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

All 99 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/iowa-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Woodbury County | 17.5 |
| 2 | Clarke County | 17.4 |
| 2 | Decatur County | 17.4 |
| 4 | Davis County | 17.3 |
| 5 | Appanoose County | 17.2 |
| 5 | Polk County | 17.2 |
| 5 | Wapello County | 17.2 |
| 8 | Story County | 17.1 |
| 9 | Lyon County | 17 |
| 9 | Pottawattamie County | 17 |
| 11 | Keokuk County | 16.9 |
| 11 | Lucas County | 16.9 |
| 11 | Mahaska County | 16.9 |
| 11 | Van Buren County | 16.9 |
| 11 | Webster County | 16.9 |
| 16 | Black Hawk County | 16.8 |
| 16 | Muscatine County | 16.8 |
| 18 | O'Brien County | 16.7 |
| 18 | Wayne County | 16.7 |
| 20 | Clinton County | 16.6 |
| 20 | Tama County | 16.6 |
| 20 | Union County | 16.6 |
| 23 | Crawford County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Des Moines County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Johnson County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Lee County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Monona County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Montgomery County | 16.5 |
| 23 | Poweshiek County | 16.5 |
| 31 | Cass County | 16.4 |
| 31 | Franklin County | 16.4 |
| 31 | Howard County | 16.4 |
| 31 | Humboldt County | 16.4 |
| 31 | Page County | 16.4 |
| 36 | Buena Vista County | 16.3 |
| 36 | Emmet County | 16.3 |
| 36 | Fayette County | 16.3 |
| 36 | Floyd County | 16.3 |
| 36 | Henry County | 16.3 |
| 36 | Linn County | 16.3 |
| 42 | Adair County | 16.2 |
| 42 | Jackson County | 16.2 |
| 42 | Osceola County | 16.2 |
| 42 | Scott County | 16.2 |
| 46 | Clayton County | 16.1 |
| 46 | Delaware County | 16.1 |
| 46 | Greene County | 16.1 |
| 46 | Monroe County | 16.1 |
| 50 | Allamakee County | 16 |
| 50 | Hardin County | 16 |
| 50 | Harrison County | 16 |
| 50 | Ida County | 16 |
| 50 | Jones County | 16 |
| 50 | Taylor County | 16 |
| 56 | Buchanan County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Butler County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Cedar County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Cerro Gordo County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Cherokee County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Iowa County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Sioux County | 15.9 |
| 56 | Washington County | 15.9 |
| 64 | Audubon County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Calhoun County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Carroll County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Louisa County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Madison County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Marshall County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Palo Alto County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Pocahontas County | 15.8 |
| 64 | Winnebago County | 15.8 |
| 73 | Clay County | 15.7 |
| 73 | Dubuque County | 15.7 |
| 73 | Marion County | 15.7 |
| 73 | Mitchell County | 15.7 |
| 77 | Benton County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Boone County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Chickasaw County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Hancock County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Kossuth County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Sac County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Worth County | 15.6 |
| 77 | Wright County | 15.6 |
| 85 | Fremont County | 15.5 |
| 85 | Plymouth County | 15.5 |
| 85 | Shelby County | 15.5 |
| 88 | Adams County | 15.4 |
| 88 | Bremer County | 15.4 |
| 88 | Grundy County | 15.4 |
| 88 | Ringgold County | 15.4 |
| 88 | Warren County | 15.4 |
| 93 | Guthrie County | 15.2 |
| 93 | Hamilton County | 15.2 |
| 93 | Mills County | 15.2 |
| 93 | Winneshiek County | 15.2 |
| 97 | Jefferson County | 14.7 |
| 98 | Dallas County | 14.4 |
| 99 | Dickinson County | 14.1 |