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Mobility disability among adults
Mobility disability among adults in the United States stood at 11.7%, CDC’s age-adjusted model estimate, in 2023, according to CDC’s PLACES.
CDC’s measure
- Measure
- Mobility disability among adults
- Short name
- Mobility Disability
- Category
- Disability
- Value types
- Age-adjusted prevalence; Crude prevalence
- Data source
- BRFSS, 2023
CDC’s definition of each measure is in its PLACES methodology; how the age-adjusted and crude values differ is on the methodology page.
The United States
- 11.7%
- United States, age-adjusted prevalence
- 2023
- 95% interval 11.5% to 11.9%.
- 13.5%
- United States, crude prevalence
- 2023
- 95% interval 13.3% to 13.7%.
About these figures
- United States, age-adjusted prevalence
- 95% interval 11.5% to 11.9%.
- United States, crude prevalence
- 95% interval 13.3% to 13.7%.
Across 2,956 counties
- 7.0%
- Lowest county
- Age-adjusted prevalence, 2023
- 13.2%
- Median county
- Age-adjusted prevalence, 2023
- At least half the counties CDC published are at or below it.
- 28.8%
- Highest county
- Age-adjusted prevalence, 2023
About these figures
- Median county
- At least half the counties CDC published are at or below it.
Every county with a published estimate is ranked on the ranking of counties by mobility disability, nationally and within its own state.
By state
Each state’s counties on this measure, age-adjusted; each state with two or more counties with an estimate links to its counties ranked on it.
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| State | Median county | Highest |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 16.5% | Bullock 25.1% (22.2% to 28.4%) |
| Alaska | 11.6% | Kusilvak 25.1% (21.9% to 28.5%) |
| Arizona | 13.9% | Apache 19.5% (17.1% to 22.1%) |
| Arkansas | 16.7% | Desha 22.8% (20.0% to 25.8%), Phillips 22.8% (19.8% to 26.1%) |
| California | 13.0% | Imperial 18.6% (15.8% to 21.6%) |
| Colorado | 10.8% | Bent 17.0% (14.7% to 19.4%) |
| Connecticut | 10.0% | Greater Bridgeport 10.5% (9.4% to 11.6%), Southeastern Connecticut 10.5% (9.5% to 11.5%) |
| Delaware | 11.8% | Kent 14.4% (12.5% to 16.5%) |
| District of Columbia | 9.9% | District of Columbia 9.9% (8.4% to 11.6%) |
| Florida | 13.1% | DeSoto 19.0% (16.5% to 21.5%) |
| Georgia | 15.3% | Randolph 22.0% (19.0% to 25.0%) |
| Hawaii | 11.5% | Kalawao 13.9% (11.8% to 16.1%) |
| Idaho | 13.9% | Butte 17.4% (14.8% to 20.4%) |
| Illinois | 12.3% | Pulaski 17.5% (15.1% to 20.1%) |
| Indiana | 13.1% | Crawford 16.9% (14.3% to 19.6%) |
| Iowa | 11.4% | Appanoose 14.1% (11.8% to 16.4%) |
| Kansas | 12.8% | Stevens 16.2% (13.7% to 18.7%) |
| Kentucky | not published | |
| Louisiana | 17.3% | East Carroll 26.3% (23.1% to 29.8%) |
| Maine | 11.8% | Washington 14.5% (12.4% to 16.9%) |
| Maryland | 10.9% | Baltimore 15.9% (13.7% to 18.3%) |
| Massachusetts | 9.7% | Hampden 14.3% (12.1% to 16.4%) |
| Michigan | 12.9% | Lake 16.2% (13.9% to 18.5%) |
| Minnesota | 10.9% | Mahnomen 17.6% (15.1% to 19.9%) |
| Mississippi | 18.2% | Humphreys 25.4% (22.1% to 29.0%) |
| Missouri | 15.4% | Pemiscot 21.1% (18.5% to 24.1%) |
| Montana | 11.5% | Glacier 20.4% (17.7% to 23.2%) |
| Nebraska | 11.3% | Thurston 15.1% (13.2% to 17.3%) |
| Nevada | 13.6% | Mineral 17.9% (15.4% to 20.6%) |
| New Hampshire | 9.5% | Coos 12.1% (10.1% to 14.3%) |
| New Jersey | 9.6% | Cumberland 14.2% (12.3% to 16.3%) |
| New Mexico | 14.7% | McKinley 21.9% (19.2% to 24.9%) |
| New York | 11.4% | Bronx 19.6% (17.4% to 22.1%) |
| North Carolina | 13.7% | Robeson 20.7% (18.3% to 23.2%) |
| North Dakota | 10.8% | Sioux 24.4% (21.5% to 27.8%) |
| Ohio | 12.4% | Pike 16.2% (13.6% to 18.9%) |
| Oklahoma | 16.5% | Adair 21.3% (18.6% to 24.0%) |
| Oregon | 12.7% | Morrow 16.0% (13.7% to 18.7%) |
| Pennsylvania | not published | |
| Rhode Island | 8.6% | Providence 12.1% (10.5% to 14.0%) |
| South Carolina | 14.8% | Dillon 20.6% (18.0% to 23.3%) |
| South Dakota | 11.2% | Oglala Lakota 28.8% (25.4% to 32.4%) |
| Tennessee | 16.0% | Lake 23.0% (19.9% to 26.0%) |
| Texas | 14.8% | Dimmit 25.2% (21.8% to 28.7%) |
| Utah | 11.4% | San Juan 17.9% (15.6% to 20.4%) |
| Vermont | 9.3% | Essex 12.2% (10.1% to 14.7%) |
| Virginia | 13.6% | Hopewell 19.7% (17.2% to 22.4%) |
| Washington | 11.2% | Adams 16.3% (14.0% to 18.6%) |
| West Virginia | 15.9% | McDowell 22.0% (19.1% to 25.0%) |
| Wisconsin | 11.7% | Menominee 17.9% (15.5% to 20.3%) |
| Wyoming | 11.8% | Niobrara 13.1% (11.1% to 15.2%) |
Counties with no estimate
By state, with CDC’s reason, and never filled in from another year or source. Which states have which measures is on the methodology page.
| State | Counties | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 120 | Not published for Kentucky in this release |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | Not published for Pennsylvania in this release |
| Texas | 1 | Estimates suppressed for population less than 50 |
Sources
- PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health · Public Domain · retrieved November 4, 2026
- PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release
- PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data, 2025 release
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