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

All 58 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/california-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kern County | 20 |
| 2 | Madera County | 19.8 |
| 3 | Humboldt County | 19.7 |
| 4 | Kings County | 19.5 |
| 5 | Yuba County | 19.4 |
| 6 | Lassen County | 19.2 |
| 7 | Butte County | 19.1 |
| 8 | Merced County | 19 |
| 8 | Tulare County | 19 |
| 10 | Stanislaus County | 18.8 |
| 10 | Tehama County | 18.8 |
| 12 | Shasta County | 18.6 |
| 13 | Fresno County | 18.4 |
| 13 | Glenn County | 18.4 |
| 15 | Del Norte County | 18.3 |
| 16 | Colusa County | 18.1 |
| 16 | Lake County | 18.1 |
| 16 | Trinity County | 18.1 |
| 19 | Imperial County | 18 |
| 20 | Sutter County | 17.9 |
| 20 | Yolo County | 17.9 |
| 22 | Mendocino County | 17.8 |
| 23 | San Bernardino County | 17.7 |
| 24 | Siskiyou County | 17.6 |
| 25 | Modoc County | 17.4 |
| 25 | Sacramento County | 17.4 |
| 27 | San Joaquin County | 17.2 |
| 27 | Santa Barbara County | 17.2 |
| 29 | Riverside County | 17.1 |
| 30 | Mono County | 16.9 |
| 31 | Sierra County | 16.8 |
| 31 | Tuolumne County | 16.8 |
| 33 | Calaveras County | 16.7 |
| 33 | Monterey County | 16.7 |
| 33 | San Luis Obispo County | 16.7 |
| 33 | Santa Cruz County | 16.7 |
| 37 | Plumas County | 16.6 |
| 37 | San Benito County | 16.6 |
| 37 | Solano County | 16.6 |
| 40 | Inyo County | 16.3 |
| 40 | San Diego County | 16.3 |
| 42 | Los Angeles County | 16.2 |
| 42 | Mariposa County | 16.2 |
| 42 | Ventura County | 16.2 |
| 45 | Amador County | 16 |
| 45 | Orange County | 16 |
| 47 | Sonoma County | 15.8 |
| 48 | Alpine County | 15.6 |
| 48 | Nevada County | 15.6 |
| 50 | El Dorado County | 15.5 |
| 50 | Napa County | 15.5 |
| 52 | Contra Costa County | 15.3 |
| 52 | Placer County | 15.3 |
| 54 | Alameda County | 15 |
| 55 | Marin County | 13.9 |
| 56 | San Francisco County | 13.8 |
| 57 | Santa Clara County | 13.7 |
| 58 | San Mateo County | 13.1 |