Is Shreveport Still One of The Most Unhealthy Cities?
In 2023, Wallethub released a study looking into how healthy 182 different cities in America are on average. Shreveport was the third least-healthy city of the year. This year, Wallethub has released an updated study of the Healthiest and unhealthiest Cities in America. Is Shreveport still the third-most unhealthy city in America?
- In 2021 Shreveport ranked 4th least healthy in the same study.
- 7th least healthy in 2022
Previous Years
For the last few years, Wallethub has released a study of about 180 of the most populated cities in America. The study analyzes how healthy each city is by measuring available public fitness and medical data.
In 2023, Shreveport ranked 180th out of 182 cities when ranked by healthiest to least healthy. In the same study from 2022, WalletHub placed Shreveport slightly higher, at 176th place. Going back to 2021, Shreveport was 179th place.
Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America study places Shreveport as 178th
Wallethub's updated Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America study for 2024 placed Shreveport as the 178th healthiest city or the 5th least healthy of 180 of America's largest cities. Shreveport placed as the second worst for statistics under the food rank. Shreveport's best ranking statistics were in Health Care, ranking at 162nd best, and next best in Green Space, ranking 160th.
You can read the full study from WalletHub here: Healthiest & Unhealthiest Cities in America (2024)
In 2023 for the data on Shreveport's food ranking, WalletHub placed Shreveport as the same as this year, at 181st of 182. Last year's study placed Shreveport's Fitness rank at 179th, for Health Care the city of Shreveport ranked 170th, and Green Space rank at 163rd.