Cities in Texas by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Roma, TX had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 255 cities in 2023, at 51.5%. West University Place, TX had the lowest, at 12%. The median was 28.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest51.5Roma, TX

Lowest12West University Place, TX

Median28.6255 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

%. 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

Rank	Cities	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Roma, TX	51.5	+3.2 pts
2	Rio Grande City, TX	47.2	+4.3 pts
3	Donna, TX	45.6	+4.7 pts
3	Raymondville, TX	45.6	+4.4 pts
5	Robstown, TX	44.2	+4.4 pts
6	Alice, TX	43.2	+3.4 pts
7	San Elizario, TX	43	+4 pts
8	Eagle Pass, TX	41.7	+1.8 pts
9	San Benito, TX	41.4	-1.1 pts
10	Palmview, TX	41	+1.6 pts
11	Port Arthur, TX	40.5	-1 pts
12	Alamo, TX	40.3	+1.6 pts
13	Alton, TX	39.9	-0.3 pts
14	Hereford, TX	39.6	+1 pts
14	Laredo, TX	39.6	+2.9 pts
16	Forest Hill, TX	39.5	+3.2 pts
16	Mercedes, TX	39.5	+1.9 pts
16	San Juan, TX	39.5	+2.2 pts
19	Socorro, TX	39.4	+0.7 pts
20	Del Rio, TX	38.8	+2.9 pts
21	Sweetwater, TX	38.5	+1.7 pts
22	Pharr, TX	38.4	+1.7 pts
23	Plainview, TX	38.3	+1.5 pts
24	Brownsville, TX	37.7	-2.1 pts
24	South Houston, TX	37.7	0 pts
26	Gatesville, TX	37.3	+0.4 pts
26	Mount Pleasant, TX	37.3	+1.1 pts
28	Uvalde, TX	37.1	+0.7 pts
29	Bellmead, TX	36.6	+1.8 pts
30	Freeport, TX	36.4	-2.9 pts
30	Weslaco, TX	36.4	+0.5 pts
32	Harlingen, TX	36.2	-1 pts
32	Seagoville, TX	36.2	+1.9 pts
34	Haltom City, TX	36.1	+2.3 pts
35	Hidalgo, TX	36	+0.4 pts
36	Beeville, TX	35.9	+0.7 pts
37	Bay City, TX	35.7	-0.1 pts
38	Kingsville, TX	35.6	+1.1 pts
39	Galena Park, TX	35.4	-2.6 pts
40	Jacksonville, TX	35.3	-1.5 pts
41	Balch Springs, TX	35.2	+0.6 pts
42	Big Spring, TX	35	+1.6 pts
42	Levelland, TX	35	+0.5 pts
42	Lufkin, TX	35	+2.4 pts
45	Terrell, TX	34.8	-0.8 pts
46	Dumas, TX	34.7	+0.8 pts
47	Horizon City, TX	34.3	+3.2 pts
48	Mineral Wells, TX	34.2	+1.1 pts
49	Palestine, TX	34.1	+1.2 pts
49	Port Lavaca, TX	34.1	+1.3 pts
51	Corsicana, TX	34	+0.8 pts
51	Paris, TX	34	+0.8 pts
53	Marshall, TX	33.9	+1.2 pts
54	El Paso, TX	33.8	+2.2 pts
54	Seguin, TX	33.8	+0.8 pts
56	Rosenberg, TX	33.7	+3 pts
57	Victoria, TX	33.6	+0.2 pts
58	Mesquite, TX	33.2	+2.3 pts
59	Bonham, TX	33.1	+1.7 pts
59	San Antonio, TX	33.1	+3.7 pts
61	Taylor, TX	33	+4.3 pts
62	Kaufman, TX	32.9	-2.5 pts
63	Duncanville, TX	32.8	+2.5 pts
63	McAllen, TX	32.8	+0.7 pts
63	Mission, TX	32.8	+0.8 pts
63	Texarkana, TX	32.8	+0.8 pts
67	Edinburg, TX	32.6	+0.7 pts
68	Lockhart, TX	32.5	+1.4 pts
68	Pasadena, TX	32.5	+0.3 pts
68	Richmond, TX	32.5	+1.3 pts
71	Pampa, TX	32.4	-0.5 pts
72	Gainesville, TX	32.3	-0.6 pts
72	Garland, TX	32.3	+2.5 pts
74	El Campo, TX	32.2	-0.3 pts
74	Ennis, TX	32.2	+0.3 pts
74	Henderson, TX	32.2	+2 pts
77	Beaumont, TX	32.1	-2.6 pts
78	Leon Valley, TX	32	+4.7 pts
79	Corpus Christi, TX	31.9	0 pts
