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

East Carroll Parish had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 64 counties in 2021, at 23.2%. St. Tammany Parish had the lowest, at 15.5%. The median was 18.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest23.2East Carroll Parish
Lowest15.5St. Tammany Parish
Median18.864 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 20.2 %Allen Parish: 19 %Ascension Parish: 16.5 %Assumption Parish: 19.3 %Avoyelles Parish: 20.4 %Beauregard Parish: 18.2 %Bienville Parish: 19.6 %Bossier Parish: 18 %Caddo Parish: 18.6 %Calcasieu Parish: 18.5 %Caldwell Parish: 19.9 %Cameron Parish: 18 %Catahoula Parish: 19.3 %Claiborne Parish: 19.9 %Concordia Parish: 20.9 %De Soto Parish: 18.8 %East Baton Rouge Parish: 18 %East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Feliciana Parish: 17.1 %Evangeline Parish: 21.2 %Franklin Parish: 20.2 %Grant Parish: 19 %Iberia Parish: 19.3 %Iberville Parish: 18.5 %Jackson Parish: 18.3 %Jefferson Parish: 16.7 %Jefferson Davis Parish: 18.8 %Lafayette Parish: 17.5 %Lafourche Parish: 19.3 %LaSalle Parish: 18.4 %Lincoln Parish: 20.6 %Livingston Parish: 18.3 %Madison Parish: 21.6 %Morehouse Parish: 20.2 %Natchitoches Parish: 20.1 %Orleans Parish: 17.9 %Ouachita Parish: 18.7 %Plaquemines Parish: 18.2 %Pointe Coupee Parish: 18.1 %Rapides Parish: 19 %Red River Parish: 18.7 %Richland Parish: 20.3 %Sabine Parish: 18.8 %St. Bernard Parish: 19.9 %St. Charles Parish: 16.6 %St. Helena Parish: 19.5 %St. James Parish: 17.6 %St. John the Baptist Parish: 17.8 %St. Landry Parish: 20.1 %St. Martin Parish: 18.5 %St. Mary Parish: 18.8 %St. Tammany Parish: 15.5 %Tangipahoa Parish: 19.9 %Tensas Parish: 18.9 %Terrebonne Parish: 19.7 %Union Parish: 18.3 %Vermilion Parish: 18.5 %Vernon Parish: 19.7 %Washington Parish: 19.8 %Webster Parish: 20.1 %West Baton Rouge Parish: 17.6 %West Carroll Parish: 19.2 %West Feliciana Parish: 15.6 %Winn Parish: 18.7 %
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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

