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Cities in Tennessee by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Morristown, TN had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 65 cities in 2022, at 38.3%. Brentwood, TN had the lowest, at 17.1%. The median was 28.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest38.3Morristown, TN
Lowest17.1Brentwood, TN
Median28.765 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Morristown, TN: 38.3 %Morristown, TN38.3Crossville, TN: 36.4 %Crossville, TN36.4Springfield, TN: 36.1 %Springfield, TN36.1McMinnville, TN: 35.7 %McMinnville, TN35.7Paris, TN: 35.3 %Paris, TN35.3Lawrenceburg, TN: 34.2 %Lawrenceburg, TN34.2Millington, TN: 34.1 %Millington, TN34.1Greeneville, TN: 33.8 %Greeneville, TN33.8Memphis, TN: 33.8 %Memphis, TN33.8Union City, TN: 33.3 %Union City, TN33.3Lewisburg, TN: 33.1 %Lewisburg, TN33.1Dyersburg, TN: 33 %Dyersburg, TN33Lenoir City, TN: 33 %Lenoir City, TN33Shelbyville, TN: 32.8 %Shelbyville, TN32.8Kingsport, TN: 32.4 %Kingsport, TN32.4Jackson, TN: 32.3 %Jackson, TN32.3East Ridge, TN: 31.7 %East Ridge, TN31.7Bristol, TN: 31.6 %Bristol, TN31.6Martin, TN: 31.6 %Martin, TN31.6Athens, TN: 31.2 %Athens, TN31.2Elizabethton, TN: 30.7 %Elizabethton, TN30.7Portland, TN: 30.7 %Portland, TN30.7Manchester, TN: 30.6 %Manchester, TN30.6Hartsville, TN: 30.3 %Hartsville, TN30.3Clinton, TN: 30.1 %Clinton, TN30.1Sevierville, TN: 30 %Sevierville, TN30Chattanooga, TN: 29.6 %Chattanooga, TN29.6Winchester, TN: 29.6 %Winchester, TN29.6Cookeville, TN: 29 %Cookeville, TN29Cleveland, TN: 28.9 %Cleveland, TN28.9La Vergne, TN: 28.9 %La Vergne, TN28.9Tullahoma, TN: 28.8 %Tullahoma, TN28.8Dickson, TN: 28.7 %Dickson, TN28.7Johnson City, TN: 28.6 %Johnson City, TN28.6Goodlettsville, TN: 28.5 %Goodlettsville, TN28.5Smyrna, TN: 28.4 %Smyrna, TN28.4Columbia, TN: 28.3 %Columbia, TN28.3Alcoa, TN: 27.8 %Alcoa, TN27.8Gallatin, TN: 27.8 %Gallatin, TN27.8Knoxville, TN: 27.5 %Knoxville, TN27.5Morristown, TN: 38.3 %Morristown, TN38.3Crossville, TN: 36.4 %Crossville, TN36.4Springfield, TN: 36.1 %Springfield, TN36.1McMinnville, TN: 35.7 %McMinnville, TN35.7Paris, TN: 35.3 %Paris, TN35.3Lawrenceburg, TN: 34.2 %Lawrenceburg, TN34.2Millington, TN: 34.1 %Millington, TN34.1Greeneville, TN: 33.8 %Greeneville, TN33.8Memphis, TN: 33.8 %Memphis, TN33.8Union City, TN: 33.3 %Union City, TN33.3Lewisburg, TN: 33.1 %Lewisburg, TN33.1Dyersburg, TN: 33 %Dyersburg, TN33Lenoir City, TN: 33 %Lenoir City, TN33Shelbyville, TN: 32.8 %Shelbyville, TN32.8Kingsport, TN: 32.4 %Kingsport, TN32.4Jackson, TN: 32.3 %Jackson, TN32.3East Ridge, TN: 31.7 %East Ridge, TN31.7Bristol, TN: 31.6 %Bristol, TN31.6Martin, TN: 31.6 %Martin, TN31.6Athens, TN: 31.2 %Athens, TN31.2Elizabethton, TN: 30.7 %Elizabethton, TN30.7Portland, TN: 30.7 %Portland, TN30.7Manchester, TN: 30.6 %Manchester, TN30.6Hartsville, TN: 30.3 %Hartsville, TN30.3Clinton, TN: 30.1 %Clinton, TN30.1Sevierville, TN: 30 %Sevierville, TN30Chattanooga, TN: 29.6 %Chattanooga, TN29.6Winchester, TN: 29.6 %Winchester, TN29.6Cookeville, TN: 29 %Cookeville, TN29Cleveland, TN: 28.9 %Cleveland, TN28.9La Vergne, TN: 28.9 %La Vergne, TN28.9Tullahoma, TN: 28.8 %Tullahoma, TN28.8Dickson, TN: 28.7 %Dickson, TN28.7Johnson City, TN: 28.6 %Johnson City, TN28.6Goodlettsville, TN: 28.5 %Goodlettsville, TN28.5Smyrna, TN: 28.4 %Smyrna, TN28.4Columbia, TN: 28.3 %Columbia, TN28.3Alcoa, TN: 27.8 %Alcoa, TN27.8Gallatin, TN: 27.8 %Gallatin, TN27.8Knoxville, TN: 27.5 %Knoxville, TN27.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Morristown, TN38.3+0.6 pts
