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Counties in Arkansas by depression in adults, local model estimate

Franklin County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2021, at 28.3%. Jefferson County had the lowest, at 21.1%. The median was 25.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest28.3Franklin County
Lowest21.1Jefferson County
Median25.375 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Arkansas County: 23.6 %Ashley County: 25.4 %Baxter County: 25.8 %Benton County: 22.9 %Boone County: 26.1 %Bradley County: 24.9 %Calhoun County: 23.3 %Carroll County: 24.1 %Chicot County: 21.8 %Clark County: 26 %Clay County: 27.4 %Cleburne County: 24.4 %Cleveland County: 24.8 %Columbia County: 24.5 %Conway County: 25.5 %Craighead County: 26.7 %Crawford County: 26.6 %Crittenden County: 24.5 %Cross County: 24.8 %Dallas County: 22.2 %Desha County: 23.9 %Drew County: 25.4 %Faulkner County: 26.5 %Franklin County: 28.3 %Fulton County: 26.3 %Garland County: 24.1 %Grant County: 25.9 %Greene County: 27 %Hempstead County: 23.9 %Hot Spring County: 23.8 %Howard County: 25.2 %Independence County: 25.8 %Izard County: 25.2 %Jackson County: 26.3 %Jefferson County: 21.1 %Johnson County: 27 %Lafayette County: 24.4 %Lawrence County: 27.6 %Lee County: 22.1 %Lincoln County: 22.6 %Little River County: 24.5 %Logan County: 25.6 %Lonoke County: 26.8 %Madison County: 26.3 %Marion County: 25.3 %Miller County: 23.9 %Mississippi County: 25.3 %Monroe County: 24.7 %Montgomery County: 25.6 %Nevada County: 24.6 %Newton County: 24.8 %Ouachita County: 23 %Perry County: 25.5 %Phillips County: 22.4 %Pike County: 25.6 %Poinsett County: 27.1 %Polk County: 25.3 %Pope County: 26.9 %Prairie County: 25.1 %Pulaski County: 22 %Randolph County: 27 %St. Francis County: 22.1 %Saline County: 23.5 %Scott County: 26.3 %Searcy County: 26.4 %Sebastian County: 26.8 %Sevier County: 24.4 %Sharp County: 27.7 %Stone County: 27.8 %Union County: 24.5 %Van Buren County: 25.6 %Washington County: 25.5 %White County: 26 %Woodruff County: 23.7 %Yell County: 26.2 %
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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

