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

All 93 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/nebraska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Thurston County | 17.7 |
| 2 | Wayne County | 15.5 |
| 3 | Nemaha County | 14.8 |
| 4 | Buffalo County | 14.7 |
| 4 | Dawes County | 14.7 |
| 4 | Nance County | 14.7 |
| 7 | Douglas County | 14.6 |
| 8 | Lancaster County | 14.5 |
| 8 | Lincoln County | 14.5 |
| 10 | Dakota County | 14.3 |
| 10 | Gage County | 14.3 |
| 10 | York County | 14.3 |
| 13 | Merrick County | 14.2 |
| 13 | Red Willow County | 14.2 |
| 13 | Saline County | 14.2 |
| 16 | Box Butte County | 14.1 |
| 16 | Cheyenne County | 14.1 |
| 16 | Knox County | 14.1 |
| 16 | Phelps County | 14.1 |
| 16 | Scotts Bluff County | 14.1 |
| 21 | Adams County | 14 |
| 21 | Cherry County | 14 |
| 21 | Hall County | 14 |
| 21 | Kimball County | 14 |
| 21 | Madison County | 14 |
| 21 | Morrill County | 14 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 13.9 |
| 28 | Seward County | 13.8 |
| 28 | Sioux County | 13.8 |
| 30 | Arthur County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Blaine County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Brown County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Burt County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Clay County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Dawson County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Dodge County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Hitchcock County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Johnson County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Pawnee County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Pierce County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Richardson County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Thayer County | 13.7 |
| 30 | Webster County | 13.7 |
| 44 | Custer County | 13.6 |
| 44 | Furnas County | 13.6 |
| 44 | Jefferson County | 13.6 |
| 44 | Otoe County | 13.6 |
| 48 | Butler County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Colfax County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Cuming County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Frontier County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Greeley County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Sarpy County | 13.5 |
| 48 | Sherman County | 13.5 |
| 55 | Antelope County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Cass County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Dixon County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Garden County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Hamilton County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Hooker County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Howard County | 13.4 |
| 55 | Platte County | 13.4 |
| 63 | Holt County | 13.3 |
| 63 | Perkins County | 13.3 |
| 63 | Polk County | 13.3 |
| 63 | Sheridan County | 13.3 |
| 63 | Stanton County | 13.3 |
| 63 | Valley County | 13.3 |
| 69 | Boone County | 13.2 |
| 70 | Chase County | 13.1 |
| 70 | Dundy County | 13.1 |
| 70 | Fillmore County | 13.1 |
| 70 | Harlan County | 13.1 |
| 74 | Cedar County | 13 |
| 74 | Deuel County | 13 |
| 74 | Saunders County | 13 |
| 77 | Grant County | 12.9 |
| 77 | Hayes County | 12.9 |
| 77 | Keith County | 12.9 |
| 77 | Washington County | 12.9 |
| 81 | Boyd County | 12.8 |
| 81 | Gosper County | 12.8 |
| 81 | Kearney County | 12.8 |
| 81 | Nuckolls County | 12.8 |
| 85 | McPherson County | 12.7 |
| 85 | Rock County | 12.7 |
| 87 | Keya Paha County | 12.6 |
| 87 | Thomas County | 12.6 |
| 89 | Garfield County | 12.5 |
| 90 | Logan County | 12.4 |
| 91 | Banner County | 12.3 |
| 92 | Loup County | 12.2 |
| 93 | Wheeler County | 11.8 |