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Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate

DeKalb County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2021, at 25.1%. Montgomery County had the lowest, at 19%. The median was 22.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest25.1DeKalb County
Lowest19Montgomery County
Median22.467 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Autauga County: 22.2 %Baldwin County: 22 %Barbour County: 22 %Bibb County: 22.9 %Blount County: 23.3 %Bullock County: 19.7 %Butler County: 20.3 %Calhoun County: 22.7 %Chambers County: 21.9 %Cherokee County: 24.7 %Chilton County: 23.6 %Choctaw County: 21.5 %Clarke County: 21 %Clay County: 24.3 %Cleburne County: 24.7 %Coffee County: 23.4 %Colbert County: 23.1 %Conecuh County: 21.6 %Coosa County: 21.2 %Covington County: 23 %Crenshaw County: 22.3 %Cullman County: 24.3 %Dale County: 22.8 %Dallas County: 20.2 %DeKalb County: 25.1 %Elmore County: 22.6 %Escambia County: 22.6 %Etowah County: 24.1 %Fayette County: 23.8 %Franklin County: 24.1 %Geneva County: 24.4 %Greene County: 19.1 %Hale County: 21.4 %Henry County: 21.6 %Houston County: 24 %Jackson County: 23.8 %Jefferson County: 21.5 %Lamar County: 23.4 %Lauderdale County: 23.9 %Lawrence County: 23.5 %Lee County: 22 %Limestone County: 22.2 %Lowndes County: 19.1 %Macon County: 19.6 %Madison County: 21.6 %Marengo County: 20.3 %Marion County: 24.4 %Marshall County: 24 %Mobile County: 22.1 %Monroe County: 21.3 %Montgomery County: 19 %Morgan County: 23.4 %Perry County: 21.7 %Pickens County: 21.8 %Pike County: 22.1 %Randolph County: 23.1 %Russell County: 23.1 %St. Clair County: 23.2 %Shelby County: 21.2 %Sumter County: 20.6 %Talladega County: 22.5 %Tallapoosa County: 22.4 %Tuscaloosa County: 22.4 %Walker County: 24.2 %Washington County: 22.1 %Wilcox County: 20.5 %Winston County: 24.7 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

