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

Poinsett County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 75 counties in 2022, at 22.5%. Benton County had the lowest, at 17%. The median was 20.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest22.5Poinsett County
Lowest17Benton County
Median20.275 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Arkansas County: 20.9 %Ashley County: 19.8 %Baxter County: 18 %Benton County: 17 %Boone County: 19.7 %Bradley County: 20.6 %Calhoun County: 19.6 %Carroll County: 17.7 %Chicot County: 20.4 %Clark County: 21.5 %Clay County: 20.7 %Cleburne County: 18.5 %Cleveland County: 20.9 %Columbia County: 20.4 %Conway County: 20.9 %Craighead County: 21.3 %Crawford County: 19.3 %Crittenden County: 21.8 %Cross County: 20.2 %Dallas County: 18.8 %Desha County: 22.1 %Drew County: 20.8 %Faulkner County: 19.7 %Franklin County: 21 %Fulton County: 21.2 %Garland County: 18.1 %Grant County: 19.6 %Greene County: 22 %Hempstead County: 19.8 %Hot Spring County: 19.6 %Howard County: 18.7 %Independence County: 20.9 %Izard County: 19 %Jackson County: 22.2 %Jefferson County: 21 %Johnson County: 21.7 %Lafayette County: 20.8 %Lawrence County: 22.2 %Lee County: 21.3 %Lincoln County: 21 %Little River County: 19 %Logan County: 20.4 %Lonoke County: 19.9 %Madison County: 20.6 %Marion County: 18.4 %Miller County: 21.4 %Mississippi County: 22.3 %Monroe County: 20 %Montgomery County: 18.9 %Nevada County: 20.2 %Newton County: 19.6 %Ouachita County: 19.4 %Perry County: 19.3 %Phillips County: 21.8 %Pike County: 19.5 %Poinsett County: 22.5 %Polk County: 19.8 %Pope County: 20.2 %Prairie County: 19.8 %Pulaski County: 18.6 %Randolph County: 21 %St. Francis County: 21.8 %Saline County: 18 %Scott County: 20 %Searcy County: 20.4 %Sebastian County: 20.2 %Sevier County: 20.5 %Sharp County: 19.8 %Stone County: 20.2 %Union County: 18.5 %Van Buren County: 20.1 %Washington County: 19.5 %White County: 21.6 %Woodruff County: 19.9 %Yell County: 20.5 %
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%, 2022. 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, 2022

