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Virginia

133 counties or equivalents, 667 places and 881 ZIP Codes with PLACES estimates; 8,715,698 residents.

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State figures are site aggregates: population-weighted county estimates, no interval

Virginia within the United States. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

These are model-based estimates, not measurements. CDC PLACES applies a statistical model to national survey responses and Census population data to estimate what share of an area's adults report each condition or behaviour. CDC: "We do not produce estimates for individuals; only aggregated results for counties, places, census tracts, or ZCTAs."

CDC on comparisons: "It is not adequate to simply compare point estimates. The confidence intervals should also be considered, and some are very broad." This site says higher or lower only when two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap, and similar when they do. CDC also advises that the data "should not be used for ranking the overall health of any county, place, census tract, or ZCTA" and that the model "cannot detect effects due to local interventions".

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025. What PLACES is · Reading the intervals · Methodology. Not medical advice.

34.5%obesity, adults (site aggregate)counties 24.0%–46.6%above US interval 32.4–33.1

12.5%diabetes, adults (site aggregate)counties 7.8%–20.0%above US interval 11.8–12.2

35.4%high blood pressure, adults (site aggregate)counties 25.3%–49.1%above US interval 34.0–34.7

18.1%fair or poor health, adults (site aggregate)counties 11.0%–29.8%below US interval 18.9–19.5

Virginia has 133 counties or equivalents, 667 places and 881 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas with PLACES estimates, covering 8,715,698 residents (6,834,154 adults).

PLACES does not publish state totals. The state figures here are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site, following CDC's published method for aggregating areas, and carry no interval. For the 2025 release that gives obesity at 34.5% (site aggregate) (age-adjusted 34.6%), above the national interval around 32.8%; county estimates range from 24.0% to 46.6%.

Diagnosed diabetes is 12.5% (site aggregate) by the same method (national 12.0%) and 8.7% (site aggregate) of adults aged 18–64 are estimated to lack health insurance (national 11.0%).

Report card: 40 measures by CDC category

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence is standardised to the 2000 US standard population so that areas with different age structures can be compared. CDC: "Age-adjusted estimates are only available at the county and place-level."

estimate with 95% intervalUS estimate

Health outcomes (12)vs the US interval: 7 above · 3 below · 2 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 65 years and older11.1%11.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Arthritis among adultsBRFSS 202326.2%23.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adultsBRFSS 20237.7%6.6%US ↓US ≈2025

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adultsBRFSS 20236.2%5.5%US ≈US ↑2025

Coronary heart disease among adultsBRFSS 20236.1%5.2%US ↓US ≈2025

Current asthma among adultsBRFSS 202310.4%10.5%US ↑US ↑2025

Depression among adultsBRFSS 202321.8%22.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Diagnosed diabetes among adultsBRFSS 202312.5%11.0%US ↑US ↑2025

High blood pressure among adultsBRFSS 202335.4%32.6%US ↑US ↑2025

High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screenedBRFSS 202338.0%33.8%US ↑US ↑2025

Obesity among adultsBRFSS 202334.5%34.6%US ↑US ↑2025

Stroke among adultsBRFSS 20233.3%2.9%US ≈US ≈2025

Prevention (7)vs the US interval: 4 above · 1 below · 2 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Cholesterol screening among adultsBRFSS 202387.5%86.3%US ≈US ↑2025

Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 45–75 years67.4%62.7%US ↑US ↑2025

Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 yearsBRFSS 2023 · Adults aged 18–64 years8.7%9.0%US ↓US ↓2025

Mammography use among women aged 50-74 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Women aged 50–74 years78.6%78.3%US ↑US ↑2025

Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressureBRFSS 202376.8%59.3%US ≈US ↑2025

Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adultsBRFSS 202267.9%67.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adultsBRFSS 202379.2%77.7%US ↑US ↑2025

Health risk behaviors (4)vs the US interval: 1 above · 2 below · 1 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Binge drinking among adultsBRFSS 202314.5%15.5%US ↓US ↓2025

