Counties in Texas by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate
Kenedy County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 254 counties in 2022, at 49.3%. Collin County had the lowest, at 17.4%. The median was 30.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Map of counties, 2022
- Under 27
- 27 to 29
- 29 to 31
- 31 to 32
- 32 to 35
- 35 and over
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 (%) | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenedy County | 49.3 | +11.8 pts |
| 2 | Dimmit County | 47.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 3 | Zapata County | 46.7 | +4.3 pts |
| 4 | Presidio County | 45.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 5 | Starr County | 43.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 6 | Zavala County | 43 | +1.6 pts |
| 7 | Jim Hogg County | 42.4 | +2.3 pts |
| 8 | Hudspeth County | 42 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Cameron County | 41.2 | +5.7 pts |
| 10 | Cochran County | 40.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 10 | Maverick County | 40.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 12 | La Salle County | 40.3 | +4.8 pts |
| 13 | Deaf Smith County | 40.1 | +5.6 pts |
| 14 | Willacy County | 39.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 15 | Duval County | 39.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 15 | Edwards County | 39.5 | +2.5 pts |
| 17 | Brooks County | 39.4 | -1.9 pts |
| 18 | Briscoe County | 39.1 | +5.7 pts |
| 19 | Hidalgo County | 39 | +5.6 pts |
| 20 | Culberson County | 38.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 21 | Floyd County | 38.2 | +6.2 pts |
| 22 | Newton County | 37.6 | +3.4 pts |
| 23 | Frio County | 37.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 24 | King County | 37.4 | +3.5 pts |
| 24 | McMullen County | 37.4 | +2.9 pts |
| 26 | Reeves County | 37.3 | +1.7 pts |
| 27 | San Augustine County | 37.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 28 | Terry County | 37.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 29 | Sutton County | 36.9 | +4.2 pts |
| 30 | Jim Wells County | 36.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 30 | Upton County | 36.7 | +4.7 pts |
| 32 | Yoakum County | 36.4 | +5.7 pts |
| 33 | Cottle County | 36.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 34 | Crosby County | 36.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 34 | Moore County | 36.2 | +4 pts |
| 36 | Concho County | 35.6 | +3.9 pts |
| 36 | Dawson County | 35.6 | -2 pts |
| 36 | Hale County | 35.6 | +2.9 pts |
| 36 | Lamb County | 35.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 36 | Limestone County | 35.6 | +4.3 pts |
| 36 | Real County | 35.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 42 | Val Verde County | 35.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 43 | Foard County | 35.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 43 | Lynn County | 35.1 | +3.1 pts |
| 43 | Potter County | 35.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 46 | Jefferson County | 34.8 | +1.9 pts |
| 47 | Matagorda County | 34.7 | +2.5 pts |
| 47 | Nueces County | 34.7 | +4.5 pts |
| 47 | Wilbarger County | 34.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 50 | Coke County | 34.6 | +5.6 pts |
| 50 | Shelby County | 34.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 50 | Uvalde County | 34.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 53 | Nolan County | 34.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 53 | Pecos County | 34.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 55 | Crane County | 34.3 | +4.5 pts |
| 56 | Refugio County | 34.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 56 | Swisher County | 34.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 58 | Atascosa County | 34.1 | +2.9 pts |
| 59 | Parmer County | 34 | +1.6 pts |
| 60 | Liberty County | 33.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 61 | Kinney County | 33.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 62 | Garza County | 33.4 | +3 pts |
| 62 | Gonzales County | 33.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 62 | Red River County | 33.4 | +1.9 pts |
| 65 | Bee County | 33.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 65 | Falls County | 33.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 65 | Ward County | 33.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 65 | Winkler County | 33.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 69 | Titus County | 33.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 70 | Mitchell County | 33.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 70 | Schleicher County | 33.1 | +4 pts |
| 72 | Castro County | 33 | +1.6 pts |
| 72 | Webb County | 33 | -2.4 pts |
| 74 | Aransas County | 32.9 | +2.5 pts |
| 74 | Houston County | 32.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 74 | Live Oak County | 32.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 74 | McCulloch County | 32.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 78 | Jones County | 32.8 | +2.9 pts |
| 79 | Jeff Davis County | 32.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 79 | Karnes County | 32.7 | 0 pts |
| 81 | Hall County | 32.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 82 | Jackson County | 32.5 | +3.7 pts |
| 82 | Jasper County | 32.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 82 | Kleberg County | 32.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 85 | Gray County | 32.4 | +2.4 pts |
| 85 | Leon County | 32.4 | +1.8 pts |
| 87 | Ector County | 32.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 87 | Hockley County | 32.3 | +0.9 pts |
