US States With the Highest Meets Aerobic Guidelines

49 US states ranked by meets aerobic guidelines, from highest to lowest. First are District of Columbia (67.8), Oregon (66.8) and Colorado (66.7). The middle one of the 49 has 59.7.

What this measures

Adults who get the recommended amount of aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, each week. Source: .

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.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	District of Columbia	67.8
2	Oregon	66.8
3	Colorado	66.7
4	Montana	66.7
5	Maine	66.3
6	Vermont	66.3
7	Washington	65.9
8	Utah	65.2
9	Alaska	65.1
10	Idaho	64.7
11	Massachusetts	63.6
12	Virginia	63.6
13	Hawaii	63.6
14	North Dakota	63.4
15	New Hampshire	63.1
16	Arizona	62.9
17	Minnesota	62.3
18	New Mexico	62.1
19	Indiana	62.1
20	California	61.9
21	Wyoming	61.6
22	Illinois	60.7
23	Delaware	60
24	North Carolina	59.9
25	Nebraska	59.7
26	Maryland	59.7
27	South Dakota	59.5
28	Michigan	59.2
29	South Carolina	59.1
30	Florida	58.9
31	Kansas	58.9
32	Iowa	58.9
33	Georgia	58.9
34	Ohio	58.6
35	New Jersey	58.5
36	Tennessee	58.3
37	Nevada	58.2
38	New York	58.1
39	Wisconsin	57.9
40	Rhode Island	57.3
41	Alabama	57.2
42	Connecticut	56.6
43	Texas	56.4
44	Louisiana	55
45	West Virginia	54.6
46	Missouri	54.3
47	Arkansas	53.3
48	Mississippi	51.9
49	Oklahoma	51.5

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