Counties in South Carolina by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Dillon County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 46 counties in 2022, at 39.7%. Charleston County had the lowest, at 17.8%. The median was 29.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest39.7Dillon County
Median29.446 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Abbeville County: 27.9 %Aiken County: 29.5 %Allendale County: 35.5 %Anderson County: 26 %Bamberg County: 33.2 %Barnwell County: 33.6 %Beaufort County: 20.9 %Berkeley County: 22.8 %Calhoun County: 30.3 %Charleston County: 17.8 %Cherokee County: 29.4 %Chester County: 29.5 %Chesterfield County: 28.6 %Clarendon County: 32.9 %Colleton County: 32.8 %Darlington County: 28.8 %Dillon County: 39.7 %Dorchester County: 23.9 %Edgefield County: 30.5 %Fairfield County: 36.2 %Florence County: 30.7 %Georgetown County: 26.4 %Greenville County: 20.7 %Greenwood County: 28.9 %Hampton County: 36.3 %Horry County: 25 %Jasper County: 29.3 %Kershaw County: 29.1 %Lancaster County: 25.4 %Laurens County: 27.2 %Lee County: 36.3 %Lexington County: 24.6 %McCormick County: 28.5 %Marion County: 36.9 %Marlboro County: 38.5 %Newberry County: 29.5 %Oconee County: 26.8 %Orangeburg County: 32.6 %Pickens County: 28 %Richland County: 22.4 %Saluda County: 30.6 %Spartanburg County: 28.4 %Sumter County: 29.6 %Union County: 34.5 %Williamsburg County: 35.8 %York County: 24.1 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Dillon County: 39.7 %Dillon County39.7Marlboro County: 38.5 %Marlboro County38.5Marion County: 36.9 %Marion County36.9Hampton County: 36.3 %Hampton County36.3Lee County: 36.3 %Lee County36.3Fairfield County: 36.2 %Fairfield County36.2Williamsburg County: 35.8 %Williamsburg County35.8Allendale County: 35.5 %Allendale County35.5Union County: 34.5 %Union County34.5Barnwell County: 33.6 %Barnwell County33.6Bamberg County: 33.2 %Bamberg County33.2Clarendon County: 32.9 %Clarendon County32.9Colleton County: 32.8 %Colleton County32.8Orangeburg County: 32.6 %Orangeburg County32.6Florence County: 30.7 %Florence County30.7Saluda County: 30.6 %Saluda County30.6Edgefield County: 30.5 %Edgefield County30.5Calhoun County: 30.3 %Calhoun County30.3Sumter County: 29.6 %Sumter County29.6Aiken County: 29.5 %Aiken County29.5Chester County: 29.5 %Chester County29.5Newberry County: 29.5 %Newberry County29.5Cherokee County: 29.4 %Cherokee County29.4Jasper County: 29.3 %Jasper County29.3Kershaw County: 29.1 %Kershaw County29.1Greenwood County: 28.9 %Greenwood County28.9Darlington County: 28.8 %Darlington County28.8Chesterfield County: 28.6 %Chesterfield County28.6McCormick County: 28.5 %McCormick County28.5Spartanburg County: 28.4 %Spartanburg County28.4Pickens County: 28 %Pickens County28Abbeville County: 27.9 %Abbeville County27.9Laurens County: 27.2 %Laurens County27.2Oconee County: 26.8 %Oconee County26.8Georgetown County: 26.4 %Georgetown County26.4Anderson County: 26 %Anderson County26Lancaster County: 25.4 %Lancaster County25.4Horry County: 25 %Horry County25Lexington County: 24.6 %Lexington County24.6York County: 24.1 %York County24.1Dorchester County: 23.9 %Dorchester County23.9Berkeley County: 22.8 %Berkeley County22.8Richland County: 22.4 %Richland County22.4Beaufort County: 20.9 %Beaufort County20.9Greenville County: 20.7 %Greenville County20.7Charleston County: 17.8 %Charleston County17.8Dillon County: 39.7 %Dillon County39.7Marlboro County: 38.5 %Marlboro County38.5Marion County: 36.9 %Marion County36.9Hampton County: 36.3 %Hampton County36.3Lee County: 36.3 %Lee County36.3Fairfield County: 36.2 %Fairfield County36.2Williamsburg County: 35.8 %Williamsburg