Disability

Any Disability by County — US Rankings

CDC PLACES 2023 · Age-adjusted prevalence · All 3,144 US counties

Any-disability captures the share of adults who answer affirmatively to at least one of six BRFSS disability questions covering vision, hearing, cognition, mobility, self-care, and independent living. It is the broadest single disability indicator at the county level. PLACES age-adjusts the estimate. The county pattern overlaps heavily with the central-Appalachia and rural-South geography that shows up in the chronic-disease rankings — disability tends to be downstream of decades of cumulative disease burden and unequal access.

How this ranking is built

Source: CDC PLACES 2023 release. Methodology: BRFSS survey responses pooled across years, fitted with a small-area statistical model, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Confidence intervals (95%) are shown for each county — wider intervals indicate more uncertainty in the modeled estimate, typically driven by smaller populations.

Lowest Any Disability Rates — Top 100 Counties

Counties with the lowest reported any disability prevalence — these counties show the most favorable position on this measure.

#	County	Rate	95% CI	State
1	Somerset County	18.9%	16.4 – 21.6	New Jersey
2	Delaware County	19.0%	16.0 – 22.3	Ohio
3	Morris County	19.3%	16.2 – 22.4	New Jersey
4	Howard County	20.1%	17.3 – 23.2	Maryland
5	Bergen County	20.1%	17.5 – 23.3	New Jersey
6	Los Alamos County	20.1%	16.7 – 24.0	New Mexico
7	Falls Church city	20.4%	17.1 – 24.2	Virginia
8	Hunterdon County	20.5%	17.0 – 24.3	New Jersey
9	Monmouth County	20.6%	17.6 – 23.6	New Jersey
10	Forsyth County	20.7%	17.4 – 24.5	Georgia
11	Douglas County	20.8%	17.5 – 24.6	Colorado
12	Western Connecticut Planning Region	20.8%	19.0 – 22.6	Connecticut
13	King County	20.8%	18.6 – 23.2	Washington
14	Newport County	20.9%	17.6 – 24.4	Rhode Island
15	Teton County	20.9%	17.3 – 24.9	Wyoming
16	Arlington County	21.0%	17.9 – 24.4	Virginia
17	Montgomery County	21.1%	18.6 – 23.5	Maryland
18	DuPage County	21.2%	17.8 – 25.0	Illinois
19	Putnam County	21.2%	18.0 – 25.3	New York
20	Westchester County	21.5%	18.5 – 24.7	New York
21	Washington County	21.5%	18.0 – 25.4	Rhode Island
22	Chittenden County	21.5%	18.5 – 24.6	Vermont
23	Sussex County	21.6%	17.8 – 25.4	New Jersey
24	Bristol County	21.6%	17.6 – 26.0	Rhode Island
25	Broomfield County	21.7%	18.3 – 25.9	Colorado
26	Boulder County	21.8%	18.6 – 25.4	Colorado
27	Oakland County	21.9%	18.9 – 24.7	Michigan
28	Nassau County	21.9%	19.1 – 25.2	New York
29	District of Columbia	22.0%	18.4 – 25.8	District of Columbia
30	Oconee County	22.0%	19.4 – 24.7	Georgia
31	Hamilton County	22.0%	18.8 – 25.8	Indiana
32	Rockingham County	22.0%	18.7 – 25.5	New Hampshire
33	Mercer County	22.0%	19.1 – 25.2	New Jersey
34	Saratoga County	22.0%	18.3 – 26.0	New York
35	Addison County	22.0%	18.5 – 25.6	Vermont
36	Pitkin County	22.1%	18.2 – 26.1	Colorado
37	Frederick County	22.1%	19.3 – 25.1	Maryland
38	Nantucket County	22.2%	18.3 – 26.4	Massachusetts
