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

Bent County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2023, at 18.3%. Hinsdale County had the lowest, at 12.5%. The median was 16%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest18.3Bent County
Lowest12.5Hinsdale County
Median1664 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Adams County: 17.1 %Alamosa County: 18.1 %Arapahoe County: 15.9 %Archuleta County: 14.3 %Baca County: 17.7 %Bent County: 18.3 %Boulder County: 15.2 %Broomfield County: 14.4 %Chaffee County: 14.9 %Cheyenne County: 16.5 %Clear Creek County: 13.9 %Conejos County: 16 %Costilla County: 15 %Crowley County: 17.9 %Custer County: 14.4 %Delta County: 16.2 %Denver County: 15.2 %Dolores County: 16.6 %Douglas County: 14.2 %Eagle County: 14.7 %Elbert County: 15.2 %El Paso County: 17.8 %Fremont County: 16.9 %Garfield County: 16.2 %Gilpin County: 14.7 %Grand County: 15.6 %Gunnison County: 16.1 %Hinsdale County: 12.5 %Huerfano County: 14.7 %Jackson County: 16.6 %Jefferson County: 14.8 %Kiowa County: 16.3 %Kit Carson County: 17.3 %Lake County: 15.1 %La Plata County: 15.6 %Larimer County: 16.6 %Las Animas County: 16 %Lincoln County: 17.2 %Logan County: 18.1 %Mesa County: 16.6 %Mineral County: 13.8 %Moffat County: 17.9 %Montezuma County: 16.6 %Montrose County: 15.7 %Morgan County: 17.4 %Otero County: 17.6 %Ouray County: 12.9 %Park County: 14.4 %Phillips County: 16.8 %Pitkin County: 13.3 %Prowers County: 17.6 %Pueblo County: 17.3 %Rio Blanco County: 16.9 %Rio Grande County: 15.6 %Routt County: 14.8 %Saguache County: 15.7 %San Juan County: 14.3 %San Miguel County: 14.3 %Sedgwick County: 15.6 %Summit County: 15.3 %Teller County: 14.4 %Washington County: 16.4 %Weld County: 17.2 %Yuma County: 16.9 %
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%, 2023. 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, 2023

