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

East Carroll Parish had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2023, at 23.2%. West Feliciana Parish had the lowest, at 16.9%. The median was 20.3%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Map of counties, 2023

Acadia Parish: 21.6 %Allen Parish: 20.7 %Ascension Parish: 18.7 %Assumption Parish: 19.8 %Avoyelles Parish: 21.8 %Beauregard Parish: 20 %Bienville Parish: 20.9 %Bossier Parish: 18.5 %Caddo Parish: 19.4 %Calcasieu Parish: 19 %Caldwell Parish: 21.4 %Cameron Parish: 18.7 %Catahoula Parish: 20.6 %Claiborne Parish: 21.1 %Concordia Parish: 21.3 %De Soto Parish: 20.3 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 18.8 %East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Feliciana Parish: 18.6 %Evangeline Parish: 21.3 %Franklin Parish: 21.1 %Grant Parish: 20.2 %Iberia Parish: 20.5 %Iberville Parish: 19.8 %Jackson Parish: 19.8 %Jefferson Parish: 17.7 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 20.5 %Lafayette Parish: 18.2 %Lafourche Parish: 20.4 %LaSalle Parish: 19.8 %Lincoln Parish: 21.7 %Livingston Parish: 19.6 %Madison Parish: 22.5 %Morehouse Parish: 21 %Natchitoches Parish: 21 %Orleans Parish: 18.4 %Ouachita Parish: 19.8 %Plaquemines Parish: 18.8 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 19.1 %Rapides Parish: 19.9 %Red River Parish: 21 %Richland Parish: 20.8 %Sabine Parish: 20.6 %St. Bernard Parish: 20.8 %St. Charles Parish: 18.1 %St. Helena Parish: 20.5 %St. James Parish: 18.4 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 19 %St. Landry Parish: 21.3 %St. Martin Parish: 20.4 %St. Mary Parish: 20.4 %St. Tammany Parish: 18 %Tangipahoa Parish: 20.8 %Tensas Parish: 19.7 %Terrebonne Parish: 20.1 %Union Parish: 19.7 %Vermilion Parish: 20.3 %Vernon Parish: 20.5 %Washington Parish: 20.4 %Webster Parish: 20.9 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 18.9 %West Carroll Parish: 19.6 %West Feliciana Parish: 16.9 %Winn Parish: 19.9 %
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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

