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Counties in Georgia by depression in adults, local model estimate

Brantley County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 159 counties in 2021, at 24.1%. Clayton County had the lowest, at 16.2%. The median was 21.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest24.1Brantley County
Lowest16.2Clayton County
Median21.2159 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Appling County: 22.4 %Atkinson County: 23.1 %Bacon County: 23.6 %Baker County: 20.2 %Baldwin County: 20.7 %Banks County: 23.2 %Barrow County: 21.3 %Bartow County: 22.5 %Ben Hill County: 22.4 %Berrien County: 23.4 %Bibb County: 18.8 %Bleckley County: 22.3 %Brantley County: 24.1 %Brooks County: 22 %Bryan County: 21.2 %Bulloch County: 21.1 %Burke County: 20 %Butts County: 21 %Calhoun County: 18.4 %Camden County: 21.8 %Candler County: 22.7 %Carroll County: 21.3 %Catoosa County: 23.3 %Charlton County: 20.8 %Chatham County: 18.9 %Chattahoochee County: 21.8 %Chattooga County: 23.7 %Cherokee County: 20.5 %Clarke County: 22.9 %Clay County: 18.7 %Clayton County: 16.2 %Clinch County: 23.8 %Cobb County: 17.2 %Coffee County: 22.3 %Colquitt County: 22 %Columbia County: 20.1 %Cook County: 22.4 %Coweta County: 20 %Crawford County: 21.2 %Crisp County: 21.3 %Dade County: 23.2 %Dawson County: 21.3 %Decatur County: 20.9 %DeKalb County: 17.2 %Dodge County: 21.2 %Dooly County: 18.9 %Dougherty County: 19 %Douglas County: 18.6 %Early County: 20.5 %Echols County: 22.4 %Effingham County: 20.3 %Elbert County: 21.9 %Emanuel County: 21.9 %Evans County: 22.2 %Fannin County: 21.4 %Fayette County: 18 %Floyd County: 23.6 %Forsyth County: 17.2 %Franklin County: 22.6 %Fulton County: 17.2 %Gilmer County: 22.4 %Glascock County: 22.6 %Glynn County: 20.2 %Gordon County: 22.7 %Grady County: 21.4 %Greene County: 18 %Gwinnett County: 16.4 %Habersham County: 22.2 %Hall County: 20.2 %Hancock County: 18.2 %Haralson County: 23.1 %Harris County: 19 %Hart County: 21.5 %Heard County: 22.9 %Henry County: 18.8 %Houston County: 20.9 %Irwin County: 21.7 %Jackson County: 22.2 %Jasper County: 21.6 %Jeff Davis County: 23.1 %Jefferson County: 20.2 %Jenkins County: 21.3 %Johnson County: 21.2 %Jones County: 20.8 %Lamar County: 21.2 %Lanier County: 23.4 %Laurens County: 22.2 %Lee County: 21 %Liberty County: 20.4 %Lincoln County: 21.1 %Long County: 22 %Lowndes County: 22.3 %Lumpkin County: 23.2 %McDuffie County: 20.5 %McIntosh County: 20.2 %Macon County: 18.8 %Madison County: 22.7 %Marion County: 20.7 %Meriwether County: 21.5 %Miller County: 20.9 %Mitchell County: 19.7 %Monroe County: 20.2 %Montgomery County: 21 %Morgan County: 19.5 %Murray County: 23.9 %Muscogee County: 21.1 %Newton County: 20.3 %Oconee County: 19.3 %Oglethorpe County: 21.2 %Paulding County: 20.9 %Peach County: 19.7 %Pickens County: 21.6 %Pierce County: 23.4 %Pike County: 21.7 %Polk County: 22.8 %Pulaski County: 22.1 %Putnam County: 20.1 %Quitman County: 19.3 %Rabun County: 21.1 %Randolph County: 20.2 %Richmond County: 20.9 %Rockdale County: 18.2 %Schley County: 21.6 %Screven County: 20.6 %Seminole County: 20.5 %Spalding County: 19.5 %Stephens County: 22 %Stewart County: 17.7 %Sumter County: 19.7 %Talbot County: 18.8 %Taliaferro County: 17.9 %Tattnall County: 21.5 %Taylor County: 21.9 %Telfair County: 19.8 %Terrell County: 20.1 %Thomas County: 21.1 %Tift County: 21.3 %Toombs County: 21.6 %Towns County: 20.5 %Treutlen County: 21.9 %Troup County: 21.5 %Turner County: 21.9 %Twiggs County: 19.5 %Union County: 20.2 %Upson County: 22 %Walker County: 23.3 %Walton County: 21.9 %Ware County: 22 %Warren County: 19.6 %Washington County: 19.6 %Wayne County: 22.2 %Webster County: 20.1 %Wheeler County: 19.7 %White County: 22.2 %Whitfield County: 20.5 %Wilcox County: 19.8 %Wilkes County: 20.4 %Wilkinson County: 21 %Worth County: 22.5 %
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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