Current cigarette smoking among adultsBRFSS 202312.2%12.5%US ↑US ↑2025

No leisure-time physical activity among adultsBRFSS 202323.8%23.1%US ↓US ↓2025

Short sleep duration among adultsBRFSS 202236.0%36.7%US ≈US ≈2025

Disability (7)vs the US interval: 1 above · 3 below · 3 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Any disability among adultsBRFSS 202330.0%28.8%US ≈US ↑2025

Cognitive disability among adultsBRFSS 202314.0%14.4%US ↑US ↑2025

Hearing disability among adultsBRFSS 20236.4%5.6%US ↓US ↓2025

Independent living disability among adultsBRFSS 20237.7%7.6%US ≈US ≈2025

Mobility disability among adultsBRFSS 202313.5%12.1%US ≈US ↑2025

Self-care disability among adultsBRFSS 20233.5%3.2%US ↓US ↓2025

Vision disability among adultsBRFSS 20234.7%4.5%US ↓US ↓2025

Health status (3)vs the US interval: 1 above · 1 below · 1 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Fair or poor self-rated health status among adultsBRFSS 202318.1%17.4%US ↓US ↓2025

Frequent mental distress among adultsBRFSS 202315.9%16.7%US ↑US ↑2025

Frequent physical distress among adultsBRFSS 202312.8%12.2%US ≈US ≈2025

Health-related social needs (7)vs the US interval: 1 above · 6 below · 0 within

MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease

Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202313.1%13.6%US ↓US ↓2025

Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202310.9%11.7%US ↓US ↓2025

Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20237.4%7.8%US ↓US ↓2025

Lack of social and emotional support among adultsBRFSS 202321.6%22.0%US ↓US ↓2025

Loneliness among adultsBRFSS 202333.8%34.6%US ↑US ↑2025

Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202310.7%11.2%US ↓US ↓2025

Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20237.1%7.7%US ↓US ↓2025

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval, so the dot is a point and the US flag says whether the state figure falls above, below or within CDC's national 95% interval. Each measure links to its national and state tables.

Counties in Virginia

Order counties bycrude prevalence, highest point estimate first

Ordered by point estimate; intervals overlap for most neighbouring rows, so the order is not a ranking. The flag says whether each row's interval lies above, below or in line with the Virginia figure, which is a population-weighted county estimate computed by this site and carries no interval.

