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Counties in Minnesota by depression in adults, local model estimate

Beltrami County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 87 counties in 2021, at 26.2%. Lake County had the lowest, at 19.8%. The median was 21.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26.2Beltrami County
Lowest19.8Lake County
Median21.687 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aitkin County: 21.7 %Anoka County: 20.4 %Becker County: 22.4 %Beltrami County: 26.2 %Benton County: 24.2 %Big Stone County: 21.2 %Blue Earth County: 24.5 %Brown County: 21.1 %Carlton County: 22.5 %Carver County: 19.9 %Cass County: 20.4 %Chippewa County: 21.8 %Chisago County: 22 %Clay County: 26 %Clearwater County: 22.5 %Cook County: 19.9 %Cottonwood County: 21.3 %Crow Wing County: 21.8 %Dakota County: 21 %Dodge County: 21.4 %Douglas County: 21.8 %Faribault County: 22.3 %Fillmore County: 21.4 %Freeborn County: 21.6 %Goodhue County: 21.6 %Grant County: 22.2 %Hennepin County: 22.6 %Houston County: 21 %Hubbard County: 20.7 %Isanti County: 21.7 %Itasca County: 21.6 %Jackson County: 21.1 %Kanabec County: 22.6 %Kandiyohi County: 20.9 %Kittson County: 21.2 %Koochiching County: 22.5 %Lac qui Parle County: 21.1 %Lake County: 19.8 %Lake of the Woods County: 21.6 %Le Sueur County: 21 %Lincoln County: 21.5 %Lyon County: 21.6 %McLeod County: 21.8 %Mahnomen County: 24.2 %Marshall County: 21.8 %Martin County: 22.5 %Meeker County: 22.1 %Mille Lacs County: 21.5 %Morrison County: 22.4 %Mower County: 20.5 %Murray County: 20.4 %Nicollet County: 23.5 %Nobles County: 20.4 %Norman County: 21.7 %Olmsted County: 21.6 %Otter Tail County: 21.9 %Pennington County: 23.4 %Pine County: 21.9 %Pipestone County: 21 %Polk County: 22.5 %Pope County: 21.5 %Ramsey County: 24.1 %Red Lake County: 21.6 %Redwood County: 21.6 %Renville County: 21.4 %Rice County: 20.2 %Rock County: 22.2 %Roseau County: 21.8 %St. Louis County: 22.8 %Scott County: 20.4 %Sherburne County: 20.6 %Sibley County: 21.4 %Stearns County: 23.5 %Steele County: 22.5 %Stevens County: 23.3 %Swift County: 22 %Todd County: 22.2 %Traverse County: 20.9 %Wabasha County: 21.4 %Wadena County: 22.6 %Waseca County: 21 %Washington County: 21.2 %Watonwan County: 20.9 %Wilkin County: 21.1 %Winona County: 23.1 %Wright County: 21.7 %Yellow Medicine County: 22.3 %
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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

