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Counties in Nebraska by depression in adults, local model estimate

Adams County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 93 counties in 2021, at 19.3%. Platte County had the lowest, at 13.6%. The median was 15.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.3Adams County
Lowest13.6Platte County
Median15.893 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 19.3 %Antelope County: 15 %Arthur County: 16.6 %Banner County: 15.7 %Blaine County: 16.3 %Boone County: 15.9 %Box Butte County: 15.9 %Boyd County: 15.3 %Brown County: 15.7 %Buffalo County: 18.2 %Burt County: 16 %Butler County: 14.7 %Cass County: 17.2 %Cedar County: 14.7 %Chase County: 15.8 %Cherry County: 15.4 %Cheyenne County: 17.2 %Clay County: 17 %Colfax County: 14.3 %Cuming County: 14.9 %Custer County: 15.1 %Dakota County: 13.7 %Dawes County: 17.9 %Dawson County: 16.1 %Deuel County: 15.5 %Dixon County: 15.4 %Dodge County: 16.5 %Douglas County: 18.8 %Dundy County: 15.5 %Fillmore County: 15.6 %Franklin County: 16.5 %Frontier County: 15.5 %Furnas County: 15.6 %Gage County: 17.1 %Garden County: 15.3 %Garfield County: 15.6 %Gosper County: 15.2 %Grant County: 15.5 %Greeley County: 15.7 %Hall County: 16 %Hamilton County: 15.3 %Harlan County: 14.8 %Hayes County: 15.7 %Hitchcock County: 16.1 %Holt County: 14.9 %Hooker County: 15.1 %Howard County: 15.2 %Jefferson County: 16.9 %Johnson County: 15.2 %Kearney County: 15.3 %Keith County: 15.4 %Keya Paha County: 15.6 %Kimball County: 15.9 %Knox County: 16.2 %Lancaster County: 18.9 %Lincoln County: 16.6 %Logan County: 15.7 %Loup County: 15.8 %McPherson County: 16 %Madison County: 17.2 %Merrick County: 16.7 %Morrill County: 15.4 %Nance County: 17.3 %Nemaha County: 17 %Nuckolls County: 15.8 %Otoe County: 17.5 %Pawnee County: 15.8 %Perkins County: 15.8 %Phelps County: 16.7 %Pierce County: 15.6 %Platte County: 13.6 %Polk County: 15.3 %Red Willow County: 17.4 %Richardson County: 15 %Rock County: 15.2 %Saline County: 17.5 %Sarpy County: 17 %Saunders County: 16.1 %Scotts Bluff County: 16.2 %Seward County: 15.9 %Sheridan County: 15.9 %Sherman County: 15.8 %Sioux County: 16.1 %Stanton County: 15.4 %Thayer County: 16 %Thomas County: 15.2 %Thurston County: 17.7 %Valley County: 15.3 %Washington County: 14.9 %Wayne County: 16.7 %Webster County: 16.1 %Wheeler County: 15.2 %York County: 16.1 %
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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

