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

Cameron County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 32.3%. Chester County had the lowest, at 18.3%. The median was 27%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest32.3Cameron County
Lowest18.3Chester County
Median2767 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 25.3 %Allegheny County: 22.3 %Armstrong County: 27 %Beaver County: 25.1 %Bedford County: 28.7 %Berks County: 25.4 %Blair County: 27 %Bradford County: 28.7 %Bucks County: 22.5 %Butler County: 21.8 %Cambria County: 28 %Cameron County: 32.3 %Carbon County: 28.4 %Centre County: 22 %Chester County: 18.3 %Clarion County: 27 %Clearfield County: 28.8 %Clinton County: 27.5 %Columbia County: 26.7 %Crawford County: 28.7 %Cumberland County: 21.2 %Dauphin County: 25.6 %Delaware County: 23.4 %Elk County: 26.9 %Erie County: 26.1 %Fayette County: 30.7 %Forest County: 31.3 %Franklin County: 26.9 %Fulton County: 27.9 %Greene County: 27 %Huntingdon County: 28.3 %Indiana County: 26 %Jefferson County: 29.6 %Juniata County: 29 %Lackawanna County: 26.2 %Lancaster County: 24.4 %Lawrence County: 28.1 %Lebanon County: 26.8 %Lehigh County: 26.9 %Luzerne County: 29.6 %Lycoming County: 26.9 %McKean County: 29.3 %Mercer County: 28.8 %Mifflin County: 31.3 %Monroe County: 26.2 %Montgomery County: 20.9 %Montour County: 24.5 %Northampton County: 23.7 %Northumberland County: 27.3 %Perry County: 26.2 %Philadelphia County: 30.2 %Pike County: 26.4 %Potter County: 30.2 %Schuylkill County: 28.3 %Snyder County: 27.1 %Somerset County: 28 %Sullivan County: 28.4 %Susquehanna County: 28.6 %Tioga County: 28.1 %Union County: 26 %Venango County: 27.6 %Warren County: 27.9 %Washington County: 23.5 %Wayne County: 27.5 %Westmoreland County: 24.2 %Wyoming County: 26.8 %York County: 25.8 %
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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

