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

Hardee County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 67 counties in 2022, at 20.6%. Sumter County had the lowest, at 11.4%. The median was 17.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest20.6Hardee County
Lowest11.4Sumter County
Median17.367 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Alachua County: 19.2 %Baker County: 19.3 %Bay County: 17.9 %Bradford County: 20.2 %Brevard County: 15.6 %Broward County: 16.2 %Calhoun County: 19 %Charlotte County: 14.9 %Citrus County: 15.1 %Clay County: 17 %Collier County: 14 %Columbia County: 19.2 %DeSoto County: 18.8 %Dixie County: 20.1 %Duval County: 18.1 %Escambia County: 19.4 %Flagler County: 15 %Franklin County: 17.5 %Gadsden County: 18.7 %Gilchrist County: 18.6 %Glades County: 18.6 %Gulf County: 17.1 %Hamilton County: 20.3 %Hardee County: 20.6 %Hendry County: 20.1 %Hernando County: 16.8 %Highlands County: 15.8 %Hillsborough County: 16.8 %Holmes County: 20 %Indian River County: 14.7 %Jackson County: 19.6 %Jefferson County: 17.1 %Lafayette County: 20 %Lake County: 16.3 %Lee County: 15.4 %Leon County: 20 %Levy County: 17.8 %Liberty County: 19.9 %Madison County: 20.4 %Manatee County: 16.1 %Marion County: 17 %Martin County: 14.6 %Miami-Dade County: 16.3 %Monroe County: 14.9 %Nassau County: 14.9 %Okaloosa County: 17.3 %Okeechobee County: 20.1 %Orange County: 17.4 %Osceola County: 17.1 %Palm Beach County: 15.3 %Pasco County: 16.5 %Pinellas County: 16.9 %Polk County: 18.3 %Putnam County: 19.3 %St. Johns County: 13.7 %St. Lucie County: 16.8 %Santa Rosa County: 16.9 %Sarasota County: 13.7 %Seminole County: 16.1 %Sumter County: 11.4 %Suwannee County: 18.7 %Taylor County: 18.9 %Union County: 19.1 %Volusia County: 16.3 %Wakulla County: 18.4 %Walton County: 16.9 %Washington County: 20 %
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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

