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Counties in Alaska by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 30 counties in 2023, at 23.5%. Aleutians East Borough had the lowest, at 12.3%. The median was 19.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest23.5Kusilvak Census Area
Lowest12.3Aleutians East Borough
Median19.530 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Aleutians East Borough: 12.3 %Aleutians West Census Area: 13.3 %Anchorage Municipality: 21.3 %Bethel Census Area: 21 %Bristol Bay Borough: 18.8 %Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Copper River Census Area: 19.8 %Denali Borough: 19.5 %Dillingham Census Area: 20.1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20.5 %Haines Borough: 18.8 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.5 %Juneau City and Borough: 21 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 19.7 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 18.9 %Kodiak Island Borough: 17.2 %Kusilvak Census Area: 23.5 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 21.9 %Nome Census Area: 20.7 %North Slope Borough: 18 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.7 %Petersburg Borough: 18.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 20.3 %Sitka City and Borough: 19.1 %Skagway Municipality: 19.4 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 19.3 %Wrangell City and Borough: 18.3 %Yakutat City and Borough: 18 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 19.8 %
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%, 2023. 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.

All counties, 2023

Kusilvak Census Area: 23.5 %Kusilvak Census Area23.5Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 21.9 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough21.9Anchorage Municipality: 21.3 %Anchorage Municipality21.3Bethel Census Area: 21 %Bethel Census Area21Juneau City and Borough: 21 %Juneau City and Borough21Nome Census Area: 20.7 %Nome Census Area20.7Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.7 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.7Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20.5 %Fairbanks North Star Borough20.5Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 20.3 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area20.3Dillingham Census Area: 20.1 %Dillingham Census Area20.1Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20 %Lake and Peninsula Borough20Copper River Census Area: 19.8 %Copper River Census Area19.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 19.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area19.8Kenai Peninsula Borough: 19.7 %Kenai Peninsula Borough19.7Denali Borough: 19.5 %Denali Borough19.5Skagway Municipality: 19.4 %Skagway Municipality19.4Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 19.3 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area19.3Sitka City and Borough: 19.1 %Sitka City and Borough19.1Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 18.9 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough18.9Bristol Bay Borough: 18.8 %Bristol Bay Borough18.8Haines Borough: 18.8 %Haines Borough18.8Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.5 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.5Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Chugach Census Area18.4Wrangell City and Borough: 18.3 %Wrangell City and Borough18.3Petersburg Borough: 18.2 %Petersburg Borough18.2North Slope Borough: 18 %North Slope Borough18Yakutat City and Borough: 18 %Yakutat City and Borough18Kodiak Island Borough: 17.2 %Kodiak Island Borough17.2Aleutians West Census Area: 13.3 %Aleutians West Census Area13.3Aleutians East Borough: 12.3 %Aleutians East Borough12.3Kusilvak Census Area: 23.5 %Kusilvak Census Area23.5Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 21.9 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough21.9Anchorage Municipality: 21.3 %Anchorage Municipality21.3Bethel Census Area: 21 %Bethel Census Area21Juneau City and Borough: 21 %Juneau City and Borough21Nome Census Area: 20.7 %Nome Census Area20.7Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.7 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.7Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20.5 %Fairbanks North Star Borough20.5Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 20.3 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area20.3Dillingham Census Area: 20.1 %Dillingham Census Area20.1Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20 %Lake and Peninsula Borough20Copper River Census Area: 19.8 %Copper River Census Area19.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 19.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area19.8Kenai Peninsula Borough: 19.7 %Kenai Peninsula Borough19.7Denali Borough: 19.5 %Denali Borough19.5Skagway Municipality: 19.4 %Skagway Municipality19.4Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 19.3 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area19.3Sitka City and Borough: 19.1 %Sitka City and Borough19.1Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 18.9 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough18.9Bristol Bay Borough: 18.8 %Bristol Bay Borough18.8Haines Borough: 18.8 %Haines Borough18.8Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.5 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.5Chugach Census Area: 18.4 %Chugach Census Area18.4Wrangell City and Borough: 18.3 %Wrangell City and Borough18.3Petersburg Borough: 18.2 %Petersburg Borough18.2North Slope Borough: 18 %North Slope Borough18Yakutat City and Borough: 18 %Yakutat City and Borough18Kodiak Island Borough: 17.2 %Kodiak Island Borough17.2Aleutians West Census Area: 13.3 %Aleutians West Census Area13.3Aleutians East Borough: 12.3 %Aleutians East Borough12.3
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Kusilvak Census Area23.5-1.3 pts
2Matanuska-Susitna Borough21.9-2.1 pts
3Anchorage Municipality21.3+0.1 pts
4Bethel Census Area21-1.5 pts
4Juneau City and Borough21+1.8 pts
6Nome Census Area20.7-2.1 pts
6Northwest Arctic Borough20.7-2 pts
8Fairbanks North Star Borough20.5-0.3 pts
9Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area20.3-0.8 pts
10Dillingham Census Area20.1-2.7 pts
11Lake and Peninsula Borough20-0.8 pts
12Copper River Census Area19.8+0.4 pts
12Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area19.8-1.8 pts
14Kenai Peninsula Borough19.7-2.3 pts
15Denali Borough19.5+1 pts
16Skagway Municipality19.4-0.3 pts
17Southeast Fairbanks Census Area19.3+2 pts
18Sitka City and Borough19.1-1 pts
19Ketchikan Gateway Borough18.9-1.2 pts
20Bristol Bay Borough18.8-1.2 pts
20Haines Borough18.8+0.3 pts
22Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.5-0.2 pts
23Chugach Census Area18.4-0.2 pts
24Wrangell City and Borough18.3-0.7 pts
25Petersburg Borough18.2-0.3 pts
26North Slope Borough18-0.3 pts
26Yakutat City and Borough18-0.6 pts
28Kodiak Island Borough17.2-1.3 pts
29Aleutians West Census Area13.3-0.2 pts
30Aleutians East Borough12.3-0.1 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, 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 Alaska 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, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties. 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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties.

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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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Kusilvak Census Area, with 23.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Aleutians East Borough, with 12.3% in 2023.

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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