Cities in California by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

Corcoran, CA had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 376 cities in 2022, at 22.5%. Los Altos, CA had the lowest, at 4.9%. The median was 11.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest22.5Corcoran, CA

Lowest4.9Los Altos, CA

Median11.7376 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Corcoran, CA	22.5	-1 pts
2	Mendota, CA	21.4	-0.2 pts
3	Clearlake, CA	21	-1.2 pts
4	Avenal, CA	19.7	-3.5 pts
5	Blythe, CA	18.8	+0.1 pts
5	Shasta Lake, CA	18.8	+1.6 pts
7	McFarland, CA	18.7	-2.3 pts
8	Anderson, CA	18.6	+1 pts
8	Coalinga, CA	18.6	+0.8 pts
10	Arvin, CA	18.5	-2.1 pts
11	Lindsay, CA	18.2	-2.5 pts
11	Oroville, CA	18.2	-0.9 pts
11	Soledad, CA	18.2	+3.4 pts
14	California City, CA	18.1	0 pts
15	Susanville, CA	18	-0.3 pts
16	Delano, CA	17.6	-0.5 pts
16	Red Bluff, CA	17.6	-0.6 pts
18	Chowchilla, CA	17.4	-1.6 pts
18	Cudahy, CA	17.4	+2.1 pts
20	Bell Gardens, CA	17.2	+0.9 pts
21	King City, CA	17.1	+0.6 pts
21	Wasco, CA	17.1	-3.8 pts
23	Kerman, CA	17	-0.2 pts
24	Madera, CA	16.9	-0.8 pts
25	Barstow, CA	16.7	-1.8 pts
26	Adelanto, CA	16.6	-2 pts
26	Marysville, CA	16.6	+0.6 pts
28	Eureka, CA	16.4	+0.4 pts
29	Parlier, CA	16.3	-1.5 pts
29	Yucca Valley, CA	16.3	+0.5 pts
31	Farmersville, CA	16.2	-1.8 pts
32	Shafter, CA	16.1	-1.8 pts
32	Victorville, CA	16.1	-0.2 pts
34	Hemet, CA	16	+0.4 pts
35	El Cajon, CA	15.9	+0.6 pts
35	Merced, CA	15.9	-0.6 pts
37	Greenfield, CA	15.6	+0.8 pts
37	South El Monte, CA	15.6	+1.6 pts
37	Tehachapi, CA	15.6	-1.3 pts
40	Compton, CA	15.5	-0.2 pts
40	San Bernardino, CA	15.5	-1.3 pts
42	Bell, CA	15.4	+0.9 pts
42	Ceres, CA	15.4	-0.7 pts
42	Desert Hot Springs, CA	15.4	-3.3 pts
42	Dinuba, CA	15.4	-0.5 pts
46	Livingston, CA	15.3	+1.1 pts
46	Lompoc, CA	15.3	0 pts
46	Porterville, CA	15.3	-1.6 pts
49	Atwater, CA	15.2	-0.6 pts
49	Coachella, CA	15.2	-0.8 pts
51	Apple Valley, CA	15.1	+0.6 pts
51	Hesperia, CA	15.1	-0.9 pts
51	Lancaster, CA	15.1	+0.4 pts
51	Los Banos, CA	15.1	-0.4 pts
51	San Jacinto, CA	15.1	-0.8 pts
51	Yuba City, CA	15.1	-0.3 pts
57	Maywood, CA	15	-0.1 pts
57	Tulare, CA	15	-0.7 pts
57	Watsonville, CA	15	+0.1 pts
60	Brawley, CA	14.9	-0.9 pts
60	Paradise, CA	14.9	+1.3 pts
62	Huntington Park, CA	14.8	-0.3 pts
62	Santa Maria, CA	14.8	+0.1 pts
64	Lynwood, CA	14.7	+0.3 pts
64	Newman, CA	14.7	+0.1 pts
64	Salinas, CA	14.7	0 pts
64	Ukiah, CA	14.7	-0.5 pts
68	Fresno, CA	14.5	-0.5 pts
68	Selma, CA	14.5	-0.8 pts
70	Bakersfield, CA	14.4	-1.2 pts
70	Banning, CA	14.4	-0.4 pts
70	Exeter, CA	14.4	-1.3 pts
70	Perris, CA	14.4	-0.9 pts
70	Redding, CA	14.4	+0.3 pts
75	El Monte, CA	14.3	+0.4 pts
75	Imperial Beach, CA	14.3	+1.2 pts
77	El Centro, CA	14.2	+0.1 pts
77	Stockton, CA	14.2	-0.4 pts
79	Fortuna, CA	14.1	-1.7 pts
79	Reedley, CA	14.1	-0.4 pts
79	South Lake Tahoe, CA	14.1	+0.4 pts
82	Hawaiian Gardens, CA	14	+0.7 pts
82	Jurupa Valley, CA	14	-0.6 pts
82	Lake Elsinore, CA	14	-0.9 pts
82	Lawndale, CA	14	+1.2 pts
82	Lemoore, CA	14	+0.5 pts
