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Counties in Washington by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate

Adams County had the highest physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate of 39 counties in 2021, at 29.1%. King County had the lowest, at 14.4%. The median was 21%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest29.1Adams County
Lowest14.4King County
Median2139 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 29.1 %Asotin County: 21.5 %Benton County: 20.1 %Chelan County: 19.6 %Clallam County: 20.5 %Clark County: 17.4 %Columbia County: 20.8 %Cowlitz County: 21 %Douglas County: 22.5 %Ferry County: 25.1 %Franklin County: 23.8 %Garfield County: 21.5 %Grant County: 25.3 %Grays Harbor County: 25 %Island County: 18.7 %Jefferson County: 18.2 %King County: 14.4 %Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kittitas County: 20.2 %Klickitat County: 21.5 %Lewis County: 23 %Lincoln County: 21.9 %Mason County: 21.6 %Okanogan County: 23.4 %Pacific County: 22.5 %Pend Oreille County: 22.1 %Pierce County: 18.9 %San Juan County: 16.3 %Skagit County: 18 %Skamania County: 19.8 %Snohomish County: 18.4 %Spokane County: 18.8 %Stevens County: 21.7 %Thurston County: 17.4 %Wahkiakum County: 22.2 %Walla Walla County: 21.6 %Whatcom County: 17.1 %Whitman County: 19.4 %Yakima County: 28 %
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%, 2021. 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.

All counties, 2021

Adams County: 29.1 %Adams County29.1Yakima County: 28 %Yakima County28Grant County: 25.3 %Grant County25.3Ferry County: 25.1 %Ferry County25.1Grays Harbor County: 25 %Grays Harbor County25Franklin County: 23.8 %Franklin County23.8Okanogan County: 23.4 %Okanogan County23.4Lewis County: 23 %Lewis County23Douglas County: 22.5 %Douglas County22.5Pacific County: 22.5 %Pacific County22.5Wahkiakum County: 22.2 %Wahkiakum County22.2Pend Oreille County: 22.1 %Pend Oreille County22.1Lincoln County: 21.9 %Lincoln County21.9Stevens County: 21.7 %Stevens County21.7Mason County: 21.6 %Mason County21.6Walla Walla County: 21.6 %Walla Walla County21.6Asotin County: 21.5 %Asotin County21.5Garfield County: 21.5 %Garfield County21.5Klickitat County: 21.5 %Klickitat County21.5Cowlitz County: 21 %Cowlitz County21Columbia County: 20.8 %Columbia County20.8Clallam County: 20.5 %Clallam County20.5Kittitas County: 20.2 %Kittitas County20.2Benton County: 20.1 %Benton County20.1Skamania County: 19.8 %Skamania County19.8Chelan County: 19.6 %Chelan County19.6Whitman County: 19.4 %Whitman County19.4Pierce County: 18.9 %Pierce County18.9Spokane County: 18.8 %Spokane County18.8Island County: 18.7 %Island County18.7Snohomish County: 18.4 %Snohomish County18.4Jefferson County: 18.2 %Jefferson County18.2Skagit County: 18 %Skagit County18Clark County: 17.4 %Clark County17.4Thurston County: 17.4 %Thurston County17.4Whatcom County: 17.1 %Whatcom County17.1Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kitsap County16.3San Juan County: 16.3 %San Juan County16.3King County: 14.4 %King County14.4Adams County: 29.1 %Adams County29.1Yakima County: 28 %Yakima County28Grant County: 25.3 %Grant County25.3Ferry County: 25.1 %Ferry County25.1Grays Harbor County: 25 %Grays Harbor County25Franklin County: 23.8 %Franklin County23.8Okanogan County: 23.4 %Okanogan County23.4Lewis County: 23 %Lewis County23Douglas County: 22.5 %Douglas County22.5Pacific County: 22.5 %Pacific County22.5Wahkiakum County: 22.2 %Wahkiakum County22.2Pend Oreille County: 22.1 %Pend Oreille County22.1Lincoln County: 21.9 %Lincoln County21.9Stevens County: 21.7 %Stevens County21.7Mason County: 21.6 %Mason County21.6Walla Walla County: 21.6 %Walla Walla County21.6Asotin County: 21.5 %Asotin County21.5Garfield County: 21.5 %Garfield County21.5Klickitat County: 21.5 %Klickitat County21.5Cowlitz County: 21 %Cowlitz County21Columbia County: 20.8 %Columbia County20.8Clallam County: 20.5 %Clallam County20.5Kittitas County: 20.2 %Kittitas County20.2Benton County: 20.1 %Benton County20.1Skamania County: 19.8 %Skamania County19.8Chelan County: 19.6 %Chelan County19.6Whitman County: 19.4 %Whitman County19.4Pierce County: 18.9 %Pierce County18.9Spokane County: 18.8 %Spokane County18.8Island County: 18.7 %Island County18.7Snohomish County: 18.4 %Snohomish County18.4Jefferson County: 18.2 %Jefferson County18.2Skagit County: 18 %Skagit County18Clark County: 17.4 %Clark County17.4Thurston County: 17.4 %Thurston County17.4Whatcom County: 17.1 %Whatcom County17.1Kitsap County: 16.3 %Kitsap County16.3San Juan County: 16.3 %San Juan County16.3King County: 14.4 %King County14.4
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Adams County29.1
2Yakima County28
3Grant County25.3
4Ferry County25.1
5Grays Harbor County25
6Franklin County23.8
7Okanogan County23.4
8Lewis County23
9Douglas County22.5
9Pacific County22.5
11Wahkiakum County22.2
12Pend Oreille County22.1
13Lincoln County21.9
14Stevens County21.7
15Mason County21.6
15Walla Walla County21.6
17Asotin County21.5
17Garfield County21.5
17Klickitat County21.5
20Cowlitz County21
21Columbia County20.8
22Clallam County20.5
23Kittitas County20.2
24Benton County20.1
25Skamania County19.8
26Chelan County19.6
27Whitman County19.4
28Pierce County18.9
29Spokane County18.8
30Island County18.7
31Snohomish County18.4
32Jefferson County18.2
33Skagit County18
34Clark County17.4
34Thurston County17.4
36Whatcom County17.1
37Kitsap County16.3
37San Juan County16.3
39King County14.4

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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 Washington 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Washington by physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate, 2021. 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/washington-counties?period=2021. 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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2021.

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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 Washington 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/washington-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Adams County, with 29.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

King County, with 14.4% in 2021.

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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