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

Geary County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 105 counties in 2021, at 18.9%. Johnson County had the lowest, at 11.9%. The median was 14.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest18.9Geary County
Lowest11.9Johnson County
Median14.4105 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Allen County: 15.6 %Anderson County: 15.2 %Atchison County: 15.9 %Barber County: 14.5 %Barton County: 15.2 %Bourbon County: 15.5 %Brown County: 15.2 %Butler County: 14.9 %Chase County: 14.3 %Chautauqua County: 15.6 %Cherokee County: 16 %Cheyenne County: 14.3 %Clark County: 13.8 %Clay County: 13.7 %Cloud County: 15.5 %Coffey County: 14.2 %Comanche County: 13.2 %Cowley County: 16.8 %Crawford County: 17.9 %Decatur County: 13.4 %Dickinson County: 14.3 %Doniphan County: 15.8 %Douglas County: 17 %Edwards County: 14.3 %Elk County: 14.8 %Ellis County: 15.4 %Ellsworth County: 14.3 %Finney County: 14.9 %Ford County: 15.1 %Franklin County: 15.2 %Geary County: 18.9 %Gove County: 13.6 %Graham County: 14.2 %Grant County: 14.1 %Gray County: 14.6 %Greeley County: 13.7 %Greenwood County: 14.5 %Hamilton County: 14.9 %Harper County: 15.3 %Harvey County: 14.3 %Haskell County: 15.7 %Hodgeman County: 13.4 %Jackson County: 14.7 %Jefferson County: 13.9 %Jewell County: 13.8 %Johnson County: 11.9 %Kearny County: 15.8 %Kingman County: 14 %Kiowa County: 14.3 %Labette County: 15.9 %Lane County: 14 %Leavenworth County: 14.3 %Lincoln County: 14 %Linn County: 14.4 %Logan County: 14.4 %Lyon County: 16.6 %McPherson County: 13.6 %Marion County: 14.4 %Marshall County: 14.5 %Meade County: 14.6 %Miami County: 13.2 %Mitchell County: 13.9 %Montgomery County: 16.1 %Morris County: 13.7 %Morton County: 14.4 %Nemaha County: 13.6 %Neosho County: 15.5 %Ness County: 13.4 %Norton County: 14 %Osage County: 14.8 %Osborne County: 13.9 %Ottawa County: 14.7 %Pawnee County: 14.3 %Phillips County: 14.3 %Pottawatomie County: 14.3 %Pratt County: 14.2 %Rawlins County: 14.3 %Reno County: 15.1 %Republic County: 13.8 %Rice County: 15.5 %Riley County: 17.7 %Rooks County: 14.2 %Rush County: 13.9 %Russell County: 14.4 %Saline County: 14.5 %Scott County: 15.4 %Sedgwick County: 15.9 %Seward County: 16.1 %Shawnee County: 16 %Sheridan County: 13.3 %Sherman County: 14.7 %Smith County: 13.1 %Stafford County: 14.2 %Stanton County: 15.2 %Stevens County: 15.4 %Sumner County: 14.8 %Thomas County: 15.3 %Trego County: 13.4 %Wabaunsee County: 13.7 %Wallace County: 13.7 %Washington County: 13.9 %Wichita County: 13.9 %Wilson County: 15 %Woodson County: 14.4 %Wyandotte County: 17 %
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%, 2021. 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, 2021

