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Counties in Ohio by depression in adults, local model estimate

Athens County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 88 counties in 2021, at 28.3%. Delaware County had the lowest, at 18.1%. The median was 23.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest28.3Athens County
Lowest18.1Delaware County
Median23.188 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Adams County: 24.5 %Allen County: 23.9 %Ashland County: 23.5 %Ashtabula County: 25.4 %Athens County: 28.3 %Auglaize County: 21.5 %Belmont County: 23 %Brown County: 24.5 %Butler County: 21.8 %Carroll County: 22.6 %Champaign County: 23.1 %Clark County: 23 %Clermont County: 22.7 %Clinton County: 23.8 %Columbiana County: 22.5 %Coshocton County: 24.5 %Crawford County: 23.9 %Cuyahoga County: 22.4 %Darke County: 23.1 %Defiance County: 21.4 %Delaware County: 18.1 %Erie County: 22.4 %Fairfield County: 22.5 %Fayette County: 24.3 %Franklin County: 23.5 %Fulton County: 22.5 %Gallia County: 24 %Geauga County: 22 %Greene County: 21.1 %Guernsey County: 23.5 %Hamilton County: 21.1 %Hancock County: 21.3 %Hardin County: 23.3 %Harrison County: 22.5 %Henry County: 21.9 %Highland County: 24.6 %Hocking County: 24.1 %Holmes County: 26 %Huron County: 23.6 %Jackson County: 25.4 %Jefferson County: 23.4 %Knox County: 24.5 %Lake County: 20.6 %Lawrence County: 26.7 %Licking County: 22.8 %Logan County: 23.6 %Lorain County: 21.3 %Lucas County: 23.1 %Madison County: 22.2 %Mahoning County: 23.4 %Marion County: 23.4 %Medina County: 21.1 %Meigs County: 24.6 %Mercer County: 20.4 %Miami County: 21 %Monroe County: 23.8 %Montgomery County: 24.6 %Morgan County: 24.5 %Morrow County: 23 %Muskingum County: 24.3 %Noble County: 20.6 %Ottawa County: 21.3 %Paulding County: 22.8 %Perry County: 24.6 %Pickaway County: 23.1 %Pike County: 25.3 %Portage County: 21.4 %Preble County: 22.1 %Putnam County: 19.5 %Richland County: 23.7 %Ross County: 25.5 %Sandusky County: 21 %Scioto County: 25.6 %Seneca County: 22.6 %Shelby County: 23.4 %Stark County: 21.9 %Summit County: 23.1 %Trumbull County: 23.4 %Tuscarawas County: 22.3 %Union County: 20.4 %Van Wert County: 22.4 %Vinton County: 26.9 %Warren County: 20 %Washington County: 24.7 %Wayne County: 23.6 %Williams County: 21.9 %Wood County: 24.1 %Wyandot County: 22.1 %
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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

