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US states by physical inactivity in adults, 2025

West Virginia had the highest physical inactivity in adults of 48 states in 2025, at 29.3%. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 13%. The median was 21.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest29.3West Virginia
Lowest13District of Columbia
Median21.748 states

Map of states, 2025

Alabama: 25.8 %Alaska: 19.5 %Arizona: 20.5 %Arkansas: 28.3 %Colorado: 15.5 %Connecticut: 19.5 %Delaware: 23.6 %District of Columbia: 13 %Florida: 25.4 %Georgia: 23.1 %Hawaii: 18.4 %Idaho: 17.9 %Illinois: 23.4 %Indiana: 25.5 %Iowa: 22.9 %Kansas: 20.6 %Kentucky: 28.1 %Louisiana: 26.4 %Maine: 22 %Maryland: 18.9 %Massachusetts: 19.9 %Michigan: 21.6 %Minnesota: 18.2 %Missouri: 24 %Montana: 16.4 %Nebraska: 20.6 %New Hampshire: 17.5 %New Jersey: 20.8 %New Mexico: 23.4 %New York: 24.2 %North Carolina: 19.7 %North Dakota: 22.9 %Ohio: 21.8 %Oklahoma: 25.3 %Oregon: 19.4 %Pennsylvania: 20.9 %Rhode Island: 21.4 %South Carolina: 22.9 %South Dakota: 22.8 %Tennessee: 25.3 %Texas: 23.7 %Utah: 15.5 %Vermont: 16.8 %Virginia: 20 %Washington: 17.9 %West Virginia: 29.3 %Wisconsin: 22.2 %Wyoming: 21.9 %
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%, 2025. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2025

