RICHMOND, Va. — Recently, it seems that America’s companies are giving us more reasons to stay inside. You can now get your favorite food delivered to your door through sites like Seamless and eat it in bed while watching every episode of Friends on your computer thanks to Netflix.
You don’t even have to make the trek to the convenience store—between services like Amazon’s same-day delivery and new apps that let you hire people to do your errands, you can run out of toilet paper in the morning and have a fresh supply waiting for you in the evening.
Though all these services are certainly convenient, they make it harder for people to stay active. And with obesity and diabetes rates increasing year over year, it’s more important than ever for Americans to regularly engage in physical activity.
The CDC conducts a phone survey every year and asks adults if they’ve had any sort of exercise outside of their regular jobs (from running to walking to even gardening) in the past month. If the answer is no, they’re labeled “inactive.” Using the most recent results (2012), data site HealthGrove crunched the numbers to see which states need to get out more.
20. New Jersey
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 23.6%
Population: 8,832,406
19. New York
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 23.64%
Population: 19,487,053
18. Texas
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 23.7%
Population: 25,639,373
17. Missouri
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 23.9%
Population: 6,007,182
16. Ohio
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.0%
Population: 11,549,590
15. South Carolina
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.04%
Population: 4,679,602
14. Delaware
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.06%
Population: 908,446
13. Kansas
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.09%
Population: 2,868,107
12. Iowa
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.2%
Population: 3,062,553
11. Georgia
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.4%
Population: 9,810,417
10. North Dakota
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 24.8%
Population: 689,781
9. Indiana
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 27.2%
Population: 6,514,861
8. Kentucky
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 27.8%
Population: 4,361,333
7. Alabama
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 28.4%
Population: 4,799,277
6. Louisiana
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 29.3%
Population: 4,567,968
5. Oklahoma
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 29.8%
Population: 3,785,742
4. West Virginia
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 30.5%
Population: 1,853,619
3. Arkansas
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 30.6%
Population: 2,933,369
2. Tennessee
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 31.1%
Population: 6,402,387
1. Mississippi
Percentage of people who are physically inactive: 32.8%
Population: 2,976,872