Athens County: 28.3 %Athens County28.3Vinton County: 26.9 %Vinton County26.9Lawrence County: 26.7 %Lawrence County26.7Holmes County: 26 %Holmes County26Scioto County: 25.6 %Scioto County25.6Ross County: 25.5 %Ross County25.5Ashtabula County: 25.4 %Ashtabula County25.4Jackson County: 25.4 %Jackson County25.4Pike County: 25.3 %Pike County25.3Washington County: 24.7 %Washington County24.7Highland County: 24.6 %Highland County24.6Meigs County: 24.6 %Meigs County24.6Montgomery County: 24.6 %Montgomery County24.6Perry County: 24.6 %Perry County24.6Adams County: 24.5 %Adams County24.5Brown County: 24.5 %Brown County24.5Coshocton County: 24.5 %Coshocton County24.5Knox County: 24.5 %Knox County24.5Morgan County: 24.5 %Morgan County24.5Fayette County: 24.3 %Fayette County24.3Muskingum County: 24.3 %Muskingum County24.3Hocking County: 24.1 %Hocking County24.1Wood County: 24.1 %Wood County24.1Gallia County: 24 %Gallia County24Allen County: 23.9 %Allen County23.9Crawford County: 23.9 %Crawford County23.9Clinton County: 23.8 %Clinton County23.8Monroe County: 23.8 %Monroe County23.8Richland County: 23.7 %Richland County23.7Huron County: 23.6 %Huron County23.6Logan County: 23.6 %Logan County23.6Wayne County: 23.6 %Wayne County23.6Ashland County: 23.5 %Ashland County23.5Franklin County: 23.5 %Franklin County23.5Guernsey County: 23.5 %Guernsey County23.5Jefferson County: 23.4 %Jefferson County23.4Mahoning County: 23.4 %Mahoning County23.4Marion County: 23.4 %Marion County23.4Shelby County: 23.4 %Shelby County23.4Trumbull County: 23.4 %Trumbull County23.4Athens County: 28.3 %Athens County28.3Vinton County: 26.9 %Vinton County26.9Lawrence County: 26.7 %Lawrence County26.7Holmes County: 26 %Holmes County26Scioto County: 25.6 %Scioto County25.6Ross County: 25.5 %Ross County25.5Ashtabula County: 25.4 %Ashtabula County25.4Jackson County: 25.4 %Jackson County25.4Pike County: 25.3 %Pike County25.3Washington County: 24.7 %Washington County24.7Highland County: 24.6 %Highland County24.6Meigs County: 24.6 %Meigs County24.6Montgomery County: 24.6 %Montgomery County24.6Perry County: 24.6 %Perry County24.6Adams County: 24.5 %Adams County24.5Brown County: 24.5 %Brown County24.5Coshocton County: 24.5 %Coshocton County24.5Knox County: 24.5 %Knox County24.5Morgan County: 24.5 %Morgan County24.5Fayette County: 24.3 %Fayette County24.3Muskingum County: 24.3 %Muskingum County24.3Hocking County: 24.1 %Hocking County24.1Wood County: 24.1 %Wood County24.1Gallia County: 24 %Gallia County24Allen County: 23.9 %Allen County23.9Crawford County: 23.9 %Crawford County23.9Clinton County: 23.8 %Clinton County23.8Monroe County: 23.8 %Monroe County23.8Richland County: 23.7 %Richland County23.7Huron County: 23.6 %Huron County23.6Logan County: 23.6 %Logan County23.6Wayne County: 23.6 %Wayne County23.6Ashland County: 23.5 %Ashland County23.5Franklin County: 23.5 %Franklin County23.5Guernsey County: 23.5 %Guernsey County23.5Jefferson County: 23.4 %Jefferson County23.4Mahoning County: 23.4 %Mahoning County23.4Marion County: 23.4 %Marion County23.4Shelby County: 23.4 %Shelby County23.4Trumbull County: 23.4 %Trumbull County23.4
%. 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 (%)
1Athens County28.3
2Vinton County26.9
3Lawrence County26.7
4Holmes County26
5Scioto County25.6
6Ross County25.5
7Ashtabula County25.4
7Jackson County25.4
9Pike County25.3
10Washington County24.7
11Highland County24.6
11Meigs County24.6
11Montgomery County24.6
11Perry County24.6
15Adams County24.5
15Brown County24.5
15Coshocton County24.5
15Knox County24.5
15Morgan County24.5
20Fayette County24.3
20Muskingum County24.3
22Hocking County24.1
22Wood County24.1
24Gallia County24
25Allen County23.9
25Crawford County23.9
27Clinton County23.8
27Monroe County23.8
29Richland County23.7
30Huron County23.6
30Logan County23.6
30Wayne County23.6
33Ashland County23.5
33Franklin County23.5
33Guernsey County23.5
36Jefferson County23.4
36Mahoning County23.4
36Marion County23.4
36Shelby County23.4
36Trumbull County23.4
41Hardin County23.3
42Champaign County23.1
42Darke County23.1
42Lucas County23.1
42Pickaway County23.1
42Summit County23.1
47Belmont County23
47Clark County23
47Morrow County23
50Licking County22.8
50Paulding County22.8
52Clermont County22.7
53Carroll County22.6
53Seneca County22.6
55Columbiana County22.5
55Fairfield County22.5
55Fulton County22.5
55Harrison County22.5
59Cuyahoga County22.4
59Erie County22.4
59Van Wert County22.4
62Tuscarawas County22.3
63Madison County22.2
64Preble County22.1
64Wyandot County22.1
66Geauga County22
67Henry County21.9
67Stark County21.9
67Williams County21.9
70Butler County21.8
71Auglaize County21.5
72Defiance County21.4
72Portage County21.4
74Hancock County21.3
74Lorain County21.3
74Ottawa County21.3
77Greene County21.1
77Hamilton County21.1
77Medina County21.1
80Miami County21
80Sandusky County21
82Lake County20.6
82Noble County20.6
84Mercer County20.4
84Union County20.4
86Warren County20
87Putnam County19.5
88Delaware County18.1

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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 Ohio 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 Ohio 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/ohio-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 Ohio 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/ohio-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 Ohio 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/ohio-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Athens County, with 28.3% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Delaware County, with 18.1% 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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