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Cities in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate

Boone, NC had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 93 cities in 2022, at 32.3%. Morrisville, NC had the lowest, at 16.4%. The median was 22.5%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest32.3Boone, NC
Lowest16.4Morrisville, NC
Median22.593 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Boone, NC: 32.3 %Boone, NC32.3Elon, NC: 27 %Elon, NC27Mount Airy, NC: 25.2 %Mount Airy, NC25.2Wilmington, NC: 25.1 %Wilmington, NC25.1Hope Mills, NC: 25 %Hope Mills, NC25Spring Lake, NC: 25 %Spring Lake, NC25Chapel Hill, NC: 24.9 %Chapel Hill, NC24.9Lenoir, NC: 24.9 %Lenoir, NC24.9Jacksonville, NC: 24.8 %Jacksonville, NC24.8Havelock, NC: 24.7 %Havelock, NC24.7Morganton, NC: 24.7 %Morganton, NC24.7Kings Mountain, NC: 24.3 %Kings Mountain, NC24.3Lincolnton, NC: 24.3 %Lincolnton, NC24.3Thomasville, NC: 24.2 %Thomasville, NC24.2Belmont, NC: 24.1 %Belmont, NC24.1Sanford, NC: 24.1 %Sanford, NC24.1Asheboro, NC: 24 %Asheboro, NC24Asheville, NC: 24 %Asheville, NC24Eden, NC: 24 %Eden, NC24Greenville, NC: 24 %Greenville, NC24Morehead City, NC: 23.9 %Morehead City, NC23.9Mount Holly, NC: 23.9 %Mount Holly, NC23.9Fayetteville, NC: 23.7 %Fayetteville, NC23.7Waynesville, NC: 23.7 %Waynesville, NC23.7Clayton, NC: 23.6 %Clayton, NC23.6Lexington, NC: 23.6 %Lexington, NC23.6Albemarle, NC: 23.5 %Albemarle, NC23.5Carrboro, NC: 23.5 %Carrboro, NC23.5Newton, NC: 23.5 %Newton, NC23.5Reidsville, NC: 23.5 %Reidsville, NC23.5Aberdeen, NC: 23.3 %Aberdeen, NC23.3Archdale, NC: 23.3 %Archdale, NC23.3Hickory, NC: 23.3 %Hickory, NC23.3Gastonia, NC: 23.2 %Gastonia, NC23.2Mebane, NC: 23.2 %Mebane, NC23.2Mooresville, NC: 23.2 %Mooresville, NC23.2Greensboro, NC: 23 %Greensboro, NC23Kannapolis, NC: 22.8 %Kannapolis, NC22.8Kernersville, NC: 22.8 %Kernersville, NC22.8Summerfield, NC: 22.8 %Summerfield, NC22.8Boone, NC: 32.3 %Boone, NC32.3Elon, NC: 27 %Elon, NC27Mount Airy, NC: 25.2 %Mount Airy, NC25.2Wilmington, NC: 25.1 %Wilmington, NC25.1Hope Mills, NC: 25 %Hope Mills, NC25Spring Lake, NC: 25 %Spring Lake, NC25Chapel Hill, NC: 24.9 %Chapel Hill, NC24.9Lenoir, NC: 24.9 %Lenoir, NC24.9Jacksonville, NC: 24.8 %Jacksonville, NC24.8Havelock, NC: 24.7 %Havelock, NC24.7Morganton, NC: 24.7 %Morganton, NC24.7Kings Mountain, NC: 24.3 %Kings Mountain, NC24.3Lincolnton, NC: 24.3 %Lincolnton, NC24.3Thomasville, NC: 24.2 %Thomasville, NC24.2Belmont, NC: 24.1 %Belmont, NC24.1Sanford, NC: 24.1 %Sanford, NC24.1Asheboro, NC: 24 %Asheboro, NC24Asheville, NC: 24 %Asheville, NC24Eden, NC: 24 %Eden, NC24Greenville, NC: 24 %Greenville, NC24Morehead City, NC: 23.9 %Morehead City, NC23.9Mount Holly, NC: 23.9 %Mount Holly, NC23.9Fayetteville, NC: 23.7 %Fayetteville, NC23.7Waynesville, NC: 23.7 %Waynesville, NC23.7Clayton, NC: 23.6 %Clayton, NC23.6Lexington, NC: 23.6 %Lexington, NC23.6Albemarle, NC: 23.5 %Albemarle, NC23.5Carrboro, NC: 23.5 %Carrboro, NC23.5Newton, NC: 23.5 %Newton, NC23.5Reidsville, NC: 23.5 %Reidsville, NC23.5Aberdeen, NC: 23.3 %Aberdeen, NC23.3Archdale, NC: 23.3 %Archdale, NC23.3Hickory, NC: 23.3 %Hickory, NC23.3Gastonia, NC: 23.2 %Gastonia, NC23.2Mebane, NC: 23.2 %Mebane, NC23.2Mooresville, NC: 23.2 %Mooresville, NC23.2Greensboro, NC: 23 %Greensboro, NC23Kannapolis, NC: 22.8 %Kannapolis, NC22.8Kernersville, NC: 22.8 %Kernersville, NC22.8Summerfield, NC: 22.8 %Summerfield, NC22.8