Brantley County: 24.1 %Brantley County24.1Murray County: 23.9 %Murray County23.9Clinch County: 23.8 %Clinch County23.8Chattooga County: 23.7 %Chattooga County23.7Bacon County: 23.6 %Bacon County23.6Floyd County: 23.6 %Floyd County23.6Berrien County: 23.4 %Berrien County23.4Lanier County: 23.4 %Lanier County23.4Pierce County: 23.4 %Pierce County23.4Catoosa County: 23.3 %Catoosa County23.3Walker County: 23.3 %Walker County23.3Banks County: 23.2 %Banks County23.2Dade County: 23.2 %Dade County23.2Lumpkin County: 23.2 %Lumpkin County23.2Atkinson County: 23.1 %Atkinson County23.1Haralson County: 23.1 %Haralson County23.1Jeff Davis County: 23.1 %Jeff Davis County23.1Clarke County: 22.9 %Clarke County22.9Heard County: 22.9 %Heard County22.9Polk County: 22.8 %Polk County22.8Candler County: 22.7 %Candler County22.7Gordon County: 22.7 %Gordon County22.7Madison County: 22.7 %Madison County22.7Franklin County: 22.6 %Franklin County22.6Glascock County: 22.6 %Glascock County22.6Bartow County: 22.5 %Bartow County22.5Worth County: 22.5 %Worth County22.5Appling County: 22.4 %Appling County22.4Ben Hill County: 22.4 %Ben Hill County22.4Cook County: 22.4 %Cook County22.4Echols County: 22.4 %Echols County22.4Gilmer County: 22.4 %Gilmer County22.4Bleckley County: 22.3 %Bleckley County22.3Coffee County: 22.3 %Coffee County22.3Lowndes County: 22.3 %Lowndes County22.3Evans County: 22.2 %Evans County22.2Habersham County: 22.2 %Habersham County22.2Jackson County: 22.2 %Jackson County22.2Laurens County: 22.2 %Laurens County22.2Wayne County: 22.2 %Wayne County22.2Brantley County: 24.1 %Brantley County24.1Murray County: 23.9 %Murray County23.9Clinch County: 23.8 %Clinch County23.8Chattooga County: 23.7 %Chattooga County23.7Bacon County: 23.6 %Bacon County23.6Floyd County: 23.6 %Floyd County23.6Berrien County: 23.4 %Berrien County23.4Lanier County: 23.4 %Lanier County23.4Pierce County: 23.4 %Pierce County23.4Catoosa County: 23.3 %Catoosa County23.3Walker County: 23.3 %Walker County23.3Banks County: 23.2 %Banks County23.2Dade County: 23.2 %Dade County23.2Lumpkin County: 23.2 %Lumpkin County23.2Atkinson County: 23.1 %Atkinson County23.1Haralson County: 23.1 %Haralson County23.1Jeff Davis County: 23.1 %Jeff Davis County23.1Clarke County: 22.9 %Clarke County22.9Heard County: 22.9 %Heard County22.9Polk County: 22.8 %Polk County22.8Candler County: 22.7 %Candler County22.7Gordon County: 22.7 %Gordon County22.7Madison County: 22.7 %Madison County22.7Franklin County: 22.6 %Franklin County22.6Glascock County: 22.6 %Glascock County22.6Bartow County: 22.5 %Bartow County22.5Worth County: 22.5 %Worth County22.5Appling County: 22.4 %Appling County22.4Ben Hill County: 22.4 %Ben Hill County22.4Cook County: 22.4 %Cook County22.4Echols County: 22.4 %Echols County22.4Gilmer County: 22.4 %Gilmer County22.4Bleckley County: 22.3 %Bleckley County22.3Coffee County: 22.3 %Coffee County22.3Lowndes County: 22.3 %Lowndes County22.3Evans County: 22.2 %Evans County22.2Habersham County: 22.2 %Habersham County22.2Jackson County: 22.2 %Jackson County22.2Laurens County: 22.2 %Laurens County22.2Wayne County: 22.2 %Wayne County22.2
%. 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 (%)
1Brantley County24.1
2Murray County23.9
3Clinch County23.8
4Chattooga County23.7
5Bacon County23.6
5Floyd County23.6
7Berrien County23.4
7Lanier County23.4
