10 healthiest, unhealthiest cities in 2025

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San Francisco is the healthiest city in the U.S. while Brownsville, Texas, is the unhealthiest city, WalletHub found.

WalletHub compared 182 cities, including the 150 most populated cities in the U.S. plus at least two of the most populated cities in each state, across four dimensions: healthcare, food, fitness and green space. The dimensions used 41 metrics and were weighted on a 100-point scale, in which 100 shows the most favorable conditions for a healthy lifestyle. Read more on the methodology here.

Here are the healthiest and unhealthiest cities along with their overall grade.

Healthiest cities

San Francisco — 68.05

Honolulu — 63.34

Seattle — 63

Salt Lake City — 62.82

San Diego — 62.62

Portland, Ore. — 62.26

Denver — 61.18

Minneapolis — 61.17

Washington, D.C. — 61.08

Huntington Beach, Calif. — 60.51

Unhealthiest cities

Brownsville, Texas  — 24.07

Gulfport, Miss. — 28.30

Shreveport, La.  — 30.34

Columbus, Ga.  — 30.61

Laredo, Texas  — 31.21

Huntington, W.Va.  — 31.53

Corpus Christi, Texas  — 32.30

Fort Smith, Ark.  — 33.05

Memphis, Tenn.  — 33.52

Jackson, Miss. — 33.81

Fayetteville, N.C. — 34.03

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