Cameron County: 32.3 %Cameron County32.3Forest County: 31.3 %Forest County31.3Mifflin County: 31.3 %Mifflin County31.3Fayette County: 30.7 %Fayette County30.7Philadelphia County: 30.2 %Philadelphia County30.2Potter County: 30.2 %Potter County30.2Jefferson County: 29.6 %Jefferson County29.6Luzerne County: 29.6 %Luzerne County29.6McKean County: 29.3 %McKean County29.3Juniata County: 29 %Juniata County29Clearfield County: 28.8 %Clearfield County28.8Mercer County: 28.8 %Mercer County28.8Bedford County: 28.7 %Bedford County28.7Bradford County: 28.7 %Bradford County28.7Crawford County: 28.7 %Crawford County28.7Susquehanna County: 28.6 %Susquehanna County28.6Carbon County: 28.4 %Carbon County28.4Sullivan County: 28.4 %Sullivan County28.4Huntingdon County: 28.3 %Huntingdon County28.3Schuylkill County: 28.3 %Schuylkill County28.3Lawrence County: 28.1 %Lawrence County28.1Tioga County: 28.1 %Tioga County28.1Cambria County: 28 %Cambria County28Somerset County: 28 %Somerset County28Fulton County: 27.9 %Fulton County27.9Warren County: 27.9 %Warren County27.9Venango County: 27.6 %Venango County27.6Clinton County: 27.5 %Clinton County27.5Wayne County: 27.5 %Wayne County27.5Northumberland County: 27.3 %Northumberland County27.3Snyder County: 27.1 %Snyder County27.1Armstrong County: 27 %Armstrong County27Blair County: 27 %Blair County27Clarion County: 27 %Clarion County27Greene County: 27 %Greene County27Elk County: 26.9 %Elk County26.9Franklin County: 26.9 %Franklin County26.9Lehigh County: 26.9 %Lehigh County26.9Lycoming County: 26.9 %Lycoming County26.9Lebanon County: 26.8 %Lebanon County26.8Cameron County: 32.3 %Cameron County32.3Forest County: 31.3 %Forest County31.3Mifflin County: 31.3 %Mifflin County31.3Fayette County: 30.7 %Fayette County30.7Philadelphia County: 30.2 %Philadelphia County30.2Potter County: 30.2 %Potter County30.2Jefferson County: 29.6 %Jefferson County29.6Luzerne County: 29.6 %Luzerne County29.6McKean County: 29.3 %McKean County29.3Juniata County: 29 %Juniata County29Clearfield County: 28.8 %Clearfield County28.8Mercer County: 28.8 %Mercer County28.8Bedford County: 28.7 %Bedford County28.7Bradford County: 28.7 %Bradford County28.7Crawford County: 28.7 %Crawford County28.7Susquehanna County: 28.6 %Susquehanna County28.6Carbon County: 28.4 %Carbon County28.4Sullivan County: 28.4 %Sullivan County28.4Huntingdon County: 28.3 %Huntingdon County28.3Schuylkill County: 28.3 %Schuylkill County28.3Lawrence County: 28.1 %Lawrence County28.1Tioga County: 28.1 %Tioga County28.1Cambria County: 28 %Cambria County28Somerset County: 28 %Somerset County28Fulton County: 27.9 %Fulton County27.9Warren County: 27.9 %Warren County27.9Venango County: 27.6 %Venango County27.6Clinton County: 27.5 %Clinton County27.5Wayne County: 27.5 %Wayne County27.5Northumberland County: 27.3 %Northumberland County27.3Snyder County: 27.1 %Snyder County27.1Armstrong County: 27 %Armstrong County27Blair County: 27 %Blair County27Clarion County: 27 %Clarion County27Greene County: 27 %Greene County27Elk County: 26.9 %Elk County26.9Franklin County: 26.9 %Franklin County26.9Lehigh County: 26.9 %Lehigh County26.9Lycoming County: 26.9 %Lycoming County26.9Lebanon County: 26.8 %Lebanon County26.8
%. 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 (%)
1Cameron County32.3
2Forest County31.3
2Mifflin County31.3
4Fayette County30.7
5Philadelphia County30.2
5Potter County30.2
7Jefferson County29.6
7Luzerne County29.6
9McKean County29.3
10Juniata County29
11Clearfield County28.8
11Mercer County28.8
13Bedford County28.7
13Bradford County28.7
13Crawford County28.7
16Susquehanna County28.6
17Carbon County28.4
17Sullivan County28.4
19Huntingdon County28.3
19Schuylkill County28.3
21Lawrence County28.1
21Tioga County28.1
23Cambria County28
23Somerset County28
25Fulton County27.9
25Warren County27.9
27Venango County27.6
28Clinton County27.5
28Wayne County27.5
30Northumberland County27.3
31Snyder County27.1
32Armstrong County27
32Blair County27
32Clarion County27
32Greene County27
36Elk County26.9
36Franklin County26.9
36Lehigh County26.9
36Lycoming County26.9
40Lebanon County26.8
40Wyoming County26.8
42Columbia County26.7
43Pike County26.4
44Lackawanna County26.2
44Monroe County26.2
44Perry County26.2
47Erie County26.1
48Indiana County26
48Union County26
50York County25.8
51Dauphin County25.6
52Berks County25.4
53Adams County25.3
54Beaver County25.1
55Montour County24.5
56Lancaster County24.4
57Westmoreland County24.2
58Northampton County23.7
59Washington County23.5
60Delaware County23.4
61Bucks County22.5
62Allegheny County22.3
63Centre County22
64Butler County21.8
65Cumberland County21.2
66Montgomery County20.9
67Chester County18.3

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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 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-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 Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Cameron County, with 32.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Chester County, with 18.3% in 2021.

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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