St. Pete Is One Of The Fittest Cities In The Nation

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — St. Petersburg is the fittest city in Florida, and one of the fittest in the nation, according to a 2020 American Fitness Index annual report.

St. Pete ranked No. 30 overall in the rankings, and Tampa placed No. 45.

The study assessed 100 of the nation's largest cities in health behaviors such as exercise, health outcomes and community/environment networks.

In the personal health behavior category, St. Pete ranked at No. 58, and in the community environment at No. 17. Community environment category considered air quality index, bike score, farmers markets and parks for a total of its score.

For the full St. Petersburg report, click here.

Tampa ranked at No. 62.5 in the personal health behavior category. This category measured exercise, aerobic activity, smoking, biking and nutrition. It ranked No. 28 in community environment category.

The complete Tampa score can be found here.

Orlando ranked at No. 43 and Miami ranked at No. 47. Jacksonville ranked as the least fit city in Florida at No. 82.

The nation's top 10 fittest cities are:

1. Arlington, Va.
2. Seattle, Wash.
3. Minneapolis, Minn.
4. Madison, Wisc.
5. San Francisco, Calif.
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Irvine, Calif.
8. Denver, Colo.
9. Boise, Idaho
10. Boston, Mass.

Four Florida cities, including St. Pete and Tampa ranked in the top 10 cities in the nation for deadliest cities based on pedestrian fatality per 100,000 residents:

1. Hialeah, Fla.
2. Phoenix, Ariz
3. Albuquerque, N.M.
4. Stockton, Calif.
5. Miami, Fla.
6. Tampa, Fla.
7. Detroit, Mich.
8. St. Petersburg, Fla.
9. New Orleans, La.
10. El Paso, Texas

Between 2008 and 2017, drivers struck and killed 49,340 people who were walking on streets all across the United States, said a Dangerous by Design report included in the study. That’s more than 13 people per day, or one person every hour and 46 minutes. It’s the equivalent of a jumbo
jet full of people crashing—with no survivors—every single month.

The full report can be found here.