82	Modesto, CA	14	-1 pts
82	West Sacramento, CA	14	+0.4 pts
89	Hanford, CA	13.9	0 pts
89	Hawthorne, CA	13.9	+0.9 pts
89	Inglewood, CA	13.9	+0.6 pts
89	Paramount, CA	13.9	+0.5 pts
89	Santa Paula, CA	13.9	+0.9 pts
94	Moreno Valley, CA	13.8	-0.3 pts
94	Palmdale, CA	13.8	-0.3 pts
94	San Pablo, CA	13.8	-0.6 pts
94	Twentynine Palms, CA	13.8	+0.2 pts
98	Calexico, CA	13.7	+1.1 pts
98	Indio, CA	13.7	0 pts
100	Highland, CA	13.6	-0.5 pts
100	Oakdale, CA	13.6	-0.8 pts
100	Santa Ana, CA	13.6	+0.1 pts
100	Stanton, CA	13.6	+0.6 pts
104	Auburn, CA	13.5	+1.4 pts
104	Escondido, CA	13.5	+0.4 pts
104	Montclair, CA	13.5	+0.5 pts
104	Rialto, CA	13.5	-0.2 pts
104	Rosemead, CA	13.5	+1.3 pts
104	Turlock, CA	13.5	-1 pts
110	Antioch, CA	13.4	-0.1 pts
110	Citrus Heights, CA	13.4	-0.3 pts
110	Pomona, CA	13.4	+1 pts
110	Rancho Cordova, CA	13.4	-0.8 pts
110	Seaside, CA	13.4	+0.3 pts
115	Canyon Lake, CA	13.3	+1 pts
115	Cathedral City, CA	13.3	-0.6 pts
115	Colton, CA	13.3	+0.6 pts
115	Galt, CA	13.3	-0.3 pts
115	Lodi, CA	13.3	-0.9 pts
115	National City, CA	13.3	+0.6 pts
115	Norco, CA	13.3	-0.2 pts
115	Riverbank, CA	13.3	-2 pts
115	South Gate, CA	13.3	+0.6 pts
124	Commerce, CA	13.2	+1.2 pts
124	Port Hueneme, CA	13.2	+0.7 pts
124	Westminster, CA	13.2	+0.9 pts
127	Grass Valley, CA	13.1	-0.4 pts
127	Patterson, CA	13.1	-2 pts
127	Pittsburg, CA	13.1	+0.2 pts
130	Arcata, CA	13	-0.3 pts
130	Bellflower, CA	13	+0.8 pts
130	Oxnard, CA	13	-0.1 pts
130	Ridgecrest, CA	13	-0.7 pts
130	Suisun City, CA	13	+0.7 pts
135	East Palo Alto, CA	12.9	-0.6 pts
135	Garden Grove, CA	12.9	+0.7 pts
135	Oakley, CA	12.9	+0.5 pts
135	Richmond, CA	12.9	+0.1 pts
135	Sanger, CA	12.9	-1.6 pts
135	Vallejo, CA	12.9	+0.6 pts
135	Wildomar, CA	12.9	-0.6 pts
142	Ontario, CA	12.8	+0.2 pts
142	Sacramento, CA	12.8	-0.7 pts
142	San Fernando, CA	12.8	+1.8 pts
145	Chico, CA	12.7	+0.3 pts
145	Fairfield, CA	12.7	+0.8 pts
145	Fillmore, CA	12.7	+1.2 pts
145	Hollister, CA	12.7	+0.1 pts
145	Placerville, CA	12.7	+0.2 pts
145	Riverside, CA	12.7	+0.1 pts
145	Visalia, CA	12.7	-0.3 pts
145	Vista, CA	12.7	+0.4 pts
153	Baldwin Park, CA	12.6	+1.2 pts
153	Long Beach, CA	12.6	+0.5 pts
153	Marina, CA	12.6	+0.4 pts
153	Santee, CA	12.6	+0.9 pts
157	Calimesa, CA	12.5	+0.6 pts
157	Los Angeles, CA	12.5	+0.7 pts
157	Manteca, CA	12.5	-1.4 pts
157	Vacaville, CA	12.5	-0.1 pts
161	Dixon, CA	12.4	-0.8 pts
161	El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles), CA	12.4	0 pts
161	Lathrop, CA	12.4	-0.5 pts
164	Anaheim, CA	12.3	+0.4 pts
164	La Puente, CA	12.3	+0.5 pts
164	Menifee, CA	12.3	0 pts
164	Santa Rosa, CA	12.3	+0.6 pts
164	Woodland, CA	12.3	+0.2 pts
169	Grover Beach, CA	12.2	+0.4 pts
169	Kingsburg, CA	12.2	+0.3 pts
169	Lemon Grove, CA	12.2	-1.4 pts
172	Atascadero, CA	12.1	+0.2 pts
172	Fontana, CA	12.1	-0.5 pts
172	Tracy, CA	12.1	0 pts
175	Beaumont, CA	12	-0.8 pts
175	Corona, CA	12	-0.2 pts
175	Gardena, CA	12	+0.8 pts
175	Grand Terrace, CA	12	+1 pts
175	Napa, CA	12	+0.7 pts
175	Oakland, CA	12	-0.2 pts
