# Counties in Arkansas by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023

All 75 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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 (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), 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jackson County | 21 |
| 2 | Desha County | 20.7 |
| 3 | Clark County | 20.5 |
| 3 | Poinsett County | 20.5 |
| 5 | Lawrence County | 20.4 |
| 6 | Randolph County | 20.3 |
| 7 | Crittenden County | 20.2 |
| 7 | Phillips County | 20.2 |
| 9 | Lee County | 20.1 |
| 9 | Miller County | 20.1 |
| 9 | Mississippi County | 20.1 |
| 12 | Columbia County | 20 |
| 12 | Greene County | 20 |
| 14 | St. Francis County | 19.9 |
| 15 | Cross County | 19.8 |
| 15 | Drew County | 19.8 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 19.8 |
| 18 | Ashley County | 19.7 |
| 19 | Nevada County | 19.6 |
| 19 | White County | 19.6 |
| 21 | Craighead County | 19.5 |
| 21 | Johnson County | 19.5 |
| 21 | Lafayette County | 19.5 |
| 21 | Sevier County | 19.5 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 19.4 |
| 26 | Independence County | 19.3 |
| 26 | Madison County | 19.3 |
| 26 | Pope County | 19.3 |
| 26 | Woodruff County | 19.3 |
| 30 | Clay County | 19.2 |
| 31 | Arkansas County | 19.1 |
| 31 | Bradley County | 19.1 |
| 31 | Conway County | 19.1 |
| 31 | Ouachita County | 19.1 |
| 35 | Crawford County | 19 |
| 35 | Fulton County | 19 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 19 |
| 35 | Searcy County | 19 |
| 39 | Hempstead County | 18.9 |
| 39 | Howard County | 18.9 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 18.9 |
| 39 | Scott County | 18.9 |
| 39 | Sebastian County | 18.9 |
| 39 | Sharp County | 18.9 |
| 45 | Faulkner County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Hot Spring County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Izard County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Lonoke County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Polk County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Washington County | 18.8 |
| 45 | Yell County | 18.8 |
| 52 | Chicot County | 18.7 |
| 52 | Little River County | 18.7 |
| 52 | Logan County | 18.7 |
| 55 | Cleveland County | 18.6 |
| 55 | Pike County | 18.6 |
| 57 | Union County | 18.5 |
| 58 | Boone County | 18.4 |
| 59 | Perry County | 18.3 |
| 59 | Stone County | 18.3 |
| 59 | Van Buren County | 18.3 |
| 62 | Montgomery County | 18 |
| 62 | Prairie County | 18 |
| 64 | Grant County | 17.9 |
| 65 | Cleburne County | 17.8 |
| 65 | Newton County | 17.8 |
| 67 | Calhoun County | 17.7 |
| 67 | Marion County | 17.7 |
| 69 | Dallas County | 17.6 |
| 70 | Carroll County | 17.5 |
| 70 | Pulaski County | 17.5 |
| 72 | Garland County | 17.4 |
| 73 | Baxter County | 17.2 |
| 74 | Saline County | 17.1 |
| 75 | Benton County | 16.5 |