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Cities in Pennsylvania by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022

New Castle, PA had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 68 cities in 2022, at 25.1%. Franklin Park, PA had the lowest, at 10%. The median was 17.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest25.1New Castle, PA
Lowest10Franklin Park, PA
Median17.868 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

New Castle, PA: 25.1 %New Castle, PA25.1Darby, PA: 24.9 %Darby, PA24.9Johnstown, PA: 24.2 %Johnstown, PA24.2McKeesport, PA: 24.1 %McKeesport, PA24.1Chester, PA: 23.4 %Chester, PA23.4Nanticoke, PA: 22.8 %Nanticoke, PA22.8York, PA: 22.5 %York, PA22.5Sharon, PA: 21.7 %Sharon, PA21.7Columbia, PA: 21.6 %Columbia, PA21.6Erie, PA: 21.6 %Erie, PA21.6Coatesville, PA: 21.5 %Coatesville, PA21.5Hazleton, PA: 21.5 %Hazleton, PA21.5Butler, PA: 21.3 %Butler, PA21.3Pottsville, PA: 21.3 %Pottsville, PA21.3Berwick, PA: 21.1 %Berwick, PA21.1New Kensington, PA: 20.9 %New Kensington, PA20.9Washington, PA: 20.9 %Washington, PA20.9Harrisburg, PA: 20.8 %Harrisburg, PA20.8Hanover, PA: 20.7 %Hanover, PA20.7Lebanon, PA: 20.6 %Lebanon, PA20.6Reading, PA: 20.6 %Reading, PA20.6Altoona, PA: 20.4 %Altoona, PA20.4Wilkes-Barre, PA: 20.1 %Wilkes-Barre, PA20.1Meadville, PA: 19.8 %Meadville, PA19.8Waynesboro, PA: 19.4 %Waynesboro, PA19.4Munhall, PA: 19.2 %Munhall, PA19.2Norristown, PA: 19.1 %Norristown, PA19.1Williamsport, PA: 19 %Williamsport, PA19Pottstown, PA: 18.7 %Pottstown, PA18.7Scranton, PA: 18.6 %Scranton, PA18.6St. Marys, PA: 18.6 %St. Marys, PA18.6Allentown, PA: 18.5 %Allentown, PA18.5Kingston, PA: 18.3 %Kingston, PA18.3West Mifflin, PA: 17.8 %West Mifflin, PA17.8Wilkinsburg, PA: 17.7 %Wilkinsburg, PA17.7Lancaster, PA: 17.6 %Lancaster, PA17.6Northampton, PA: 17.4 %Northampton, PA17.4Easton, PA: 17.3 %Easton, PA17.3Yeadon, PA: 17.3 %Yeadon, PA17.3Philadelphia, PA: 17.2 %Philadelphia, PA17.2New Castle, PA: 25.1 %New Castle, PA25.1Darby, PA: 24.9 %Darby, PA24.9Johnstown, PA: 24.2 %Johnstown, PA24.2McKeesport, PA: 24.1 %McKeesport, PA24.1Chester, PA: 23.4 %Chester, PA23.4Nanticoke, PA: 22.8 %Nanticoke, PA22.8York, PA: 22.5 %York, PA22.5Sharon, PA: 21.7 %Sharon, PA21.7Columbia, PA: 21.6 %Columbia, PA21.6Erie, PA: 21.6 %Erie, PA21.6Coatesville, PA: 21.5 %Coatesville, PA21.5Hazleton, PA: 21.5 %Hazleton, PA21.5Butler, PA: 21.3 %Butler, PA21.3Pottsville, PA: 21.3 %Pottsville, PA21.3Berwick, PA: 21.1 %Berwick, PA21.1New Kensington, PA: 20.9 %New Kensington, PA20.9Washington, PA: 20.9 %Washington, PA20.9Harrisburg, PA: 20.8 %Harrisburg, PA20.8Hanover, PA: 20.7 %Hanover, PA20.7Lebanon, PA: 20.6 %Lebanon, PA20.6Reading, PA: 20.6 %Reading, PA20.6Altoona, PA: 20.4 %Altoona, PA20.4Wilkes-Barre, PA: 20.1 %Wilkes-Barre, PA20.1Meadville, PA: 19.8 %Meadville, PA19.8Waynesboro, PA: 19.4 %Waynesboro, PA19.4Munhall, PA: 19.2 %Munhall, PA19.2Norristown, PA: 19.1 %Norristown, PA19.1Williamsport, PA: 19 %Williamsport, PA19Pottstown, PA: 18.7 %Pottstown, PA18.7Scranton, PA: 18.6 %Scranton, PA18.6St. Marys, PA: 18.6 %St. Marys, PA18.6Allentown, PA: 18.5 %Allentown, PA18.5Kingston, PA: 18.3 %Kingston, PA18.3West Mifflin, PA: 17.8 %West Mifflin, PA17.8Wilkinsburg, PA: 17.7 %Wilkinsburg, PA17.7Lancaster, PA: 17.6 %Lancaster, PA17.6Northampton, PA: 17.4 %Northampton, PA17.4Easton, PA: 17.3 %Easton, PA17.3Yeadon, PA: 17.3 %Yeadon, PA17.3Philadelphia, PA: 17.2 %Philadelphia, PA17.2
%. 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