79	Lancaster, TX	31.9	+1.4 pts
79	Nacogdoches, TX	31.9	+0.1 pts
82	Orange, TX	31.8	-2.2 pts
83	Brownwood, TX	31.7	+0.7 pts
83	Pleasanton, TX	31.7	+0.3 pts
85	Elgin, TX	31.6	-0.9 pts
85	White Settlement, TX	31.6	+0.1 pts
87	Grand Prairie, TX	31.4	+2 pts
87	Killeen, TX	31.4	+1.2 pts
87	La Marque, TX	31.4	-0.3 pts
87	Waco, TX	31.4	+0.5 pts
91	Texas City, TX	31.3	-0.5 pts
92	Andrews, TX	31	+0.3 pts
92	Dallas, TX	31	+2.1 pts
92	Odessa, TX	31	+0.3 pts
92	Snyder, TX	31	-1.1 pts
96	Temple, TX	30.9	+0.7 pts
97	Athens, TX	30.7	-0.5 pts
98	Dayton, TX	30.6	+1.1 pts
98	Denison, TX	30.6	+0.9 pts
100	Cleburne, TX	30.5	-1.7 pts
100	Longview, TX	30.5	+2 pts
102	Baytown, TX	30.4	-0.6 pts
102	Clute, TX	30.4	-1.4 pts
104	Kilgore, TX	30.3	+1 pts
104	Sulphur Springs, TX	30.3	+0.2 pts
106	Amarillo, TX	30	+1.2 pts
106	Ingleside, TX	30	+1.7 pts
108	Belton, TX	29.9	+0.2 pts
108	Bryan, TX	29.9	+1.1 pts
108	Fort Worth, TX	29.9	+1.3 pts
111	DeSoto, TX	29.7	+3 pts
112	Humble, TX	29.6	-0.4 pts
113	Borger, TX	29.5	+1.3 pts
113	Galveston, TX	29.5	-0.4 pts
115	Greenville, TX	29.4	-1.3 pts
115	San Angelo, TX	29.4	+2 pts
117	Kerrville, TX	29.3	+0.4 pts
118	Arlington, TX	29.2	+1.2 pts
118	Dickinson, TX	29.2	+1.6 pts
118	Groves, TX	29.2	-2.6 pts
121	Alvin, TX	29.1	-0.1 pts
122	Stafford, TX	29	+2.1 pts
123	Huntsville, TX	28.9	-0.6 pts
123	Sherman, TX	28.9	+0.7 pts
125	Houston, TX	28.8	-0.4 pts
126	Lubbock, TX	28.7	+0.9 pts
126	Rockport, TX	28.7	-0.5 pts
128	Glenn Heights, TX	28.6	+1.5 pts
128	Irving, TX	28.6	+1.6 pts
130	Brenham, TX	28.2	+1.7 pts
130	Cedar Hill, TX	28.2	+1.9 pts
130	Portland, TX	28.2	+2 pts
133	Tyler, TX	28.1	+0.9 pts
134	Angleton, TX	27.8	+0.3 pts
135	Wichita Falls, TX	27.7	0 pts
136	Abilene, TX	27.5	-1.1 pts
136	Converse, TX	27.5	+2.9 pts
136	Granbury, TX	27.5	-1.9 pts
139	Azle, TX	27.3	-0.4 pts
140	Midland, TX	27.2	+0.2 pts
141	Farmers Branch, TX	27.1	+2.7 pts
141	Universal City, TX	27.1	+3.1 pts
143	Harker Heights, TX	26.9	+0.4 pts
144	Bastrop, TX	26.8	+2.2 pts
145	Conroe, TX	26.7	-1.6 pts
145	Lake Jackson, TX	26.7	+0.8 pts
147	Copperas Cove, TX	26.6	-1.7 pts
148	Iowa Colony, TX	26.5	+0.8 pts
148	Saginaw, TX	26.5	+1.4 pts
148	Watauga, TX	26.5	+1 pts
151	Burkburnett, TX	26.3	+1.6 pts
151	Crowley, TX	26.3	+0.5 pts
153	Hurst, TX	26.2	+1.6 pts
154	Waxahachie, TX	26.1	-1.6 pts
155	Red Oak, TX	26	-0.3 pts
156	Missouri City, TX	25.7	+1.8 pts
157	Kennedale, TX	25.6	-1 pts
158	Live Oak, TX	25.4	+2.1 pts
159	Fredericksburg, TX	25.3	-0.9 pts
160	Weatherford, TX	25.2	-1.7 pts
161	Nederland, TX	25.1	-2.8 pts
161	San Marcos, TX	25.1	-0.8 pts
163	Euless, TX	25	+0.2 pts
163	Stephenville, TX	25	-0.7 pts
165	Lewisville, TX	24.9	+1.6 pts
165	Santa Fe, TX	24.9	-0.3 pts
167	La Porte, TX	24.7	-1.2 pts
168	Robinson, TX	24.4	-1 pts
169	North Richland Hills, TX	24.2	+0.8 pts
170	Carrollton, TX	24.1	+0.8 pts
170	Denton, TX	24.1	+1.7 pts
170	Manvel, TX	24.1	-1.4 pts
170	Princeton, TX	24.1	+1.3 pts
174	Kyle, TX	24	+0.1 pts
