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

All 66 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/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Oglala Lakota County | 25.7 |
| 2 | Todd County | 24.8 |
| 3 | Buffalo County | 23.1 |
| 4 | Ziebach County | 21.5 |
| 5 | Corson County | 21.2 |
| 6 | Dewey County | 21.1 |
| 7 | Jackson County | 20.9 |
| 8 | Mellette County | 20.7 |
| 9 | Bennett County | 20.4 |
| 10 | Clay County | 17.8 |
| 11 | Lyman County | 17.1 |
| 12 | Charles Mix County | 16.8 |
| 12 | Roberts County | 16.8 |
| 14 | Brookings County | 15.9 |
| 14 | Tripp County | 15.9 |
| 16 | Hanson County | 15.8 |
| 16 | Meade County | 15.8 |
| 18 | Butte County | 15.7 |
| 18 | Minnehaha County | 15.7 |
| 20 | Beadle County | 15.4 |
| 20 | Faulk County | 15.4 |
| 22 | Bon Homme County | 15.3 |
| 23 | Brule County | 15.2 |
| 23 | Codington County | 15.2 |
| 23 | Davison County | 15.2 |
| 23 | Hamlin County | 15.2 |
| 27 | Hyde County | 15.1 |
| 28 | Aurora County | 14.9 |
| 29 | Brown County | 14.8 |
| 29 | Gregory County | 14.8 |
| 29 | Pennington County | 14.8 |
| 32 | Douglas County | 14.7 |
| 32 | Sanborn County | 14.7 |
| 34 | Clark County | 14.6 |
| 34 | Day County | 14.6 |
| 34 | Miner County | 14.6 |
| 34 | Turner County | 14.6 |
| 38 | Walworth County | 14.5 |
| 39 | Deuel County | 14.4 |
| 39 | Haakon County | 14.4 |
| 39 | Hughes County | 14.4 |
| 39 | Hutchinson County | 14.4 |
| 39 | Perkins County | 14.4 |
| 39 | Yankton County | 14.4 |
| 45 | Fall River County | 14.3 |
| 45 | Kingsbury County | 14.3 |
| 47 | McCook County | 14.2 |
| 47 | Moody County | 14.2 |
| 47 | Spink County | 14.2 |
| 50 | Marshall County | 14.1 |
| 51 | Jones County | 14 |
| 51 | Lawrence County | 14 |
| 51 | McPherson County | 14 |
| 54 | Edmunds County | 13.9 |
| 54 | Stanley County | 13.9 |
| 56 | Grant County | 13.8 |
| 56 | Union County | 13.8 |
| 58 | Harding County | 13.7 |
| 59 | Hand County | 13.6 |
| 59 | Lake County | 13.6 |
| 59 | Lincoln County | 13.6 |
| 62 | Potter County | 13.5 |
| 63 | Sully County | 13.4 |
| 64 | Jerauld County | 13.2 |
| 65 | Campbell County | 12.6 |
| 66 | Custer County | 12.4 |