauga County: 23.6 %Greene County: 25.5 %Guernsey County: 32.1 %Hamilton County: 26.2 %Hancock County: 25.9 %Hardin County: 29 %Harrison County: 31.6 %Henry County: 28.8 %Highland County: 34.5 %Hocking County: 32 %Holmes County: 33.1 %Huron County: 32.1 %Jackson County: 33.6 %Jefferson County: 31.7 %Knox County: 28.6 %Lake County: 26.4 %Lawrence County: 33.9 %Licking County: 26.2 %Logan County: 29.8 %Lorain County: 28.7 %Lucas County: 30.4 %Madison County: 29.1 %Mahoning County: 32.6 %Marion County: 32.4 %Medina County: 24.6 %Meigs County: 36.7 %Mercer County: 27.1 %Miami County: 25.8 %Monroe County: 32.6 %Montgomery County: 29.2 %Morgan County: 35.5 %Morrow County: 29.8 %Muskingum County: 33.9 %Noble County: 33.9 %Ottawa County: 27 %Paulding County: 30.6 %Perry County: 33.5 %Pickaway County: 28.8 %Pike County: 34.5 %Portage County: 26.1 %Preble County: 29.7 %Putnam County: 24 %Richland County: 32.3 %Ross County: 30.8 %Sandusky County: 28.4 %Scioto County: 35.1 %Seneca County: 30.6 %Shelby County: 29.1 %Stark County: 27 %Summit County: 27.2 %Trumbull County: 31.7 %Tuscarawas County: 31.7 %Union County: 23.2 %Van Wert County: 30.5 %Vinton County: 35.7 %Warren County: 21.6 %Washington County: 32 %Wayne County: 29.6 %Williams County: 29.9 %Wood County: 24.7 %Wyandot County: 28.1 %
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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

Meigs County: 36.7 %Meigs County36.7Vinton County: 35.7 %Vinton County35.7Morgan County: 35.5 %Morgan County35.5Scioto County: 35.1 %Scioto County35.1Coshocton County: 34.9 %Coshocton County34.9Highland County: 34.5 %Highland County34.5Pike County: 34.5 %Pike County34.5Adams County: 34 %Adams County34Lawrence County: 33.9 %Lawrence County33.9Muskingum County: 33.9 %Muskingum County33.9Noble County: 33.9 %Noble County33.9Jackson County: 33.6 %Jackson County33.6Perry County: 33.5 %Perry County33.5Ashtabula County: 33.1 %Ashtabula County33.1Holmes County: 33.1 %Holmes County33.1Gallia County: 32.6 %Gallia County32.6Mahoning County: 32.6 %Mahoning County32.6Monroe County: 32.6 %Monroe County32.6Marion County: 32.4 %Marion County32.4Richland County: 32.3 %Richland County32.3Guernsey County: 32.1 %Guernsey County32.1Huron County: 32.1 %Huron County32.1Fayette County: 32 %Fayette County32Hocking County: 32 %Hocking County32Washington County: 32 %Washington County32Allen County: 31.7 %Allen County31.7Jefferson County: 31.7 %Jefferson County31.7Trumbull County: 31.7 %Trumbull County31.7Tuscarawas County: 31.7 %Tuscarawas County31.7Brown County: 31.6 %Brown County31.6Harrison County: 31.6 %Harrison County31.6Belmont County: 31.1 %Belmont County31.1Columbiana County: 31.1 %Columbiana County31.1Crawford County: 31 %Crawford County31Ross County: 30.8 %Ross County30.8Paulding County: 30.6 %Paulding County30.6Seneca County: 30.6 %Seneca County30.6Van Wert County: 30.5 %Van Wert County30.5Lucas County: 30.4 %Lucas County30.4Clinton County: 30.2 %Clinton County30.2Meigs County: 36.7 %Meigs County36.7Vinton County: 35.7 %Vinton County35.7Morgan County: 35.5 %Morgan County35.5Scioto County: 35.1 %Scioto County35.1Coshocton County: 34.9 %Coshocton County34.9Highland County: 34.5 %Highland County34.5Pike County: 34.5 %Pike County34.5Adams County: 34 %Adams County34Lawrence County: 33.9 %Lawrence County33.9Muskingum County: 33.9 %Muskingum County33.9Noble County: 33.9 %Noble County33.9Jackson County: 33.6 %Jackson