Poinsett County: 22.5 %Poinsett County22.5Mississippi County: 22.3 %Mississippi County22.3Jackson County: 22.2 %Jackson County22.2Lawrence County: 22.2 %Lawrence County22.2Desha County: 22.1 %Desha County22.1Greene County: 22 %Greene County22Crittenden County: 21.8 %Crittenden County21.8Phillips County: 21.8 %Phillips County21.8St. Francis County: 21.8 %St. Francis County21.8Johnson County: 21.7 %Johnson County21.7White County: 21.6 %White County21.6Clark County: 21.5 %Clark County21.5Miller County: 21.4 %Miller County21.4Craighead County: 21.3 %Craighead County21.3Lee County: 21.3 %Lee County21.3Fulton County: 21.2 %Fulton County21.2Franklin County: 21 %Franklin County21Jefferson County: 21 %Jefferson County21Lincoln County: 21 %Lincoln County21Randolph County: 21 %Randolph County21Arkansas County: 20.9 %Arkansas County20.9Cleveland County: 20.9 %Cleveland County20.9Conway County: 20.9 %Conway County20.9Independence County: 20.9 %Independence County20.9Drew County: 20.8 %Drew County20.8Lafayette County: 20.8 %Lafayette County20.8Clay County: 20.7 %Clay County20.7Bradley County: 20.6 %Bradley County20.6Madison County: 20.6 %Madison County20.6Sevier County: 20.5 %Sevier County20.5Yell County: 20.5 %Yell County20.5Chicot County: 20.4 %Chicot County20.4Columbia County: 20.4 %Columbia County20.4Logan County: 20.4 %Logan County20.4Searcy County: 20.4 %Searcy County20.4Cross County: 20.2 %Cross County20.2Nevada County: 20.2 %Nevada County20.2Pope County: 20.2 %Pope County20.2Sebastian County: 20.2 %Sebastian County20.2Stone County: 20.2 %Stone County20.2Poinsett County: 22.5 %Poinsett County22.5Mississippi County: 22.3 %Mississippi County22.3Jackson County: 22.2 %Jackson County22.2Lawrence County: 22.2 %Lawrence County22.2Desha County: 22.1 %Desha County22.1Greene County: 22 %Greene County22Crittenden County: 21.8 %Crittenden County21.8Phillips County: 21.8 %Phillips County21.8St. Francis County: 21.8 %St. Francis County21.8Johnson County: 21.7 %Johnson County21.7White County: 21.6 %White County21.6Clark County: 21.5 %Clark County21.5Miller County: 21.4 %Miller County21.4Craighead County: 21.3 %Craighead County21.3Lee County: 21.3 %Lee County21.3Fulton County: 21.2 %Fulton County21.2Franklin County: 21 %Franklin County21Jefferson County: 21 %Jefferson County21Lincoln County: 21 %Lincoln County21Randolph County: 21 %Randolph County21Arkansas County: 20.9 %Arkansas County20.9Cleveland County: 20.9 %Cleveland County20.9Conway County: 20.9 %Conway County20.9Independence County: 20.9 %Independence County20.9Drew County: 20.8 %Drew County20.8Lafayette County: 20.8 %Lafayette County20.8Clay County: 20.7 %Clay County20.7Bradley County: 20.6 %Bradley County20.6Madison County: 20.6 %Madison County20.6Sevier County: 20.5 %Sevier County20.5Yell County: 20.5 %Yell County20.5Chicot County: 20.4 %Chicot County20.4Columbia County: 20.4 %Columbia County20.4Logan County: 20.4 %Logan County20.4Searcy County: 20.4 %Searcy County20.4Cross County: 20.2 %Cross County20.2Nevada County: 20.2 %Nevada County20.2Pope County: 20.2 %Pope County20.2Sebastian County: 20.2 %Sebastian County20.2Stone County: 20.2 %Stone County20.2
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Poinsett County22.5+2.9 pts
2Mississippi County22.3+2.9 pts
3Jackson County22.2+2.8 pts
3Lawrence County22.2+3 pts
5Desha County22.1+2.5 pts
6Greene County22+3.5 pts
7Crittenden County21.8+2.4 pts
7Phillips County21.8+2.5 pts
7St. Francis County21.8+2.6 pts
10Johnson County21.7+1.9 pts
11White County21.6+2.8 pts
12Clark County21.5+2.2 pts
13Miller County21.4+2.6 pts
14Craighead County21.3+2.8 pts
14Lee County21.3+2.2 pts
16Fulton County21.2+2.6 pts
17Franklin County21+1.4 pts
17Jefferson County21+2.6 pts
17Lincoln County21+2.8 pts
17Randolph County21+2 pts
21Arkansas County20.9+3.3 pts
21Cleveland County20.9+3.3 pts
21Conway County20.9+2.6 pts
21Independence County20.9+2.5 pts
25Drew County20.8+2.1 pts
25Lafayette County20.8+2.1 pts
27Clay County20.7+2.1 pts
28Bradley County20.6+2.2 pts
28Madison County20.6+2.2 pts
30Sevier County20.5+1.4 pts
30Yell County20.5+2 pts
32Chicot County20.4+1.5 pts
32Columbia County20.4+0.6 pts
32Logan County20.4+2.4 pts
32Searcy County20.4+2.2 pts
36Cross County20.2+1.4 pts
36Nevada County20.2+2.2 pts
36Pope County20.2+0.9 pts
36Sebastian County20.2+2.2 pts
36Stone County20.2+1.6 pts
41Van Buren County20.1+2.2 pts
42Monroe County20+1.7 pts
42Scott County20+2 pts
44Lonoke County19.9+1.8 pts
44Woodruff County19.9+1.9 pts
46Ashley County19.8+1 pts
46Hempstead County19.8+1.5 pts
46Polk County19.8+1.7 pts
46Prairie County19.8+3.1 pts
46Sharp County19.8+1.3 pts
51Boone County19.7+2.5 pts
51Faulkner County19.7+1.6 pts
53Calhoun County19.6+2.9 pts
53Grant County19.6+2.2 pts
53Hot Spring County19.6+2.2 pts
53Newton County19.6+3.1 pts
57Pike County19.5+2.1 pts
57Washington County19.5+0.9 pts
59Ouachita County19.4+1.1 pts
60Crawford County19.3+1 pts
60Perry County19.3+1.9 pts
62Izard County19+1.5 pts
62Little River County19+1.8 pts
64Montgomery County18.9+1.3 pts
65Dallas County18.8+1.8 pts
66Howard County18.7+0.2 pts
67Pulaski County18.6+2.2 pts
68Cleburne County18.5+1.8 pts
68Union County18.5+0.3 pts
70Marion County18.4+1.1 pts
71Garland County18.1+1.3 pts
72Baxter County18+1.3 pts
72Saline County18+1.5 pts
74Carroll County17.7+1.6 pts
75Benton County17+0.7 pts

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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 Arkansas by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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 Arkansas by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022. 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/arkansas-counties?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/arkansas-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Poinsett County, with 22.5% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Benton County, with 17% in 2022.

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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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