County35.8Allendale County: 35.5 %Allendale County35.5Union County: 34.5 %Union County34.5Barnwell County: 33.6 %Barnwell County33.6Bamberg County: 33.2 %Bamberg County33.2Clarendon County: 32.9 %Clarendon County32.9Colleton County: 32.8 %Colleton County32.8Orangeburg County: 32.6 %Orangeburg County32.6Florence County: 30.7 %Florence County30.7Saluda County: 30.6 %Saluda County30.6Edgefield County: 30.5 %Edgefield County30.5Calhoun County: 30.3 %Calhoun County30.3Sumter County: 29.6 %Sumter County29.6Aiken County: 29.5 %Aiken County29.5Chester County: 29.5 %Chester County29.5Newberry County: 29.5 %Newberry County29.5Cherokee County: 29.4 %Cherokee County29.4Jasper County: 29.3 %Jasper County29.3Kershaw County: 29.1 %Kershaw County29.1Greenwood County: 28.9 %Greenwood County28.9Darlington County: 28.8 %Darlington County28.8Chesterfield County: 28.6 %Chesterfield County28.6McCormick County: 28.5 %McCormick County28.5Spartanburg County: 28.4 %Spartanburg County28.4Pickens County: 28 %Pickens County28Abbeville County: 27.9 %Abbeville County27.9Laurens County: 27.2 %Laurens County27.2Oconee County: 26.8 %Oconee County26.8Georgetown County: 26.4 %Georgetown County26.4Anderson County: 26 %Anderson County26Lancaster County: 25.4 %Lancaster County25.4Horry County: 25 %Horry County25Lexington County: 24.6 %Lexington County24.6York County: 24.1 %York County24.1Dorchester County: 23.9 %Dorchester County23.9Berkeley County: 22.8 %Berkeley County22.8Richland County: 22.4 %Richland County22.4Beaufort County: 20.9 %Beaufort County20.9Greenville County: 20.7 %Greenville County20.7Charleston County: 17.8 %Charleston County17.8
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Dillon County39.7+3.3 pts
2Marlboro County38.5-0.1 pts
3Marion County36.9-0.7 pts
4Hampton County36.3-0.1 pts
4Lee County36.3+2.8 pts
6Fairfield County36.2+1.2 pts
7Williamsburg County35.8+2.6 pts
8Allendale County35.5-2.7 pts
9Union County34.5-1.4 pts
10Barnwell County33.6-2.4 pts
11Bamberg County33.2+0.9 pts
12Clarendon County32.9+0.2 pts
13Colleton County32.80 pts
14Orangeburg County32.6-1 pts
15Florence County30.7-0.4 pts
16Saluda County30.6-1 pts
17Edgefield County30.5-0.4 pts
18Calhoun County30.3-1.4 pts
19Sumter County29.6-2.7 pts
20Aiken County29.5+3.4 pts
20Chester County29.5-0.2 pts
20Newberry County29.5+1.2 pts
23Cherokee County29.4-2.2 pts
24Jasper County29.3-1 pts
25Kershaw County29.1+3.4 pts
26Greenwood County28.9+0.4 pts
27Darlington County28.8-1.8 pts
28Chesterfield County28.6-3.9 pts
29McCormick County28.5-1.3 pts
30Spartanburg County28.4+3 pts
31Pickens County28+2.4 pts
32Abbeville County27.9-2.4 pts
33Laurens County27.2-3.4 pts
34Oconee County26.8+0.2 pts
35Georgetown County26.4-0.4 pts
36Anderson County26-2.3 pts
37Lancaster County25.4+0.5 pts
38Horry County25-0.4 pts
39Lexington County24.6-0.3 pts
40York County24.1+2.4 pts
41Dorchester County23.90 pts
42Berkeley County22.8-1.6 pts
43Richland County22.4-1.5 pts
44Beaufort County20.9+1.4 pts
45Greenville County20.7-2.9 pts
46Charleston County17.8-1.3 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.

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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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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 South Carolina by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. 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/south-carolina-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Dillon County, with 39.7% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Charleston County, with 17.8% in 2022.

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