Geary County: 18.9 %Geary County18.9Crawford County: 17.9 %Crawford County17.9Riley County: 17.7 %Riley County17.7Douglas County: 17 %Douglas County17Wyandotte County: 17 %Wyandotte County17Cowley County: 16.8 %Cowley County16.8Lyon County: 16.6 %Lyon County16.6Montgomery County: 16.1 %Montgomery County16.1Seward County: 16.1 %Seward County16.1Cherokee County: 16 %Cherokee County16Shawnee County: 16 %Shawnee County16Atchison County: 15.9 %Atchison County15.9Labette County: 15.9 %Labette County15.9Sedgwick County: 15.9 %Sedgwick County15.9Doniphan County: 15.8 %Doniphan County15.8Kearny County: 15.8 %Kearny County15.8Haskell County: 15.7 %Haskell County15.7Allen County: 15.6 %Allen County15.6Chautauqua County: 15.6 %Chautauqua County15.6Bourbon County: 15.5 %Bourbon County15.5Cloud County: 15.5 %Cloud County15.5Neosho County: 15.5 %Neosho County15.5Rice County: 15.5 %Rice County15.5Ellis County: 15.4 %Ellis County15.4Scott County: 15.4 %Scott County15.4Stevens County: 15.4 %Stevens County15.4Harper County: 15.3 %Harper County15.3Thomas County: 15.3 %Thomas County15.3Anderson County: 15.2 %Anderson County15.2Barton County: 15.2 %Barton County15.2Brown County: 15.2 %Brown County15.2Franklin County: 15.2 %Franklin County15.2Stanton County: 15.2 %Stanton County15.2Ford County: 15.1 %Ford County15.1Reno County: 15.1 %Reno County15.1Wilson County: 15 %Wilson County15Butler County: 14.9 %Butler County14.9Finney County: 14.9 %Finney County14.9Hamilton County: 14.9 %Hamilton County14.9Elk County: 14.8 %Elk County14.8Geary County: 18.9 %Geary County18.9Crawford County: 17.9 %Crawford County17.9Riley County: 17.7 %Riley County17.7Douglas County: 17 %Douglas County17Wyandotte County: 17 %Wyandotte County17Cowley County: 16.8 %Cowley County16.8Lyon County: 16.6 %Lyon County16.6Montgomery County: 16.1 %Montgomery County16.1Seward County: 16.1 %Seward County16.1Cherokee County: 16 %Cherokee County16Shawnee County: 16 %Shawnee County16Atchison County: 15.9 %Atchison County15.9Labette County: 15.9 %Labette County15.9Sedgwick County: 15.9 %Sedgwick County15.9Doniphan County: 15.8 %Doniphan County15.8Kearny County: 15.8 %Kearny County15.8Haskell County: 15.7 %Haskell County15.7Allen County: 15.6 %Allen County15.6Chautauqua County: 15.6 %Chautauqua County15.6Bourbon County: 15.5 %Bourbon County15.5Cloud County: 15.5 %Cloud County15.5Neosho County: 15.5 %Neosho County15.5Rice County: 15.5 %Rice County15.5Ellis County: 15.4 %Ellis County15.4Scott County: 15.4 %Scott County15.4Stevens County: 15.4 %Stevens County15.4Harper County: 15.3 %Harper County15.3Thomas County: 15.3 %Thomas County15.3Anderson County: 15.2 %Anderson County15.2Barton County: 15.2 %Barton County15.2Brown County: 15.2 %Brown County15.2Franklin County: 15.2 %Franklin County15.2Stanton County: 15.2 %Stanton County15.2Ford County: 15.1 %Ford County15.1Reno County: 15.1 %Reno County15.1Wilson County: 15 %Wilson County15Butler County: 14.9 %Butler County14.9Finney County: 14.9 %Finney County14.9Hamilton County: 14.9 %Hamilton County14.9Elk County: 14.8 %Elk County14.8
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1Geary County18.9
2Crawford County17.9
3Riley County17.7
4Douglas County17
4Wyandotte County17
6Cowley County16.8
7Lyon County16.6
8Montgomery County16.1
8Seward County16.1
10Cherokee County16
10Shawnee County16
12Atchison County15.9
12Labette County15.9
12Sedgwick County15.9
15Doniphan County15.8
15Kearny County15.8
17Haskell County15.7
18Allen County15.6
18Chautauqua County15.6
20Bourbon County15.5
20Cloud County15.5
20Neosho County15.5
20Rice County15.5
24Ellis County15.4
24Scott County15.4
24Stevens County15.4
27Harper County15.3
27Thomas County15.3
29Anderson County15.2
29Barton County15.2
29Brown County15.2
29Franklin County15.2
29Stanton County15.2
34Ford County15.1
34Reno County15.1
36Wilson County15
37Butler County14.9
37Finney County14.9
37Hamilton County14.9
40Elk County14.8
40Osage County14.8
40Sumner County14.8
43Jackson County14.7
43Ottawa County14.7
43Sherman County14.7
46Gray County14.6
46Meade County14.6
48Barber County14.5
48Greenwood County14.5
48Marshall County14.5
48Saline County14.5
52Linn County14.4
52Logan County14.4
52Marion County14.4
52Morton County14.4
52Russell County14.4
52Woodson County14.4
58Chase County14.3
58Cheyenne County14.3
58Dickinson County14.3
58Edwards County14.3
58Ellsworth County14.3
58Harvey County14.3
58Kiowa County14.3
58Leavenworth County14.3
58Pawnee County14.3
58Phillips County14.3
58Pottawatomie County14.3
58Rawlins County14.3
70Coffey County14.2
70Graham County14.2
70Pratt County14.2
70Rooks County14.2
70Stafford County14.2
75Grant County14.1
76Kingman County14
76Lane County14
76Lincoln County14
76Norton County14
80Jefferson County13.9
80Mitchell County13.9
80Osborne County13.9
80Rush County13.9
80Washington County13.9
80Wichita County13.9
86Clark County13.8
86Jewell County13.8
86Republic County13.8
89Clay County13.7
89Greeley County13.7
89Morris County13.7
89Wabaunsee County13.7
89Wallace County13.7
94Gove County13.6
94McPherson County13.6
94Nemaha County13.6
97Decatur County13.4
97Hodgeman County13.4
97Ness County13.4
97Trego County13.4
101Sheridan County13.3
102Comanche County13.2
102Miami County13.2
104Smith County13.1
105Johnson County11.9

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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 Kansas by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [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 Kansas by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021. 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/kansas-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Geary County, with 18.9% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Johnson County, with 11.9% in 2021.

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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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