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Boone, NC32.3+0.5 pts
2Elon, NC27-0.6 pts
3Mount Airy, NC25.2-0.4 pts
4Wilmington, NC25.1-0.4 pts
5Hope Mills, NC25-1.6 pts
5Spring Lake, NC25-1.5 pts
7Chapel Hill, NC24.9+1.3 pts
7Lenoir, NC24.9+0.7 pts
9Jacksonville, NC24.8+0.5 pts
10Havelock, NC24.7+0.1 pts
10Morganton, NC24.7+0.5 pts
12Kings Mountain, NC24.3-0.3 pts
12Lincolnton, NC24.3+0.8 pts
14Thomasville, NC24.2-0.6 pts
15Belmont, NC24.1+1.1 pts
15Sanford, NC24.1+0.9 pts
17Asheboro, NC24-0.5 pts
17Asheville, NC24-0.6 pts
17Eden, NC24-0.5 pts
17Greenville, NC24-0.3 pts
21Morehead City, NC23.9+1.3 pts
21Mount Holly, NC23.9+0.6 pts
23Fayetteville, NC23.7-1.1 pts
23Waynesville, NC23.7-1.5 pts
25Clayton, NC23.60 pts
25Lexington, NC23.6-1 pts
27Albemarle, NC23.5-0.3 pts
27Carrboro, NC23.5+1.4 pts
27Newton, NC23.5-0.6 pts
27Reidsville, NC23.5+0.5 pts
31Aberdeen, NC23.3+0.9 pts
31Archdale, NC23.3-1.3 pts
31Hickory, NC23.3-1.2 pts
34Gastonia, NC23.2+0.7 pts
34Mebane, NC23.2-1.2 pts
34Mooresville, NC23.2+0.3 pts
37Greensboro, NC23+0.3 pts
38Kannapolis, NC22.8-1.7 pts
38Kernersville, NC22.8-2.2 pts
38Summerfield, NC22.8+0.7 pts
41Hendersonville, NC22.7+1.6 pts
41Roanoke Rapids, NC22.7-1.4 pts
41Statesville, NC22.7+1 pts
44Graham, NC22.6-2.3 pts
44High Point, NC22.6-0.5 pts
46Durham, NC22.5+2.2 pts
46Laurinburg, NC22.5-0.7 pts
48Burlington, NC22.4-1.5 pts
48Shelby, NC22.4-1.1 pts
50Lewisville, NC22.3-1.3 pts
50Pineville, NC22.3+1.4 pts
50Winston-Salem, NC22.3-1.3 pts
53Davidson, NC22.2+0.2 pts
53Smithfield, NC22.20 pts
55Fuquay-Varina, NC22.1+1.7 pts
55Wilson, NC22.1+0.3 pts
57Cornelius, NC21.90 pts
57New Bern, NC21.9-0.5 pts
57Salisbury, NC21.9+0.1 pts
60Elizabeth City, NC21.8-0.7 pts
60Huntersville, NC21.8+0.2 pts
60Indian Trail, NC21.8-0.8 pts
60Raleigh, NC21.8+1.6 pts
64Goldsboro, NC21.70 pts
64Holly Springs, NC21.7+1.4 pts
64Zebulon, NC21.7+0.4 pts
67Clemmons, NC21.5-1.4 pts
67Monroe, NC21.5-0.7 pts
67Wake Forest, NC21.5+1.2 pts
67Waxhaw, NC21.5+0.1 pts
71Knightdale, NC21.4+1.2 pts
71Wendell, NC21.4+0.7 pts
71Winterville, NC21.4+0.9 pts
74Concord, NC21.3-2.5 pts
74Leland, NC21.3-2.5 pts
76Apex, NC21.1+1.4 pts
76Stallings, NC21.1-1.2 pts
78Garner, NC21+1 pts
78Henderson, NC21-0.9 pts
78Kinston, NC21-0.6 pts
78Tarboro, NC21-1 pts
82Charlotte, NC20.9+0.1 pts
82Lumberton, NC20.9-1.6 pts
82Mint Hill, NC20.9-0.5 pts
82Rolesville, NC20.9+1.2 pts
82Southern Pines, NC20.9+0.6 pts
87Matthews, NC20.60 pts
87Rocky Mount, NC20.6-1.1 pts
89Weddington, NC19.5-0.7 pts
90Harrisburg, NC19.4-2.9 pts
91Pinehurst, NC19.1-0.2 pts
92Cary, NC18.9+0.5 pts
93Morrisville, NC16.4-1.1 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j 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, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/north-carolina-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/north-carolina-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), depression in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/north-carolina-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Boone, NC, with 32.3% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Morrisville, NC, with 16.4% in 2022.

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