175	Yucaipa, CA	12	-0.7 pts
182	Oceanside, CA	11.9	+0.5 pts
183	Glendale, CA	11.8	+0.6 pts
183	Palm Springs, CA	11.8	-0.4 pts
183	Ripon, CA	11.8	-0.8 pts
186	Chino, CA	11.7	+0.1 pts
186	Hayward, CA	11.7	+0.5 pts
186	San Luis Obispo, CA	11.7	+0.9 pts
186	Santa Fe Springs, CA	11.7	+2.1 pts
190	La Mesa, CA	11.6	+0.6 pts
190	Lomita, CA	11.6	+1.5 pts
190	Montebello, CA	11.6	+0.9 pts
190	Norwalk, CA	11.6	+0.7 pts
190	Rohnert Park, CA	11.6	+0.2 pts
195	Pico Rivera, CA	11.5	+1.7 pts
196	Clovis, CA	11.4	-0.2 pts
196	Concord, CA	11.4	+0.6 pts
196	La Quinta, CA	11.4	-0.8 pts
196	Murrieta, CA	11.4	-0.1 pts
196	San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA	11.4	+0.2 pts
196	San Gabriel, CA	11.4	+0.5 pts
196	Windsor, CA	11.4	0 pts
203	Buena Park, CA	11.3	+0.2 pts
204	Costa Mesa, CA	11.2	+0.3 pts
204	Healdsburg, CA	11.2	+1.9 pts
204	Imperial, CA	11.2	+0.8 pts
204	La Habra, CA	11.2	+0.8 pts
204	Rio Vista, CA	11.2	-0.5 pts
209	Arroyo Grande, CA	11.1	+0.5 pts
209	Lincoln, CA	11.1	+0.3 pts
209	San Leandro, CA	11.1	0 pts
212	Carson, CA	11	+1 pts
212	Chula Vista, CA	11	+0.4 pts
212	Monterey Park, CA	11	+1.1 pts
212	Truckee, CA	11	+0.8 pts
216	Petaluma, CA	10.9	+0.3 pts
216	San Marcos, CA	10.9	-0.2 pts
218	American Canyon, CA	10.8	0 pts
218	Downey, CA	10.8	+0.9 pts
218	Elk Grove, CA	10.8	-0.4 pts
218	Simi Valley, CA	10.8	-0.1 pts
222	Azusa, CA	10.7	+0.1 pts
222	Burbank, CA	10.7	+0.9 pts
222	Temecula, CA	10.7	-0.4 pts
225	Benicia, CA	10.6	+0.9 pts
225	Orange, CA	10.6	+0.2 pts
225	Santa Clarita, CA	10.6	+0.6 pts
225	Upland, CA	10.6	-0.1 pts
229	Brentwood, CA	10.5	-0.2 pts
229	Covina, CA	10.5	+0.1 pts
229	Gilroy, CA	10.5	+0.2 pts
229	Lakewood, CA	10.5	+0.7 pts
229	Morro Bay, CA	10.5	0 pts
229	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	10.5	+0.2 pts
229	Redlands, CA	10.5	+0.2 pts
229	San Diego, CA	10.5	+0.2 pts
237	Loma Linda, CA	10.4	-0.2 pts
237	Los Alamitos, CA	10.4	+1 pts
237	Martinez, CA	10.4	+0.3 pts
237	Signal Hill, CA	10.4	+0.2 pts
237	Sonoma, CA	10.4	+0.6 pts
242	Alhambra, CA	10.3	+0.7 pts
242	Duarte, CA	10.3	+0.8 pts
242	Monrovia, CA	10.3	+0.9 pts
242	Placentia, CA	10.3	+0.6 pts
242	Roseville, CA	10.3	-0.2 pts
242	Santa Barbara, CA	10.3	0 pts
248	Artesia, CA	10.2	+0.1 pts
248	Carpinteria, CA	10.2	-0.1 pts
248	Fullerton, CA	10.2	+0.4 pts

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Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. 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. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, 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), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in California by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/california-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which city has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Corcoran, CA, with 22.5% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Los Altos, CA, with 4.9% in 2022.

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