Complete Rankings of the 50 Largest Cities
(Note: scores indicate percentile rankings within each category; 100 is highest, 1 is lowest)
Rank | City | State | Points | Mental | Lifestyle | Activity | Health | Diet |
1 | San Jose | CA | 1,272 | 55 | 93 | 87 | 100 | 93 |
2 | Washington | DC-MD-VA-WV | 1,207 | 100 | 89 | 85 | 83 | 95 |
3 | San Francisco | CA | 1,141 | 30 | 97 | 97 | 91 | 85 |
4 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | WA | 1,121 | 48 | 100 | 100 | 71 | 73 |
5 | Salt Lake City-Ogden | UT | 1,067 | 83 | 75 | 89 | 63 | 77 |
6 | Oakland | CA | 1,065 | 59 | 79 | 77 | 93 | 71 |
7 | Sacramento | CA | 1,059 | 32 | 77 | 81 | 85 | 91 |
8 | Orange County | CA | 1,025 | 95 | 95 | 75 | 18 | 57 |
9 | Denver | CO | 1,017 | 71 | 73 | 93 | 20 | 83 |
10 | Austin-San Marcos | TX | 999 | 73 | 69 | 95 | 2 | 79 |
11 | Boston | MA-NH-ME | 992 | 65 | 46 | 83 | 67 | 55 |
12 | San Diego | CA | 978 | 69 | 71 | 67 | 51 | 67 |
13 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | MN-WI | 976 | 93 | 91 | 91 | 6 | 40 |
14 | Bergen-Passaic | NJ | 973 | 91 | 6 | 61 | 89 | 51 |
15 | Nassau-Suffolk | NY | 968 | 79 | 24 | 73 | 69 | 48 |
16 | Portland-Vancouver | OR-WA | 958 | 18 | 83 | 79 | 44 | 59 |
17 | Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill | NC | 954 | 97 | 44 | 24 | 24 | 89 |
18 | Nashville | TN | 940 | 85 | 42 | 12 | 40 | 97 |
19 | Baltimore | MD | 933 | 24 | 26 | 71 | 48 | 65 |
20 | Riverside-San Bernardino | CA | 927 | 6 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 42 |
21 | Phoenix-Mesa | AZ | 924 | 38 | 48 | 63 | 55 | 61 |
22 | Pittsburgh | PA | 918 | 89 | 2 | 69 | 73 | 26 |
23 | Los Angeles-Long Beach | CA | 910 | 8 | 85 | 34 | 81 | 75 |
24 | Philadelphia | PA-NJ | 888 | 61 | 30 | 65 | 77 | 32 |
25 | Newark | NJ | 883 | 63 | 4 | 48 | 87 | 44 |
26 | Atlanta | GA | 872 | 67 | 63 | 59 | 1 | 69 |
27 | Milwaukee-Waukesha | WI | 834 | 42 | 67 | 53 | 42 | 28 |
28 | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 829 | 34 | 36 | 4 | 57 | 87 |
29 | Chicago | IL | 827 | 81 | 87 | 20 | 4 | 53 |
30 | Kansas City | MO-KS | 824 | 77 | 51 | 30 | 46 | 30 |
31 | Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point | NC | 813 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 59 | 81 |
32 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | NC-SC | 813 | 53 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 63 |
33 | Miami | FL | 810 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 100 |
34 | St. Louis | MO-IL | 807 | 57 | 81 | 40 | 32 | 18 |
35 | Dallas | TX | 798 | 75 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 34 |
36 | Houston | TX | 796 | 36 | 20 | 36 | 34 | 38 |
37 | Fort Worth-Arlington | TX | 788 | 40 | 32 | 38 | 61 | 22 |
38 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick | RI-MA | 781 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 75 | 14 |
39 | Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News | VA-NC | 778 | 87 | 38 | 42 | 28 | 4 |
40 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater | FL | 776 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 79 | 36 |
41 | Indianapolis | IN | 774 | 28 | 53 | 51 | 36 | 10 |
42 | Las Vegas | NV-AZ | 745 | 44 | 55 | 28 | 16 | 16 |
43 | New York | NY | 725 | 12 | 59 | 8 | 38 | 46 |
44 | Detroit | MI | 719 | 1 | 22 | 26 | 95 | 2 |
45 | Columbus | OH | 702 | 51 | 57 | 55 | 8 | 1 |
46 | Orlando | FL | 700 | 4 | 65 | 16 | 10 | 20 |
47 | Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria | OH | 683 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 65 | 6 |
48 | Cincinnati | OH-KY-IN | 681 | 2 | 61 | 32 | 22 | 8 |
49 | San Antonio | TX | 674 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 12 |
50 | New Orleans | LA | 582 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 24 |