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Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate

Kusilvak Census Area had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 30 counties in 2021, at 26%. Aleutians West Census Area had the lowest, at 12.2%. The median was 14.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest26Kusilvak Census Area
Lowest12.2Aleutians West Census Area
Median14.630 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aleutians East Borough: 12.7 %Aleutians West Census Area: 12.2 %Anchorage Municipality: 14.6 %Bethel Census Area: 22.4 %Bristol Bay Borough: 14.4 %Chugach Census Area: 13.8 %Copper River Census Area: 14.6 %Denali Borough: 14.6 %Dillingham Census Area: 19.3 %Fairbanks North Star Borough: 15.1 %Haines Borough: 14.6 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 14.4 %Juneau City and Borough: 14 %Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.7 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 14.5 %Kodiak Island Borough: 13.7 %Kusilvak Census Area: 26 %Lake and Peninsula Borough: 17.7 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16 %Nome Census Area: 19.6 %North Slope Borough: 16 %Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.1 %Petersburg Borough: 13.9 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.4 %Sitka City and Borough: 13.8 %Skagway Municipality: 14.2 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 14.8 %Wrangell City and Borough: 14.9 %Yakutat City and Borough: 14.8 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 18.9 %
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%, 2021. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2021

Kusilvak Census Area: 26 %Kusilvak Census Area26Bethel Census Area: 22.4 %Bethel Census Area22.4Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.1 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.1Nome Census Area: 19.6 %Nome Census Area19.6Dillingham Census Area: 19.3 %Dillingham Census Area19.3Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 18.9 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area18.9Lake and Peninsula Borough: 17.7 %Lake and Peninsula Borough17.7Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.4 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough16North Slope Borough: 16 %North Slope Borough16Fairbanks North Star Borough: 15.1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough15.1Wrangell City and Borough: 14.9 %Wrangell City and Borough14.9Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 14.8 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area14.8Yakutat City and Borough: 14.8 %Yakutat City and Borough14.8Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.7 %Kenai Peninsula Borough14.7Anchorage Municipality: 14.6 %Anchorage Municipality14.6Copper River Census Area: 14.6 %Copper River Census Area14.6Denali Borough: 14.6 %Denali Borough14.6Haines Borough: 14.6 %Haines Borough14.6Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 14.5 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough14.5Bristol Bay Borough: 14.4 %Bristol Bay Borough14.4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 14.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area14.4Skagway Municipality: 14.2 %Skagway Municipality14.2Juneau City and Borough: 14 %Juneau City and Borough14Petersburg Borough: 13.9 %Petersburg Borough13.9Chugach Census Area: 13.8 %Chugach Census Area13.8Sitka City and Borough: 13.8 %Sitka City and Borough13.8Kodiak Island Borough: 13.7 %Kodiak Island Borough13.7Aleutians East Borough: 12.7 %Aleutians East Borough12.7Aleutians West Census Area: 12.2 %Aleutians West Census Area12.2Kusilvak Census Area: 26 %Kusilvak Census Area26Bethel Census Area: 22.4 %Bethel Census Area22.4Northwest Arctic Borough: 20.1 %Northwest Arctic Borough20.1Nome Census Area: 19.6 %Nome Census Area19.6Dillingham Census Area: 19.3 %Dillingham Census Area19.3Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area: 18.9 %Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area18.9Lake and Peninsula Borough: 17.7 %Lake and Peninsula Borough17.7Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: 16.4 %Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.4Matanuska-Susitna Borough: 16 %Matanuska-Susitna Borough16North Slope Borough: 16 %North Slope Borough16Fairbanks North Star Borough: 15.1 %Fairbanks North Star Borough15.1Wrangell City and Borough: 14.9 %Wrangell City and Borough14.9Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 14.8 %Southeast Fairbanks Census Area14.8Yakutat City and Borough: 14.8 %Yakutat City and Borough14.8Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.7 %Kenai Peninsula Borough14.7Anchorage Municipality: 14.6 %Anchorage Municipality14.6Copper River Census Area: 14.6 %Copper River Census Area14.6Denali Borough: 14.6 %Denali Borough14.6Haines Borough: 14.6 %Haines Borough14.6Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 14.5 %Ketchikan Gateway Borough14.5Bristol Bay Borough: 14.4 %Bristol Bay Borough14.4Hoonah-Angoon Census Area: 14.4 %Hoonah-Angoon Census Area14.4Skagway Municipality: 14.2 %Skagway Municipality14.2Juneau City and Borough: 14 %Juneau City and Borough14Petersburg Borough: 13.9 %Petersburg Borough13.9Chugach Census Area: 13.8 %Chugach Census Area13.8Sitka City and Borough: 13.8 %Sitka City and Borough13.8Kodiak Island Borough: 13.7 %Kodiak Island Borough13.7Aleutians East Borough: 12.7 %Aleutians East Borough12.7Aleutians West Census Area: 12.2 %Aleutians West Census Area12.2
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Kusilvak Census Area26
2Bethel Census Area22.4
3Northwest Arctic Borough20.1
4Nome Census Area19.6
5Dillingham Census Area19.3
6Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area18.9
7Lake and Peninsula Borough17.7
8Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area16.4
9Matanuska-Susitna Borough16
9North Slope Borough16
11Fairbanks North Star Borough15.1
12Wrangell City and Borough14.9
13Southeast Fairbanks Census Area14.8
13Yakutat City and Borough14.8
15Kenai Peninsula Borough14.7
16Anchorage Municipality14.6
16Copper River Census Area14.6
16Denali Borough14.6
16Haines Borough14.6
20Ketchikan Gateway Borough14.5
21Bristol Bay Borough14.4
21Hoonah-Angoon Census Area14.4
23Skagway Municipality14.2
24Juneau City and Borough14
25Petersburg Borough13.9
26Chugach Census Area13.8
26Sitka City and Borough13.8
28Kodiak Island Borough13.7
29Aleutians East Borough12.7
30Aleutians West Census Area12.2

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Percentage of adults who say their mental health was not good on 14 or more of the past 30 days. 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), frequent mental distress 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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress 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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress 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-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/alaska-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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress 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-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/alaska-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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Kusilvak Census Area, with 26% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Aleutians West Census Area, with 12.2% in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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