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

Lancaster County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 93 counties in 2023, at 20.5%. Colfax County had the lowest, at 14.1%. The median was 16.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20.5Lancaster County
Lowest14.1Colfax County
Median16.993 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 19.7 %Antelope County: 16.6 %Arthur County: 17.5 %Banner County: 16.3 %Blaine County: 17.4 %Boone County: 16.8 %Box Butte County: 16.8 %Boyd County: 16 %Brown County: 17 %Buffalo County: 18.1 %Burt County: 17.2 %Butler County: 16.3 %Cass County: 18.2 %Cedar County: 15.9 %Chase County: 16.3 %Cherry County: 17.1 %Cheyenne County: 17.1 %Clay County: 16.9 %Colfax County: 14.1 %Cuming County: 16.7 %Custer County: 16.6 %Dakota County: 15.9 %Dawes County: 18.2 %Dawson County: 15.4 %Deuel County: 16.9 %Dixon County: 15.8 %Dodge County: 16.6 %Douglas County: 18.9 %Dundy County: 16.7 %Fillmore County: 16.6 %Franklin County: 17.8 %Frontier County: 16.6 %Furnas County: 17.1 %Gage County: 17.6 %Garden County: 16.9 %Garfield County: 16.2 %Gosper County: 16.4 %Grant County: 17 %Greeley County: 16.5 %Hall County: 16.4 %Hamilton County: 16.9 %Harlan County: 16.6 %Hayes County: 16.5 %Hitchcock County: 17.2 %Holt County: 16 %Hooker County: 16.9 %Howard County: 16.8 %Jefferson County: 17.7 %Johnson County: 15.7 %Kearney County: 16.8 %Keith County: 15.6 %Keya Paha County: 16 %Kimball County: 17.3 %Knox County: 16.8 %Lancaster County: 20.5 %Lincoln County: 18.9 %Logan County: 16.2 %Loup County: 15.9 %McPherson County: 16.7 %Madison County: 16.2 %Merrick County: 17.8 %Morrill County: 17.1 %Nance County: 17.9 %Nemaha County: 18.4 %Nuckolls County: 16.9 %Otoe County: 17.7 %Pawnee County: 16.9 %Perkins County: 17 %Phelps County: 17.9 %Pierce County: 17.1 %Platte County: 15.8 %Polk County: 16.5 %Red Willow County: 19.4 %Richardson County: 17.7 %Rock County: 16.6 %Saline County: 16.9 %Sarpy County: 17.5 %Saunders County: 16.5 %Scotts Bluff County: 17.5 %Seward County: 18.4 %Sheridan County: 16.4 %Sherman County: 16.7 %Sioux County: 17.2 %Stanton County: 16.4 %Thayer County: 17.4 %Thomas County: 16.6 %Thurston County: 18.2 %Valley County: 16.6 %Washington County: 17.7 %Wayne County: 18.2 %Webster County: 17.6 %Wheeler County: 15.8 %York County: 17.3 %
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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.