Counties	Population	Estimate	95% interval	vs the Virginia figure
Petersburg city	33,309	46.6%	38.6–55.0	above
Lunenburg County	12,038	46.1%	37.8–54.2	above
Hopewell city	22,752	45.8%	36.8–55.2	above
Sussex County	10,757	45.5%	37.2–53.9	above
Greensville County	11,133	45.3%	36.9–54.0	above
Martinsville city	13,763	44.9%	36.2–53.7	above
Emporia city	5,463	44.4%	35.5–53.7	above
Franklin city	8,339	43.8%	34.9–52.5	above
Buckingham County	16,978	43.6%	35.2–52.4	above
Nottoway County	15,566	43.5%	35.1–52.2	above
Wise County	35,174	43.5%	35.7–51.4	above
Brunswick County	15,749	43.4%	34.8–52.2	above
Charlotte County	11,336	42.6%	34.5–51.5	in line
Essex County	10,598	42.6%	33.7–51.8	in line
Suffolk city	100,659	42.5%	35.5–49.8	above
Lee County	21,745	42.3%	34.3–51.0	in line
Charles City County	6,610	42.1%	33.7–51.2	in line
Roanoke city	97,171	42.0%	35.3–49.3	above
Caroline County	32,640	41.9%	33.2–50.8	in line
Henry County	49,702	41.9%	34.2–50.0	in line
Danville city	41,837	41.7%	33.6–50.5	in line
Pittsylvania County	59,571	41.6%	35.3–48.1	above
Carroll County	29,239	41.4%	33.1–49.5	in line
Mecklenburg County	30,648	41.2%	34.0–48.5	in line
Grayson County	15,285	41.1%	32.9–49.8	in line
Westmoreland County	19,013	41.0%	33.5–49.4	in line
Augusta County	78,247	40.8%	33.5–48.5	in line
Newport News city	183,118	40.8%	33.9–48.1	in line
Norton city	3,492	40.8%	32.0–50.4	in line
Portsmouth city	96,793	40.8%	34.4–49.2	in line
Covington city	5,545	40.7%	32.1–51.2	in line
Dinwiddie County	28,343	40.7%	32.6–49.2	in line
King and Queen County	6,720	40.7%	32.7–49.3	in line
Tazewell County	39,120	40.4%	32.8–48.4	in line
Hampton city	137,098	40.3%	33.8–46.9	in line
Norfolk city	230,930	40.3%	34.3–46.2	in line
Spotsylvania County	149,588	40.3%	33.0–47.6	in line
Halifax County	33,432	40.2%	32.9–47.8	in line
Chesapeake city	253,886	40.1%	34.2–46.1	in line
Accomack County	33,239	40.0%	33.5–46.4	in line
Patrick County	17,509	39.9%	32.0–48.1	in line
Surry County	6,593	39.9%	31.6–48.5	in line
Russell County	25,477	39.6%	31.6–48.2	in line
Cumberland County	9,878	39.5%	31.4–47.9	in line
Fredericksburg city	28,928	39.5%	31.7–48.0	in line
Northampton County	12,021	39.5%	31.4–47.4	in line
Galax city	6,717	39.4%	31.0–48.0	in line
Amelia County	13,480	39.3%	31.5–48.0	in line
Amherst County	31,396	39.3%	31.4–47.6	in line
Bristol city	16,807	39.2%	30.6–48.0	in line
Dickenson County	13,640	39.1%	30.8–47.7	in line
Fluvanna County	28,462	39.1%	31.1–48.8	in line
Alleghany County	14,595	39.0%	30.9–46.9	in line
Appomattox County	16,864	38.9%	31.1–47.7	in line
Buchanan County	19,087	38.9%	31.3–47.0	in line
Bath County	4,051	38.8%	30.2–47.7	in line
Wythe County	28,104	38.8%	30.7–47.2	in line
Manassas Park city	16,361	38.6%	29.9–47.7	in line
Waynesboro city	23,182	38.6%	30.2–47.2	in line
Culpeper County	54,973	38.5%	30.7–46.5	in line
Prince George County	42,871	38.4%	30.9–46.2	in line
Southampton County	17,975	38.4%	30.0–47.3	in line
Scott County	21,433	38.3%	30.5–46.6	in line
Washington County	54,050	38.3%	31.4–45.8	in line
Smyth County	29,216	38.1%	30.3–47.1	in line
Warren County	41,843	38.0%	30.2–46.4	in line
Greene County	21,301	37.8%	29.4–46.2	in line
Madison County	14,128	37.8%	29.5–46.9	in line
Middlesex County	10,924	37.8%	29.8–46.5	in line
Richmond city	229,247	37.7%	31.7–43.8	in line
Winchester city	27,617	37.6%	29.1–46.6	in line
Frederick County	95,994	37.5%	30.6–45.5	in line
Colonial Heights city	18,393	37.4%	29.1–45.9	in line
Prince Edward County	22,049	37.2%	29.8–45.1	in line
Orange County	38,574	37.1%	29.3–45.4	in line
Richmond County	9,184	37.1%	29.9–44.6	in line
Buena Vista city	6,566	37.0%	28.9–45.7	in line
Bedford County	81,525	36.9%	30.0–44.5	in line
Louisa County	41,037	36.7%	28.7–45.2	in line
Virginia Beach city	453,649	36.7%	31.4–42.1	in line
Isle of Wight County	40,711	36.6%	29.0–44.2	in line
Bland County	6,179	36.5%	27.8–45.1	in line
Craig County	4,843	36.5%	28.2–45.3	in line
Chesterfield County	383,876	36.4%	31.2–41.7	in line
Lynchburg city	79,535	36.4%	29.7–43.9	in line
Powhatan County	32,105	36.4%	28.0–44.8	in line
Staunton city	25,915	36.4%	28.1–45.2	in line
Shenandoah County	45,228	36.2%	29.0–43.8	in line
Giles County	16,457	36.1%	28.3–44.6	in line
King George County	28,568	36.1%	28.2–44.6	in line
Northumberland County	12,391	36.0%	28.1–44.5	in line
Gloucester County	40,057	35.8%	28.8–43.1	in line
Manassas city	42,696	35.8%	28.1–44.2	in line
Pulaski County	33,655	35.7%	28.4–43.3	in line
Stafford County	165,428	35.7%	28.6–42.6	in line
Campbell County	55,270	35.6%	27.9–42.9	in line
Nelson County	14,705	35.2%	27.6–43.5	in line
Rappahannock County	7,414	35.2%	27.5–44.0	in line
Salem city	25,600	35.2%	27.3–43.5	in line
Botetourt County	34,125	35.1%	27.7–43.3	in line
Lancaster County	10,859	35.1%	27.6–43.0	in line
Mathews County	8,514	35.1%	27.2–43.6	in line
New Kent County	26,134	35.1%	27.3–43.6	in line
King William County	19,030	34.9%	27.3–43.2	in line
Franklin County	55,549	34.8%	27.8–42.2	in line
Page County	23,741	34.6%	26.7–43.0	in line
Radford city	16,971	34.4%	27.0–42.2	in line
Roanoke County	97,026	34.4%	28.5–40.7	in line
Prince William County	489,640	34.3%	29.2–39.4	in line
Harrisonburg city	51,082	34.0%	26.2–43.1	in line
Rockbridge County	22,358	34.0%	26.7–42.1	in line
Poquoson city	12,635	33.2%	25.2–41.8	in line
Rockingham County	86,568	33.1%	26.1–40.1	in line
Charlottesville city	44,983	33.0%	25.9–41.0	in line
Goochland County	27,197	33.0%	25.6–40.9	in line
Highland County	2,339	33.0%	25.0–41.6	in line
Hanover County	114,148	32.9%	26.3–39.4	in line
Clarke County	15,466	32.8%	25.2–41.1	in line
Henrico County	334,760	32.8%	27.4–38.2	in line
Fauquier County	75,165	32.7%	26.5–39.9	in line
Floyd County	15,679	32.7%	25.2–39.8	in line
James City County	82,654	32.1%	25.7–39.3	in line
Alexandria city	155,230	32.0%	26.1–38.3	in line
Fairfax city	25,144	31.8%	24.5–39.3	in line
York County	70,952	31.5%	24.3–39.2	in line
Williamsburg city	15,847	31.1%	23.7–39.1	in line
Falls Church city	14,685	29.1%	22.2–37.0	in line
Lexington city	7,528	29.1%	21.9–37.5	in line
Albemarle County	115,676	28.2%	22.7–34.4	below
Loudoun County	436,347	28.1%	23.4–33.2	below
Montgomery County	98,666	28.0%	22.2–34.5	in line
Arlington County	234,162	25.3%	20.6–29.9	below
Fairfax County	1,141,878	24.0%	20.4–27.9	below

