Healthiest Cities in Mississippi.

Cities in Mississippi 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.

41 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Madison	27,946	30.7%	8.8%	20.7%
2	Oxford	26,411	32.5%	11.7%	25.6%
3	Flowood	10,587	34.3%	11.0%	24.0%
4	Brandon	25,542	34.6%	10.9%	23.7%
5	Ridgeland	24,587	35.3%	10.8%	25.7%
6	Hernando	17,949	34.0%	13.1%	25.2%
7	Clinton	27,195	35.1%	11.3%	25.9%
8	Ocean Springs	18,646	35.1%	10.7%	23.5%
9	Olive Branch	47,019	36.0%	12.6%	26.2%
10	Starkville	25,721	36.0%	13.7%	29.1%
11	Long Beach	17,009	32.6%	13.6%	29.7%
12	Southaven	56,226	37.2%	14.2%	28.4%
13	Byram	12,799	40.9%	12.7%	28.2%
14	Petal	11,294	34.4%	16.2%	29.2%
15	D'Iberville	13,203	33.8%	15.3%	33.2%
16	Pearl	27,737	38.6%	15.2%	30.6%
17	Biloxi	48,861	35.1%	15.5%	33.9%
18	Tupelo	37,791	36.0%	14.2%	31.7%
19	Hattiesburg	48,619	38.5%	16.2%	33.2%
20	Horn Lake	26,647	42.3%	18.5%	34.4%
21	Gautier	19,046	43.1%	16.7%	32.5%
22	Picayune	11,900	41.1%	18.6%	36.4%
23	Gulfport	73,003	39.7%	18.9%	38.9%
24	Cleveland	10,623	41.7%	17.0%	36.7%
25	Corinth	14,323	41.4%	19.7%	37.2%
26	Pascagoula	21,710	45.5%	18.6%	36.3%
27	Jackson	146,631	46.0%	18.1%	37.5%
28	Columbus	23,348	41.3%	18.6%	39.1%
29	Vicksburg	20,589	47.1%	18.1%	37.1%
30	Brookhaven	11,650	44.4%	19.4%	39.6%
31	Grenada	12,375	48.1%	19.3%	39.6%
32	Natchez	14,192	41.2%	19.6%	41.0%
33	Laurel	17,679	46.7%	19.5%	42.3%
34	McComb	12,049	47.6%	20.1%	40.1%
35	Greenwood	14,086	42.7%	21.6%	40.8%
36	Meridian	34,137	46.2%	22.0%	41.2%
37	Greenville	28,166	45.6%	22.3%	42.7%
38	Moss Point	11,957	49.2%	19.2%	40.9%
39	Canton	10,811	48.4%	23.2%	44.7%
40	Clarksdale	14,231	47.4%	22.0%	44.0%
41	Yazoo City	10,219	55.3%	25.7%	48.9%