Top 40 counties, 2023

Lancaster County: 20.5 %Lancaster County20.5Adams County: 19.7 %Adams County19.7Red Willow County: 19.4 %Red Willow County19.4Douglas County: 18.9 %Douglas County18.9Lincoln County: 18.9 %Lincoln County18.9Nemaha County: 18.4 %Nemaha County18.4Seward County: 18.4 %Seward County18.4Cass County: 18.2 %Cass County18.2Dawes County: 18.2 %Dawes County18.2Thurston County: 18.2 %Thurston County18.2Wayne County: 18.2 %Wayne County18.2Buffalo County: 18.1 %Buffalo County18.1Nance County: 17.9 %Nance County17.9Phelps County: 17.9 %Phelps County17.9Franklin County: 17.8 %Franklin County17.8Merrick County: 17.8 %Merrick County17.8Jefferson County: 17.7 %Jefferson County17.7Otoe County: 17.7 %Otoe County17.7Richardson County: 17.7 %Richardson County17.7Washington County: 17.7 %Washington County17.7Gage County: 17.6 %Gage County17.6Webster County: 17.6 %Webster County17.6Arthur County: 17.5 %Arthur County17.5Sarpy County: 17.5 %Sarpy County17.5Scotts Bluff County: 17.5 %Scotts Bluff County17.5Blaine County: 17.4 %Blaine County17.4Thayer County: 17.4 %Thayer County17.4Kimball County: 17.3 %Kimball County17.3York County: 17.3 %York County17.3Burt County: 17.2 %Burt County17.2Hitchcock County: 17.2 %Hitchcock County17.2Sioux County: 17.2 %Sioux County17.2Cherry County: 17.1 %Cherry County17.1Cheyenne County: 17.1 %Cheyenne County17.1Furnas County: 17.1 %Furnas County17.1Morrill County: 17.1 %Morrill County17.1Pierce County: 17.1 %Pierce County17.1Brown County: 17 %Brown County17Grant County: 17 %Grant County17Perkins County: 17 %Perkins County17Lancaster County: 20.5 %Lancaster County20.5Adams County: 19.7 %Adams County19.7Red Willow County: 19.4 %Red Willow County19.4Douglas County: 18.9 %Douglas County18.9Lincoln County: 18.9 %Lincoln County18.9Nemaha County: 18.4 %Nemaha County18.4Seward County: 18.4 %Seward County18.4Cass County: 18.2 %Cass County18.2Dawes County: 18.2 %Dawes County18.2Thurston County: 18.2 %Thurston County18.2Wayne County: 18.2 %Wayne County18.2Buffalo County: 18.1 %Buffalo County18.1Nance County: 17.9 %Nance County17.9Phelps County: 17.9 %Phelps County17.9Franklin County: 17.8 %Franklin County17.8Merrick County: 17.8 %Merrick County17.8Jefferson County: 17.7 %Jefferson County17.7Otoe County: 17.7 %Otoe County17.7Richardson County: 17.7 %Richardson County17.7Washington County: 17.7 %Washington County17.7Gage County: 17.6 %Gage County17.6Webster County: 17.6 %Webster County17.6Arthur County: 17.5 %Arthur County17.5Sarpy County: 17.5 %Sarpy County17.5Scotts Bluff County: 17.5 %Scotts Bluff County17.5Blaine County: 17.4 %Blaine County17.4Thayer County: 17.4 %Thayer County17.4Kimball County: 17.3 %Kimball County17.3York County: 17.3 %York County17.3Burt County: 17.2 %Burt County17.2Hitchcock County: 17.2 %Hitchcock County17.2Sioux County: 17.2 %Sioux County17.2Cherry County: 17.1 %Cherry County17.1Cheyenne County: 17.1 %Cheyenne County17.1Furnas County: 17.1 %Furnas County17.1Morrill County: 17.1 %Morrill County17.1Pierce County: 17.1 %Pierce County17.1Brown County: 17 %Brown County17Grant County: 17 %Grant County17Perkins County: 17 %Perkins County17
%. 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
1Lancaster County20.5+2 pts
2Adams County19.7+0.3 pts
3Red Willow County19.4+2.6 pts
4Douglas County18.9+0.9 pts
4Lincoln County18.9+0.2 pts
6Nemaha County18.4-0.4 pts
6Seward County18.4+1.3 pts
8Cass County18.2+0.9 pts
8Dawes County18.2+0.3 pts
8Thurston County18.2-0.6 pts
8Wayne County18.2+0.7 pts
12Buffalo County18.1-1 pts
13Nance County17.9-0.1 pts
13Phelps County17.9+1.2 pts
15Franklin County17.8+0.9 pts
15Merrick County17.8+0.4 pts
17Jefferson County17.7+0.9 pts
17Otoe County17.7+0.2 pts
17Richardson County17.7+0.4 pts
17Washington County17.7+1.2 pts
21Gage County17.6-1 pts
21Webster County17.6+0.4 pts
23Arthur County17.5-0.1 pts
23Sarpy County17.5+0.8 pts
23Scotts Bluff County17.5-0.8 pts
26Blaine County17.4-0.5 pts
26Thayer County17.4+0.1 pts
28Kimball County17.3+0.2 pts
28York County17.3+0.5 pts
30Burt County17.2+0.6 pts
30Hitchcock County17.2+0.1 pts
30Sioux County17.2+0.5 pts
33Cherry County17.1-1 pts
33Cheyenne County17.1+0.1 pts
33Furnas County17.1+0.2 pts
33Morrill County17.1+0.3 pts
33Pierce County17.1-0.5 pts
38Brown County17-0.6 pts
38Grant County17+0.6 pts
38Perkins County170 pts
41Clay County16.9-0.3 pts
41Deuel County16.9+0.8 pts
41Garden County16.9-0.1 pts
41Hamilton County16.9-0.4 pts
41Hooker County16.9+0.4 pts
41Nuckolls County16.9+0.8 pts
41Pawnee County16.9-0.2 pts
41Saline County16.9-0.4 pts
49Boone County16.8-0.2 pts
49Box Butte County16.8-0.7 pts
49Howard County16.8+0.1 pts
49Kearney County16.8-0.5 pts
49Knox County16.8-0.2 pts
54Cuming County16.7+0.3 pts
54Dundy County16.7-0.6 pts
54McPherson County16.7-0.8 pts
54Sherman County16.7-0.5 pts
58Antelope County16.60 pts
58Custer County16.6-0.9 pts
58Dodge County16.6-0.9 pts
58Fillmore County16.6-0.7 pts
58Frontier County16.6-1.1 pts
58Harlan County16.60 pts
58Rock County16.6-0.1 pts
58Thomas County16.6+0.4 pts
58Valley County16.6+0.2 pts
67Greeley County16.5-0.3 pts
67Hayes County16.5-0.4 pts
67Polk County16.5-0.7 pts
67Saunders County16.5-0.8 pts
71Gosper County16.4-0.2 pts
71Hall County16.4-0.4 pts
71Sheridan County16.4+0.2 pts
71Stanton County16.4-0.6 pts
75Banner County16.3+0.1 pts
75Butler County16.3+0.2 pts
75Chase County16.3-0.9 pts
78Garfield County16.2+0.1 pts
78Logan County16.2+0.4 pts
78Madison County16.2-1.3 pts
81Boyd County16+0.4 pts
81Holt County16-0.3 pts
81Keya Paha County16+0.4 pts
84Cedar County15.9-0.5 pts
84Dakota County15.9-0.7 pts
84Loup County15.9-0.5 pts
87Dixon County15.8-0.6 pts
87Platte County15.8-0.4 pts
87Wheeler County15.8-0.6 pts
90Johnson County15.7+1 pts
91Keith County15.6-0.3 pts
92Dawson County15.4-1 pts
93Colfax County14.1-1.6 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Lancaster County, with 20.5% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Colfax County, with 14.1% 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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