175	Bedford, TX	23.9	+1.6 pts
176	Manor, TX	23.7	+0.6 pts
176	Round Rock, TX	23.7	+2.6 pts
178	Georgetown, TX	23.6	+3.1 pts
179	Rowlett, TX	23.5	+0.8 pts
180	Forney, TX	23.4	-1.4 pts
181	Hutto, TX	23.2	+3 pts
181	Schertz, TX	23.2	+0.3 pts
183	Boerne, TX	23.1	+0.6 pts
183	Burleson, TX	23.1	-1.3 pts
183	College Station, TX	23.1	+0.4 pts
183	Hewitt, TX	23.1	-0.8 pts
183	Lumberton, TX	23.1	-3 pts
188	New Braunfels, TX	23	+0.1 pts
189	Mansfield, TX	22.8	0 pts
189	Port Neches, TX	22.8	-2.1 pts
191	Tomball, TX	22.7	-2.5 pts
192	Little Elm, TX	22.6	+1.1 pts
193	Deer Park, TX	22.5	-0.5 pts
193	Lavon, TX	22.5	+1.6 pts
193	Richardson, TX	22.5	+0.7 pts
193	Royse City, TX	22.5	+0.5 pts
197	Selma, TX	22.4	+1.5 pts
198	Benbrook, TX	22.3	+0.6 pts
199	Pearland, TX	22.2	-0.7 pts
200	Cibolo, TX	22.1	-0.3 pts
200	Mont Belvieu, TX	22.1	+0.9 pts
200	Sanger, TX	22.1	+1.1 pts
203	Sugar Land, TX	22	+1.2 pts
204	Fairview, TX	21.7	+1.1 pts
204	Midlothian, TX	21.7	+0.9 pts
206	Josephine, TX	21.6	-0.8 pts
206	Sachse, TX	21.6	+1.9 pts
208	Canyon, TX	21.5	+0.3 pts
209	Wylie, TX	21.1	+1.3 pts
210	Grapevine, TX	21	+0.4 pts
210	Murphy, TX	21	+0.5 pts
212	Anna, TX	20.9	+1.3 pts
212	Liberty Hill, TX	20.9	+2 pts
212	Providence Village, TX	20.9	-0.7 pts
215	Buda, TX	20.8	+1.4 pts
216	Pflugerville, TX	20.7	0 pts
217	Fate, TX	20.6	+1.1 pts
217	Helotes, TX	20.6	+3.2 pts
217	Webster, TX	20.6	-1.9 pts
220	Addison, TX	20.4	+0.4 pts
220	Leander, TX	20.4	+2.1 pts
222	McKinney, TX	20.2	+1.2 pts
222	Plano, TX	20.2	+1 pts
224	Austin, TX	20.1	+0.3 pts
224	Cedar Park, TX	20.1	+1.6 pts
226	Corinth, TX	19.9	0 pts
226	Katy, TX	19.9	-0.8 pts
228	Melissa, TX	19.8	+2.3 pts
228	Rockwall, TX	19.8	+0.3 pts
230	League City, TX	19.6	-0.6 pts
230	The Colony, TX	19.6	+0.6 pts
232	Lago Vista, TX	19.4	-0.5 pts
233	Allen, TX	19.3	+0.9 pts
234	Friendswood, TX	19.2	-1.1 pts
235	Fair Oaks Ranch, TX	19	+2.4 pts
236	Coppell, TX	18.8	+1.1 pts
237	Keller, TX	18.7	+0.7 pts
237	Roanoke, TX	18.7	+0.6 pts
239	Seabrook, TX	18.6	-0.8 pts
240	Dripping Springs, TX	18.2	-1.7 pts
240	Fulshear, TX	18.2	+0.6 pts
242	Frisco, TX	17.8	+1.2 pts
242	Heath, TX	17.8	+1.1 pts
244	Highland Village, TX	17.5	+0.2 pts
245	Flower Mound, TX	17.4	+0.4 pts
246	Celina, TX	17.3	+0.3 pts
246	Colleyville, TX	17.3	+0.6 pts
248	Trophy Club, TX	17	+0.6 pts
249	Northlake, TX	16.8	-0.1 pts
249	Southlake, TX	16.8	+0.1 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, 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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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 Texas by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/texas-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Roma, TX, with 51.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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West University Place, TX, with 12% in 2023.

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