Do you live in one of the top 50 healthiest cities?
Article courtesy of Kate Irby for The News Tribune.
On average, everyone is exercising more and smoking less in 2016 than they were in 2015.
But Washington, D.C. continues to top the list for fittest cities in the U.S. for the third year in a row, with 80 percent of residents reporting they exercised in the past 30 days and about 60 percent in excellent health. The rankings are done by the American College of Sports Medicine.
Each city was evaluated based on personal health indicators and community/environment health indicators, such as amount of parks, public transportation and walk score, which measures how easy it is to get around without a car.
Minneapolis and Denver were a close second and third, respectively. California had six cities on the list, the most of any state.
Sacramento ranked 13, with 73 percent of residents reporting exercise in the past 30 days and 54 percent in excellent health.
Raleigh, North Carolina tied exactly with Austin, Texas for 15th, with 84 percent of residents reporting recent physical activity and 62 percent in excellent health. However, Raleigh’s score was dragged down by its community health rank, with a low walk score and percentage of people within a 10-minute walk to a park.
Indianapolis was ranked lowest out of the 50.
Here are all the top 50 fittest cities:
1) Washington, D.C.
2) Minneapolis, Minnesota
3) Denver, Colorado
4) Portland, Oregon
5) San Francisco, California
6) Seattle, Washington
7) Boston, Massachusetts
8) Salt Lake City, Utah
9) Hartford, Connecticut
10) San Diego, California
11) San Jose, California
12) Chicago, Illinois
13) Sacramento, California
14) Atlanta, Georgia
15) Austin, Texas
15) Raleigh, North Carolina
17) Baltimore, Maryland
18) Richmond, Virginia
19) Virginia Beach, Virginia
20) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
21) Providence, Rhode Island
22) New York, New York
23) Cincinnati, Ohio
24) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
25) Cleveland, Ohio
26) Tampa, Florida
27) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28) Saint Louis, Missouri
29) Los Angeles, California
30) Kansas City, Missouri
31) Jacksonville, Florida
32) Miami, Florida
33) New Orleans, Louisiana
34) Phoenix, Arizona
35) Buffalo, New York
36) Riverside, California
37) Dallas, Texas
38) Columbus, Ohio
39) Charlotte, North Carolina
40) Houston, Texas
41) Las Vegas, Nevada
42) Detroit, Michigan
43) Orlando, Florida
44) Birmingham, Alabama
45) San Antonio, Texas
46) Nashville, Tennessee
47) Memphis, Tennessee
48) Louisville, Kentucky
49) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
50) Indianapolis, Indiana
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