39	Fairfax County	22.2%	19.1 – 25.4	Virginia
40	Washington County	22.3%	19.2 – 25.8	Minnesota
41	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	22.4%	20.3 – 24.5	Connecticut
42	Dallas County	22.4%	18.6 – 26.3	Iowa
43	Carroll County	22.4%	18.8 – 26.1	New Hampshire
44	Warren County	22.4%	18.7 – 26.5	Ohio
45	Summit County	22.4%	18.8 – 26.2	Utah
46	Hinsdale County	22.6%	18.6 – 27.2	Colorado
47	Norfolk County	22.6%	19.3 – 26.1	Massachusetts
48	Carver County	22.6%	19.0 – 26.4	Minnesota
49	Loudoun County	22.7%	19.5 – 26.2	Virginia
50	Ouray County	22.8%	18.9 – 26.9	Colorado
51	Tompkins County	22.8%	19.3 – 26.7	New York
52	San Mateo County	22.9%	19.7 – 26.5	California
53	St. Johns County	22.9%	19.3 – 26.8	Florida
54	Lake County	22.9%	19.2 – 27.2	Illinois
55	New York County	22.9%	20.4 – 25.6	New York
56	Geauga County	22.9%	19.0 – 27.2	Ohio
57	Union County	22.9%	19.0 – 26.8	Ohio
58	Grand Isle County	22.9%	19.0 – 27.2	Vermont
59	Ozaukee County	23.0%	19.3 – 26.8	Wisconsin
60	Harford County	23.1%	19.8 – 26.7	Maryland
61	Middlesex County	23.1%	20.1 – 26.3	Massachusetts
62	Cass County	23.1%	20.0 – 26.5	North Dakota
63	Santa Clara County	23.2%	20.2 – 26.5	California
64	Middlesex County	23.2%	20.2 – 26.4	New Jersey
65	Warren County	23.2%	19.7 – 27.1	New Jersey
66	Windsor County	23.2%	19.6 – 27.0	Vermont
67	Sarpy County	23.3%	20.1 – 26.6	Nebraska
68	Erie County	23.3%	20.1 – 26.7	New York
69	Lincoln County	23.3%	19.8 – 26.8	South Dakota
70	Collin County	23.3%	20.0 – 27.0	Texas
71	Clear Creek County	23.4%	19.1 – 27.8	Colorado
72	San Miguel County	23.4%	19.3 – 27.7	Colorado
73	Cobb County	23.4%	19.5 – 27.4	Georgia
74	Burlington County	23.4%	20.4 – 26.8	New Jersey
75	Northwest Hills Planning Region	23.5%	21.5 – 25.5	Connecticut
76	Monroe County	23.5%	19.1 – 28.2	Illinois
77	Carroll County	23.5%	19.8 – 27.8	Maryland
78	Washtenaw County	23.5%	20.3 – 26.8	Michigan
79	Scott County	23.5%	19.9 – 27.4	Minnesota
80	San Juan County	23.5%	19.8 – 27.5	Washington
81	San Francisco County	23.6%	20.3 – 27.4	California
82	Bremer County	23.6%	19.5 – 27.9	Iowa
83	Winneshiek County	23.6%	19.9 – 27.7	Iowa
84	Johnson County	23.6%	20.5 – 26.9	Kansas
85	Olmsted County	23.6%	20.2 – 27.5	Minnesota
86	Cape May County	23.6%	20.0 – 27.8	New Jersey
87	Fort Bend County	23.6%	20.1 – 27.2	Texas
88	Jefferson County	23.7%	20.4 – 27.3	Colorado
89	Kendall County	23.7%	19.8 – 27.8	Illinois
90	Johnson County	23.7%	20.6 – 27.6	Iowa
91	Warren County	23.7%	20.1 – 28.0	Iowa
92	Barnstable County	23.7%	19.9 – 27.7	Massachusetts
93	Livingston County	23.7%	20.2 – 27.6	Michigan
94	Grafton County	23.7%	20.1 – 27.8	New Hampshire
95	Travis County	23.8%	20.6 – 27.0	Texas
96	Capitol Planning Region	23.9%	21.9 – 25.8	Connecticut
97	Fayette County	23.9%	20.3 – 28.1	Georgia
98	Saunders County	23.9%	20.0 – 27.9	Nebraska
99	Dutchess County	23.9%	20.5 – 27.8	New York
100	Wake County	23.9%	20.6 – 27.4	North Carolina

Highest Any Disability Rates — Bottom 100 CountiesCounties with the highest reported any disability prevalence.