7Pierce County23.4
10Catoosa County23.3
10Walker County23.3
12Banks County23.2
12Dade County23.2
12Lumpkin County23.2
15Atkinson County23.1
15Haralson County23.1
15Jeff Davis County23.1
18Clarke County22.9
18Heard County22.9
20Polk County22.8
21Candler County22.7
21Gordon County22.7
21Madison County22.7
24Franklin County22.6
24Glascock County22.6
26Bartow County22.5
26Worth County22.5
28Appling County22.4
28Ben Hill County22.4
28Cook County22.4
28Echols County22.4
28Gilmer County22.4
33Bleckley County22.3
33Coffee County22.3
33Lowndes County22.3
36Evans County22.2
36Habersham County22.2
36Jackson County22.2
36Laurens County22.2
36Wayne County22.2
36White County22.2
42Pulaski County22.1
43Brooks County22
43Colquitt County22
43Long County22
43Stephens County22
43Upson County22
43Ware County22
49Elbert County21.9
49Emanuel County21.9
49Taylor County21.9
49Treutlen County21.9
49Turner County21.9
49Walton County21.9
55Camden County21.8
55Chattahoochee County21.8
57Irwin County21.7
57Pike County21.7
59Jasper County21.6
59Pickens County21.6
59Schley County21.6
59Toombs County21.6
63Hart County21.5
63Meriwether County21.5
63Tattnall County21.5
63Troup County21.5
67Fannin County21.4
67Grady County21.4
69Barrow County21.3
69Carroll County21.3
69Crisp County21.3
69Dawson County21.3
69Jenkins County21.3
69Tift County21.3
75Bryan County21.2
75Crawford County21.2
75Dodge County21.2
75Johnson County21.2
75Lamar County21.2
75Oglethorpe County21.2
81Bulloch County21.1
81Lincoln County21.1
81Muscogee County21.1
81Rabun County21.1
81Thomas County21.1
86Butts County21
86Lee County21
86Montgomery County21
86Wilkinson County21
90Decatur County20.9
90Houston County20.9
90Miller County20.9
90Paulding County20.9
90Richmond County20.9
95Charlton County20.8
95Jones County20.8
97Baldwin County20.7
97Marion County20.7
99Screven County20.6
100Cherokee County20.5
100Early County20.5
100McDuffie County20.5
100Seminole County20.5
100Towns County20.5
100Whitfield County20.5
106Liberty County20.4
106Wilkes County20.4
108Effingham County20.3
108Newton County20.3
110Baker County20.2
110Glynn County20.2
110Hall County20.2
110Jefferson County20.2
110McIntosh County20.2
110Monroe County20.2
110Randolph County20.2
110Union County20.2
118Columbia County20.1
118Putnam County20.1
118Terrell County20.1
118Webster County20.1
122Burke County20
122Coweta County20
124Telfair County19.8
124Wilcox County19.8
126Mitchell County19.7
126Peach County19.7
126Sumter County19.7
126Wheeler County19.7
130Warren County19.6
130Washington County19.6
132Morgan County19.5
132Spalding County19.5
132Twiggs County19.5
135Oconee County19.3
135Quitman County19.3
137Dougherty County19
137Harris County19
139Chatham County18.9
139Dooly County18.9
141Bibb County18.8
141Henry County18.8
141Macon County18.8
141Talbot County18.8
145Clay County18.7
146Douglas County18.6
147Calhoun County18.4
148Hancock County18.2
148Rockdale County18.2
150Fayette County18
150Greene County18
152Taliaferro County17.9
153Stewart County17.7
154Cobb County17.2
154DeKalb County17.2
154Forsyth County17.2
154Fulton County17.2
158Gwinnett County16.4
159Clayton County16.2

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

Brantley County, with 24.1% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Clayton County, with 16.2% in 2021.

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