What share of adults smoke in Cleveland?

An estimated 21.9% of adults in Cleveland smoked cigarettes in 2023, 10th highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

Health in Cleveland, Ohio: official figures

8.1% of residents of Cleveland (29,109 people) had no health insurance in 2020-2024, 388th highest of 823 US cities of 50,000 or more (US: 8.4%; Ohio: 6.4%).

Residents without health insurance

8.1%

2020-2024

Adults with obesity (age-adjusted)

42.4%

2023

How many children in Cleveland are uninsured?

In Cleveland, 4.4% of children under 19 and 11.1% of adults aged 19 to 64 were uninsured in 2020-2024, against 1.1% of those 65 and over (US: 5.5%, 11.7% and 0.8%).

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How many people in Cleveland are on Medicaid?

41.0% of residents of Cleveland under 65 had Medicaid or other means-tested public coverage as their only health insurance in 2020-2024, 24th highest of 823 US cities of 50,000 or more (US: 18.1%; Ohio: 19.2%).

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How many people in Cleveland have a disability?

20.2% of residents of Cleveland (72,733 people) reported a disability in 2020-2024, 17th highest of 823 US cities of 50,000 or more (US: 13.3%; Ohio: 14.4%); 9.8% had two or more types of disability.

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How many older people in Cleveland have a disability?

By age, 40.9% of residents of Cleveland aged 65 and over, 18.9% of those aged 18 to 64 and 9.6% of children under 18 reported a disability in 2020-2024 (US: 32.9%, 10.9% and 4.9%).

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What is the obesity rate in Cleveland, Ohio?

An estimated 42.4% of adults in Cleveland had obesity in 2023, joint 51st highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

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How common is diabetes in Cleveland?

An estimated 16.7% of adults in Cleveland had been told by a doctor that they have diabetes, 18th highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

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How is mental health in Cleveland?

An estimated 19.9% of adults in Cleveland reported poor mental health on 14 or more of the past 30 days, joint 77th highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate, and 24.9% had ever been told they have depression (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

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How many adults in Cleveland have high blood pressure?

In Cleveland, an estimated 41.2% of adults had high blood pressure and 33.7% did no physical activity outside work, joint 67th highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate for physical inactivity (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

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How many adults in Cleveland see a doctor for a check-up?

An estimated 78.5% of adults in Cleveland had a routine check-up with a doctor in the past year, joint 147th highest of 810 US cities of 50,000 or more with an estimate (CDC PLACES model-based estimate for 2023, age-adjusted).

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How Cleveland compares with other cities in the United States

Residents without health insurance (2020-2024)

Cleveland ranks 388 of 823, highest first.

Rank	City	Residents without health insurance
385	New Orleans	8.1%
386	Des Plaines	8.1%
387	Sioux Falls	8.1%
388	Cleveland	8.1%
389	Rockwall	8.1%
390	Gresham	8.0%
391	Jeffersonville	8.0%

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Residents with a disability (2020-2024)

Cleveland ranks 17 of 823, highest first.

Rank	City	Residents with a disability
14	Joplin	20.6%
15	Newark	20.3%
16	Jonesboro	20.2%
17	Cleveland	20.2%
18	Camden	20.1%
19	Kokomo	20.0%
20	North Little Rock	20.0%

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Adults with obesity (age-adjusted model estimate) (2023)

Cleveland ranks 51 of 810, highest first.

Rank	City	Adults with obesity (age-adjusted model estimate)
48	Milwaukee	42.7%
49	Rocky Mount	42.5%
50	Enid	42.5%
51	Cleveland	42.4%
52	Beaumont	42.4%
53	Memphis	42.3%
54	Conway	42.3%

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Adults with diagnosed diabetes (age-adjusted model estimate) (2023)

Cleveland ranks 18 of 810, highest first.

Rank	City	Adults with diagnosed diabetes (age-adjusted model estimate)
15	New Brunswick	16.9%
16	Harlingen	16.8%
17	Delano	16.8%
18	Cleveland	16.7%
19	Hartford	16.4%
20	Edinburg	16.4%
21	Trenton	16.3%

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Adults who smoke cigarettes (age-adjusted model estimate) (2023)

Cleveland ranks 10 of 810, highest first.

Rank	City	Adults who smoke cigarettes (age-adjusted model estimate)
7	Detroit	22.1%
8	Anderson	22.1%
9	Terre Haute	22.0%
10	Cleveland	21.9%
11	New Bedford	21.7%
12	Fall River	21.6%
13	Dayton	21.3%

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Adults with 14+ poor mental health days a month (age-adjusted model estimate) (2023)

Cleveland ranks 77 of 810, highest first.

Rank	City	Adults with 14+ poor mental health days a month (age-adjusted model estimate)
74	Syracuse	20.0%
75	Jonesboro	20.0%
76	Valdosta	20.0%
77	Cleveland	19.9%
78	Eugene	19.9%
79	Rockford	19.9%
80	Longview	19.9%

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Sources

U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table C18108: Age by Number of Disabilities (Summary File rows for the US, the states and the listed cities, copied unchanged from the full file, sha256 8116247db31952c99ba053e6b0c767675a9674703b6b32e7705f1e4952f3b426), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b8f09efa878c…)
U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, table B27010: Types of Health Insurance Coverage by Age (Summary File rows for the US, the states and the listed cities, copied unchanged from the full file, sha256 2ceba99dada3ec1042310e1dc1f00bcc819de765c3143028aa000df025012a69), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3db662ef4cb3…)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: PLACES: Place Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2025 release: model-based age-adjusted prevalence among adults, for every place (data.cdc.gov API, columns used), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b2174bcc660f…)

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