Bent County: 18.3 %Bent County18.3Alamosa County: 18.1 %Alamosa County18.1Logan County: 18.1 %Logan County18.1Crowley County: 17.9 %Crowley County17.9Moffat County: 17.9 %Moffat County17.9El Paso County: 17.8 %El Paso County17.8Baca County: 17.7 %Baca County17.7Otero County: 17.6 %Otero County17.6Prowers County: 17.6 %Prowers County17.6Morgan County: 17.4 %Morgan County17.4Kit Carson County: 17.3 %Kit Carson County17.3Pueblo County: 17.3 %Pueblo County17.3Lincoln County: 17.2 %Lincoln County17.2Weld County: 17.2 %Weld County17.2Adams County: 17.1 %Adams County17.1Fremont County: 16.9 %Fremont County16.9Rio Blanco County: 16.9 %Rio Blanco County16.9Yuma County: 16.9 %Yuma County16.9Phillips County: 16.8 %Phillips County16.8Dolores County: 16.6 %Dolores County16.6Jackson County: 16.6 %Jackson County16.6Larimer County: 16.6 %Larimer County16.6Mesa County: 16.6 %Mesa County16.6Montezuma County: 16.6 %Montezuma County16.6Cheyenne County: 16.5 %Cheyenne County16.5Washington County: 16.4 %Washington County16.4Kiowa County: 16.3 %Kiowa County16.3Delta County: 16.2 %Delta County16.2Garfield County: 16.2 %Garfield County16.2Gunnison County: 16.1 %Gunnison County16.1Conejos County: 16 %Conejos County16Las Animas County: 16 %Las Animas County16Arapahoe County: 15.9 %Arapahoe County15.9Montrose County: 15.7 %Montrose County15.7Saguache County: 15.7 %Saguache County15.7Grand County: 15.6 %Grand County15.6La Plata County: 15.6 %La Plata County15.6Rio Grande County: 15.6 %Rio Grande County15.6Sedgwick County: 15.6 %Sedgwick County15.6Summit County: 15.3 %Summit County15.3Bent County: 18.3 %Bent County18.3Alamosa County: 18.1 %Alamosa County18.1Logan County: 18.1 %Logan County18.1Crowley County: 17.9 %Crowley County17.9Moffat County: 17.9 %Moffat County17.9El Paso County: 17.8 %El Paso County17.8Baca County: 17.7 %Baca County17.7Otero County: 17.6 %Otero County17.6Prowers County: 17.6 %Prowers County17.6Morgan County: 17.4 %Morgan County17.4Kit Carson County: 17.3 %Kit Carson County17.3Pueblo County: 17.3 %Pueblo County17.3Lincoln County: 17.2 %Lincoln County17.2Weld County: 17.2 %Weld County17.2Adams County: 17.1 %Adams County17.1Fremont County: 16.9 %Fremont County16.9Rio Blanco County: 16.9 %Rio Blanco County16.9Yuma County: 16.9 %Yuma County16.9Phillips County: 16.8 %Phillips County16.8Dolores County: 16.6 %Dolores County16.6Jackson County: 16.6 %Jackson County16.6Larimer County: 16.6 %Larimer County16.6Mesa County: 16.6 %Mesa County16.6Montezuma County: 16.6 %Montezuma County16.6Cheyenne County: 16.5 %Cheyenne County16.5Washington County: 16.4 %Washington County16.4Kiowa County: 16.3 %Kiowa County16.3Delta County: 16.2 %Delta County16.2Garfield County: 16.2 %Garfield County16.2Gunnison County: 16.1 %Gunnison County16.1Conejos County: 16 %Conejos County16Las Animas County: 16 %Las Animas County16Arapahoe County: 15.9 %Arapahoe County15.9Montrose County: 15.7 %Montrose County15.7Saguache County: 15.7 %Saguache County15.7Grand County: 15.6 %Grand County15.6La Plata County: 15.6 %La Plata County15.6Rio Grande County: 15.6 %Rio Grande County15.6Sedgwick County: 15.6 %Sedgwick County15.6Summit County: 15.3 %Summit County15.3
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Bent County18.3+0.5 pts
2Alamosa County18.1-1.7 pts
2Logan County18.1-0.3 pts
4Crowley County17.9-0.4 pts
4Moffat County17.9-0.8 pts
6El Paso County17.8+0.6 pts
7Baca County17.7-1.3 pts
8Otero County17.6-1 pts
8Prowers County17.6-1.5 pts
10Morgan County17.4+0.6 pts
11Kit Carson County17.3+1.5 pts
11Pueblo County17.3+0.4 pts
13Lincoln County17.2+0.6 pts
13Weld County17.2+0.5 pts
15Adams County17.1-1.6 pts
16Fremont County16.9+0.8 pts
16Rio Blanco County16.9-0.5 pts
16Yuma County16.9-0.4 pts
19Phillips County16.8-0.8 pts
20Dolores County16.6+1 pts
20Jackson County16.6+0.2 pts
20Larimer County16.6+0.4 pts
20Mesa County16.6-0.5 pts
20Montezuma County16.6-0.5 pts
25Cheyenne County16.5+1.5 pts
26Washington County16.4+0.6 pts
27Kiowa County16.3-1.3 pts
28Delta County16.2+0.4 pts
28Garfield County16.2-0.3 pts
30Gunnison County16.1+0.4 pts
31Conejos County16-0.7 pts
31Las Animas County16-0.7 pts
33Arapahoe County15.9-0.1 pts
34Montrose County15.7-0.2 pts
34Saguache County15.7-0.7 pts
36Grand County15.6+0.9 pts
36La Plata County15.6+0.5 pts
36Rio Grande County15.6+0.5 pts
36Sedgwick County15.6-0.6 pts
40Summit County15.3+0.4 pts
41Boulder County15.2-0.4 pts
41Denver County15.2-2.7 pts
41Elbert County15.2-0.6 pts
44Lake County15.1+0.7 pts
45Costilla County15-1.3 pts
46Chaffee County14.9-0.4 pts
47Jefferson County14.8-0.7 pts
47Routt County14.8+0.1 pts
49Eagle County14.7-0.7 pts
49Gilpin County14.70 pts
49Huerfano County14.7-0.8 pts
52Broomfield County14.4+0.4 pts
52Custer County14.4+0.5 pts
52Park County14.4-0.4 pts
52Teller County14.4+0.1 pts
56Archuleta County14.3+0.6 pts
56San Juan County14.3-1 pts
56San Miguel County14.3-0.5 pts
59Douglas County14.2+0.7 pts
60Clear Creek County13.90 pts
61Mineral County13.8-1.3 pts
62Pitkin County13.3+0.3 pts
63Ouray County12.9-1 pts
64Hinsdale County12.5-0.8 pts

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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.

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 Colorado by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [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 Colorado by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/colorado-counties. 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 Colorado by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/colorado-counties.

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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 Colorado by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/colorado-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bent County, with 18.3% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Hinsdale County, with 12.5% in 2023.

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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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