Healthiest Cities in Kansas.

Cities in Kansas whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

35 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Prairie Village	22,874	29.8%	7.9%	17.1%
2	Leawood	33,809	28.9%	7.2%	16.4%
3	Manhattan	54,239	27.1%	12.4%	23.2%
4	Overland Park	200,306	30.0%	9.0%	18.7%
5	Lawrence	96,051	31.5%	12.3%	19.7%
6	Lenexa	58,384	31.3%	9.6%	19.2%
7	Andover	15,965	36.3%	11.3%	18.5%
8	Shawnee	68,542	32.4%	10.8%	20.3%
9	Olathe	145,057	32.8%	11.3%	20.9%
10	Hays	21,143	36.2%	12.9%	23.4%
11	Gardner	24,526	34.9%	14.2%	22.5%
12	Derby	26,062	35.8%	13.0%	21.4%
13	Merriam	11,085	33.8%	12.1%	22.7%
14	Lansing	11,246	40.2%	14.0%	22.8%
15	McPherson	13,995	37.2%	13.6%	26.3%
16	Atchison	10,785	36.9%	15.0%	27.5%
17	Leavenworth	37,195	41.5%	15.2%	24.8%
18	Pittsburg	20,637	37.1%	17.2%	28.6%
19	Haysville	11,117	38.5%	17.4%	25.9%
20	Junction City	22,331	35.0%	16.6%	30.4%
21	Ottawa	12,678	40.1%	15.8%	27.2%
22	Winfield	11,711	39.3%	14.7%	26.9%
23	Emporia	24,131	38.8%	15.8%	30.9%
24	Newton	18,397	38.0%	14.6%	29.6%
25	Garden City	27,819	36.8%	15.1%	32.9%
26	Wichita	397,945	39.5%	16.3%	27.9%
27	Salina	46,307	41.4%	16.0%	29.4%
28	El Dorado	12,769	41.3%	17.4%	27.9%
29	Dodge City	27,613	39.6%	15.9%	35.0%
30	Topeka	125,786	39.7%	16.9%	28.1%
31	Great Bend	14,479	39.3%	16.6%	31.6%
32	Arkansas City	11,884	42.9%	17.2%	31.5%
33	Hutchinson	39,709	44.8%	17.7%	30.7%
34	Liberal	19,316	43.4%	16.0%	38.6%
35	Kansas City	155,135	41.2%	18.3%	35.3%