| 87 | Marion County | 32.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 90 | Crockett County | 32.2 | +2.4 pts |
| 90 | Sabine County | 32.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 92 | Knox County | 32.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 92 | Wheeler County | 32.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 94 | Collingsworth County | 32 | -0.5 pts |
| 95 | Comanche County | 31.9 | +3.7 pts |
| 95 | San Patricio County | 31.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 95 | Stephens County | 31.9 | +3.6 pts |
| 98 | Caldwell County | 31.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 98 | Cherokee County | 31.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 98 | Kimble County | 31.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 98 | Polk County | 31.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 102 | Angelina County | 31.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 102 | Cass County | 31.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 102 | Haskell County | 31.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 102 | Stonewall County | 31.7 | +2.3 pts |
| 106 | Fisher County | 31.6 | +3.6 pts |
| 106 | San Jacinto County | 31.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 108 | Dallam County | 31.4 | -3 pts |
| 109 | Bosque County | 31.3 | +3.5 pts |
| 109 | Johnson County | 31.3 | +5.4 pts |
| 109 | Navarro County | 31.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 109 | Victoria County | 31.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 109 | Wharton County | 31.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 114 | Camp County | 31.2 | +1 pts |
| 114 | DeWitt County | 31.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | Bailey County | 31.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 116 | Scurry County | 31.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 118 | Andrews County | 31 | +0.7 pts |
| 118 | El Paso County | 31 | +1.7 pts |
| 118 | Kerr County | 31 | +3.9 pts |
| 118 | Upshur County | 31 | +2.5 pts |
| 122 | Morris County | 30.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 122 | Reagan County | 30.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 124 | Freestone County | 30.8 | +1.5 pts |
| 124 | Gaines County | 30.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 124 | Martin County | 30.8 | +3.3 pts |
| 127 | Ochiltree County | 30.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 128 | Hamilton County | 30.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 128 | Lipscomb County | 30.6 | +4.2 pts |
| 130 | Childress County | 30.5 | +2.5 pts |
| 130 | Colorado County | 30.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 130 | Goliad County | 30.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 133 | Grimes County | 30.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 133 | Hill County | 30.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 133 | Lee County | 30.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 133 | Medina County | 30.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 133 | San Saba County | 30.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 133 | Tyler County | 30.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 139 | Madison County | 30.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 139 | Milam County | 30.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 139 | Runnels County | 30.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 139 | Trinity County | 30.3 | -1.8 pts |
| 143 | Howard County | 30.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 144 | Menard County | 30.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 145 | Burleson County | 30 | +2.1 pts |
| 146 | Coleman County | 29.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 146 | Coryell County | 29.9 | +4.5 pts |
| 146 | Dickens County | 29.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Lamar County | 29.9 | +1.2 pts |
| 146 | Robertson County | 29.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 151 | Eastland County | 29.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 151 | Hardeman County | 29.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 153 | Young County | 29.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 154 | Henderson County | 29.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 154 | Kaufman County | 29.5 | +2.6 pts |
| 156 | Bowie County | 29.4 | +1.4 pts |
| 156 | Panola County | 29.4 | +1.5 pts |
| 156 | Walker County | 29.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 159 | Lampasas County | 29.3 | +2.5 pts |
| 160 | Orange County | 29.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 160 | Palo Pinto County | 29.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 162 | Brown County | 29.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 162 | Wilson County | 29.1 | +3 pts |
| 164 | Donley County | 29 | +1.4 pts |
| 164 | Sherman County | 29 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Van Zandt County | 29 | +2.1 pts |
| 167 | Tom Green County | 28.9 | +3.3 pts |
| 168 | Jack County | 28.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 168 | Lavaca County | 28.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 170 | Harris County | 28.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 171 | Burnet County | 28.6 | +2.7 pts |
| 172 | Calhoun County | 28.5 | -1.4 pts |
| 173 | Hunt County | 28.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 174 | Anderson County | 28.3 | -1 pts |
| 175 | Erath County | 28.2 | +3.4 pts |
