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Counties in Alaska by depression in adults, local model estimate

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 30 counties in 2021, at 24.7%. Aleutians East Borough had the lowest, at 13%. The median was 19.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest24.7Kusilvak Census Area
Lowest13Aleutians East Borough
Median19.730 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aleutians East Borough: 13 %Aleutians West Census Area: 13.5 %Anchorage Municipality: 19.7 %Bethel Census Area: 21.9 %Bristol Bay Borough: 18.1 %Chugach Census Area: 19.7 %Copper River Census Area: 19 %Denali Borough: 19.9 %Dillingham Census Area: 20.6 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20 %Haines Borough: 20.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.6 %Juneau City and Borough: 20 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 21.3 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.3 %Kodiak Island Borough: 16.1 %Kusilvak Census Area: 24.7 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20.6 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 22.1 %Nome Census Area: 20.4 %North Slope Borough: 17.9 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.8 %Petersburg Borough: 18.9 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 19.2 %Sitka City and Borough: 18.2 %Skagway Municipality: 19.7 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 17.5 %Wrangell City and Borough: 19.6 %Yakutat City and Borough: 17.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 20.7 %
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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.

All counties, 2021

Kusilvak Census Area: 24.7 %Kusilvak Census Area24.7Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 22.1 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough22.1Bethel Census Area: 21.9 %Bethel Census Area21.9Kenai Peninsula Borough: 21.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough21.3Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.8 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 20.7 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area20.7Dillingham Census Area: 20.6 %Dillingham Census Area20.6Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20.6 %Lake and Peninsula Borough20.6Haines Borough: 20.4 %Haines Borough20.4Nome Census Area: 20.4 %Nome Census Area20.4Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20 %Fairbanks North Star Borough20Juneau City and Borough: 20 %Juneau City and Borough20Denali Borough: 19.9 %Denali Borough19.9Anchorage Municipality: 19.7 %Anchorage Municipality19.7Chugach Census Area: 19.7 %Chugach Census Area19.7Skagway Municipality: 19.7 %Skagway Municipality19.7Wrangell City and Borough: 19.6 %Wrangell City and Borough19.6Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.3 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.3Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 19.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area19.2Copper River Census Area: 19 %Copper River Census Area19Petersburg Borough: 18.9 %Petersburg Borough18.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.6 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.6Sitka City and Borough: 18.2 %Sitka City and Borough18.2Bristol Bay Borough: 18.1 %Bristol Bay Borough18.1North Slope Borough: 17.9 %North Slope Borough17.9Yakutat City and Borough: 17.8 %Yakutat City and Borough17.8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 17.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area17.5Kodiak Island Borough: 16.1 %Kodiak Island Borough16.1Aleutians West Census Area: 13.5 %Aleutians West Census Area13.5Aleutians East Borough: 13 %Aleutians East Borough13Kusilvak Census Area: 24.7 %Kusilvak Census Area24.7Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 22.1 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough22.1Bethel Census Area: 21.9 %Bethel Census Area21.9Kenai Peninsula Borough: 21.3 %Kenai Peninsula Borough21.3Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.8 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.8Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 20.7 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area20.7Dillingham Census Area: 20.6 %Dillingham Census Area20.6Lake and Peninsula Borough: 20.6 %Lake and Peninsula Borough20.6Haines Borough: 20.4 %Haines Borough20.4Nome Census Area: 20.4 %Nome Census Area20.4Fairbanks North Star Borough: 20 %Fairbanks North Star Borough20Juneau City and Borough: 20 %Juneau City and Borough20Denali Borough: 19.9 %Denali Borough19.9Anchorage Municipality: 19.7 %Anchorage Municipality19.7Chugach Census Area: 19.7 %Chugach Census Area19.7Skagway Municipality: 19.7 %Skagway Municipality19.7Wrangell City and Borough: 19.6 %Wrangell City and Borough19.6Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 19.3 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.3Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 19.2 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area19.2Copper River Census Area: 19 %Copper River Census Area19Petersburg Borough: 18.9 %Petersburg Borough18.9Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 18.6 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.6Sitka City and Borough: 18.2 %Sitka City and Borough18.2Bristol Bay Borough: 18.1 %Bristol Bay Borough18.1North Slope Borough: 17.9 %North Slope Borough17.9Yakutat City and Borough: 17.8 %Yakutat City and Borough17.8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 17.5 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area17.5Kodiak Island Borough: 16.1 %Kodiak Island Borough16.1Aleutians West Census Area: 13.5 %Aleutians West Census Area13.5Aleutians East Borough: 13 %Aleutians East Borough13
%. 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 (%)
1Kusilvak Census Area24.7
2Matanuska-Susitna Borough22.1
3Bethel Census Area21.9
4Kenai Peninsula Borough21.3
5Northwest Arctic Borough20.8
6Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area20.7
7Dillingham Census Area20.6
7Lake and Peninsula Borough20.6
9Haines Borough20.4
9Nome Census Area20.4
11Fairbanks North Star Borough20
11Juneau City and Borough20
13Denali Borough19.9
14Anchorage Municipality19.7
14Chugach Census Area19.7
14Skagway Municipality19.7
17Wrangell City and Borough19.6
18Ketchikan Gateway Borough19.3
19Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area19.2
20Copper River Census Area19
21Petersburg Borough18.9
22Hoonah-Angoon Census Area18.6
23Sitka City and Borough18.2
24Bristol Bay Borough18.1
25North Slope Borough17.9
26Yakutat City and Borough17.8
27Southeast Fairbanks Census Area17.5
28Kodiak Island Borough16.1
29Aleutians West Census Area13.5
30Aleutians East Borough13

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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.

How to cite

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, 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 Alaska 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/alaska-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 Alaska 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/alaska-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 Alaska 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/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Kusilvak Census Area, with 24.7% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Aleutians East Borough, with 13% 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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