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

Columbia County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2021, at 19.8%. Carroll County had the lowest, at 16.1%. The median was 18.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.8Columbia County
Lowest16.1Carroll County
Median18.375 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Arkansas County: 17.6 %Ashley County: 18.8 %Baxter County: 16.7 %Benton County: 16.3 %Boone County: 17.2 %Bradley County: 18.4 %Calhoun County: 16.7 %Carroll County: 16.1 %Chicot County: 18.9 %Clark County: 19.3 %Clay County: 18.6 %Cleburne County: 16.7 %Cleveland County: 17.6 %Columbia County: 19.8 %Conway County: 18.3 %Craighead County: 18.5 %Crawford County: 18.3 %Crittenden County: 19.4 %Cross County: 18.8 %Dallas County: 17 %Desha County: 19.6 %Drew County: 18.7 %Faulkner County: 18.1 %Franklin County: 19.6 %Fulton County: 18.6 %Garland County: 16.8 %Grant County: 17.4 %Greene County: 18.5 %Hempstead County: 18.3 %Hot Spring County: 17.4 %Howard County: 18.5 %Independence County: 18.4 %Izard County: 17.5 %Jackson County: 19.4 %Jefferson County: 18.4 %Johnson County: 19.8 %Lafayette County: 18.7 %Lawrence County: 19.2 %Lee County: 19.1 %Lincoln County: 18.2 %Little River County: 17.2 %Logan County: 18 %Lonoke County: 18.1 %Madison County: 18.4 %Marion County: 17.3 %Miller County: 18.8 %Mississippi County: 19.4 %Monroe County: 18.3 %Montgomery County: 17.6 %Nevada County: 18 %Newton County: 16.5 %Ouachita County: 18.3 %Perry County: 17.4 %Phillips County: 19.3 %Pike County: 17.4 %Poinsett County: 19.6 %Polk County: 18.1 %Pope County: 19.3 %Prairie County: 16.7 %Pulaski County: 16.4 %Randolph County: 19 %St. Francis County: 19.2 %Saline County: 16.5 %Scott County: 18 %Searcy County: 18.2 %Sebastian County: 18 %Sevier County: 19.1 %Sharp County: 18.5 %Stone County: 18.6 %Union County: 18.2 %Van Buren County: 17.9 %Washington County: 18.6 %White County: 18.8 %Woodruff County: 18 %Yell County: 18.5 %
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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.

