US Counties With the Highest Fair or Poor Self-rated Health

2,956 US counties ranked by fair or poor self-rated health, from highest to lowest. First are Dimmit County, TX (41.9%), Zavala County, TX (41.6%) and Oglala Lakota County, SD (41.1%). The middle one of the 2,956 has 19.9%.

What this measures

The estimated percentage of adults who rate their own health as fair or poor. It is adjusted so places with older or younger populations can be compared fairly. It is an estimate from a statistical model, not a direct count from a local survey. Source: CDC PLACES.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

More on fair or poor self-rated health

• US Counties With the Lowest Fair or Poor Self-rated Health
• Fair or poor self-rated health by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.