#	County	Rate	95% CI	State
1	Oglala Lakota County	52.3%	47.2 – 57.6	South Dakota
2	East Carroll Parish	50.1%	44.2 – 55.8	Louisiana
3	Todd County	50.0%	44.4 – 55.7	South Dakota
4	Kusilvak Census Area	49.9%	44.0 – 56.0	Alaska
5	Bullock County	47.9%	42.5 – 53.5	Alabama
6	Claiborne Parish	47.8%	42.6 – 53.5	Louisiana
7	Sioux County	47.7%	42.1 – 53.4	North Dakota
8	Lake County	47.5%	41.7 – 53.0	Tennessee
9	Madison Parish	47.3%	41.7 – 53.0	Louisiana
10	Mingo County	46.9%	41.3 – 53.1	West Virginia
11	Dimmit County	46.8%	40.5 – 52.6	Texas
12	Hancock County	46.7%	41.3 – 52.8	Tennessee
13	McDowell County	46.6%	41.0 – 52.3	West Virginia
14	Greene County	46.6%	40.8 – 52.4	Alabama
15	Zavala County	46.4%	42.1 – 50.9	Texas
16	Adair County	46.3%	41.1 – 51.1	Oklahoma
17	Humphreys County	46.3%	40.6 – 52.3	Mississippi
18	Perry County	46.1%	40.5 – 51.5	Alabama
19	Tensas Parish	45.8%	40.3 – 51.4	Louisiana
20	Buffalo County	45.6%	39.8 – 51.1	South Dakota
21	Pemiscot County	45.5%	40.7 – 50.8	Missouri
22	Desha County	45.5%	40.4 – 51.1	Arkansas
23	Starr County	45.3%	39.2 – 51.5	Texas
24	Holmes County	45.3%	39.8 – 51.4	Mississippi
25	Tunica County	45.2%	39.9 – 51.3	Mississippi
26	Quitman County	45.2%	39.2 – 51.2	Mississippi
27	Lee County	45.2%	39.9 – 51.0	Arkansas
28	Pushmataha County	45.1%	39.6 – 50.2	Oklahoma
29	Bienville Parish	45.0%	39.8 – 50.5	Louisiana
30	Phillips County	45.0%	39.6 – 50.6	Arkansas
31	Mellette County	44.9%	39.6 – 50.0	South Dakota
32	Sequoyah County	44.9%	39.7 – 50.0	Oklahoma
33	Coal County	44.9%	39.5 – 50.2	Oklahoma
34	Sharkey County	44.9%	40.7 – 49.2	Mississippi
35	Wilcox County	44.9%	39.0 – 50.3	Alabama
36	Lowndes County	44.9%	39.0 – 50.3	Alabama
37	Jim Hogg County	44.8%	40.1 – 49.3	Texas
38	Zapata County	44.7%	38.7 – 51.2	Texas
39	Seminole County	44.7%	39.7 – 49.9	Oklahoma
40	Okfuskee County	44.7%	39.2 – 50.0	Oklahoma
41	McIntosh County	44.7%	39.6 – 49.9	Oklahoma
42	Corson County	44.5%	39.3 – 50.0	South Dakota
43	Latimer County	44.5%	39.3 – 49.7	Oklahoma
44	Yazoo County	44.5%	39.1 – 49.9	Mississippi
45	Muskogee County	44.3%	39.1 – 49.3	Oklahoma
46	Issaquena County	44.2%	40.3 – 48.1	Mississippi
47	Morehouse Parish	44.2%	38.3 – 50.2	Louisiana
48	Mississippi County	44.1%	38.9 – 49.2	Missouri
49	Dunklin County	44.1%	38.7 – 49.5	Missouri
50	Calhoun County	43.9%	38.1 – 49.4	West Virginia
51	St. Landry Parish	43.9%	39.0 – 49.2	Louisiana
52	Wyoming County	43.8%	37.7 – 50.0	West Virginia
53	Lafayette County	43.8%	38.7 – 48.9	Arkansas
54	Jefferson County	43.7%	37.4 – 49.9	Mississippi
55	Coahoma County	43.7%	38.0 – 49.6	Mississippi
56	Concordia Parish	43.7%	38.7 – 49.7	Louisiana
57	Ziebach County	43.6%	38.4 – 48.9	South Dakota
58	Sunflower County	43.6%	37.9 – 49.1	Mississippi
59	Claiborne County	43.6%	37.9 – 49.8	Mississippi
60	Johnston County	43.5%	38.2 – 48.7	Oklahoma
61	Hickory County	43.5%	38.0 – 49.2	Missouri
62	Red River Parish	43.5%	38.4 – 48.9	Louisiana
63	Webster Parish	43.4%	38.1 – 48.8	Louisiana
