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Cities in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Tuscaloosa, AL had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 66 cities in 2023, at 26.5%. Selma, AL had the lowest, at 19.8%. The median was 23.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26.5Tuscaloosa, AL
Lowest19.8Selma, AL
Median23.666 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Tuscaloosa, AL: 26.5 %Tuscaloosa, AL26.5Fort Payne, AL: 26.3 %Fort Payne, AL26.3Jacksonville, AL: 26.3 %Jacksonville, AL26.3Boaz, AL: 26.2 %Boaz, AL26.2Scottsboro, AL: 26.1 %Scottsboro, AL26.1Troy, AL: 25.9 %Troy, AL25.9Auburn, AL: 25.5 %Auburn, AL25.5Moody, AL: 25.4 %Moody, AL25.4Cullman, AL: 25.3 %Cullman, AL25.3Albertville, AL: 25.1 %Albertville, AL25.1Hartselle, AL: 25 %Hartselle, AL25Prattville, AL: 25 %Prattville, AL25Florence, AL: 24.8 %Florence, AL24.8Jasper, AL: 24.8 %Jasper, AL24.8Russellville, AL: 24.8 %Russellville, AL24.8Leeds, AL: 24.7 %Leeds, AL24.7Pell City, AL: 24.6 %Pell City, AL24.6Dothan, AL: 24.5 %Dothan, AL24.5Gadsden, AL: 24.5 %Gadsden, AL24.5Oxford, AL: 24.5 %Oxford, AL24.5Northport, AL: 24.4 %Northport, AL24.4Ozark, AL: 24.4 %Ozark, AL24.4Rainbow City, AL: 24.3 %Rainbow City, AL24.3Enterprise, AL: 24.1 %Enterprise, AL24.1Homewood, AL: 24.1 %Homewood, AL24.1Muscle Shoals, AL: 24.1 %Muscle Shoals, AL24.1Phenix City, AL: 24 %Phenix City, AL24Gardendale, AL: 23.9 %Gardendale, AL23.9Saraland, AL: 23.9 %Saraland, AL23.9Sylacauga, AL: 23.9 %Sylacauga, AL23.9Hueytown, AL: 23.8 %Hueytown, AL23.8Alexander City, AL: 23.7 %Alexander City, AL23.7Athens, AL: 23.6 %Athens, AL23.6Trussville, AL: 23.6 %Trussville, AL23.6Clay, AL: 23.5 %Clay, AL23.5Eufaula, AL: 23.5 %Eufaula, AL23.5Decatur, AL: 23.4 %Decatur, AL23.4Millbrook, AL: 23.2 %Millbrook, AL23.2Valley, AL: 23.2 %Valley, AL23.2Vestavia Hills, AL: 23.2 %Vestavia Hills, AL23.2Tuscaloosa, AL: 26.5 %Tuscaloosa, AL26.5Fort Payne, AL: 26.3 %Fort Payne, AL26.3Jacksonville, AL: 26.3 %Jacksonville, AL26.3Boaz, AL: 26.2 %Boaz, AL26.2Scottsboro, AL: 26.1 %Scottsboro, AL26.1Troy, AL: 25.9 %Troy, AL25.9Auburn, AL: 25.5 %Auburn, AL25.5Moody, AL: 25.4 %Moody, AL25.4Cullman, AL: 25.3 %Cullman, AL25.3Albertville, AL: 25.1 %Albertville, AL25.1Hartselle, AL: 25 %Hartselle, AL25Prattville, AL: 25 %Prattville, AL25Florence, AL: 24.8 %Florence, AL24.8Jasper, AL: 24.8 %Jasper, AL24.8Russellville, AL: 24.8 %Russellville, AL24.8Leeds, AL: 24.7 %Leeds, AL24.7Pell City, AL: 24.6 %Pell City, AL24.6Dothan, AL: 24.5 %Dothan, AL24.5Gadsden, AL: 24.5 %Gadsden, AL24.5Oxford, AL: 24.5 %Oxford, AL24.5Northport, AL: 24.4 %Northport, AL24.4Ozark, AL: 24.4 %Ozark, AL24.4Rainbow City, AL: 24.3 %Rainbow City, AL24.3Enterprise, AL: 24.1 %Enterprise, AL24.1Homewood, AL: 24.1 %Homewood, AL24.1Muscle