Largest places in Virginia

Virginia Beach 459,470
Chesapeake 249,422
Arlington 238,643
Norfolk 238,005
Richmond 226,610
Newport News 186,247
Alexandria 159,467
Hampton 137,148
Roanoke 100,011
Portsmouth 97,915
Suffolk 94,324
Lynchburg 79,009
Centreville 73,518
Dale City 72,088
Reston 63,226
Harrisonburg 51,814
McLean 50,773
Leesburg 48,250
Tuckahoe 48,051
Charlottesville 46,553
Ashburn 46,349
Lake Ridge 46,162
Blacksburg 44,826
Woodbridge 44,668
Annandale 43,363

The 25 most populous places; every county page lists all of its places and ZIP Codes.

Measures

State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval; the word says whether each falls above, below or within CDC's national interval.

Health outcomes

All Teeth Lost 11.1% (site aggregate) · US 12.2% · below US interval
Arthritis 26.2% (site aggregate) · US 25.4% · above US interval
Cancer (non-skin) or Melanoma 7.7% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · below US interval
COPD 6.2% (site aggregate) · US 6.2% · within US interval
Coronary Heart Disease 6.1% (site aggregate) · US 6.4% · below US interval
Current Asthma 10.4% (site aggregate) · US 9.8% · above US interval
Depression 21.8% (site aggregate) · US 20.2% · above US interval
Diabetes 12.5% (site aggregate) · US 12.0% · above US interval
High Blood Pressure 35.4% (site aggregate) · US 34.4% · above US interval
High Cholesterol 38.0% (site aggregate) · US 37.4% · above US interval
Obesity 34.5% (site aggregate) · US 32.8% · above US interval
Stroke 3.3% (site aggregate) · US 3.4% · within US interval

