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Counties in Alabama by depression in adults, local model estimate

Walker County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2022, at 28.7%. Dallas County had the lowest, at 21%. The median was 24.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest28.7Walker County
Lowest21Dallas County
Median24.567 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Autauga County: 23.8 %Baldwin County: 23.5 %Barbour County: 22.8 %Bibb County: 25.9 %Blount County: 26.8 %Bullock County: 21.6 %Butler County: 22.8 %Calhoun County: 24.6 %Chambers County: 24.2 %Cherokee County: 25 %Chilton County: 24.9 %Choctaw County: 23.7 %Clarke County: 23.7 %Clay County: 25.9 %Cleburne County: 27 %Coffee County: 22.5 %Colbert County: 25.1 %Conecuh County: 22.6 %Coosa County: 23.1 %Covington County: 26.3 %Crenshaw County: 24.5 %Cullman County: 27.6 %Dale County: 25 %Dallas County: 21 %DeKalb County: 27.8 %Elmore County: 24.2 %Escambia County: 25.1 %Etowah County: 26.4 %Fayette County: 26.4 %Franklin County: 26.3 %Geneva County: 26.8 %Greene County: 21.1 %Hale County: 22.2 %Henry County: 25.3 %Houston County: 24.5 %Jackson County: 27.2 %Jefferson County: 23 %Lamar County: 25.2 %Lauderdale County: 25.2 %Lawrence County: 26.4 %Lee County: 25.2 %Limestone County: 23.6 %Lowndes County: 21.3 %Macon County: 21.4 %Madison County: 23 %Marengo County: 23.3 %Marion County: 26.3 %Marshall County: 26.3 %Mobile County: 24.2 %Monroe County: 23.6 %Montgomery County: 22 %Morgan County: 25.9 %Perry County: 22.5 %Pickens County: 22.8 %Pike County: 24.2 %Randolph County: 25.7 %Russell County: 23.9 %St. Clair County: 25.9 %Shelby County: 23.2 %Sumter County: 23.2 %Talladega County: 24.2 %Tallapoosa County: 23.3 %Tuscaloosa County: 26.3 %Walker County: 28.7 %Washington County: 24.5 %Wilcox County: 22.8 %Winston County: 25.9 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Walker County: 28.7 %Walker County28.7DeKalb County: 27.8 %DeKalb County27.8Cullman County: 27.6 %Cullman County27.6Jackson County: 27.2 %Jackson County27.2Cleburne County: 27 %Cleburne County27Blount County: 26.8 %Blount County26.8Geneva County: 26.8 %Geneva County26.8Etowah County: 26.4 %Etowah County26.4Fayette County: 26.4 %Fayette County26.4Lawrence County: 26.4 %Lawrence County26.4Covington County: 26.3 %Covington County26.3Franklin County: 26.3 %Franklin County26.3Marion County: 26.3 %Marion County26.3Marshall County: 26.3 %Marshall County26.3Tuscaloosa County: 26.3 %Tuscaloosa County26.3Bibb County: 25.9 %Bibb County25.9Clay County: 25.9 %Clay County25.9Morgan County: 25.9 %Morgan County25.9St. Clair County: 25.9 %St. Clair County25.9Winston County: 25.9 %Winston County25.9Randolph County: 25.7 %Randolph County25.7Henry County: 25.3 %Henry County25.3Lamar County: 25.2 %Lamar County25.2Lauderdale County: 25.2 %Lauderdale County25.2Lee County: 25.2 %Lee County25.2Colbert County: 25.1 %Colbert County25.1Escambia County: 25.1 %Escambia County25.1Cherokee County: 25 %Cherokee County25Dale County: 25 %Dale County25Chilton County: 24.9 %Chilton County24.9Calhoun County: 24.6 %Calhoun County24.6Crenshaw County: 24.5 %Crenshaw County24.5Houston County: 24.5 %Houston County24.5Washington County: 24.5 %Washington County24.5Chambers County: 24.2 %Chambers County24.2Elmore County: 24.2 %Elmore County24.2Mobile County: 24.2 %Mobile County24.2Pike County: 24.2 %Pike County24.2Talladega County: 24.2 %Talladega County24.2Russell County: 23.9 %Russell County23.9Walker County: 28.7 %Walker County28.7DeKalb County: 27.8 %DeKalb County27.8Cullman County: 27.6 %Cullman County27.6Jackson County: 27.2 %Jackson County27.2Cleburne County: 27 %Cleburne County27Blount