DeKalb County: 25.1 %DeKalb County25.1Cherokee County: 24.7 %Cherokee County24.7Cleburne County: 24.7 %Cleburne County24.7Winston County: 24.7 %Winston County24.7Geneva County: 24.4 %Geneva County24.4Marion County: 24.4 %Marion County24.4Clay County: 24.3 %Clay County24.3Cullman County: 24.3 %Cullman County24.3Walker County: 24.2 %Walker County24.2Etowah County: 24.1 %Etowah County24.1Franklin County: 24.1 %Franklin County24.1Houston County: 24 %Houston County24Marshall County: 24 %Marshall County24Lauderdale County: 23.9 %Lauderdale County23.9Fayette County: 23.8 %Fayette County23.8Jackson County: 23.8 %Jackson County23.8Chilton County: 23.6 %Chilton County23.6Lawrence County: 23.5 %Lawrence County23.5Coffee County: 23.4 %Coffee County23.4Lamar County: 23.4 %Lamar County23.4Morgan County: 23.4 %Morgan County23.4Blount County: 23.3 %Blount County23.3St. Clair County: 23.2 %St. Clair County23.2Colbert County: 23.1 %Colbert County23.1Randolph County: 23.1 %Randolph County23.1Russell County: 23.1 %Russell County23.1Covington County: 23 %Covington County23Bibb County: 22.9 %Bibb County22.9Dale County: 22.8 %Dale County22.8Calhoun County: 22.7 %Calhoun County22.7Elmore County: 22.6 %Elmore County22.6Escambia County: 22.6 %Escambia County22.6Talladega County: 22.5 %Talladega County22.5Tallapoosa County: 22.4 %Tallapoosa County22.4Tuscaloosa County: 22.4 %Tuscaloosa County22.4Crenshaw County: 22.3 %Crenshaw County22.3Autauga County: 22.2 %Autauga County22.2Limestone County: 22.2 %Limestone County22.2Mobile County: 22.1 %Mobile County22.1Pike County: 22.1 %Pike County22.1DeKalb County: 25.1 %DeKalb County25.1Cherokee County: 24.7 %Cherokee County24.7Cleburne County: 24.7 %Cleburne County24.7Winston County: 24.7 %Winston County24.7Geneva County: 24.4 %Geneva County24.4Marion County: 24.4 %Marion County24.4Clay County: 24.3 %Clay County24.3Cullman County: 24.3 %Cullman County24.3Walker County: 24.2 %Walker County24.2Etowah County: 24.1 %Etowah County24.1Franklin County: 24.1 %Franklin County24.1Houston County: 24 %Houston County24Marshall County: 24 %Marshall County24Lauderdale County: 23.9 %Lauderdale County23.9Fayette County: 23.8 %Fayette County23.8Jackson County: 23.8 %Jackson County23.8Chilton County: 23.6 %Chilton County23.6Lawrence County: 23.5 %Lawrence County23.5Coffee County: 23.4 %Coffee County23.4Lamar County: 23.4 %Lamar County23.4Morgan County: 23.4 %Morgan County23.4Blount County: 23.3 %Blount County23.3St. Clair County: 23.2 %St. Clair County23.2Colbert County: 23.1 %Colbert County23.1Randolph County: 23.1 %Randolph County23.1Russell County: 23.1 %Russell County23.1Covington County: 23 %Covington County23Bibb County: 22.9 %Bibb County22.9Dale County: 22.8 %Dale County22.8Calhoun County: 22.7 %Calhoun County22.7Elmore County: 22.6 %Elmore County22.6Escambia County: 22.6 %Escambia County22.6Talladega County: 22.5 %Talladega County22.5Tallapoosa County: 22.4 %Tallapoosa County22.4Tuscaloosa County: 22.4 %Tuscaloosa County22.4Crenshaw County: 22.3 %Crenshaw County22.3Autauga County: 22.2 %Autauga County22.2Limestone County: 22.2 %Limestone County22.2Mobile County: 22.1 %Mobile County22.1Pike County: 22.1 %Pike County22.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1DeKalb County25.1
2Cherokee County24.7
2Cleburne County24.7
2Winston County24.7
5Geneva County24.4
5Marion County24.4
7Clay County24.3
7Cullman County24.3
9Walker County24.2
10Etowah County24.1
10Franklin County24.1
12Houston County24
12Marshall County24
14Lauderdale County23.9
15Fayette County23.8
15Jackson County23.8
17Chilton County23.6
18Lawrence County23.5
19Coffee County23.4
19Lamar County23.4
19Morgan County23.4
22Blount County23.3
23St. Clair County23.2
24Colbert County23.1
24Randolph County23.1
24Russell County23.1
27Covington County23
28Bibb County22.9
29Dale County22.8
30Calhoun County22.7
31Elmore County22.6
31Escambia County22.6
33Talladega County22.5
34Tallapoosa County22.4
34Tuscaloosa County22.4
36Crenshaw County22.3
37Autauga County22.2
37Limestone County22.2
39Mobile County22.1
39Pike County22.1
39Washington County22.1
42Baldwin County22
42Barbour County22
42Lee County22
45Chambers County21.9
46Pickens County21.8
47Perry County21.7
48Conecuh County21.6
48Henry County21.6
48Madison County21.6
51Choctaw County21.5
51Jefferson County21.5
53Hale County21.4
54Monroe County21.3
55Coosa County21.2
55Shelby County21.2
57Clarke County21
58Sumter County20.6
59Wilcox County20.5
60Butler County20.3
60Marengo County20.3
62Dallas County20.2
63Bullock County19.7
64Macon County19.6
65Greene County19.1
65Lowndes County19.1
67Montgomery County19

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest depression in adults, local model estimate?

DeKalb County, with 25.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest depression in adults, local model estimate?

Montgomery County, with 19% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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