Beltrami County: 26.2 %Beltrami County26.2Clay County: 26 %Clay County26Blue Earth County: 24.5 %Blue Earth County24.5Benton County: 24.2 %Benton County24.2Mahnomen County: 24.2 %Mahnomen County24.2Ramsey County: 24.1 %Ramsey County24.1Nicollet County: 23.5 %Nicollet County23.5Stearns County: 23.5 %Stearns County23.5Pennington County: 23.4 %Pennington County23.4Stevens County: 23.3 %Stevens County23.3Winona County: 23.1 %Winona County23.1St. Louis County: 22.8 %St. Louis County22.8Hennepin County: 22.6 %Hennepin County22.6Kanabec County: 22.6 %Kanabec County22.6Wadena County: 22.6 %Wadena County22.6Carlton County: 22.5 %Carlton County22.5Clearwater County: 22.5 %Clearwater County22.5Koochiching County: 22.5 %Koochiching County22.5Martin County: 22.5 %Martin County22.5Polk County: 22.5 %Polk County22.5Steele County: 22.5 %Steele County22.5Becker County: 22.4 %Becker County22.4Morrison County: 22.4 %Morrison County22.4Faribault County: 22.3 %Faribault County22.3Yellow Medicine County: 22.3 %Yellow Medicine County22.3Grant County: 22.2 %Grant County22.2Rock County: 22.2 %Rock County22.2Todd County: 22.2 %Todd County22.2Meeker County: 22.1 %Meeker County22.1Chisago County: 22 %Chisago County22Swift County: 22 %Swift County22Otter Tail County: 21.9 %Otter Tail County21.9Pine County: 21.9 %Pine County21.9Chippewa County: 21.8 %Chippewa County21.8Crow Wing County: 21.8 %Crow Wing County21.8Douglas County: 21.8 %Douglas County21.8Marshall County: 21.8 %Marshall County21.8McLeod County: 21.8 %McLeod County21.8Roseau County: 21.8 %Roseau County21.8Aitkin County: 21.7 %Aitkin County21.7Beltrami County: 26.2 %Beltrami County26.2Clay County: 26 %Clay County26Blue Earth County: 24.5 %Blue Earth County24.5Benton County: 24.2 %Benton County24.2Mahnomen County: 24.2 %Mahnomen County24.2Ramsey County: 24.1 %Ramsey County24.1Nicollet County: 23.5 %Nicollet County23.5Stearns County: 23.5 %Stearns County23.5Pennington County: 23.4 %Pennington County23.4Stevens County: 23.3 %Stevens County23.3Winona County: 23.1 %Winona County23.1St. Louis County: 22.8 %St. Louis County22.8Hennepin County: 22.6 %Hennepin County22.6Kanabec County: 22.6 %Kanabec County22.6Wadena County: 22.6 %Wadena County22.6Carlton County: 22.5 %Carlton County22.5Clearwater County: 22.5 %Clearwater County22.5Koochiching County: 22.5 %Koochiching County22.5Martin County: 22.5 %Martin County22.5Polk County: 22.5 %Polk County22.5Steele County: 22.5 %Steele County22.5Becker County: 22.4 %Becker County22.4Morrison County: 22.4 %Morrison County22.4Faribault County: 22.3 %Faribault County22.3Yellow Medicine County: 22.3 %Yellow Medicine County22.3Grant County: 22.2 %Grant County22.2Rock County: 22.2 %Rock County22.2Todd County: 22.2 %Todd County22.2Meeker County: 22.1 %Meeker County22.1Chisago County: 22 %Chisago County22Swift County: 22 %Swift County22Otter Tail County: 21.9 %Otter Tail County21.9Pine County: 21.9 %Pine County21.9Chippewa County: 21.8 %Chippewa County21.8Crow Wing County: 21.8 %Crow Wing County21.8Douglas County: 21.8 %Douglas County21.8Marshall County: 21.8 %Marshall County21.8McLeod County: 21.8 %McLeod County21.8Roseau County: 21.8 %Roseau County21.8Aitkin County: 21.7 %Aitkin County21.7
%. 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 (%)
1Beltrami County26.2
2Clay County26
3Blue Earth County24.5
4Benton County24.2
4Mahnomen County24.2
6Ramsey County24.1
7Nicollet County23.5
7Stearns County23.5
9Pennington County23.4
10Stevens County23.3
11Winona County23.1
12St. Louis County22.8
13Hennepin County22.6
13Kanabec County22.6
13Wadena County22.6
16Carlton County22.5
16Clearwater County22.5
16Koochiching County22.5
16Martin County22.5
16Polk County22.5
16Steele County22.5
22Becker County22.4
22Morrison County22.4
24Faribault County22.3
24Yellow Medicine County22.3
26Grant County22.2
26Rock County22.2
26Todd County22.2
29Meeker County22.1
30Chisago County22
30Swift County22
32Otter Tail County21.9
32Pine County21.9
34Chippewa County21.8
34Crow Wing County21.8
34Douglas County21.8
34Marshall County21.8
34McLeod County21.8
34Roseau County21.8
40Aitkin County21.7
40Isanti County21.7
40Norman County21.7
40Wright County21.7
44Freeborn County21.6
44Goodhue County21.6
44Itasca County21.6
44Lake of the Woods County21.6
44Lyon County21.6
44Olmsted County21.6
44Red Lake County21.6
44Redwood County21.6
52Lincoln County21.5
52Mille Lacs County21.5
52Pope County21.5
55Dodge County21.4
55Fillmore County21.4
55Renville County21.4
55Sibley County21.4
55Wabasha County21.4
60Cottonwood County21.3
61Big Stone County21.2
61Kittson County21.2
61Washington County21.2
64Brown County21.1
64Jackson County21.1
64Lac qui Parle County21.1
64Wilkin County21.1
68Dakota County21
68Houston County21
68Le Sueur County21
68Pipestone County21
68Waseca County21
73Kandiyohi County20.9
73Traverse County20.9
73Watonwan County20.9
76Hubbard County20.7
77Sherburne County20.6
78Mower County20.5
79Anoka County20.4
79Cass County20.4
79Murray County20.4
79Nobles County20.4
79Scott County20.4
84Rice County20.2
85Carver County19.9
85Cook County19.9
87Lake County19.8

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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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Beltrami County, with 26.2% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Lake County, with 19.8% 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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