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

Mahnomen County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 87 counties in 2021, at 18%. Cook County had the lowest, at 11.7%. The median was 13.6%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest18Mahnomen County
Lowest11.7Cook County
Median13.687 counties

Map of counties, 2021

Aitkin County: 12.9 %Anoka County: 12.8 %Becker County: 13.5 %Beltrami County: 16.2 %Benton County: 14.8 %Big Stone County: 13.3 %Blue Earth County: 15.9 %Brown County: 13.6 %Carlton County: 14 %Carver County: 12.2 %Cass County: 13.4 %Chippewa County: 14.2 %Chisago County: 13.9 %Clay County: 15.4 %Clearwater County: 14.9 %Cook County: 11.7 %Cottonwood County: 13.5 %Crow Wing County: 13.4 %Dakota County: 12.3 %Dodge County: 13.2 %Douglas County: 12.5 %Faribault County: 13.7 %Fillmore County: 13.4 %Freeborn County: 13.9 %Goodhue County: 13 %Grant County: 13.6 %Hennepin County: 13.4 %Houston County: 12.6 %Hubbard County: 12.7 %Isanti County: 14 %Itasca County: 13.2 %Jackson County: 13.2 %Kanabec County: 14.3 %Kandiyohi County: 13.7 %Kittson County: 12.9 %Koochiching County: 13.5 %Lac qui Parle County: 12.6 %Lake County: 12.4 %Lake of the Woods County: 13 %Le Sueur County: 13.3 %Lincoln County: 13.1 %Lyon County: 14.4 %McLeod County: 13.6 %Mahnomen County: 18 %Marshall County: 13.5 %Martin County: 13.4 %Meeker County: 13.6 %Mille Lacs County: 14.4 %Morrison County: 14 %Mower County: 14.3 %Murray County: 12.6 %Nicollet County: 13.7 %Nobles County: 14 %Norman County: 13.5 %Olmsted County: 12.9 %Otter Tail County: 13.3 %Pennington County: 14.4 %Pine County: 14.1 %Pipestone County: 13.9 %Polk County: 14 %Pope County: 13 %Ramsey County: 13.9 %Red Lake County: 13.5 %Redwood County: 13.8 %Renville County: 13.6 %Rice County: 14.1 %Rock County: 13.5 %Roseau County: 13.4 %St. Louis County: 15.4 %Scott County: 12.1 %Sherburne County: 13.6 %Sibley County: 13.7 %Stearns County: 15.2 %Steele County: 13.9 %Stevens County: 15.1 %Swift County: 14 %Todd County: 14.3 %Traverse County: 13.2 %Wabasha County: 12.5 %Wadena County: 14.7 %Waseca County: 13.9 %Washington County: 12.3 %Watonwan County: 13.4 %Wilkin County: 13.6 %Winona County: 15.1 %Wright County: 13.1 %Yellow Medicine County: 13.7 %
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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