Shoals, AL: 24.1 %Muscle Shoals, AL24.1Phenix City, AL: 24 %Phenix City, AL24Gardendale, AL: 23.9 %Gardendale, AL23.9Saraland, AL: 23.9 %Saraland, AL23.9Sylacauga, AL: 23.9 %Sylacauga, AL23.9Hueytown, AL: 23.8 %Hueytown, AL23.8Alexander City, AL: 23.7 %Alexander City, AL23.7Athens, AL: 23.6 %Athens, AL23.6Trussville, AL: 23.6 %Trussville, AL23.6Clay, AL: 23.5 %Clay, AL23.5Eufaula, AL: 23.5 %Eufaula, AL23.5Decatur, AL: 23.4 %Decatur, AL23.4Millbrook, AL: 23.2 %Millbrook, AL23.2Valley, AL: 23.2 %Valley, AL23.2Vestavia Hills, AL: 23.2 %Vestavia Hills, AL23.2
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Tuscaloosa, AL26.5-1.1 pts
2Fort Payne, AL26.3-0.8 pts
2Jacksonville, AL26.3-1.4 pts
4Boaz, AL26.2-0.8 pts
5Scottsboro, AL26.1-0.6 pts
6Troy, AL25.9-0.6 pts
7Auburn, AL25.5-1.3 pts
8Moody, AL25.4-1.2 pts
9Cullman, AL25.3-1.2 pts
10Albertville, AL25.1-0.9 pts
11Hartselle, AL25-2.1 pts
11Prattville, AL25+0.8 pts
13Florence, AL24.8-1.7 pts
13Jasper, AL24.8-1 pts
13Russellville, AL24.8-1.2 pts
16Leeds, AL24.7-1 pts
17Pell City, AL24.6-1.2 pts
18Dothan, AL24.5+1.2 pts
18Gadsden, AL24.5-1 pts
18Oxford, AL24.5-1 pts
21Northport, AL24.4-1.2 pts
21Ozark, AL24.4-0.1 pts
23Rainbow City, AL24.3-0.4 pts
24Enterprise, AL24.1+0.4 pts
24Homewood, AL24.1-0.6 pts
24Muscle Shoals, AL24.1-0.7 pts
27Phenix City, AL24-0.1 pts
28Gardendale, AL23.9-0.8 pts
28Saraland, AL23.9-1 pts
28Sylacauga, AL23.9-0.9 pts
31Hueytown, AL23.8+0.1 pts
32Alexander City, AL23.70 pts
33Athens, AL23.6+0.1 pts
33Trussville, AL23.6-0.5 pts
35Clay, AL23.5-0.6 pts
35Eufaula, AL23.5-0.6 pts
37Decatur, AL23.4-2.1 pts
38Millbrook, AL23.2-1.3 pts
38Valley, AL23.2-1.2 pts
38Vestavia Hills, AL23.20 pts
41Calera, AL23.1-2 pts
41Chelsea, AL23.1-1.6 pts
43Center Point, AL22.9-0.5 pts
44Anniston, AL22.7-0.7 pts
45Gulf Shores, AL22.5-1.4 pts
45Mountain Brook, AL22.5-0.4 pts
47Spanish Fort, AL22.4-1.1 pts
48Daphne, AL22.3-1.7 pts
48Helena, AL22.3-1.1 pts
50Irondale, AL22.2-0.6 pts
51Birmingham, AL22.1-0.5 pts
51Opelika, AL22.1-1.3 pts
53Alabaster, AL22-1.7 pts
53Foley, AL22-1.5 pts
55Huntsville, AL21.9-1.3 pts
56Hoover, AL21.8-0.8 pts
57Pelham, AL21.7-1.8 pts
57Talladega, AL21.7-1.6 pts
59Montgomery, AL21.5-0.2 pts
60Bessemer, AL21.4-0.7 pts
61Fairhope, AL21.3-1.7 pts
62Mobile, AL21.2-1.6 pts
63Madison, AL21-1 pts
63Pike Road, AL210 pts
65Prichard, AL20-1.3 pts
66Selma, AL19.8-0.9 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that they had a depressive disorder. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-cities.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Tuscaloosa, AL, with 26.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Selma, AL, with 19.8% in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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