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

Alamosa County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2022, at 19.8%. Pitkin County had the lowest, at 13%. The median was 15.9%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19.8Alamosa County
Lowest13Pitkin County
Median15.964 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Adams County: 18.7 %Alamosa County: 19.8 %Arapahoe County: 16 %Archuleta County: 13.7 %Baca County: 19 %Bent County: 17.8 %Boulder County: 15.6 %Broomfield County: 14 %Chaffee County: 15.3 %Cheyenne County: 15 %Clear Creek County: 13.9 %Conejos County: 16.7 %Costilla County: 16.3 %Crowley County: 18.3 %Custer County: 13.9 %Delta County: 15.8 %Denver County: 17.9 %Dolores County: 15.6 %Douglas County: 13.5 %Eagle County: 15.4 %Elbert County: 15.8 %El Paso County: 17.2 %Fremont County: 16.1 %Garfield County: 16.5 %Gilpin County: 14.7 %Grand County: 14.7 %Gunnison County: 15.7 %Hinsdale County: 13.3 %Huerfano County: 15.5 %Jackson County: 16.4 %Jefferson County: 15.5 %Kiowa County: 17.6 %Kit Carson County: 15.8 %Lake County: 14.4 %La Plata County: 15.1 %Larimer County: 16.2 %Las Animas County: 16.7 %Lincoln County: 16.6 %Logan County: 18.4 %Mesa County: 17.1 %Mineral County: 15.1 %Moffat County: 18.7 %Montezuma County: 17.1 %Montrose County: 15.9 %Morgan County: 16.8 %Otero County: 18.6 %Ouray County: 13.9 %Park County: 14.8 %Phillips County: 17.6 %Pitkin County: 13 %Prowers County: 19.1 %Pueblo County: 16.9 %Rio Blanco County: 17.4 %Rio Grande County: 15.1 %Routt County: 14.7 %Saguache County: 16.4 %San Juan County: 15.3 %San Miguel County: 14.8 %Sedgwick County: 16.2 %Summit County: 14.9 %Teller County: 14.3 %Washington County: 15.8 %Weld County: 16.7 %Yuma County: 17.3 %
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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

Alamosa County: 19.8 %Alamosa County19.8Prowers County: 19.1 %Prowers County19.1Baca County: 19 %Baca County19Adams County: 18.7 %Adams County18.7Moffat County: 18.7 %Moffat County18.7Otero County: 18.6 %Otero County18.6Logan County: 18.4 %Logan County18.4Crowley County: 18.3 %Crowley County18.3Denver County: 17.9 %Denver County17.9Bent County: 17.8 %Bent County17.8Kiowa County: 17.6 %Kiowa County17.6Phillips County: 17.6 %Phillips County17.6Rio Blanco County: 17.4 %Rio Blanco County17.4Yuma County: 17.3 %Yuma County17.3El Paso County: 17.2 %El Paso County17.2Mesa County: 17.1 %Mesa County17.1Montezuma County: 17.1 %Montezuma County17.1Pueblo County: 16.9 %Pueblo County16.9Morgan County: 16.8 %Morgan County16.8Conejos County: 16.7 %Conejos County16.7Las Animas County: 16.7 %Las Animas County16.7Weld County: 16.7 %Weld County16.7Lincoln County: 16.6 %Lincoln County16.6Garfield County: 16.5 %Garfield County16.5Jackson County: 16.4 %Jackson County16.4Saguache County: 16.4 %Saguache County16.4Costilla County: 16.3 %Costilla County16.3Larimer County: 16.2 %Larimer County16.2Sedgwick County: 16.2 %Sedgwick County16.2Fremont County: 16.1 %Fremont County16.1Arapahoe County: 16 %Arapahoe County16Montrose County: 15.9 %Montrose County15.9Delta County: 15.8 %Delta County15.8Elbert County: 15.8 %Elbert County15.8Kit Carson County: 15.8 %Kit Carson County15.8Washington County: 15.8 %Washington County15.8Gunnison County: 15.7 %Gunnison County15.7Boulder County: 15.6 %Boulder County15.6Dolores County: 15.6 %Dolores County15.6Huerfano County: 15.5 %Huerfano County15.5Alamosa County: 19.8 %Alamosa County19.8Prowers County: 19.1 %Prowers County19.1Baca County: 19 %Baca County19Adams County: 18.7 %Adams County18.7Moffat County: 18.7 %Moffat County18.7Otero County: 18.6 %Otero County18.6Logan County: 18.4 %Logan County18.4Crowley County: 18.3 %Crowley