County33.6Perry County: 33.5 %Perry County33.5Ashtabula County: 33.1 %Ashtabula County33.1Holmes County: 33.1 %Holmes County33.1Gallia County: 32.6 %Gallia County32.6Mahoning County: 32.6 %Mahoning County32.6Monroe County: 32.6 %Monroe County32.6Marion County: 32.4 %Marion County32.4Richland County: 32.3 %Richland County32.3Guernsey County: 32.1 %Guernsey County32.1Huron County: 32.1 %Huron County32.1Fayette County: 32 %Fayette County32Hocking County: 32 %Hocking County32Washington County: 32 %Washington County32Allen County: 31.7 %Allen County31.7Jefferson County: 31.7 %Jefferson County31.7Trumbull County: 31.7 %Trumbull County31.7Tuscarawas County: 31.7 %Tuscarawas County31.7Brown County: 31.6 %Brown County31.6Harrison County: 31.6 %Harrison County31.6Belmont County: 31.1 %Belmont County31.1Columbiana County: 31.1 %Columbiana County31.1Crawford County: 31 %Crawford County31Ross County: 30.8 %Ross County30.8Paulding County: 30.6 %Paulding County30.6Seneca County: 30.6 %Seneca County30.6Van Wert County: 30.5 %Van Wert County30.5Lucas County: 30.4 %Lucas County30.4Clinton County: 30.2 %Clinton County30.2
%. 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 (%)
1Meigs County36.7
2Vinton County35.7
3Morgan County35.5
4Scioto County35.1
5Coshocton County34.9
6Highland County34.5
6Pike County34.5
8Adams County34
9Lawrence County33.9
9Muskingum County33.9
9Noble County33.9
12Jackson County33.6
13Perry County33.5
14Ashtabula County33.1
14Holmes County33.1
16Gallia County32.6
16Mahoning County32.6
16Monroe County32.6
19Marion County32.4
20Richland County32.3
21Guernsey County32.1
21Huron County32.1
23Fayette County32
23Hocking County32
23Washington County32
26Allen County31.7
26Jefferson County31.7
26Trumbull County31.7
26Tuscarawas County31.7
30Brown County31.6
30Harrison County31.6
32Belmont County31.1
32Columbiana County31.1
34Crawford County31
35Ross County30.8
36Paulding County30.6
36Seneca County30.6
38Van Wert County30.5
39Lucas County30.4
40Clinton County30.2
41Carroll County30.1
42Clark County30
43Williams County29.9
44Logan County29.8
44Morrow County29.8
46Preble County29.7
47Erie County29.6
47Wayne County29.6
49Ashland County29.2
49Montgomery County29.2
51Madison County29.1
51Shelby County29.1
53Hardin County29
54Henry County28.8
54Pickaway County28.8
56Defiance County28.7
56Lorain County28.7
58Knox County28.6
59Sandusky County28.4
60Darke County28.3
61Champaign County28.2
62Fulton County28.1
62Wyandot County28.1
64Butler County27.6
65Athens County27.2
65Summit County27.2
67Mercer County27.1
68Ottawa County27
68Stark County27
70Auglaize County26.8
71Lake County26.4
72Hamilton County26.2
72Licking County26.2
74Portage County26.1
75Clermont County25.9
75Hancock County25.9
77Miami County25.8
78Fairfield County25.7
79Cuyahoga County25.5
79Greene County25.5
81Franklin County25.1
82Wood County24.7
83Medina County24.6
84Putnam County24
85Geauga County23.6
86Union County23.2
87Warren County21.6
88Delaware County19.2

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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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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/ohio-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Meigs County, with 36.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Delaware County, with 19.2% 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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