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

All 87 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/minnesota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mahnomen County | 19.8 |
| 2 | Beltrami County | 17.6 |
| 2 | Blue Earth County | 17.6 |
| 4 | Benton County | 16.8 |
| 4 | Wadena County | 16.8 |
| 6 | Clearwater County | 16.7 |
| 7 | Stearns County | 16.6 |
| 7 | Winona County | 16.6 |
| 9 | Clay County | 16.5 |
| 9 | Pine County | 16.5 |
| 9 | St. Louis County | 16.5 |
| 9 | Stevens County | 16.5 |
| 13 | Mille Lacs County | 16.3 |
| 13 | Pennington County | 16.3 |
| 15 | Kanabec County | 16.2 |
| 15 | Waseca County | 16.2 |
| 17 | Isanti County | 16 |
| 17 | Sherburne County | 16 |
| 19 | Carlton County | 15.9 |
| 19 | Nicollet County | 15.9 |
| 19 | Ramsey County | 15.9 |
| 19 | Redwood County | 15.9 |
| 19 | Wilkin County | 15.9 |
| 24 | Chippewa County | 15.8 |
| 24 | Grant County | 15.8 |
| 24 | Mower County | 15.8 |
| 24 | Rice County | 15.8 |
| 28 | Nobles County | 15.7 |
| 28 | Pipestone County | 15.7 |
| 28 | Todd County | 15.7 |
| 28 | Yellow Medicine County | 15.7 |
| 32 | Faribault County | 15.6 |
| 32 | Polk County | 15.6 |
| 32 | Rock County | 15.6 |
| 32 | Sibley County | 15.6 |
| 36 | Anoka County | 15.5 |
| 36 | Becker County | 15.5 |
| 36 | Freeborn County | 15.5 |
| 36 | Lyon County | 15.5 |
| 36 | Norman County | 15.5 |
| 41 | Brown County | 15.4 |
| 41 | Fillmore County | 15.4 |
| 41 | Meeker County | 15.4 |
| 41 | Renville County | 15.4 |
| 41 | Roseau County | 15.4 |
| 41 | Swift County | 15.4 |
| 47 | Goodhue County | 15.3 |
| 47 | McLeod County | 15.3 |
| 47 | Morrison County | 15.3 |
| 47 | Red Lake County | 15.3 |
| 51 | Cass County | 15.2 |
| 51 | Chisago County | 15.2 |
| 51 | Cottonwood County | 15.2 |
| 51 | Dodge County | 15.2 |
| 51 | Wright County | 15.2 |
| 56 | Steele County | 15.1 |
| 57 | Itasca County | 15 |
| 57 | Marshall County | 15 |
| 57 | Martin County | 15 |
| 57 | Traverse County | 15 |
| 57 | Watonwan County | 15 |
| 62 | Kandiyohi County | 14.9 |
| 63 | Koochiching County | 14.8 |
| 63 | Le Sueur County | 14.8 |
| 63 | Lincoln County | 14.8 |
| 66 | Otter Tail County | 14.7 |
| 66 | Pope County | 14.7 |
| 68 | Big Stone County | 14.6 |
| 68 | Jackson County | 14.6 |
| 68 | Murray County | 14.6 |
| 71 | Douglas County | 14.5 |
| 71 | Hennepin County | 14.5 |
| 71 | Wabasha County | 14.5 |
| 74 | Crow Wing County | 14.4 |
| 74 | Kittson County | 14.4 |
| 74 | Lake County | 14.4 |
| 77 | Lake of the Woods County | 14.3 |
| 77 | Scott County | 14.3 |
| 79 | Houston County | 14.2 |
| 80 | Dakota County | 14.1 |
| 80 | Hubbard County | 14.1 |
| 80 | Lac qui Parle County | 14.1 |
| 83 | Aitkin County | 14 |
| 84 | Olmsted County | 13.8 |
| 85 | Carver County | 13.5 |
| 86 | Washington County | 13.3 |
| 87 | Cook County | 13.2 |