# Counties in North Carolina by depression in adults, local model estimate, 2023

All 100 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_depression_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-depression-rate-county-estimate/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Watauga County | 28.5 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 27.2 |
| 3 | Surry County | 27 |
| 4 | Wilkes County | 26.8 |
| 5 | Rutherford County | 26.7 |
| 5 | Swain County | 26.7 |
| 7 | Randolph County | 26.5 |
| 8 | Haywood County | 26.4 |
| 9 | Caldwell County | 26.3 |
| 9 | Stokes County | 26.3 |
| 9 | Yadkin County | 26.3 |
| 12 | Burke County | 26.1 |
| 12 | McDowell County | 26.1 |
| 12 | Yancey County | 26.1 |
| 15 | Harnett County | 26 |
| 16 | Cleveland County | 25.9 |
| 16 | Richmond County | 25.9 |
| 18 | Alexander County | 25.8 |
| 18 | Madison County | 25.8 |
| 20 | Catawba County | 25.7 |
| 20 | Stanly County | 25.7 |
| 22 | Davidson County | 25.6 |
| 22 | Mitchell County | 25.6 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 25.4 |
| 24 | Graham County | 25.4 |
| 24 | Macon County | 25.4 |
| 27 | Alleghany County | 25.3 |
| 27 | Gaston County | 25.3 |
| 29 | Ashe County | 25.2 |
| 29 | Avery County | 25.2 |
| 29 | Pitt County | 25.2 |
| 29 | Rockingham County | 25.2 |
| 33 | Lincoln County | 25.1 |
| 34 | Cumberland County | 25 |
| 34 | New Hanover County | 25 |
| 36 | Davie County | 24.8 |
| 36 | Pender County | 24.8 |
| 36 | Person County | 24.8 |
| 39 | Buncombe County | 24.7 |
| 39 | Clay County | 24.7 |
| 39 | Currituck County | 24.7 |
| 39 | Hoke County | 24.7 |
| 39 | Jones County | 24.7 |
| 39 | Rowan County | 24.7 |
| 45 | Camden County | 24.6 |
| 46 | Franklin County | 24.5 |
| 46 | Montgomery County | 24.5 |
| 46 | Sampson County | 24.5 |
| 49 | Columbus County | 24.4 |
| 49 | Iredell County | 24.4 |
| 49 | Lee County | 24.4 |
| 49 | Onslow County | 24.4 |
| 49 | Orange County | 24.4 |
| 54 | Craven County | 24.3 |
| 54 | Johnston County | 24.3 |
| 54 | Scotland County | 24.3 |
| 57 | Bladen County | 24.2 |
| 57 | Gates County | 24.2 |
| 57 | Guilford County | 24.2 |
| 57 | Lenoir County | 24.2 |
| 57 | Transylvania County | 24.2 |
| 57 | Wayne County | 24.2 |
| 63 | Carteret County | 24.1 |
| 63 | Dare County | 24.1 |
| 63 | Union County | 24.1 |
| 66 | Alamance County | 24 |
| 67 | Beaufort County | 23.9 |
| 68 | Henderson County | 23.8 |
| 68 | Martin County | 23.8 |
| 68 | Polk County | 23.8 |
| 68 | Wilson County | 23.8 |
| 72 | Pasquotank County | 23.7 |
| 72 | Perquimans County | 23.7 |
| 74 | Caswell County | 23.5 |
| 74 | Chowan County | 23.5 |
| 74 | Moore County | 23.5 |
| 77 | Anson County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Brunswick County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Cabarrus County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Duplin County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Forsyth County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Granville County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Greene County | 23.4 |
| 77 | Washington County | 23.4 |
| 85 | Hyde County | 23.2 |
| 86 | Vance County | 23.1 |
| 86 | Wake County | 23.1 |
| 88 | Pamlico County | 23 |
| 89 | Durham County | 22.9 |
| 89 | Robeson County | 22.9 |
| 89 | Tyrrell County | 22.9 |
| 92 | Nash County | 22.8 |
| 93 | Edgecombe County | 22.7 |
| 93 | Mecklenburg County | 22.7 |
| 95 | Hertford County | 22.6 |
| 96 | Halifax County | 22.5 |
| 97 | Warren County | 22.2 |
| 98 | Chatham County | 22.1 |
| 99 | Northampton County | 21.9 |
| 100 | Bertie County | 21.7 |