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Counties in South Dakota by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Todd County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 66 counties in 2023, at 40.8%. Lincoln County had the lowest, at 17.6%. The median was 25.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest40.8Todd County
Lowest17.6Lincoln County
Median25.766 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Aurora County: 25.2 %Beadle County: 29.7 %Bennett County: 35.1 %Bon Homme County: 26.7 %Brookings County: 18.4 %Brown County: 24.4 %Brule County: 26.2 %Buffalo County: 36.4 %Butte County: 27.7 %Campbell County: 25.7 %Charles Mix County: 30 %Clark County: 27.3 %Clay County: 21.7 %Codington County: 26.5 %Corson County: 37.3 %Custer County: 25.1 %Davison County: 25.4 %Day County: 26.8 %Deuel County: 23.9 %Dewey County: 36.3 %Douglas County: 26.3 %Edmunds County: 23.1 %Fall River County: 30.5 %Faulk County: 27.8 %Grant County: 26.5 %Gregory County: 27 %Haakon County: 26.8 %Hamlin County: 23.2 %Hand County: 22.8 %Hanson County: 24.2 %Harding County: 21.4 %Hughes County: 21.9 %Hutchinson County: 24 %Hyde County: 26.1 %Jackson County: 35.2 %Jerauld County: 26.2 %Jones County: 27.2 %Kingsbury County: 24.6 %Lake County: 22.5 %Lawrence County: 23.5 %Lincoln County: 17.6 %Lyman County: 30.1 %McCook County: 22.9 %McPherson County: 29.2 %Marshall County: 24.7 %Meade County: 21.4 %Mellette County: 38.5 %Miner County: 26.6 %Minnehaha County: 23.3 %Moody County: 23.8 %Oglala Lakota County: 40.1 %Pennington County: 23.3 %Perkins County: 26.6 %Potter County: 24.3 %Roberts County: 31.7 %Sanborn County: 25.5 %Spink County: 25.6 %Stanley County: 21.8 %Sully County: 23.4 %Todd County: 40.8 %Tripp County: 29.4 %Turner County: 24.2 %Union County: 21.1 %Walworth County: 25.1 %Yankton County: 24.5 %Ziebach County: 37.8 %
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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