64	Evangeline Parish	43.4%	38.0 – 49.3	Louisiana
65	St. Francis County	43.4%	38.3 – 48.8	Arkansas
66	Caddo County	43.3%	38.2 – 48.2	Oklahoma
67	McKinley County	43.3%	38.4 – 48.5	New Mexico
68	Franklin Parish	43.3%	37.8 – 48.9	Louisiana
69	McDonald County	43.2%	37.9 – 48.9	Missouri
70	Noxubee County	43.2%	37.7 – 48.6	Mississippi
71	Bethel Census Area	43.2%	38.6 – 48.8	Alaska
72	Ozark County	43.1%	37.6 – 48.9	Missouri
73	Scott County	43.0%	37.4 – 49.0	Tennessee
74	Leflore County	43.0%	37.6 – 48.4	Mississippi
75	St. Helena Parish	43.0%	38.0 – 48.4	Louisiana
76	Catahoula Parish	43.0%	37.7 – 48.7	Louisiana
77	Hughes County	42.9%	38.0 – 48.3	Oklahoma
78	Ripley County	42.9%	37.4 – 48.5	Missouri
79	Sevier County	42.9%	37.6 – 48.1	Arkansas
80	Ashley County	42.9%	38.0 – 47.8	Arkansas
81	Willacy County	42.8%	36.8 – 48.6	Texas
82	Haywood County	42.8%	37.3 – 48.4	Tennessee
83	Craig County	42.7%	37.7 – 47.9	Oklahoma
84	Choctaw County	42.6%	37.6 – 47.7	Oklahoma
85	Caldwell Parish	42.6%	37.1 – 48.3	Louisiana
86	Nevada County	42.6%	37.3 – 47.7	Arkansas
87	Apache County	42.6%	38.2 – 47.1	Arizona
88	Conecuh County	42.6%	37.3 – 47.9	Alabama
89	Butler County	42.4%	36.8 – 47.6	Missouri
90	Woodruff County	42.4%	36.8 – 48.0	Arkansas
91	Logan County	42.3%	36.6 – 47.9	West Virginia
92	Cochran County	42.3%	37.0 – 47.9	Texas
93	Okmulgee County	42.3%	37.4 – 47.4	Oklahoma
94	Carter County	42.3%	36.7 – 48.4	Missouri
95	Avoyelles Parish	42.3%	37.2 – 47.5	Louisiana
96	Chicot County	42.3%	37.3 – 47.4	Arkansas
97	Bennett County	42.2%	37.0 – 47.3	South Dakota
98	Le Flore County	42.2%	37.1 – 47.6	Oklahoma
99	Glacier County	42.2%	37.0 – 47.2	Montana
100	Lawrence County	42.2%	37.1 – 47.8	Mississippi

What this ranking suggests

Any-disability is a useful denominator for understanding what share of a county's adult population is navigating some form of functional limitation. The six individual disability rankings on this site (cognition, hearing, mobility, vision, self-care, independent living) decompose this composite into its parts.

Methodology notes & limitations

Estimates are statistical model outputs, not direct measurements. Small counties have wider confidence intervals; treat narrow rank differences in those rows as within-noise. Counties where the underlying population is too small to support modeling are suppressed entirely (about 1% of US counties). All measures are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. The PLACES dataset uses BRFSS self-reported data — self-report introduces known direction-of-bias in some measures (BMI is under-reported; binge drinking is under-reported), but the bias is roughly uniform across counties so ranking comparability is preserved. See the methodology page for full data-pipeline documentation.

By Logan Johnson, Founder & Data EditorPublished May 15, 2026Reviewed by Logan Johnson, Founder & Data Editor

Data source: CDC PLACES 2023 release. Measure ID: DISABILITY.

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