50 Healthiest Counties Across the U.S.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute have released a report ranking counties within each state by health.

The 2013 County Health Rankings examine 25 factors that influence health, including childhood poverty rates, smoking rates and access to physicians and dentists. The rankings also compare the overall health outcomes of counties within states based on mortality and morbidity rates. The rankings are calculated within states and include counties and county equivalents that have their own Federal Information Processing Standard county code.

Here is a list of the county with the best health outcomes, based on mortality and morbidity rates, in each state:

Alabama
Healthiest county: Shelby
Number of ranked counties: 67

Alaska
Healthiest county: Juneau
Number of ranked counties: 23

Arizona
Healthiest county: Maricopa
Number of ranked counties: 15

Arkansas
Healthiest county: Benton
Number of ranked counties: 75

California
Healthiest county: Marin
Number of ranked counties: 57

Colorado
Healthiest county: Pitkin
Number of ranked counties: 59

Connecticut
Healthiest county: Tolland
Number of ranked counties: 8

Delaware
Healthiest county: New Castle
Number of ranked counties: 3

Florida
Healthiest county: St. Johns
Number of ranked counties: 67

Georgia
Healthiest county: Forsyth
Number of ranked counties: 159

Hawaii
Healthiest county: Honolulu
Number of ranked counties: 4

Idaho
Healthiest county: Madison
Number of ranked counties:  42

Illinois
Healthiest county: Douglas
Number of ranked counties: 102

Indiana
Healthiest county: Hamilton
Number of ranked counties: 92

Iowa
Healthiest county: Sioux
Number of ranked counties: 99

Kansas
Healthiest county: Johnson
Number of ranked counties: 102

Kentucky
Healthiest county: Oldham
Number of ranked counties: 120

Louisiana
Healthiest county: West Feliciana
Number of ranked counties: 64

Maine
Healthiest county: Hancock
Number of ranked counties: 16

Maryland
Healthiest county: Howard
Number of ranked counties: 24

Massachusetts
Healthiest county: Dukes
Number of ranked counties: 14

Michigan
Healthiest county: Leelanau
Number of ranked counties: 82

Minnesota
Healthiest county: Carver
Number of ranked counties: 87

Mississippi
Healthiest county: DeSoto
Number of ranked counties: 81

Missouri
Healthiest county: St. Charles
Number of ranked counties: 115

Montana
Healthiest county: Gallatin
Number of ranked counties: 46

Nebraska
Healthiest county: Polk
Number of ranked counties: 79

Nevada
Healthiest county: Storey
Number of ranked counties: 16

New Hampshire
Healthiest county: Rockingham
Number of ranked counties: 10

New Jersey
Healthiest county: Hunterdon
Number of ranked counties: 21

New Mexico
Healthiest county: Los Alamos
Number of ranked counties: 32

New York
Healthiest county: Livingston
Number of ranked counties: 62

North Carolina
Healthiest county: Wake
Number of ranked counties: 100

North Dakota
Healthiest county: Dickey
Number of ranked counties: 46

Ohio
Healthiest county: Geauga
Number of ranked counties: 88

Oklahoma
Healthiest county: Kingfisher
Number of ranked counties: 77

Oregon
Healthiest county: Grant
Number of ranked counties: 33

Pennsylvania
Healthiest county: Chester
Number of ranked counties: 67

Rhode Island
Healthiest county: Bristol
Number of ranked counties: 5

South Carolina
Healthiest county: Beaufort
Number of ranked counties: 46

South Dakota
Healthiest county: Brookings
Number of ranked counties: 57

Tennessee
Healthiest county: Williamson
Number of ranked counties: 95

Texas
Healthiest county: Williamson
Number of ranked counties: 232

Utah
Healthiest county: Morgan
Number of ranked counties: 27

Vermont
Healthiest county: Chittenden
Number of ranked counties: 14

Virginia
Healthiest county: Fairfax
Number of ranked counties: 133

Washington
Healthiest county: Kittitas
Number of ranked counties: 39

West Virginia
Healthiest county: Monongalia
Number of ranked counties: 55

Wisconsin
Healthiest county: Ozaukee
Number of ranked counties: 72

Wyoming
Healthiest county: Teton
Number of ranked counties: 23

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