Hardee County: 20.6 %Hardee County20.6Madison County: 20.4 %Madison County20.4Hamilton County: 20.3 %Hamilton County20.3Bradford County: 20.2 %Bradford County20.2Dixie County: 20.1 %Dixie County20.1Hendry County: 20.1 %Hendry County20.1Okeechobee County: 20.1 %Okeechobee County20.1Holmes County: 20 %Holmes County20Lafayette County: 20 %Lafayette County20Leon County: 20 %Leon County20Washington County: 20 %Washington County20Liberty County: 19.9 %Liberty County19.9Jackson County: 19.6 %Jackson County19.6Escambia County: 19.4 %Escambia County19.4Baker County: 19.3 %Baker County19.3Putnam County: 19.3 %Putnam County19.3Alachua County: 19.2 %Alachua County19.2Columbia County: 19.2 %Columbia County19.2Union County: 19.1 %Union County19.1Calhoun County: 19 %Calhoun County19Taylor County: 18.9 %Taylor County18.9DeSoto County: 18.8 %DeSoto County18.8Gadsden County: 18.7 %Gadsden County18.7Suwannee County: 18.7 %Suwannee County18.7Gilchrist County: 18.6 %Gilchrist County18.6Glades County: 18.6 %Glades County18.6Wakulla County: 18.4 %Wakulla County18.4Polk County: 18.3 %Polk County18.3Duval County: 18.1 %Duval County18.1Bay County: 17.9 %Bay County17.9Levy County: 17.8 %Levy County17.8Franklin County: 17.5 %Franklin County17.5Orange County: 17.4 %Orange County17.4Okaloosa County: 17.3 %Okaloosa County17.3Gulf County: 17.1 %Gulf County17.1Jefferson County: 17.1 %Jefferson County17.1Osceola County: 17.1 %Osceola County17.1Clay County: 17 %Clay County17Marion County: 17 %Marion County17Pinellas County: 16.9 %Pinellas County16.9Hardee County: 20.6 %Hardee County20.6Madison County: 20.4 %Madison County20.4Hamilton County: 20.3 %Hamilton County20.3Bradford County: 20.2 %Bradford County20.2Dixie County: 20.1 %Dixie County20.1Hendry County: 20.1 %Hendry County20.1Okeechobee County: 20.1 %Okeechobee County20.1Holmes County: 20 %Holmes County20Lafayette County: 20 %Lafayette County20Leon County: 20 %Leon County20Washington County: 20 %Washington County20Liberty County: 19.9 %Liberty County19.9Jackson County: 19.6 %Jackson County19.6Escambia County: 19.4 %Escambia County19.4Baker County: 19.3 %Baker County19.3Putnam County: 19.3 %Putnam County19.3Alachua County: 19.2 %Alachua County19.2Columbia County: 19.2 %Columbia County19.2Union County: 19.1 %Union County19.1Calhoun County: 19 %Calhoun County19Taylor County: 18.9 %Taylor County18.9DeSoto County: 18.8 %DeSoto County18.8Gadsden County: 18.7 %Gadsden County18.7Suwannee County: 18.7 %Suwannee County18.7Gilchrist County: 18.6 %Gilchrist County18.6Glades County: 18.6 %Glades County18.6Wakulla County: 18.4 %Wakulla County18.4Polk County: 18.3 %Polk County18.3Duval County: 18.1 %Duval County18.1Bay County: 17.9 %Bay County17.9Levy County: 17.8 %Levy County17.8Franklin County: 17.5 %Franklin County17.5Orange County: 17.4 %Orange County17.4Okaloosa County: 17.3 %Okaloosa County17.3Gulf County: 17.1 %Gulf County17.1Jefferson County: 17.1 %Jefferson County17.1Osceola County: 17.1 %Osceola County17.1Clay County: 17 %Clay County17Marion County: 17 %Marion County17Pinellas County: 16.9 %Pinellas County16.9
%. 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 (%)
1Hardee County20.6
2Madison County20.4
3Hamilton County20.3
4Bradford County20.2
5Dixie County20.1
5Hendry County20.1
5Okeechobee County20.1
8Holmes County20
8Lafayette County20
8Leon County20
8Washington County20
12Liberty County19.9
13Jackson County19.6
14Escambia County19.4
15Baker County19.3
15Putnam County19.3
17Alachua County19.2
17Columbia County19.2
19Union County19.1
20Calhoun County19
21Taylor County18.9
22DeSoto County18.8
23Gadsden County18.7
23Suwannee County18.7
25Gilchrist County18.6
25Glades County18.6
27Wakulla County18.4
28Polk County18.3
29Duval County18.1
30Bay County17.9
31Levy County17.8
32Franklin County17.5
33Orange County17.4
34Okaloosa County17.3
35Gulf County17.1
35Jefferson County17.1
35Osceola County17.1
38Clay County17
38Marion County17
40Pinellas County16.9
40Santa Rosa County16.9
40Walton County16.9
43Hernando County16.8
43Hillsborough County16.8
43St. Lucie County16.8
46Pasco County16.5
47Lake County16.3
47Miami-Dade County16.3
47Volusia County16.3
50Broward County16.2
51Manatee County16.1
51Seminole County16.1
53Highlands County15.8
54Brevard County15.6
55Lee County15.4
56Palm Beach County15.3
57Citrus County15.1
58Flagler County15
59Charlotte County14.9
59Monroe County14.9
59Nassau County14.9
62Indian River County14.7
63Martin County14.6
64Collier County14
65Sarasota County13.7
65St. Johns County13.7
67Sumter County11.4

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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 Florida 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 Florida 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/florida-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Hardee County, with 20.6% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Sumter County, with 11.4% 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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