East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Carroll Parish23.2Madison Parish: 21.6 %Madison Parish21.6Evangeline Parish: 21.2 %Evangeline Parish21.2Concordia Parish: 20.9 %Concordia Parish20.9Lincoln Parish: 20.6 %Lincoln Parish20.6Avoyelles Parish: 20.4 %Avoyelles Parish20.4Richland Parish: 20.3 %Richland Parish20.3Acadia Parish: 20.2 %Acadia Parish20.2Franklin Parish: 20.2 %Franklin Parish20.2Morehouse Parish: 20.2 %Morehouse Parish20.2Natchitoches Parish: 20.1 %Natchitoches Parish20.1St. Landry Parish: 20.1 %St. Landry Parish20.1Webster Parish: 20.1 %Webster Parish20.1Caldwell Parish: 19.9 %Caldwell Parish19.9Claiborne Parish: 19.9 %Claiborne Parish19.9St. Bernard Parish: 19.9 %St. Bernard Parish19.9Tangipahoa Parish: 19.9 %Tangipahoa Parish19.9Washington Parish: 19.8 %Washington Parish19.8Terrebonne Parish: 19.7 %Terrebonne Parish19.7Vernon Parish: 19.7 %Vernon Parish19.7Bienville Parish: 19.6 %Bienville Parish19.6St. Helena Parish: 19.5 %St. Helena Parish19.5Assumption Parish: 19.3 %Assumption Parish19.3Catahoula Parish: 19.3 %Catahoula Parish19.3Iberia Parish: 19.3 %Iberia Parish19.3Lafourche Parish: 19.3 %Lafourche Parish19.3West Carroll Parish: 19.2 %West Carroll Parish19.2Allen Parish: 19 %Allen Parish19Grant Parish: 19 %Grant Parish19Rapides Parish: 19 %Rapides Parish19Tensas Parish: 18.9 %Tensas Parish18.9De Soto Parish: 18.8 %De Soto Parish18.8Jefferson Davis Parish: 18.8 %Jefferson Davis Parish18.8Sabine Parish: 18.8 %Sabine Parish18.8St. Mary Parish: 18.8 %St. Mary Parish18.8Ouachita Parish: 18.7 %Ouachita Parish18.7Red River Parish: 18.7 %Red River Parish18.7Winn Parish: 18.7 %Winn Parish18.7Caddo Parish: 18.6 %Caddo Parish18.6Calcasieu Parish: 18.5 %Calcasieu Parish18.5East Carroll Parish: 23.2 %East Carroll Parish23.2Madison Parish: 21.6 %Madison Parish21.6Evangeline Parish: 21.2 %Evangeline Parish21.2Concordia Parish: 20.9 %Concordia Parish20.9Lincoln Parish: 20.6 %Lincoln Parish20.6Avoyelles Parish: 20.4 %Avoyelles Parish20.4Richland Parish: 20.3 %Richland Parish20.3Acadia Parish: 20.2 %Acadia Parish20.2Franklin Parish: 20.2 %Franklin Parish20.2Morehouse Parish: 20.2 %Morehouse Parish20.2Natchitoches Parish: 20.1 %Natchitoches Parish20.1St. Landry Parish: 20.1 %St. Landry Parish20.1Webster Parish: 20.1 %Webster Parish20.1Caldwell Parish: 19.9 %Caldwell Parish19.9Claiborne Parish: 19.9 %Claiborne Parish19.9St. Bernard Parish: 19.9 %St. Bernard Parish19.9Tangipahoa Parish: 19.9 %Tangipahoa Parish19.9Washington Parish: 19.8 %Washington Parish19.8Terrebonne Parish: 19.7 %Terrebonne Parish19.7Vernon Parish: 19.7 %Vernon Parish19.7Bienville Parish: 19.6 %Bienville Parish19.6St. Helena Parish: 19.5 %St. Helena Parish19.5Assumption Parish: 19.3 %Assumption Parish19.3Catahoula Parish: 19.3 %Catahoula Parish19.3Iberia Parish: 19.3 %Iberia Parish19.3Lafourche Parish: 19.3 %Lafourche Parish19.3West Carroll Parish: 19.2 %West Carroll Parish19.2Allen Parish: 19 %Allen Parish19Grant Parish: 19 %Grant Parish19Rapides Parish: 19 %Rapides Parish19Tensas Parish: 18.9 %Tensas Parish18.9De Soto Parish: 18.8 %De Soto Parish18.8Jefferson Davis Parish: 18.8 %Jefferson Davis Parish18.8Sabine Parish: 18.8 %Sabine Parish18.8St. Mary Parish: 18.8 %St. Mary Parish18.8Ouachita Parish: 18.7 %Ouachita Parish18.7Red River Parish: 18.7 %Red River Parish18.7Winn Parish: 18.7 %Winn Parish18.7Caddo Parish: 18.6 %Caddo Parish18.6Calcasieu Parish: 18.5 %Calcasieu Parish18.5
%. 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

RankCounties2021 (%)
1East Carroll Parish23.2
2Madison Parish21.6
3Evangeline Parish21.2
4Concordia Parish20.9
5Lincoln Parish20.6
6Avoyelles Parish20.4
7Richland Parish20.3
8Acadia Parish20.2
8Franklin Parish20.2
8Morehouse Parish20.2
11Natchitoches Parish20.1
11St. Landry Parish20.1
11Webster Parish20.1
14Caldwell Parish19.9
14Claiborne Parish19.9
14St. Bernard Parish19.9
14Tangipahoa Parish19.9
18Washington Parish19.8
19Terrebonne Parish19.7
19Vernon Parish19.7
21Bienville Parish19.6
22St. Helena Parish19.5
23Assumption Parish19.3
23Catahoula Parish19.3
23Iberia Parish19.3
23Lafourche Parish19.3
27West Carroll Parish19.2
28Allen Parish19
28Grant Parish19
28Rapides Parish19
31Tensas Parish18.9
32De Soto Parish18.8
32Jefferson Davis Parish18.8
32Sabine Parish18.8
32St. Mary Parish18.8
36Ouachita Parish18.7
36Red River Parish18.7
36Winn Parish18.7
39Caddo Parish18.6
40Calcasieu Parish18.5
40Iberville Parish18.5
40St. Martin Parish18.5
40Vermilion Parish18.5
44LaSalle Parish18.4
45Jackson Parish18.3
45Livingston Parish18.3
45Union Parish18.3
48Beauregard Parish18.2
48Plaquemines Parish18.2
50Pointe Coupee Parish18.1
51Bossier Parish18
51Cameron Parish18
51East Baton Rouge Parish18
54Orleans Parish17.9
55St. John the Baptist Parish17.8
56St. James Parish17.6
56West Baton Rouge Parish17.6
58Lafayette Parish17.5
59East Feliciana Parish17.1
60Jefferson Parish16.7
61St. Charles Parish16.6
62Ascension Parish16.5
63West Feliciana Parish15.6
64St. Tammany Parish15.5

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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.

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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, 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 Louisiana 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/louisiana-counties?period=2021. 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 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

St. Tammany Parish, with 15.5% 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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