Data / Rankings / Frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate / Counties in New York

Counties in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate

Jefferson County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 62 counties in 2022, at 19.2%. Nassau County had the lowest, at 13.3%. The median was 16.7%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest19.2Jefferson County
Lowest13.3Nassau County
Median16.762 counties

Top 40 counties, 2022

Jefferson County: 19.2 %Jefferson County19.2Clinton County: 18.7 %Clinton County18.7St. Lawrence County: 18.4 %St. Lawrence County18.4Bronx County: 18.2 %Bronx County18.2Fulton County: 18.2 %Fulton County18.2Tompkins County: 18.2 %Tompkins County18.2Allegany County: 18.1 %Allegany County18.1Montgomery County: 18.1 %Montgomery County18.1Cayuga County: 18 %Cayuga County18Chautauqua County: 17.9 %Chautauqua County17.9Schoharie County: 17.9 %Schoharie County17.9Cattaraugus County: 17.8 %Cattaraugus County17.8Schuyler County: 17.8 %Schuyler County17.8Cortland County: 17.7 %Cortland County17.7Broome County: 17.6 %Broome County17.6Franklin County: 17.6 %Franklin County17.6Oswego County: 17.5 %Oswego County17.5Livingston County: 17.4 %Livingston County17.4Onondaga County: 17.3 %Onondaga County17.3Erie County: 17.2 %Erie County17.2Genesee County: 17.2 %Genesee County17.2Yates County: 17.2 %Yates County17.2Madison County: 17.1 %Madison County17.1Otsego County: 17.1 %Otsego County17.1Chenango County: 17 %Chenango County17Niagara County: 17 %Niagara County17Warren County: 17 %Warren County17Lewis County: 16.8 %Lewis County16.8Seneca County: 16.8 %Seneca County16.8Oneida County: 16.7 %Oneida County16.7Orleans County: 16.7 %Orleans County16.7Steuben County: 16.7 %Steuben County16.7Wyoming County: 16.6 %Wyoming County16.6Chemung County: 16.5 %Chemung County16.5Ontario County: 16.4 %Ontario County16.4Herkimer County: 16.3 %Herkimer County16.3Washington County: 16.3 %Washington County16.3Wayne County: 16.2 %Wayne County16.2Schenectady County: 16.1 %Schenectady County16.1Delaware County: 15.9 %Delaware County15.9
%. 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

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Jefferson County19.2+4.1 pts
2Clinton County18.7+2.8 pts
3St. Lawrence County18.4+1.8 pts
4Bronx County18.2+2.1 pts
4Fulton County18.2+2.1 pts
4Tompkins County18.2+2.5 pts
7Allegany County18.1+2.9 pts
7Montgomery County18.1+2.6 pts
9Cayuga County18+2.7 pts
10Chautauqua County17.9+2 pts
10Schoharie County17.9+2.8 pts
12Cattaraugus County17.8+2.4 pts
12Schuyler County17.8+2.9 pts
14Cortland County17.7+1.1 pts
15Broome County17.6+1.3 pts
15Franklin County17.6+1.5 pts
17Oswego County17.5+1.2 pts
18Livingston County17.4+2.6 pts
19Onondaga County17.3+1.1 pts
20Erie County17.2+1.7 pts
20Genesee County17.2+2.5 pts
20Yates County17.2+2.3 pts
23Madison County17.1+1.8 pts
23Otsego County17.1+2.1 pts
25Chenango County17+2.4 pts
25Niagara County17+1.8 pts
25Warren County17+2.9 pts
28Lewis County16.8+2.1 pts
28Seneca County16.8+1 pts
30Oneida County16.7+1.2 pts
30Orleans County16.7+0.5 pts
30Steuben County16.7+1.6 pts
33Wyoming County16.6+2 pts
34Chemung County16.5+0.4 pts
35Ontario County16.4+2.2 pts
36Herkimer County16.3+1 pts
36Washington County16.3+1.6 pts
38Wayne County16.2+2 pts
39Schenectady County16.1+1.8 pts
40Delaware County15.9+0.7 pts
40Orange County15.9+1.6 pts
40Sullivan County15.9+0.7 pts
43Greene County15.8+1.2 pts
43Rockland County15.8+2.5 pts
45Rensselaer County15.7+1.3 pts
46Albany County15.6+0.2 pts
46Essex County15.6+2.3 pts
48Hamilton County15.5+1.8 pts
48Ulster County15.5+0.7 pts
50New York County15.2+1.5 pts
51Tioga County15.1+1.1 pts
52Monroe County15-0.1 pts
52Suffolk County15+1.8 pts
54Kings County14.9-0.5 pts
55Dutchess County14.8+0.9 pts
56Putnam County14.6+1.8 pts
57Columbia County14.3+0.6 pts
58Richmond County13.9+0.1 pts
59Queens County13.7+1 pts
60Saratoga County13.5+0.4 pts
61Westchester County13.4+1.4 pts
62Nassau County13.3+1.1 pts

Other periods

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.

How to cite

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

MLA 9

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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022. 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/new-york-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2022.

Harvard

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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{centers_counties_in_new_york_2022,
  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.cdc.gov/places/},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
TI  - 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 New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/04
PB  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www.cdc.gov/places/
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/new-york-counties?period=2022.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Counties in New York by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled","level":"province","within":"New York","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled&level=province&within=New%20York&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Jefferson County, with 19.2% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Nassau County, with 13.3% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.

Frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate: other rankings

Counties in New York: more rankings