Adams County: 19.3 %Adams County19.3Lancaster County: 18.9 %Lancaster County18.9Douglas County: 18.8 %Douglas County18.8Buffalo County: 18.2 %Buffalo County18.2Dawes County: 17.9 %Dawes County17.9Thurston County: 17.7 %Thurston County17.7Otoe County: 17.5 %Otoe County17.5Saline County: 17.5 %Saline County17.5Red Willow County: 17.4 %Red Willow County17.4Nance County: 17.3 %Nance County17.3Cass County: 17.2 %Cass County17.2Cheyenne County: 17.2 %Cheyenne County17.2Madison County: 17.2 %Madison County17.2Gage County: 17.1 %Gage County17.1Clay County: 17 %Clay County17Nemaha County: 17 %Nemaha County17Sarpy County: 17 %Sarpy County17Jefferson County: 16.9 %Jefferson County16.9Merrick County: 16.7 %Merrick County16.7Phelps County: 16.7 %Phelps County16.7Wayne County: 16.7 %Wayne County16.7Arthur County: 16.6 %Arthur County16.6Lincoln County: 16.6 %Lincoln County16.6Dodge County: 16.5 %Dodge County16.5Franklin County: 16.5 %Franklin County16.5Blaine County: 16.3 %Blaine County16.3Knox County: 16.2 %Knox County16.2Scotts Bluff County: 16.2 %Scotts Bluff County16.2Dawson County: 16.1 %Dawson County16.1Hitchcock County: 16.1 %Hitchcock County16.1Saunders County: 16.1 %Saunders County16.1Sioux County: 16.1 %Sioux County16.1Webster County: 16.1 %Webster County16.1York County: 16.1 %York County16.1Burt County: 16 %Burt County16Hall County: 16 %Hall County16McPherson County: 16 %McPherson County16Thayer County: 16 %Thayer County16Boone County: 15.9 %Boone County15.9Box Butte County: 15.9 %Box Butte County15.9Adams County: 19.3 %Adams County19.3Lancaster County: 18.9 %Lancaster County18.9Douglas County: 18.8 %Douglas County18.8Buffalo County: 18.2 %Buffalo County18.2Dawes County: 17.9 %Dawes County17.9Thurston County: 17.7 %Thurston County17.7Otoe County: 17.5 %Otoe County17.5Saline County: 17.5 %Saline County17.5Red Willow County: 17.4 %Red Willow County17.4Nance County: 17.3 %Nance County17.3Cass County: 17.2 %Cass County17.2Cheyenne County: 17.2 %Cheyenne County17.2Madison County: 17.2 %Madison County17.2Gage County: 17.1 %Gage County17.1Clay County: 17 %Clay County17Nemaha County: 17 %Nemaha County17Sarpy County: 17 %Sarpy County17Jefferson County: 16.9 %Jefferson County16.9Merrick County: 16.7 %Merrick County16.7Phelps County: 16.7 %Phelps County16.7Wayne County: 16.7 %Wayne County16.7Arthur County: 16.6 %Arthur County16.6Lincoln County: 16.6 %Lincoln County16.6Dodge County: 16.5 %Dodge County16.5Franklin County: 16.5 %Franklin County16.5Blaine County: 16.3 %Blaine County16.3Knox County: 16.2 %Knox County16.2Scotts Bluff County: 16.2 %Scotts Bluff County16.2Dawson County: 16.1 %Dawson County16.1Hitchcock County: 16.1 %Hitchcock County16.1Saunders County: 16.1 %Saunders County16.1Sioux County: 16.1 %Sioux County16.1Webster County: 16.1 %Webster County16.1York County: 16.1 %York County16.1Burt County: 16 %Burt County16Hall County: 16 %Hall County16McPherson County: 16 %McPherson County16Thayer County: 16 %Thayer County16Boone County: 15.9 %Boone County15.9Box Butte County: 15.9 %Box Butte County15.9
%. 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 (%)
1Adams County19.3
2Lancaster County18.9
3Douglas County18.8
4Buffalo County18.2
5Dawes County17.9
6Thurston County17.7
7Otoe County17.5
7Saline County17.5
9Red Willow County17.4
10Nance County17.3
11Cass County17.2
11Cheyenne County17.2
11Madison County17.2
14Gage County17.1
15Clay County17
15Nemaha County17
15Sarpy County17
18Jefferson County16.9
19Merrick County16.7
19Phelps County16.7
19Wayne County16.7
22Arthur County16.6
22Lincoln County16.6
24Dodge County16.5
24Franklin County16.5
26Blaine County16.3
27Knox County16.2
27Scotts Bluff County16.2
29Dawson County16.1
29Hitchcock County16.1
29Saunders County16.1
29Sioux County16.1
29Webster County16.1
29York County16.1
35Burt County16
35Hall County16
35McPherson County16
35Thayer County16
39Boone County15.9
39Box Butte County15.9
39Kimball County15.9
39Seward County15.9
39Sheridan County15.9
44Chase County15.8
44Loup County15.8
44Nuckolls County15.8
44Pawnee County15.8
44Perkins County15.8
44Sherman County15.8
50Banner County15.7
50Brown County15.7
50Greeley County15.7
50Hayes County15.7
50Logan County15.7
55Fillmore County15.6
55Furnas County15.6
55Garfield County15.6
55Keya Paha County15.6
55Pierce County15.6
60Deuel County15.5
60Dundy County15.5
60Frontier County15.5
60Grant County15.5
64Cherry County15.4
64Dixon County15.4
64Keith County15.4
64Morrill County15.4
64Stanton County15.4
69Boyd County15.3
69Garden County15.3
69Hamilton County15.3
69Kearney County15.3
69Polk County15.3
69Valley County15.3
75Gosper County15.2
75Howard County15.2
75Johnson County15.2
75Rock County15.2
75Thomas County15.2
75Wheeler County15.2
81Custer County15.1
81Hooker County15.1
83Antelope County15
83Richardson County15
85Cuming County14.9
85Holt County14.9
85Washington County14.9
88Harlan County14.8
89Butler County14.7
89Cedar County14.7
91Colfax County14.3
92Dakota County13.7
93Platte County13.6

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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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-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 Nebraska 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/nebraska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Adams County, with 19.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Platte County, with 13.6% 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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