| 175 | Gregg County | 28.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 175 | Throckmorton County | 28.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 175 | Washington County | 28.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 179 | Harrison County | 28.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 179 | Motley County | 28.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 179 | Wise County | 28.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 182 | Fannin County | 28 | +1.3 pts |
| 182 | Smith County | 28 | +3 pts |
| 184 | Montague County | 27.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 184 | Rains County | 27.9 | +1 pts |
| 186 | Cooke County | 27.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 186 | Dallas County | 27.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 186 | McLennan County | 27.8 | 0 pts |
| 189 | Austin County | 27.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 190 | Bell County | 27.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 190 | Hansford County | 27.6 | -4.6 pts |
| 190 | Mason County | 27.6 | +3.2 pts |
| 193 | Grayson County | 27.5 | +2.6 pts |
| 193 | Rusk County | 27.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 195 | Bexar County | 27.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 195 | Callahan County | 27.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 195 | Nacogdoches County | 27.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 195 | Terrell County | 27.4 | -6 pts |
| 199 | Gillespie County | 27.3 | +2.6 pts |
| 199 | Wood County | 27.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 201 | Bandera County | 27.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 202 | Mills County | 27.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 203 | Oldham County | 27 | +0.7 pts |
| 204 | Hemphill County | 26.9 | +1.8 pts |
| 204 | Hopkins County | 26.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 204 | Llano County | 26.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 207 | Hutchinson County | 26.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 207 | Montgomery County | 26.8 | +4.5 pts |
| 207 | Waller County | 26.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 210 | Bastrop County | 26.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 211 | Taylor County | 26.6 | +2 pts |
| 212 | Wichita County | 26.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 213 | Hardin County | 26.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 214 | Kent County | 26.2 | +2.2 pts |
| 214 | Roberts County | 26.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 216 | Archer County | 26.1 | +1 pts |
| 216 | Baylor County | 26.1 | -1.9 pts |
| 218 | Blanco County | 26 | +1 pts |
| 219 | Fayette County | 25.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 219 | Tarrant County | 25.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 221 | Ellis County | 25.8 | +2.6 pts |
| 221 | Irion County | 25.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 223 | Lubbock County | 25.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 224 | Armstrong County | 25.6 | +3.3 pts |
| 224 | Brazoria County | 25.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 224 | Midland County | 25.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 227 | Delta County | 25.2 | -2.1 pts |
| 228 | Brewster County | 25.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 228 | Sterling County | 25.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 230 | Chambers County | 24.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 230 | Clay County | 24.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 232 | Guadalupe County | 24.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 232 | Hartley County | 24.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 234 | Shackelford County | 24.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 235 | Galveston County | 24.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 236 | Hood County | 24.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 237 | Carson County | 23.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 237 | Hays County | 23.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 239 | Parker County | 23.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 240 | Comal County | 23.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 241 | Randall County | 23 | +0.5 pts |
| 242 | Franklin County | 22.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 243 | Fort Bend County | 22.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 244 | Somervell County | 22.3 | -2.3 pts |
| 245 | Brazos County | 22.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 246 | Glasscock County | 21.8 | -4.6 pts |
| 246 | Loving County | 21.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 248 | Borden County | 21.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 249 | Travis County | 20.9 | +2.9 pts |
| 250 | Rockwall County | 20.7 | +1.3 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.
How to cite
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 Texas 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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author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
title = {{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 Texas by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2022}},
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Questions
Which county has the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?
Kenedy County, with 49.3% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Which county has the lowest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?
Collin County, with 17.4% in 2022.
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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