2Crossville, TN36.4+1.1 pts
3Springfield, TN36.1+2 pts
4McMinnville, TN35.7+0.4 pts
5Paris, TN35.3-2.9 pts
6Lawrenceburg, TN34.2-0.7 pts
7Millington, TN34.1+4.6 pts
8Greeneville, TN33.8+0.2 pts
8Memphis, TN33.8+0.9 pts
10Union City, TN33.3-4.5 pts
11Lewisburg, TN33.1-3.1 pts
12Dyersburg, TN33-1.9 pts
12Lenoir City, TN33-0.8 pts
14Shelbyville, TN32.8-1.8 pts
15Kingsport, TN32.4-0.8 pts
16Jackson, TN32.3-1.8 pts
17East Ridge, TN31.7+2.2 pts
18Bristol, TN31.6-1.4 pts
18Martin, TN31.6-0.3 pts
20Athens, TN31.2-3.4 pts
21Elizabethton, TN30.7-1.3 pts
21Portland, TN30.7+0.5 pts
23Manchester, TN30.6+1.4 pts
24Hartsville, TN30.3+0.5 pts
25Clinton, TN30.1-4.3 pts
26Sevierville, TN30-5.1 pts
27Chattanooga, TN29.6-0.2 pts
27Winchester, TN29.6-1.1 pts
29Cookeville, TN29-1.3 pts
30Cleveland, TN28.9-2.4 pts
30La Vergne, TN28.9+1 pts
32Tullahoma, TN28.8-3.9 pts
33Dickson, TN28.7-2.1 pts
34Johnson City, TN28.6+1.1 pts
35Goodlettsville, TN28.5+2.5 pts
36Smyrna, TN28.4+0.9 pts
37Columbia, TN28.3-4.7 pts
38Alcoa, TN27.8-2.9 pts
38Gallatin, TN27.8-1.2 pts
40Knoxville, TN27.5-1.9 pts
40Oak Ridge, TN27.5-3.1 pts
42Clarksville, TN26.8+0.1 pts
43Lebanon, TN26.3-4.3 pts
43Soddy-Daisy, TN26.3-0.2 pts
45Maryville, TN25.6-2 pts
46Nashville, TN25.2+0.2 pts
47Murfreesboro, TN24.8-0.4 pts
48White House, TN24.7+1.5 pts
49Bartlett, TN24.6+2.7 pts
50Atoka, TN24+2.2 pts
50Oakland, TN240 pts
52Red Bank, TN23.7-2.2 pts
53Collegedale, TN23.5+1.2 pts
54Fairview, TN23.1-1.7 pts
55Hendersonville, TN22.6-0.1 pts
56Arlington, TN21.3+3.3 pts
57Collierville, TN20.8+3 pts
58Mount Juliet, TN20.3-2 pts
59Spring Hill, TN19.9+0.2 pts
60Lakeland, TN19.8+0.2 pts
61Franklin, TN18.9-1.4 pts
62Germantown, TN18.1+1.2 pts
63Farragut, TN17.8-1 pts
64Nolensville, TN17.3-0.5 pts
65Brentwood, TN17.1+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 cities 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Tennessee by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Tennessee by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/tennessee-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Tennessee by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/tennessee-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Tennessee by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/tennessee-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Morristown, TN, with 38.3% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Brentwood, TN, with 17.1% in 2022.

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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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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