County: 26.8 %Blount County26.8Geneva County: 26.8 %Geneva County26.8Etowah County: 26.4 %Etowah County26.4Fayette County: 26.4 %Fayette County26.4Lawrence County: 26.4 %Lawrence County26.4Covington County: 26.3 %Covington County26.3Franklin County: 26.3 %Franklin County26.3Marion County: 26.3 %Marion County26.3Marshall County: 26.3 %Marshall County26.3Tuscaloosa County: 26.3 %Tuscaloosa County26.3Bibb County: 25.9 %Bibb County25.9Clay County: 25.9 %Clay County25.9Morgan County: 25.9 %Morgan County25.9St. Clair County: 25.9 %St. Clair County25.9Winston County: 25.9 %Winston County25.9Randolph County: 25.7 %Randolph County25.7Henry County: 25.3 %Henry County25.3Lamar County: 25.2 %Lamar County25.2Lauderdale County: 25.2 %Lauderdale County25.2Lee County: 25.2 %Lee County25.2Colbert County: 25.1 %Colbert County25.1Escambia County: 25.1 %Escambia County25.1Cherokee County: 25 %Cherokee County25Dale County: 25 %Dale County25Chilton County: 24.9 %Chilton County24.9Calhoun County: 24.6 %Calhoun County24.6Crenshaw County: 24.5 %Crenshaw County24.5Houston County: 24.5 %Houston County24.5Washington County: 24.5 %Washington County24.5Chambers County: 24.2 %Chambers County24.2Elmore County: 24.2 %Elmore County24.2Mobile County: 24.2 %Mobile County24.2Pike County: 24.2 %Pike County24.2Talladega County: 24.2 %Talladega County24.2Russell County: 23.9 %Russell County23.9
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Walker County28.7+4.5 pts
2DeKalb County27.8+2.7 pts
3Cullman County27.6+3.3 pts
4Jackson County27.2+3.4 pts
5Cleburne County27+2.3 pts
6Blount County26.8+3.5 pts
6Geneva County26.8+2.4 pts
8Etowah County26.4+2.3 pts
8Fayette County26.4+2.6 pts
8Lawrence County26.4+2.9 pts
11Covington County26.3+3.3 pts
11Franklin County26.3+2.2 pts
11Marion County26.3+1.9 pts
11Marshall County26.3+2.3 pts
11Tuscaloosa County26.3+3.9 pts
16Bibb County25.9+3 pts
16Clay County25.9+1.6 pts
16Morgan County25.9+2.5 pts
16St. Clair County25.9+2.7 pts
16Winston County25.9+1.2 pts
21Randolph County25.7+2.6 pts
22Henry County25.3+3.7 pts
23Lamar County25.2+1.8 pts
23Lauderdale County25.2+1.3 pts
23Lee County25.2+3.2 pts
26Colbert County25.1+2 pts
26Escambia County25.1+2.5 pts
28Cherokee County25+0.3 pts
28Dale County25+2.2 pts
30Chilton County24.9+1.3 pts
31Calhoun County24.6+1.9 pts
32Crenshaw County24.5+2.2 pts
32Houston County24.5+0.5 pts
32Washington County24.5+2.4 pts
35Chambers County24.2+2.3 pts
35Elmore County24.2+1.6 pts
35Mobile County24.2+2.1 pts
35Pike County24.2+2.1 pts
35Talladega County24.2+1.7 pts
40Russell County23.9+0.8 pts
41Autauga County23.8+1.6 pts
42Choctaw County23.7+2.2 pts
42Clarke County23.7+2.7 pts
44Limestone County23.6+1.4 pts
44Monroe County23.6+2.3 pts
46Baldwin County23.5+1.5 pts
47Marengo County23.3+3 pts
47Tallapoosa County23.3+0.9 pts
49Shelby County23.2+2 pts
49Sumter County23.2+2.6 pts
51Coosa County23.1+1.9 pts
52Jefferson County23+1.5 pts
52Madison County23+1.4 pts
54Barbour County22.8+0.8 pts
54Butler County22.8+2.5 pts
54Pickens County22.8+1 pts
54Wilcox County22.8+2.3 pts
58Conecuh County22.6+1 pts
59Coffee County22.5-0.9 pts
59Perry County22.5+0.8 pts
61Hale County22.2+0.8 pts
62Montgomery County22+3 pts
63Bullock County21.6+1.9 pts
64Macon County21.4+1.8 pts
65Lowndes County21.3+2.2 pts
66Greene County21.1+2 pts
67Dallas County21+0.8 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.

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alabama-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Walker County, with 28.7% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Dallas County, with 21% in 2022.

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

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