20 U.S. Communities That Exercise the Most

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a massive report that assesses the health of the U.S. population according to a number of measures — from leisure time physical activity to smoking rates and incidence of heart disease.

This is the list of communities (listed by metropolitan statistical area, a Census designation that lumps some suburban areas in with their cities, lumps nearby cities together, or otherwise categorizes regions) that get the most exercise.

Not surprisingly, many of these communities are also on the list of the 20 Most Healthy U.S. Communities and none show up on the list of 15 Least Healthy U.S. Communities. Those communities on both the healthiest and most active lists are highlighted in bold.

The percentage of adults who exercised at least once in the last month is listed with each community.

1. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wisc. (87.1)
2. Missoula, Mont. (85.8)
3. Olympia, Wash. (85.4)
4. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. (85.4)
5. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (85.0)
6. Colorado Springs, Colo. (84.9)
7. Burlington-South Burlington, Vt. (84.4)
8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. (84.4)
9. Eugene-Springfield, Ore. (83.7)
10. Bremerton-Silverdale, Wash. (83.6)
11. Raleigh-Cary, N.C. (83.3)
12. Billings, Mont. (83.2)
13. Denver-Aurora, Colo. (83.2)
14. Provo-Orem, Utah (82.7)
15. Norwich, Conn. (82.7)
16. Great Falls, Mont. (82.6)
17. Kalispell, Mont. (82.4)
18. Kapaa, Hawaii (82.3)
19. Barre, Vt. (82.2)
20. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (82.1)

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