US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Prichard, AL had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 3032 cities in 2021, at 47.3%. Superior, CO had the lowest, at 9.1%. The median was 23.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest47.3Prichard, AL

Lowest9.1Superior, CO

Median23.83032 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

%. 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	2021 (%)
1	Prichard, AL	47.3
2	Roma, TX	46.5
3	East St. Louis, IL	45.7
4	Rio Grande City, TX	45.6
5	Bridgeton, NJ	44.8
6	Youngstown, OH	43.9
7	Camden, NJ	43.8
8	Camden, AR	43.7
9	Passaic, NJ	43
9	Talladega, AL	43
11	Atlantic City, NJ	42.8
11	Selma, AL	42.8
13	Opelousas, LA	42.7
14	New Square, NY	42
15	McComb, MS	41.8
15	Raymondville, TX	41.8
17	Eufaula, AL	41.5
18	Anniston, AL	41.4
18	Crowley, LA	41.4
18	Paterson, NJ	41.4
21	Harvey, IL	41.3
21	Minden, LA	41.3
23	Bogalusa, LA	41.2
23	Central Falls, RI	41.2
25	Eagle Pass, TX	40.9
25	Forrest City, AR	40.9
25	Sylacauga, AL	40.9
28	East Cleveland, OH	40.7
29	Greenville, MS	40.5
30	Greenwood, MS	40.4
30	Kankakee, IL	40.4
32	Port Arthur, TX	40.3
33	Nogales, AZ	40.2
34	San Benito, TX	40.1
35	East Chicago, IN	40
36	Mendota, CA	39.7
36	West Memphis, AR	39.7
38	San Luis, AZ	39.6
39	Bessemer, AL	39.5
39	Lindsay, CA	39.5
41	Gadsden, AL	39.4
41	Guymon, OK	39.4
41	Trotwood, OH	39.4
44	Johnstown, PA	39.3
44	Robstown, TX	39.3
46	Donna, TX	39.1
47	Galena Park, TX	39
48	Hamtramck, MI	38.9
49	Clarksdale, MS	38.7
50	Blytheville, AR	38.6
51	York, PA	38.5
52	Gary, IN	38.4
52	Kennett, MO	38.4
54	Albertville, AL	38.3
54	Natchez, MS	38.3
54	Poplar Bluff, MO	38.3
54	Portsmouth, OH	38.3
54	Reading, PA	38.3
54	Warren, OH	38.3
60	Arvin, CA	38.2
60	Paris, TN	38.2
60	Pine Bluff, AR	38.2
60	Zanesville, OH	38.2
64	Forest Park, GA	38.1
64	Jennings, MO	38.1
66	Chester, PA	38
66	Okmulgee, OK	38
66	Pleasantville, NJ	38
69	Fort Payne, AL	37.9
70	Lorain, OH	37.8
70	Union City, TN	37.8
72	Meridian, MS	37.7
72	Morristown, TN	37.7
74	Forest Hill, TX	37.6
75	Cicero, IL	37.5
75	Hazleton, PA	37.5
75	Moultrie, GA	37.5
78	Alice, TX	37.4
78	Detroit, MI	37.4
78	McFarland, CA	37.4
78	New Iberia, LA	37.4
82	Center Point, AL	37.3
82	Freeport, TX	37.3
82	Ozark, AL	37.3
82	Summit, IL	37.3
86	Birmingham, AL	37.2
86	Del Rio, TX	37.2
86	Hartford, CT	37.2
86	Russellville, AL	37.2
90	Kiryas Joel, NY	37.1
90	South Houston, TX	37.1
92	Brownsville, TX	37
92	Dayton, OH	37
92	Glasgow, KY	37
92	Laredo, TX	37
92	Monroe, LA	37
92	Spring Valley, NY	37
98	Brunswick, GA	36.9
98	Flint, MI	36.9
98	Trenton, NJ	36.9
101	Boaz, AL	36.8
101	Mercedes, TX	36.8
101	Shively, KY	36.8
104	Connersville, IN	36.7
104	Douglas, AZ	36.7
104	El Dorado, AR	36.7
104	Sunnyside, WA	36.7
108	Alexander City, AL	36.6
108	Somerset, KY	36.6
110	Ashtabula, OH	36.5
110	Kansas City, KS	36.5
110	Laurel, MS	36.5
110	Lawrence, MA	36.5
110	Newburgh, NY	36.5
110	San Elizario, TX	36.5
110	Vicksburg, MS	36.5
117	Lima, OH	36.4
118	Coshocton, OH	36.3
118	Inkster, MI	36.3
118	Logansport, IN	36.3
118	Riverdale, IL	36.3
122	Danville, IL	36.2
122	Lewisburg, TN	36.2
122	Newark, NJ	36.2
122	Saginaw, MI	36.2
122	Somerton, AZ	36.2
127	Decatur, AL	36.1
127	Dublin, GA	36.1
127	Markham, IL	36.1
127	McKeesport, PA	36.1
127	Socorro, TX	36.1
132	Hempstead, NY	36
132	Mansfield, OH	36
134	Balch Springs, TX	35.9
134	Carthage, MO	35.9
136	Anderson, IN	35.8
136	Houma, LA	35.8
136	Sandusky, OH	35.8
139	Albany, GA	35.7
139	Brookhaven, MS	35.7
139	Ironton, OH	35.7
139	Mobile, AL	35.7
143	Alexandria, LA	35.6
143	Melrose Park, IL	35.6
143	Miami, OK	35.6
143	Montgomery, AL	35.6
143	Morgan City, LA	35.6
143	Natchitoches, LA	35.6
