Counties in West Virginia by depression in adults, local model estimate

Wyoming County had the highest depression in adults, local model estimate of 55 counties in 2021, at 30.9%. Pendleton County had the lowest, at 23.9%. The median was 26.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest30.9Wyoming County
Median26.755 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Barbour County: 27.3 %Berkeley County: 25.8 %Boone County: 27.9 %Braxton County: 27 %Brooke County: 24.5 %Cabell County: 28.1 %Calhoun County: 26.8 %Clay County: 28.5 %Doddridge County: 25.4 %Fayette County: 29.2 %Gilmer County: 24.6 %Grant County: 26 %Greenbrier County: 26.3 %Hampshire County: 24.5 %Hancock County: 24.6 %Hardy County: 25.5 %Harrison County: 26.5 %Jackson County: 26.8 %Jefferson County: 24.9 %Kanawha County: 26.7 %Lewis County: 26.3 %Lincoln County: 30.3 %Logan County: 30 %McDowell County: 29.3 %Marion County: 26.2 %Marshall County: 25 %Mason County: 27.5 %Mercer County: 28 %Mineral County: 25.4 %Mingo County: 29.6 %Monongalia County: 26.9 %Monroe County: 26.1 %Morgan County: 26.5 %Nicholas County: 26.8 %Ohio County: 26.8 %Pendleton County: 23.9 %Pleasants County: 26 %Pocahontas County: 26.6 %Preston County: 27.2 %Putnam County: 25.7 %Raleigh County: 26.7 %Randolph County: 25.6 %Ritchie County: 26.8 %Roane County: 27.1 %Summers County: 27.7 %Taylor County: 25.7 %Tucker County: 24.8 %Tyler County: 25.8 %Upshur County: 25.6 %Wayne County: 28.7 %Webster County: 27.7 %Wetzel County: 27.1 %Wirt County: 27.9 %Wood County: 28.3 %Wyoming County: 30.9 %
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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.

All counties, 2021

Wyoming County: 30.9 %Wyoming County30.9Lincoln County: 30.3 %Lincoln County30.3Logan County: 30 %Logan County30Mingo County: 29.6 %Mingo County29.6McDowell County: 29.3 %McDowell County29.3Fayette County: 29.2 %Fayette County29.2Wayne County: 28.7 %Wayne County28.7Clay County: 28.5 %Clay County28.5Wood County: 28.3 %Wood County28.3Cabell County: 28.1 %Cabell County28.1Mercer County: 28 %Mercer County28Boone County: 27.9 %Boone County27.9Wirt County: 27.9 %Wirt County27.9Summers County: 27.7 %Summers County27.7Webster County: 27.7 %Webster County27.7Mason County: 27.5 %Mason County27.5Barbour County: 27.3 %Barbour County27.3Preston County: 27.2 %Preston County27.2Roane County: 27.1 %Roane County27.1Wetzel County: 27.1 %Wetzel County27.1Braxton County: 27 %Braxton County27Monongalia County: 26.9 %Monongalia County26.9Calhoun County: 26.8 %Calhoun County26.8Jackson County: 26.8 %Jackson County26.8Nicholas County: 26.8 %Nicholas County26.8Ohio County: 26.8 %Ohio County26.8Ritchie County: 26.8 %Ritchie County26.8Kanawha County: 26.7 %Kanawha County26.7Raleigh County: 26.7 %Raleigh County26.7Pocahontas County: 26.6 %Pocahontas County26.6Harrison County: 26.5 %Harrison County26.5Morgan County: 26.5 %Morgan County26.5Greenbrier County: 26.3 %Greenbrier County26.3Lewis County: 26.3 %Lewis County26.3Marion County: 26.2 %Marion County26.2Monroe County: 26.1 %Monroe County26.1Grant County: 26 %Grant County26Pleasants County: 26 %Pleasants County26Berkeley County: 25.8 %Berkeley County25.8Tyler County: 25.8 %Tyler County25.8Putnam County: 25.7 %Putnam County25.7Taylor County: 25.7 %Taylor County25.7Randolph County: 25.6 %Randolph County25.6Upshur County: 25.6 %Upshur County25.6Hardy County: 25.5 %Hardy County25.5Doddridge County: 25.4 %Doddridge County25.4Mineral County: 25.4 %Mineral County25.4Marshall County: 25 %Marshall County25Jefferson County: 24.9 %Jefferson County24.9Tucker County: 24.8 %Tucker County24.8Gilmer County: 24.6 %Gilmer County24.6Hancock County: 24.6 %Hancock County24.6Brooke County: 24.5 %Brooke County24.5Hampshire County: 24.5 %Hampshire County24.5Pendleton County: 23.9 %Pendleton County23.9Wyoming County: 30.9 %Wyoming County30.9Lincoln County: 30.3 %Lincoln County30.3Logan County: 30 %Logan County30Mingo County: 29.6 %Mingo County29.6McDowell County: 29.3 %McDowell County29.3Fayette County: 29.2 %Fayette County29.2Wayne County: 28.7 %Wayne County28.7Clay County: 28.5 %Clay County28.5Wood County: 28.3 %Wood County28.3Cabell County: 28.1 %Cabell County28.1Mercer County: 28 %Mercer County28Boone County: 27.9 %Boone County27.9Wirt County: 27.9 %Wirt County27.9Summers County: 27.7 %Summers County27.7Webster County: 27.7 %Webster County27.7Mason County: 27.5 %Mason County27.5Barbour County: 27.3 %Barbour County27.3Preston County: 27.2 %Preston County27.2Roane County: 27.1 %Roane County27.1Wetzel County: 27.1 %Wetzel County27.1Braxton County: 27 %Braxton County27Monongalia County: 26.9 %Monongalia County26.9Calhoun County: 26.8 %Calhoun County26.8Jackson County: 26.8 %Jackson County26.8Nicholas County: 26.8 %Nicholas County26.8Ohio County: 26.8 %Ohio County26.8Ritchie County: 26.8 %Ritchie County26.8Kanawha County: 26.7 %Kanawha County26.7Raleigh County: 26.7 %Raleigh County26.7Pocahontas County: 26.6 %Pocahontas County26.6Harrison County: 26.5 %Harrison County26.5Morgan County: 26.5 %Morgan County26.5Greenbrier County: 26.3 %Greenbrier County26.3Lewis County: 26.3 %Lewis County26.3Marion County: 26.2 %Marion County26.2Monroe County: 26.1 %Monroe County26.1Grant County: 26 %Grant County26Pleasants County: 26 %Pleasants County26Berkeley County: 25.8 %Berkeley County25.8Tyler County: 25.8 %Tyler County25.8Putnam County: 25.7 %Putnam County25.7Taylor County: 25.7 %Taylor County25.7Randolph County: 25.6 %Randolph County25.6Upshur County: 25.6 %Upshur County25.6Hardy County: 25.5 %Hardy County25.5Doddridge County: 25.4 %Doddridge County25.4Mineral County: 25.4 %Mineral County25.4Marshall County: 25 %Marshall County25Jefferson County: 24.9 %Jefferson County24.9Tucker County: 24.8 %Tucker County24.8Gilmer County: 24.6 %Gilmer County24.6Hancock County: 24.6 %Hancock County24.6Brooke County: 24.5 %Brooke County24.5Hampshire County: 24.5 %Hampshire County24.5Pendleton County: 23.9 %Pendleton County23.9
%. 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.

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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 West Virginia 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 West Virginia 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Wyoming County, with 30.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Pendleton County, with 23.9% 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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