East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Carroll Parish23.2Madison Parish: 22.5 %Madison Parish22.5Avoyelles Parish: 21.8 %Avoyelles Parish21.8Lincoln Parish: 21.7 %Lincoln Parish21.7Acadia Parish: 21.6 %Acadia Parish21.6Caldwell Parish: 21.4 %Caldwell Parish21.4Concordia Parish: 21.3 %Concordia Parish21.3Evangeline Parish: 21.3 %Evangeline Parish21.3St. Landry Parish: 21.3 %St. Landry Parish21.3Claiborne Parish: 21.1 %Claiborne Parish21.1Franklin Parish: 21.1 %Franklin Parish21.1Morehouse Parish: 21 %Morehouse Parish21Natchitoches Parish: 21 %Natchitoches Parish21Red River Parish: 21 %Red River Parish21Bienville Parish: 20.9 %Bienville Parish20.9Webster Parish: 20.9 %Webster Parish20.9Richland Parish: 20.8 %Richland Parish20.8St. Bernard Parish: 20.8 %St. Bernard Parish20.8Tangipahoa Parish: 20.8 %Tangipahoa Parish20.8Allen Parish: 20.7 %Allen Parish20.7Catahoula Parish: 20.6 %Catahoula Parish20.6Sabine Parish: 20.6 %Sabine Parish20.6Iberia Parish: 20.5 %Iberia Parish20.5Jefferson Davis Parish: 20.5 %Jefferson Davis Parish20.5St. Helena Parish: 20.5 %St. Helena Parish20.5Vernon Parish: 20.5 %Vernon Parish20.5Lafourche Parish: 20.4 %Lafourche Parish20.4St. Martin Parish: 20.4 %St. Martin Parish20.4St. Mary Parish: 20.4 %St. Mary Parish20.4Washington Parish: 20.4 %Washington Parish20.4De Soto Parish: 20.3 %De Soto Parish20.3Vermilion Parish: 20.3 %Vermilion Parish20.3Grant Parish: 20.2 %Grant Parish20.2Terrebonne Parish: 20.1 %Terrebonne Parish20.1Beauregard Parish: 20 %Beauregard Parish20Rapides Parish: 19.9 %Rapides Parish19.9Winn Parish: 19.9 %Winn Parish19.9Assumption Parish: 19.8 %Assumption Parish19.8Iberville Parish: 19.8 %Iberville Parish19.8Jackson Parish: 19.8 %Jackson Parish19.8East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Carroll Parish23.2Madison Parish: 22.5 %Madison Parish22.5Avoyelles Parish: 21.8 %Avoyelles Parish21.8Lincoln Parish: 21.7 %Lincoln Parish21.7Acadia Parish: 21.6 %Acadia Parish21.6Caldwell Parish: 21.4 %Caldwell Parish21.4Concordia Parish: 21.3 %Concordia Parish21.3Evangeline Parish: 21.3 %Evangeline Parish21.3St. Landry Parish: 21.3 %St. Landry Parish21.3Claiborne Parish: 21.1 %Claiborne Parish21.1Franklin Parish: 21.1 %Franklin Parish21.1Morehouse Parish: 21 %Morehouse Parish21Natchitoches Parish: 21 %Natchitoches Parish21Red River Parish: 21 %Red River Parish21Bienville Parish: 20.9 %Bienville Parish20.9Webster Parish: 20.9 %Webster Parish20.9Richland Parish: 20.8 %Richland Parish20.8St. Bernard Parish: 20.8 %St. Bernard Parish20.8Tangipahoa Parish: 20.8 %Tangipahoa Parish20.8Allen Parish: 20.7 %Allen Parish20.7Catahoula Parish: 20.6 %Catahoula Parish20.6Sabine Parish: 20.6 %Sabine Parish20.6Iberia Parish: 20.5 %Iberia Parish20.5Jefferson Davis Parish: 20.5 %Jefferson Davis Parish20.5St. Helena Parish: 20.5 %St. Helena Parish20.5Vernon Parish: 20.5 %Vernon Parish20.5Lafourche Parish: 20.4 %Lafourche Parish20.4St. Martin Parish: 20.4 %St. Martin Parish20.4St. Mary Parish: 20.4 %St. Mary Parish20.4Washington Parish: 20.4 %Washington Parish20.4De Soto Parish: 20.3 %De Soto Parish20.3Vermilion Parish: 20.3 %Vermilion Parish20.3Grant Parish: 20.2 %Grant Parish20.2Terrebonne Parish: 20.1 %Terrebonne Parish20.1Beauregard Parish: 20 %Beauregard Parish20Rapides Parish: 19.9 %Rapides Parish19.9Winn Parish: 19.9 %Winn Parish19.9Assumption Parish: 19.8 %Assumption Parish19.8Iberville Parish: 19.8 %Iberville Parish19.8Jackson Parish: 19.8 %Jackson Parish19.8
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1East Carroll Parish23.2-0.6 pts
2Madison Parish22.5-0.1 pts
3Avoyelles Parish21.8-0.9 pts
4Lincoln Parish21.7-1.9 pts
5Acadia Parish21.6+0.7 pts
6Caldwell Parish21.4+0.3 pts
7Concordia Parish21.3-0.5 pts
7Evangeline Parish21.3-2.4 pts
7St. Landry Parish21.3-0.2 pts
10Claiborne Parish21.1-0.7 pts
10Franklin Parish21.1-0.5 pts
12Morehouse Parish21-1.2 pts
12Natchitoches Parish21-1.5 pts
12Red River Parish21-0.1 pts
15Bienville Parish20.9-0.8 pts
15Webster Parish20.9-0.7 pts
17Richland Parish20.8-0.6 pts
17St. Bernard Parish20.8-1.4 pts
17Tangipahoa Parish20.8-0.2 pts
20Allen Parish20.7-0.2 pts
21Catahoula Parish20.6+1 pts
21Sabine Parish20.6-0.4 pts
23Iberia Parish20.5-1 pts
23Jefferson Davis Parish20.5+0.3 pts
23St. Helena Parish20.5+0.1 pts
23Vernon Parish20.5-1.3 pts
27Lafourche Parish20.4-1.3 pts
27St. Martin Parish20.4-0.1 pts
27St. Mary Parish20.4-1.2 pts
27Washington Parish20.4-0.3 pts
31De Soto Parish20.3+0.7 pts
31Vermilion Parish20.3+0.2 pts
33Grant Parish20.2-0.4 pts
34Terrebonne Parish20.1-0.1 pts
35Beauregard Parish20-0.3 pts
36Rapides Parish19.9-1 pts
36Winn Parish19.9-0.4 pts
38Assumption Parish19.8-1.3 pts
38Iberville Parish19.8-1 pts
38Jackson Parish19.8-1.2 pts
38LaSalle Parish19.8-0.9 pts
38Ouachita Parish19.8-0.8 pts
43Tensas Parish19.7-1.6 pts
43Union Parish19.7-0.3 pts
45Livingston Parish19.6-0.5 pts
45West Carroll Parish19.6-1.7 pts
47Caddo Parish19.4-0.8 pts
48Pointe Coupee Parish19.1-1.2 pts
49Calcasieu Parish19-1 pts
49St. John the Baptist Parish19-1 pts
51West Baton Rouge Parish18.9-1.3 pts
52East Baton Rouge Parish18.8-1.7 pts
52Plaquemines Parish18.8-0.9 pts
54Ascension Parish18.7+0.5 pts
54Cameron Parish18.7-1.6 pts
56East Feliciana Parish18.6-0.1 pts
57Bossier Parish18.5-1.6 pts
58Orleans Parish18.4-1.1 pts
58St. James Parish18.4-0.8 pts
60Lafayette Parish18.2-1.7 pts
61St. Charles Parish18.1-0.7 pts
62St. Tammany Parish18-0.5 pts
63Jefferson Parish17.7-1.3 pts
64West Feliciana Parish16.9-0.7 pts

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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.

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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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

East Carroll Parish, with 23.2% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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West Feliciana Parish, with 16.9% 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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