143	Phenix City, AL	35.6
143	Union City, NJ	35.6
151	Alton, IL	35.5
151	Columbus, MS	35.5
151	Hot Springs, AR	35.5
151	Muskogee, OK	35.5
151	Parlier, CA	35.5
151	Rantoul, IL	35.5
151	Valley, AL	35.5
151	Waukegan, IL	35.5
151	Waycross, GA	35.5
160	Abbeville, LA	35.4
160	Alamo, TX	35.4
160	Allentown, PA	35.4
163	Crossville, TN	35.3
163	Elizabeth, NJ	35.3
163	Fostoria, OH	35.3
163	Harlingen, TX	35.3
163	Jasper, AL	35.3
163	Lewiston, ME	35.3
163	McMinnville, TN	35.3
170	Lebanon, PA	35.2
170	Middletown, OH	35.2
170	New Castle, PA	35.2
173	Beeville, TX	35.1
173	Bellmead, TX	35.1
173	Clarksburg, WV	35.1
173	Dalton, GA	35.1
173	Dothan, AL	35.1
173	Sevierville, TN	35.1
173	Steubenville, OH	35.1
173	Vineland, NJ	35.1
181	Centralia, IL	35
181	Palmview, TX	35
183	Cleveland, OH	34.9
183	Dyersburg, TN	34.9
183	Henderson, NC	34.9
183	Lawrenceburg, TN	34.9
183	Liberal, KS	34.9
183	Pharr, TX	34.9
189	Douglas, GA	34.8
189	Marion, OH	34.8
189	Moss Point, MS	34.8
189	Van Wert, OH	34.8
193	Holyoke, MA	34.7
193	Jacksonville, TX	34.7
193	Malvern, AR	34.7
193	Monroe, GA	34.7
193	Plainfield, NJ	34.7
193	Rockford, IL	34.7
199	Athens, TN	34.6
199	Elkhart, IN	34.6
199	Hammond, LA	34.6
199	Jackson, MS	34.6
199	McAlester, OK	34.6
199	Shelbyville, TN	34.6
199	Toledo, OH	34.6
206	Cambridge, OH	34.5
206	Plymouth, IN	34.5
206	Sharon, PA	34.5
206	Wilkes-Barre, PA	34.5
210	Clinton, TN	34.4
210	Florence, AL	34.4
210	Lexington, NE	34.4
213	Ashland, KY	34.3
213	Grenada, MS	34.3
213	Picayune, MS	34.3
213	Seagoville, TX	34.3
213	Springfield, MA	34.3
213	Springfield, OH	34.3
219	Athens, AL	34.2
219	Beckley, WV	34.2
219	Canton, MS	34.2
219	Clarkston, GA	34.2
219	Kinston, NC	34.2
219	Marion, IN	34.2
219	New Bedford, MA	34.2
219	Texarkana, AR	34.2
219	Whitehall, OH	34.2
228	Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO	34.1
228	Fort Smith, AR	34.1
228	Jackson, TN	34.1
228	Magnolia, AR	34.1
228	Perth Amboy, NJ	34.1
228	Springfield, TN	34.1
234	Cairo, GA	34
234	Hidalgo, TX	34
234	Parkersburg, WV	34
234	Pell City, AL	34
234	Scottsboro, AL	34
234	Sikeston, MO	34
240	Calumet City, IL	33.9
240	Canton, OH	33.9
240	Chickasha, OK	33.9
240	Farmersville, CA	33.9
240	Frankfort, IN	33.9
240	Gaffney, SC	33.9
240	Hopkinsville, KY	33.9
240	Maywood, IL	33.9
240	Rome, GA	33.9
240	Seguin, TX	33.9
240	Uvalde, TX	33.9

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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. 179 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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 (US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [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, US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. 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/us-cities?period=2021. 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. US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/us-cities?period=2021.

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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, US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate-county-estimate/us-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence: US cities by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021}},
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Which city has the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate?

Prichard, AL, with 47.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Superior, CO, with 9.1% in 2021.

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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. 179 cities have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.