Mahnomen County: 18 %Mahnomen County18Beltrami County: 16.2 %Beltrami County16.2Blue Earth County: 15.9 %Blue Earth County15.9Clay County: 15.4 %Clay County15.4St. Louis County: 15.4 %St. Louis County15.4Stearns County: 15.2 %Stearns County15.2Stevens County: 15.1 %Stevens County15.1Winona County: 15.1 %Winona County15.1Clearwater County: 14.9 %Clearwater County14.9Benton County: 14.8 %Benton County14.8Wadena County: 14.7 %Wadena County14.7Lyon County: 14.4 %Lyon County14.4Mille Lacs County: 14.4 %Mille Lacs County14.4Pennington County: 14.4 %Pennington County14.4Kanabec County: 14.3 %Kanabec County14.3Mower County: 14.3 %Mower County14.3Todd County: 14.3 %Todd County14.3Chippewa County: 14.2 %Chippewa County14.2Pine County: 14.1 %Pine County14.1Rice County: 14.1 %Rice County14.1Carlton County: 14 %Carlton County14Isanti County: 14 %Isanti County14Morrison County: 14 %Morrison County14Nobles County: 14 %Nobles County14Polk County: 14 %Polk County14Swift County: 14 %Swift County14Chisago County: 13.9 %Chisago County13.9Freeborn County: 13.9 %Freeborn County13.9Pipestone County: 13.9 %Pipestone County13.9Ramsey County: 13.9 %Ramsey County13.9Steele County: 13.9 %Steele County13.9Waseca County: 13.9 %Waseca County13.9Redwood County: 13.8 %Redwood County13.8Faribault County: 13.7 %Faribault County13.7Kandiyohi County: 13.7 %Kandiyohi County13.7Nicollet County: 13.7 %Nicollet County13.7Sibley County: 13.7 %Sibley County13.7Yellow Medicine County: 13.7 %Yellow Medicine County13.7Brown County: 13.6 %Brown County13.6Grant County: 13.6 %Grant County13.6Mahnomen County: 18 %Mahnomen County18Beltrami County: 16.2 %Beltrami County16.2Blue Earth County: 15.9 %Blue Earth County15.9Clay County: 15.4 %Clay County15.4St. Louis County: 15.4 %St. Louis County15.4Stearns County: 15.2 %Stearns County15.2Stevens County: 15.1 %Stevens County15.1Winona County: 15.1 %Winona County15.1Clearwater County: 14.9 %Clearwater County14.9Benton County: 14.8 %Benton County14.8Wadena County: 14.7 %Wadena County14.7Lyon County: 14.4 %Lyon County14.4Mille Lacs County: 14.4 %Mille Lacs County14.4Pennington County: 14.4 %Pennington County14.4Kanabec County: 14.3 %Kanabec County14.3Mower County: 14.3 %Mower County14.3Todd County: 14.3 %Todd County14.3Chippewa County: 14.2 %Chippewa County14.2Pine County: 14.1 %Pine County14.1Rice County: 14.1 %Rice County14.1Carlton County: 14 %Carlton County14Isanti County: 14 %Isanti County14Morrison County: 14 %Morrison County14Nobles County: 14 %Nobles County14Polk County: 14 %Polk County14Swift County: 14 %Swift County14Chisago County: 13.9 %Chisago County13.9Freeborn County: 13.9 %Freeborn County13.9Pipestone County: 13.9 %Pipestone County13.9Ramsey County: 13.9 %Ramsey County13.9Steele County: 13.9 %Steele County13.9Waseca County: 13.9 %Waseca County13.9Redwood County: 13.8 %Redwood County13.8Faribault County: 13.7 %Faribault County13.7Kandiyohi County: 13.7 %Kandiyohi County13.7Nicollet County: 13.7 %Nicollet County13.7Sibley County: 13.7 %Sibley County13.7Yellow Medicine County: 13.7 %Yellow Medicine County13.7Brown County: 13.6 %Brown County13.6Grant County: 13.6 %Grant County13.6
%. 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 (%)
1Mahnomen County18
2Beltrami County16.2
3Blue Earth County15.9
4Clay County15.4
4St. Louis County15.4
6Stearns County15.2
7Stevens County15.1
7Winona County15.1
9Clearwater County14.9
10Benton County14.8
11Wadena County14.7
12Lyon County14.4
12Mille Lacs County14.4
12Pennington County14.4
15Kanabec County14.3
15Mower County14.3
15Todd County14.3
18Chippewa County14.2
19Pine County14.1
19Rice County14.1
21Carlton County14
21Isanti County14
21Morrison County14
21Nobles County14
21Polk County14
21Swift County14
27Chisago County13.9
27Freeborn County13.9
27Pipestone County13.9
27Ramsey County13.9
27Steele County13.9
27Waseca County13.9
33Redwood County13.8
34Faribault County13.7
34Kandiyohi County13.7
34Nicollet County13.7
34Sibley County13.7
34Yellow Medicine County13.7
39Brown County13.6
39Grant County13.6
39McLeod County13.6
39Meeker County13.6
39Renville County13.6
39Sherburne County13.6
39Wilkin County13.6
46Becker County13.5
46Cottonwood County13.5
46Koochiching County13.5
46Marshall County13.5
46Norman County13.5
46Red Lake County13.5
46Rock County13.5
53Cass County13.4
53Crow Wing County13.4
53Fillmore County13.4
53Hennepin County13.4
53Martin County13.4
53Roseau County13.4
53Watonwan County13.4
60Big Stone County13.3
60Le Sueur County13.3
60Otter Tail County13.3
63Dodge County13.2
63Itasca County13.2
63Jackson County13.2
63Traverse County13.2
67Lincoln County13.1
67Wright County13.1
69Goodhue County13
69Lake of the Woods County13
69Pope County13
72Aitkin County12.9
72Kittson County12.9
72Olmsted County12.9
75Anoka County12.8
76Hubbard County12.7
77Houston County12.6
77Lac qui Parle County12.6
77Murray County12.6
80Douglas County12.5
80Wabasha County12.5
82Lake County12.4
83Dakota County12.3
83Washington County12.3
85Carver County12.2
86Scott County12.1
87Cook County11.7

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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.

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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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/minnesota-counties?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Mahnomen County, with 18% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Cook County, with 11.7% in 2021.

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