Top 40 counties, 2021

Columbia County: 19.8 %Columbia County19.8Johnson County: 19.8 %Johnson County19.8Desha County: 19.6 %Desha County19.6Franklin County: 19.6 %Franklin County19.6Poinsett County: 19.6 %Poinsett County19.6Crittenden County: 19.4 %Crittenden County19.4Jackson County: 19.4 %Jackson County19.4Mississippi County: 19.4 %Mississippi County19.4Clark County: 19.3 %Clark County19.3Phillips County: 19.3 %Phillips County19.3Pope County: 19.3 %Pope County19.3Lawrence County: 19.2 %Lawrence County19.2St. Francis County: 19.2 %St. Francis County19.2Lee County: 19.1 %Lee County19.1Sevier County: 19.1 %Sevier County19.1Randolph County: 19 %Randolph County19Chicot County: 18.9 %Chicot County18.9Ashley County: 18.8 %Ashley County18.8Cross County: 18.8 %Cross County18.8Miller County: 18.8 %Miller County18.8White County: 18.8 %White County18.8Drew County: 18.7 %Drew County18.7Lafayette County: 18.7 %Lafayette County18.7Clay County: 18.6 %Clay County18.6Fulton County: 18.6 %Fulton County18.6Stone County: 18.6 %Stone County18.6Washington County: 18.6 %Washington County18.6Craighead County: 18.5 %Craighead County18.5Greene County: 18.5 %Greene County18.5Howard County: 18.5 %Howard County18.5Sharp County: 18.5 %Sharp County18.5Yell County: 18.5 %Yell County18.5Bradley County: 18.4 %Bradley County18.4Independence County: 18.4 %Independence County18.4Jefferson County: 18.4 %Jefferson County18.4Madison County: 18.4 %Madison County18.4Conway County: 18.3 %Conway County18.3Crawford County: 18.3 %Crawford County18.3Hempstead County: 18.3 %Hempstead County18.3Monroe County: 18.3 %Monroe County18.3Columbia County: 19.8 %Columbia County19.8Johnson County: 19.8 %Johnson County19.8Desha County: 19.6 %Desha County19.6Franklin County: 19.6 %Franklin County19.6Poinsett County: 19.6 %Poinsett County19.6Crittenden County: 19.4 %Crittenden County19.4Jackson County: 19.4 %Jackson County19.4Mississippi County: 19.4 %Mississippi County19.4Clark County: 19.3 %Clark County19.3Phillips County: 19.3 %Phillips County19.3Pope County: 19.3 %Pope County19.3Lawrence County: 19.2 %Lawrence County19.2St. Francis County: 19.2 %St. Francis County19.2Lee County: 19.1 %Lee County19.1Sevier County: 19.1 %Sevier County19.1Randolph County: 19 %Randolph County19Chicot County: 18.9 %Chicot County18.9Ashley County: 18.8 %Ashley County18.8Cross County: 18.8 %Cross County18.8Miller County: 18.8 %Miller County18.8White County: 18.8 %White County18.8Drew County: 18.7 %Drew County18.7Lafayette County: 18.7 %Lafayette County18.7Clay County: 18.6 %Clay County18.6Fulton County: 18.6 %Fulton County18.6Stone County: 18.6 %Stone County18.6Washington County: 18.6 %Washington County18.6Craighead County: 18.5 %Craighead County18.5Greene County: 18.5 %Greene County18.5Howard County: 18.5 %Howard County18.5Sharp County: 18.5 %Sharp County18.5Yell County: 18.5 %Yell County18.5Bradley County: 18.4 %Bradley County18.4Independence County: 18.4 %Independence County18.4Jefferson County: 18.4 %Jefferson County18.4Madison County: 18.4 %Madison County18.4Conway County: 18.3 %Conway County18.3Crawford County: 18.3 %Crawford County18.3Hempstead County: 18.3 %Hempstead County18.3Monroe County: 18.3 %Monroe County18.3
%. 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 (%)
1Columbia County19.8
1Johnson County19.8
3Desha County19.6
3Franklin County19.6
3Poinsett County19.6
6Crittenden County19.4
6Jackson County19.4
6Mississippi County19.4
9Clark County19.3
9Phillips County19.3
9Pope County19.3
12Lawrence County19.2
12St. Francis County19.2
14Lee County19.1
14Sevier County19.1
16Randolph County19
17Chicot County18.9
18Ashley County18.8
18Cross County18.8
18Miller County18.8
18White County18.8
22Drew County18.7
22Lafayette County18.7
24Clay County18.6
24Fulton County18.6
24Stone County18.6
24Washington County18.6
28Craighead County18.5
28Greene County18.5
28Howard County18.5
28Sharp County18.5
28Yell County18.5
33Bradley County18.4
33Independence County18.4
33Jefferson County18.4
33Madison County18.4
37Conway County18.3
37Crawford County18.3
37Hempstead County18.3
37Monroe County18.3
37Ouachita County18.3
42Lincoln County18.2
42Searcy County18.2
42Union County18.2
45Faulkner County18.1
45Lonoke County18.1
45Polk County18.1
48Logan County18
48Nevada County18
48Scott County18
48Sebastian County18
48Woodruff County18
53Van Buren County17.9
54Arkansas County17.6
54Cleveland County17.6
54Montgomery County17.6
57Izard County17.5
58Grant County17.4
58Hot Spring County17.4
58Perry County17.4
58Pike County17.4
62Marion County17.3
63Boone County17.2
63Little River County17.2
65Dallas County17
66Garland County16.8
67Baxter County16.7
67Calhoun County16.7
67Cleburne County16.7
67Prairie County16.7
71Newton County16.5
71Saline County16.5
73Pulaski County16.4
74Benton County16.3
75Carroll County16.1

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About this ranking

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.

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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 Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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/arkansas-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Columbia County, with 19.8% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Carroll County, with 16.1% 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), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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