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1New Castle, PA25.1-0.1 pts
2Darby, PA24.9+2.2 pts
3Johnstown, PA24.2-4.7 pts
4McKeesport, PA24.1-2.4 pts
5Chester, PA23.4-2.4 pts
6Nanticoke, PA22.8+0.3 pts
7York, PA22.5-2.4 pts
8Sharon, PA21.7-2.8 pts
9Columbia, PA21.6-1 pts
9Erie, PA21.6-2 pts
11Coatesville, PA21.5-1.7 pts
11Hazleton, PA21.5-1.5 pts
13Butler, PA21.3-3 pts
13Pottsville, PA21.3-0.3 pts
15Berwick, PA21.1-1 pts
16New Kensington, PA20.9-0.7 pts
16Washington, PA20.9-1 pts
18Harrisburg, PA20.8-2 pts
19Hanover, PA20.7+2.4 pts
20Lebanon, PA20.6-3.3 pts
20Reading, PA20.6-5 pts
22Altoona, PA20.4-3.2 pts
23Wilkes-Barre, PA20.1-3.1 pts
24Meadville, PA19.8-1.3 pts
25Waynesboro, PA19.4-2.7 pts
26Munhall, PA19.2+0.9 pts
27Norristown, PA19.1-2.1 pts
28Williamsport, PA19-1.3 pts
29Pottstown, PA18.7-1.5 pts
30Scranton, PA18.6-2.8 pts
30St. Marys, PA18.6-0.1 pts
32Allentown, PA18.5-3.8 pts
33Kingston, PA18.3+0.3 pts
34West Mifflin, PA17.8-1.1 pts
35Wilkinsburg, PA17.7-2 pts
36Lancaster, PA17.6-2.3 pts
37Northampton, PA17.4-1.6 pts
38Easton, PA17.3-2.2 pts
38Yeadon, PA17.30 pts
40Philadelphia, PA17.2-2.3 pts
41Chambersburg, PA17.1-1.4 pts
42Carlisle, PA16.7+1.4 pts
42Ephrata, PA16.7-3.1 pts
44Bethlehem, PA16.1-0.6 pts
45Greensburg, PA15.8-0.8 pts
46Hermitage, PA15.7-0.1 pts
47Whitehall, PA15-0.6 pts
48Baldwin, PA14.9-2.2 pts
48Emmaus, PA14.9-2.3 pts
48Pittsburgh, PA14.9-2.1 pts
51Lansdowne, PA14.8-1.4 pts
52West Chester, PA14.5+2.2 pts
53Bloomsburg, PA14.4-2.3 pts
54Indiana, PA14.3-1.3 pts
54Lansdale, PA14.30 pts
56Lower Burrell, PA14.2-0.7 pts
57Elizabethtown, PA13.8-1.3 pts
58State College, PA13.7-2.4 pts
59Dunmore, PA13.5-1.2 pts
60Monroeville, PA13.3-0.9 pts
61Mechanicsburg, PA12.7-2.8 pts
62Phoenixville, PA12.5-2.5 pts
63Jefferson Hills, PA12.4-1.8 pts
64Plum, PA12.3-2.7 pts
65Bethel Park, PA12-1.3 pts
66Wyomissing, PA11.3-0.9 pts
67Murrysville, PA11.2+0.4 pts
68Franklin Park, PA10-0.5 pts

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About this ranking

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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). 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 Pennsylvania by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022) [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), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania 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/pennsylvania-cities. 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), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Cities in Pennsylvania by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities.

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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), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in Pennsylvania by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/pennsylvania-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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New Castle, PA, with 25.1% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Franklin Park, PA, with 10% in 2022.

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