Todd County: 40.8 %Todd County40.8Oglala Lakota County: 40.1 %Oglala Lakota County40.1Mellette County: 38.5 %Mellette County38.5Ziebach County: 37.8 %Ziebach County37.8Corson County: 37.3 %Corson County37.3Buffalo County: 36.4 %Buffalo County36.4Dewey County: 36.3 %Dewey County36.3Jackson County: 35.2 %Jackson County35.2Bennett County: 35.1 %Bennett County35.1Roberts County: 31.7 %Roberts County31.7Fall River County: 30.5 %Fall River County30.5Lyman County: 30.1 %Lyman County30.1Charles Mix County: 30 %Charles Mix County30Beadle County: 29.7 %Beadle County29.7Tripp County: 29.4 %Tripp County29.4McPherson County: 29.2 %McPherson County29.2Faulk County: 27.8 %Faulk County27.8Butte County: 27.7 %Butte County27.7Clark County: 27.3 %Clark County27.3Jones County: 27.2 %Jones County27.2Gregory County: 27 %Gregory County27Day County: 26.8 %Day County26.8Haakon County: 26.8 %Haakon County26.8Bon Homme County: 26.7 %Bon Homme County26.7Miner County: 26.6 %Miner County26.6Perkins County: 26.6 %Perkins County26.6Codington County: 26.5 %Codington County26.5Grant County: 26.5 %Grant County26.5Douglas County: 26.3 %Douglas County26.3Brule County: 26.2 %Brule County26.2Jerauld County: 26.2 %Jerauld County26.2Hyde County: 26.1 %Hyde County26.1Campbell County: 25.7 %Campbell County25.7Spink County: 25.6 %Spink County25.6Sanborn County: 25.5 %Sanborn County25.5Davison County: 25.4 %Davison County25.4Aurora County: 25.2 %Aurora County25.2Custer County: 25.1 %Custer County25.1Walworth County: 25.1 %Walworth County25.1Marshall County: 24.7 %Marshall County24.7Todd County: 40.8 %Todd County40.8Oglala Lakota County: 40.1 %Oglala Lakota County40.1Mellette County: 38.5 %Mellette County38.5Ziebach County: 37.8 %Ziebach County37.8Corson County: 37.3 %Corson County37.3Buffalo County: 36.4 %Buffalo County36.4Dewey County: 36.3 %Dewey County36.3Jackson County: 35.2 %Jackson County35.2Bennett County: 35.1 %Bennett County35.1Roberts County: 31.7 %Roberts County31.7Fall River County: 30.5 %Fall River County30.5Lyman County: 30.1 %Lyman County30.1Charles Mix County: 30 %Charles Mix County30Beadle County: 29.7 %Beadle County29.7Tripp County: 29.4 %Tripp County29.4McPherson County: 29.2 %McPherson County29.2Faulk County: 27.8 %Faulk County27.8Butte County: 27.7 %Butte County27.7Clark County: 27.3 %Clark County27.3Jones County: 27.2 %Jones County27.2Gregory County: 27 %Gregory County27Day County: 26.8 %Day County26.8Haakon County: 26.8 %Haakon County26.8Bon Homme County: 26.7 %Bon Homme County26.7Miner County: 26.6 %Miner County26.6Perkins County: 26.6 %Perkins County26.6Codington County: 26.5 %Codington County26.5Grant County: 26.5 %Grant County26.5Douglas County: 26.3 %Douglas County26.3Brule County: 26.2 %Brule County26.2Jerauld County: 26.2 %Jerauld County26.2Hyde County: 26.1 %Hyde County26.1Campbell County: 25.7 %Campbell County25.7Spink County: 25.6 %Spink County25.6Sanborn County: 25.5 %Sanborn County25.5Davison County: 25.4 %Davison County25.4Aurora County: 25.2 %Aurora County25.2Custer County: 25.1 %Custer County25.1Walworth County: 25.1 %Walworth County25.1Marshall County: 24.7 %Marshall County24.7
%. 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
1Todd County40.8+5.3 pts
2Oglala Lakota County40.1+6.3 pts
3Mellette County38.5+6.4 pts
4Ziebach County37.8+4 pts
5Corson County37.3+3.3 pts
6Buffalo County36.4-0.2 pts
7Dewey County36.3+5.2 pts
8Jackson County35.2+3.1 pts
9Bennett County35.1+7.2 pts
10Roberts County31.7+0.8 pts
11Fall River County30.5+2.9 pts
12Lyman County30.1-0.7 pts
13Charles Mix County30+3.2 pts
14Beadle County29.7-0.8 pts
15Tripp County29.4-1.6 pts
16McPherson County29.2+3.1 pts
17Faulk County27.8+0.3 pts
18Butte County27.7+2.7 pts
19Clark County27.3+2.4 pts
20Jones County27.2+4.7 pts
21Gregory County27-2 pts
22Day County26.8-0.2 pts
22Haakon County26.8+1.1 pts
24Bon Homme County26.7+1.6 pts
25Miner County26.6-0.6 pts
25Perkins County26.6+6.7 pts
27Codington County26.5+0.1 pts
27Grant County26.5+2.8 pts
29Douglas County26.3+0.9 pts
30Brule County26.2-0.3 pts
30Jerauld County26.2-0.2 pts
32Hyde County26.1+3.1 pts
33Campbell County25.7-0.3 pts
34Spink County25.6+1 pts
35Sanborn County25.5+2.2 pts
36Davison County25.4-1.6 pts
37Aurora County25.2+0.7 pts
38Custer County25.1-0.3 pts
38Walworth County25.1-1.2 pts
40Marshall County24.7+2 pts
41Kingsbury County24.6-0.3 pts
42Yankton County24.5+2.1 pts
43Brown County24.4+1 pts
44Potter County24.3+0.1 pts
45Hanson County24.2+2.6 pts
45Turner County24.2+1.7 pts
47Hutchinson County24+1 pts
48Deuel County23.9-2.1 pts
49Moody County23.8-0.5 pts
50Lawrence County23.5+1.6 pts
51Sully County23.4-0.4 pts
52Minnehaha County23.3+2.3 pts
52Pennington County23.3+0.7 pts
54Hamlin County23.2+1.1 pts
55Edmunds County23.1+0.6 pts
56McCook County22.9+0.3 pts
57Hand County22.8-0.1 pts
58Lake County22.5+1.6 pts
59Hughes County21.9+1.4 pts
60Stanley County21.8-1.4 pts
61Clay County21.7+0.4 pts
62Harding County21.4+1.1 pts
62Meade County21.4+0.7 pts
64Union County21.1-0.1 pts
65Brookings County18.4-0.9 pts
66Lincoln County17.6+0.2 pts

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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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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/south-dakota-counties. 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 South Dakota by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/south-dakota-counties.

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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 South Dakota by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/south-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Todd County, with 40.8% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Lincoln County, with 17.6% 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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