Prevention

Cholesterol Screening 87.5% (site aggregate) · US 87.5% · within US interval
Colorectal Cancer Screening 67.4% (site aggregate) · US 66.3% · above US interval
Health Insurance 8.7% (site aggregate) · US 11.0% · below US interval
Mammography 78.6% (site aggregate) · US 76.5% · above US interval
High Blood Pressure Medication 76.8% (site aggregate) · US 77.0% · within US interval
Dental Visit 67.9% (site aggregate) · US 63.9% · above US interval
Annual Checkup 79.2% (site aggregate) · US 77.7% · above US interval

Health risk behaviors

Binge Drinking 14.5% (site aggregate) · US 15.2% · below US interval
Current Cigarette Smoking 12.2% (site aggregate) · US 11.4% · above US interval
Physical Inactivity 23.8% (site aggregate) · US 24.5% · below US interval
Short Sleep Duration 36.0% (site aggregate) · US 36.0% · within US interval

Disability

Any Disability 30.0% (site aggregate) · US 30.0% · within US interval
Cognitive Disability 14.0% (site aggregate) · US 13.7% · above US interval
Hearing Disability 6.4% (site aggregate) · US 6.7% · below US interval
Independent Living Disability 7.7% (site aggregate) · US 7.9% · within US interval
Mobility Disability 13.5% (site aggregate) · US 13.5% · within US interval
Self-care Disability 3.5% (site aggregate) · US 3.8% · below US interval
Vision Disability 4.7% (site aggregate) · US 5.5% · below US interval

Health status

General Health 18.1% (site aggregate) · US 19.2% · below US interval
Frequent Mental Distress 15.9% (site aggregate) · US 15.6% · above US interval
Frequent Physical Distress 12.8% (site aggregate) · US 12.8% · within US interval

Health-related social needs

Food Insecurity 13.1% (site aggregate) · US 14.7% · below US interval
Housing Insecurity 10.9% (site aggregate) · US 11.7% · below US interval
Transportation Barriers 7.4% (site aggregate) · US 7.7% · below US interval
Lack of Social/Emotional Support 21.6% (site aggregate) · US 23.3% · below US interval
Loneliness 33.8% (site aggregate) · US 32.0% · above US interval
Food Stamps 10.7% (site aggregate) · US 11.2% · below US interval
Utility Services Threat 7.1% (site aggregate) · US 7.4% · below US interval

Questions and answers

How is the Virginia figure calculated?

PLACES publishes county, place, tract and ZCTA estimates but no state row. Following CDC's guidance for aggregating areas, this site multiplies each county's estimate by its adult population, sums across the state's 133 counties and divides by the total adult population. The result has no published confidence interval, so county pages describe their position against it as above, below or in line with the state figure.

Which Virginia counties have the highest obesity estimates?

The county table on this page can be sorted by any of the 40 measures. Estimates are listed with their 95% confidence intervals; adjacent counties often have overlapping intervals and cannot be told apart, so the order is by point estimate only and is not a ranking of health.

What is the difference between crude and age-adjusted figures?

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. Age-adjusted prevalence re-weights the estimate to the 2000 US standard population so areas with different age structures can be compared; CDC publishes age-adjusted figures for counties and places only. The toggle on this page switches between them.

Where does this data come from?

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release, data updated 4 Dec 2025; the state figure for obesity is 34.5% (site aggregate) in the 2025 release.

Provenance

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), with the 2022, 2023, 2024 releases for reference; US government work, public domain. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships: US Census Bureau. Percentages are shown to one decimal as CDC publishes them; state figures are population-weighted means computed by this site. The Virginia figure for each measure is the sum over counties of estimate × adult population, divided by the state's adult population, per CDC's guidance for aggregating areas; measures defined on a subgroup (women 50–74, adults 18–64, adults 65 and over) are weighted by total adult population as an approximation. Processing errors are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections. Generated 1 Oct 2026.