West Virginia: 29.3 %West Virginia29.3Arkansas: 28.3 %Arkansas28.3Kentucky: 28.1 %Kentucky28.1Louisiana: 26.4 %Louisiana26.4Alabama: 25.8 %Alabama25.8Indiana: 25.5 %Indiana25.5Florida: 25.4 %Florida25.4Tennessee: 25.3 %Tennessee25.3Oklahoma: 25.3 %Oklahoma25.3New York: 24.2 %New York24.2Missouri: 24 %Missouri24Texas: 23.7 %Texas23.7Delaware: 23.6 %Delaware23.6Illinois: 23.4 %Illinois23.4New Mexico: 23.4 %New Mexico23.4Georgia: 23.1 %Georgia23.1Iowa: 22.9 %Iowa22.9South Carolina: 22.9 %South Carolina22.9North Dakota: 22.9 %North Dakota22.9South Dakota: 22.8 %South Dakota22.8Wisconsin: 22.2 %Wisconsin22.2Maine: 22 %Maine22Wyoming: 21.9 %Wyoming21.9Ohio: 21.8 %Ohio21.8Michigan: 21.6 %Michigan21.6Rhode Island: 21.4 %Rhode Island21.4Pennsylvania: 20.9 %Pennsylvania20.9New Jersey: 20.8 %New Jersey20.8Kansas: 20.6 %Kansas20.6Nebraska: 20.6 %Nebraska20.6Arizona: 20.5 %Arizona20.5Virginia: 20 %Virginia20Massachusetts: 19.9 %Massachusetts19.9North Carolina: 19.7 %North Carolina19.7Connecticut: 19.5 %Connecticut19.5Alaska: 19.5 %Alaska19.5Oregon: 19.4 %Oregon19.4Maryland: 18.9 %Maryland18.9Hawaii: 18.4 %Hawaii18.4Minnesota: 18.2 %Minnesota18.2Washington: 17.9 %Washington17.9Idaho: 17.9 %Idaho17.9New Hampshire: 17.5 %New Hampshire17.5Vermont: 16.8 %Vermont16.8Montana: 16.4 %Montana16.4Colorado: 15.5 %Colorado15.5Utah: 15.5 %Utah15.5District of Columbia: 13 %District of Columbia13West Virginia: 29.3 %West Virginia29.3Arkansas: 28.3 %Arkansas28.3Kentucky: 28.1 %Kentucky28.1Louisiana: 26.4 %Louisiana26.4Alabama: 25.8 %Alabama25.8Indiana: 25.5 %Indiana25.5Florida: 25.4 %Florida25.4Tennessee: 25.3 %Tennessee25.3Oklahoma: 25.3 %Oklahoma25.3New York: 24.2 %New York24.2Missouri: 24 %Missouri24Texas: 23.7 %Texas23.7Delaware: 23.6 %Delaware23.6Illinois: 23.4 %Illinois23.4New Mexico: 23.4 %New Mexico23.4Georgia: 23.1 %Georgia23.1Iowa: 22.9 %Iowa22.9South Carolina: 22.9 %South Carolina22.9North Dakota: 22.9 %North Dakota22.9South Dakota: 22.8 %South Dakota22.8Wisconsin: 22.2 %Wisconsin22.2Maine: 22 %Maine22Wyoming: 21.9 %Wyoming21.9Ohio: 21.8 %Ohio21.8Michigan: 21.6 %Michigan21.6Rhode Island: 21.4 %Rhode Island21.4Pennsylvania: 20.9 %Pennsylvania20.9New Jersey: 20.8 %New Jersey20.8Kansas: 20.6 %Kansas20.6Nebraska: 20.6 %Nebraska20.6Arizona: 20.5 %Arizona20.5Virginia: 20 %Virginia20Massachusetts: 19.9 %Massachusetts19.9North Carolina: 19.7 %North Carolina19.7Connecticut: 19.5 %Connecticut19.5Alaska: 19.5 %Alaska19.5Oregon: 19.4 %Oregon19.4Maryland: 18.9 %Maryland18.9Hawaii: 18.4 %Hawaii18.4Minnesota: 18.2 %Minnesota18.2Washington: 17.9 %Washington17.9Idaho: 17.9 %Idaho17.9New Hampshire: 17.5 %New Hampshire17.5Vermont: 16.8 %Vermont16.8Montana: 16.4 %Montana16.4Colorado: 15.5 %Colorado15.5Utah: 15.5 %Utah15.5District of Columbia: 13 %District of Columbia13
%. Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2025 (%)Change on 2024
1West Virginia29.3+0.6 pts
2Arkansas28.3-0.3 pts
3Kentucky28.1+0.1 pts
4Louisiana26.4-1.2 pts
5Alabama25.8-1.8 pts
6Indiana25.5+0.9 pts
7Florida25.4+0.4 pts
8Tennessee25.3n/a
9Oklahoma25.3-2.4 pts
10New York24.2+0.2 pts
11Missouri24-0.6 pts
12Texas23.7-1.4 pts
13Delaware23.6-1.6 pts
14Illinois23.4+0.1 pts
15New Mexico23.4+1.7 pts
16Georgia23.1+0.1 pts
17Iowa22.9+1.1 pts
18South Carolina22.9+1.2 pts
19North Dakota22.9+1.2 pts
20South Dakota22.8+1.4 pts
21Wisconsin22.2+0.5 pts
22Maine22+0.7 pts
23Wyoming21.9+0.9 pts
24Ohio21.8-0.4 pts
25Michigan21.6-0.4 pts
26Rhode Island21.4-1.5 pts
27Pennsylvania20.9-1.7 pts
28New Jersey20.8-2 pts
29Kansas20.6-1.9 pts
29Nebraska20.6-1.1 pts
31Arizona20.5-1.4 pts
32Virginia20-1.8 pts
33Massachusetts19.9+1.1 pts
34North Carolina19.7-0.5 pts
35Connecticut19.5-1.3 pts
36Alaska19.5+1.3 pts
37Oregon19.4+0.4 pts
38Maryland18.9-0.6 pts
39Hawaii18.4-2.9 pts
40Minnesota18.2+0.7 pts
41Washington17.9+0.5 pts
42Idaho17.9-2.8 pts
43New Hampshire17.5-1.1 pts
44Vermont16.8+0.9 pts
45Montana16.4-2.7 pts
46Colorado15.5-0.2 pts
47Utah15.5-1.3 pts
48District of Columbia13-0.9 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who did no physical activity or exercise outside their regular job in the past month, such as running, golf, gardening or walking for exercise. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey of adults, crude prevalence. States and DC only: BRFSS publishes the median of the states rather than a national prevalence, so no national value is served. A state that did not meet BRFSS data standards in a year has no value, and CDC withholds estimates from fewer than 50 respondents or with a relative standard error above 0.3. The dataset also publishes 95% confidence intervals. The series starts in 2011, when BRFSS changed its weighting and added cell phones. BRFSS variable _TOTINDA, adults who answered no to any physical activity in the past month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. 3 states with data in other periods have no value for 2025 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_TOTINDA%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP054%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. 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. (2026). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall (US states by physical inactivity in adults, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_TOTINDA%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP054%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by physical inactivity in adults, 2025. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 Sept. 2026, https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_TOTINDA%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP054%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2026. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall. US states by physical inactivity in adults, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_TOTINDA%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP054%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate/us-states.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2026) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall, US states by physical inactivity in adults, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_TOTINDA%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP054%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-physical-inactivity-rate/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest physical inactivity in adults?

West Virginia, with 29.3% in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which state has the lowest physical inactivity in adults?

District of Columbia, with 13% in 2025.

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, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), physical inactivity in adults, crude prevalence, overall. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 states have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.

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