County18.3Denver County: 17.9 %Denver County17.9Bent County: 17.8 %Bent County17.8Kiowa County: 17.6 %Kiowa County17.6Phillips County: 17.6 %Phillips County17.6Rio Blanco County: 17.4 %Rio Blanco County17.4Yuma County: 17.3 %Yuma County17.3El Paso County: 17.2 %El Paso County17.2Mesa County: 17.1 %Mesa County17.1Montezuma County: 17.1 %Montezuma County17.1Pueblo County: 16.9 %Pueblo County16.9Morgan County: 16.8 %Morgan County16.8Conejos County: 16.7 %Conejos County16.7Las Animas County: 16.7 %Las Animas County16.7Weld County: 16.7 %Weld County16.7Lincoln County: 16.6 %Lincoln County16.6Garfield County: 16.5 %Garfield County16.5Jackson County: 16.4 %Jackson County16.4Saguache County: 16.4 %Saguache County16.4Costilla County: 16.3 %Costilla County16.3Larimer County: 16.2 %Larimer County16.2Sedgwick County: 16.2 %Sedgwick County16.2Fremont County: 16.1 %Fremont County16.1Arapahoe County: 16 %Arapahoe County16Montrose County: 15.9 %Montrose County15.9Delta County: 15.8 %Delta County15.8Elbert County: 15.8 %Elbert County15.8Kit Carson County: 15.8 %Kit Carson County15.8Washington County: 15.8 %Washington County15.8Gunnison County: 15.7 %Gunnison County15.7Boulder County: 15.6 %Boulder County15.6Dolores County: 15.6 %Dolores County15.6Huerfano County: 15.5 %Huerfano County15.5
%. 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
1Alamosa County19.8+2.5 pts
2Prowers County19.1+2.6 pts
3Baca County19+3.1 pts
4Adams County18.7+3.5 pts
4Moffat County18.7+2.3 pts
6Otero County18.6+2.2 pts
7Logan County18.4+2.6 pts
8Crowley County18.3+1.7 pts
9Denver County17.9+2.7 pts
10Bent County17.8+1.8 pts
11Kiowa County17.6+2.4 pts
11Phillips County17.6+2.7 pts
13Rio Blanco County17.4+1.4 pts
14Yuma County17.3+1.9 pts
15El Paso County17.2+1.5 pts
16Mesa County17.1+1 pts
16Montezuma County17.1+2.1 pts
18Pueblo County16.9+1.3 pts
19Morgan County16.8+1.2 pts
20Conejos County16.7+1.7 pts
20Las Animas County16.7+1.7 pts
20Weld County16.7+1.2 pts
23Lincoln County16.6+0.6 pts
24Garfield County16.5+1.5 pts
25Jackson County16.4+1.7 pts
25Saguache County16.4+1.6 pts
27Costilla County16.3+2 pts
28Larimer County16.2+0.9 pts
28Sedgwick County16.2+1.8 pts
30Fremont County16.1+0.9 pts
31Arapahoe County16+2 pts
32Montrose County15.9+1.9 pts
33Delta County15.8+1.1 pts
33Elbert County15.8+2.2 pts
33Kit Carson County15.8-0.1 pts
33Washington County15.8+0.5 pts
37Gunnison County15.7+0.7 pts
38Boulder County15.6+0.9 pts
38Dolores County15.6+1.8 pts
40Huerfano County15.5+2.1 pts
40Jefferson County15.5+2.6 pts
42Eagle County15.4+1.6 pts
43Chaffee County15.3+1.6 pts
43San Juan County15.3+2 pts
45La Plata County15.1+1 pts
45Mineral County15.1+3.1 pts
45Rio Grande County15.1+1 pts
48Cheyenne County15+0.7 pts
49Summit County14.9+1.3 pts
50Park County14.8+1.6 pts
50San Miguel County14.8+1.5 pts
52Gilpin County14.7+1.8 pts
52Grand County14.7+0.8 pts
52Routt County14.7+1.2 pts
55Lake County14.4+0.4 pts
56Teller County14.3+0.9 pts
57Broomfield County14+1.4 pts
58Clear Creek County13.9+1.5 pts
58Custer County13.9+1.4 pts
58Ouray County13.9+2.1 pts
61Archuleta County13.7+0.7 pts
62Douglas County13.5+1.7 pts
63Hinsdale County13.3+0.9 pts
64Pitkin County13+1.2 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, 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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-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 Colorado 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/colorado-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Alamosa County, with 19.8% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Pitkin County, with 13% 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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