Franklin County: 28.3 %Franklin County28.3Stone County: 27.8 %Stone County27.8Sharp County: 27.7 %Sharp County27.7Lawrence County: 27.6 %Lawrence County27.6Clay County: 27.4 %Clay County27.4Poinsett County: 27.1 %Poinsett County27.1Greene County: 27 %Greene County27Johnson County: 27 %Johnson County27Randolph County: 27 %Randolph County27Pope County: 26.9 %Pope County26.9Lonoke County: 26.8 %Lonoke County26.8Sebastian County: 26.8 %Sebastian County26.8Craighead County: 26.7 %Craighead County26.7Crawford County: 26.6 %Crawford County26.6Faulkner County: 26.5 %Faulkner County26.5Searcy County: 26.4 %Searcy County26.4Fulton County: 26.3 %Fulton County26.3Jackson County: 26.3 %Jackson County26.3Madison County: 26.3 %Madison County26.3Scott County: 26.3 %Scott County26.3Yell County: 26.2 %Yell County26.2Boone County: 26.1 %Boone County26.1Clark County: 26 %Clark County26White County: 26 %White County26Grant County: 25.9 %Grant County25.9Baxter County: 25.8 %Baxter County25.8Independence County: 25.8 %Independence County25.8Logan County: 25.6 %Logan County25.6Montgomery County: 25.6 %Montgomery County25.6Pike County: 25.6 %Pike County25.6Van Buren County: 25.6 %Van Buren County25.6Conway County: 25.5 %Conway County25.5Perry County: 25.5 %Perry County25.5Washington County: 25.5 %Washington County25.5Ashley County: 25.4 %Ashley County25.4Drew County: 25.4 %Drew County25.4Marion County: 25.3 %Marion County25.3Mississippi County: 25.3 %Mississippi County25.3Polk County: 25.3 %Polk County25.3Howard County: 25.2 %Howard County25.2Franklin County: 28.3 %Franklin County28.3Stone County: 27.8 %Stone County27.8Sharp County: 27.7 %Sharp County27.7Lawrence County: 27.6 %Lawrence County27.6Clay County: 27.4 %Clay County27.4Poinsett County: 27.1 %Poinsett County27.1Greene County: 27 %Greene County27Johnson County: 27 %Johnson County27Randolph County: 27 %Randolph County27Pope County: 26.9 %Pope County26.9Lonoke County: 26.8 %Lonoke County26.8Sebastian County: 26.8 %Sebastian County26.8Craighead County: 26.7 %Craighead County26.7Crawford County: 26.6 %Crawford County26.6Faulkner County: 26.5 %Faulkner County26.5Searcy County: 26.4 %Searcy County26.4Fulton County: 26.3 %Fulton County26.3Jackson County: 26.3 %Jackson County26.3Madison County: 26.3 %Madison County26.3Scott County: 26.3 %Scott County26.3Yell County: 26.2 %Yell County26.2Boone County: 26.1 %Boone County26.1Clark County: 26 %Clark County26White County: 26 %White County26Grant County: 25.9 %Grant County25.9Baxter County: 25.8 %Baxter County25.8Independence County: 25.8 %Independence County25.8Logan County: 25.6 %Logan County25.6Montgomery County: 25.6 %Montgomery County25.6Pike County: 25.6 %Pike County25.6Van Buren County: 25.6 %Van Buren County25.6Conway County: 25.5 %Conway County25.5Perry County: 25.5 %Perry County25.5Washington County: 25.5 %Washington County25.5Ashley County: 25.4 %Ashley County25.4Drew County: 25.4 %Drew County25.4Marion County: 25.3 %Marion County25.3Mississippi County: 25.3 %Mississippi County25.3Polk County: 25.3 %Polk County25.3Howard County: 25.2 %Howard County25.2
%. 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 (%)
1Franklin County28.3
2Stone County27.8
3Sharp County27.7
4Lawrence County27.6
5Clay County27.4
6Poinsett County27.1
7Greene County27
7Johnson County27
7Randolph County27
10Pope County26.9
11Lonoke County26.8
11Sebastian County26.8
13Craighead County26.7
14Crawford County26.6
15Faulkner County26.5
16Searcy County26.4
17Fulton County26.3
17Jackson County26.3
17Madison County26.3
17Scott County26.3
21Yell County26.2
22Boone County26.1
23Clark County26
23White County26
25Grant County25.9
26Baxter County25.8
26Independence County25.8
28Logan County25.6
28Montgomery County25.6
28Pike County25.6
28Van Buren County25.6
32Conway County25.5
32Perry County25.5
32Washington County25.5
35Ashley County25.4
35Drew County25.4
37Marion County25.3
37Mississippi County25.3
37Polk County25.3
40Howard County25.2
40Izard County25.2
42Prairie County25.1
43Bradley County24.9
44Cleveland County24.8
44Cross County24.8
44Newton County24.8
47Monroe County24.7
48Nevada County24.6
49Columbia County24.5
49Crittenden County24.5
49Little River County24.5
49Union County24.5
53Cleburne County24.4
53Lafayette County24.4
53Sevier County24.4
56Carroll County24.1
56Garland County24.1
58Desha County23.9
58Hempstead County23.9
58Miller County23.9
61Hot Spring County23.8
62Woodruff County23.7
63Arkansas County23.6
64Saline County23.5
65Calhoun County23.3
66Ouachita County23
67Benton County22.9
68Lincoln County22.6
69Phillips County22.4
70Dallas County22.2
71Lee County22.1
71St. Francis County22.1
73Pulaski County22
74Chicot County21.8
75Jefferson County21.1

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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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Franklin County, with 28.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Jefferson County, with 21.1% in 2021.

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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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