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

Lake County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 95 counties in 2023, at 23.4%. Williamson County had the lowest, at 15.1%. The median was 20.2%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest23.4Lake County
Lowest15.1Williamson County
Median20.295 counties

Top 40 counties, 2023

Lake County: 23.4 %Lake County23.4Hancock County: 23.2 %Hancock County23.2Scott County: 23.1 %Scott County23.1Lauderdale County: 21.8 %Lauderdale County21.8Macon County: 21.8 %Macon County21.8Campbell County: 21.5 %Campbell County21.5Weakley County: 21.5 %Weakley County21.5Grundy County: 21.4 %Grundy County21.4Trousdale County: 21.4 %Trousdale County21.4Chester County: 21.2 %Chester County21.2Cocke County: 21.2 %Cocke County21.2Lawrence County: 21.2 %Lawrence County21.2Bledsoe County: 21 %Bledsoe County21Overton County: 21 %Overton County21Perry County: 21 %Perry County21Haywood County: 20.9 %Haywood County20.9McNairy County: 20.9 %McNairy County20.9Claiborne County: 20.8 %Claiborne County20.8DeKalb County: 20.8 %DeKalb County20.8Morgan County: 20.8 %Morgan County20.8Dyer County: 20.7 %Dyer County20.7Hardeman County: 20.7 %Hardeman County20.7Sequatchie County: 20.7 %Sequatchie County20.7Warren County: 20.7 %Warren County20.7Wayne County: 20.7 %Wayne County20.7White County: 20.7 %White County20.7Decatur County: 20.6 %Decatur County20.6Fentress County: 20.6 %Fentress County20.6Hamblen County: 20.6 %Hamblen County20.6Hardin County: 20.6 %Hardin County20.6Lewis County: 20.6 %Lewis County20.6Rhea County: 20.6 %Rhea County20.6Benton County: 20.5 %Benton County20.5Cannon County: 20.5 %Cannon County20.5Hickman County: 20.5 %Hickman County20.5Putnam County: 20.5 %Putnam County20.5Bedford County: 20.4 %Bedford County20.4Henderson County: 20.4 %Henderson County20.4Johnson County: 20.4 %Johnson County20.4Meigs County: 20.4 %Meigs County20.4
%. 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

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Lake County23.4+0.8 pts
2Hancock County23.2-0.7 pts
3Scott County23.1+0.7 pts
4Lauderdale County21.8-0.2 pts
4Macon County21.80 pts
6Campbell County21.5+0.7 pts
6Weakley County21.5-0.1 pts
8Grundy County21.4+0.7 pts
8Trousdale County21.4+0.2 pts
10Chester County21.2-1.8 pts
10Cocke County21.2-0.5 pts
10Lawrence County21.2+0.2 pts
13Bledsoe County21+0.4 pts
13Overton County21+0.3 pts
13Perry County210 pts
16Haywood County20.9-0.5 pts
16McNairy County20.9-0.5 pts
18Claiborne County20.8-0.9 pts
18DeKalb County20.8-1.1 pts
18Morgan County20.8-0.6 pts
21Dyer County20.7-0.8 pts
21Hardeman County20.7+0.1 pts
21Sequatchie County20.7-1.2 pts
21Warren County20.7-1.8 pts
21Wayne County20.7-0.7 pts
21White County20.7-1 pts
27Decatur County20.60 pts
27Fentress County20.6-0.8 pts
27Hamblen County20.6+0.1 pts
27Hardin County20.6+1.2 pts
27Lewis County20.6-1.8 pts
27Rhea County20.6-0.8 pts
33Benton County20.5+0.6 pts
33Cannon County20.5-0.5 pts
33Hickman County20.5-0.3 pts
33Putnam County20.5-0.4 pts
37Bedford County20.4-0.9 pts
37Henderson County20.4-0.5 pts
37Johnson County20.4+0.4 pts
37Meigs County20.4+1.2 pts
37Monroe County20.4-0.4 pts
37Obion County20.4-0.1 pts
37Union County20.4-0.2 pts
44Humphreys County20.3-0.7 pts
44Jackson County20.3-0.2 pts
46Carroll County20.2-1.6 pts
46Carter County20.2-0.7 pts
46Clay County20.2-0.1 pts
46Gibson County20.2-1.1 pts
46Marion County20.2+0.6 pts
51Grainger County20.1-1.6 pts
51Hawkins County20.1+0.2 pts
51Houston County20.1-0.1 pts
51McMinn County20.1+1.1 pts
51Polk County20.1-0.2 pts
51Smith County20.1-0.1 pts
57Coffee County20-1.9 pts
57Crockett County20-0.8 pts
57Marshall County20-2 pts
57Montgomery County20-1.3 pts
57Tipton County20-0.3 pts
62Anderson County19.9+1.6 pts
62Greene County19.9-0.9 pts
62Pickett County19.9-0.9 pts
62Unicoi County19.9-1.1 pts
66Giles County19.80 pts
66Henry County19.8-0.4 pts
66Van Buren County19.8-0.7 pts
69Bradley County19.7+0.4 pts
69Sevier County19.7+1.4 pts
69Washington County19.7-1 pts
72Dickson County19.6-0.5 pts
72Franklin County19.6-1.2 pts
72Rutherford County19.6-1.5 pts
75Jefferson County19.5+0.3 pts
75Madison County19.5-0.2 pts
75Robertson County19.5-0.6 pts
78Lincoln County19.3-0.1 pts
78Sullivan County19.3-0.1 pts
80Davidson County19.2-1.2 pts
80Shelby County19.2-1.2 pts
80Stewart County19.2-0.1 pts
83Knox County19+0.1 pts
84Cheatham County18.9+0.4 pts
84Maury County18.9-0.5 pts
84Moore County18.9+0.5 pts
87Roane County18.7-0.2 pts
88Blount County18.5-0.5 pts
89Sumner County18.4+0.1 pts
90Cumberland County18.3-0.1 pts
91Hamilton County17.9-0.3 pts
92Wilson County17.7-0.6 pts
93Fayette County17.6+0.3 pts
94Loudon County16.9-1 pts
95Williamson County15.10 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.

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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 Tennessee by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [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 Tennessee by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/tennessee-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Tennessee by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023. 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/tennessee-counties.

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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 Tennessee by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/tennessee-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Lake County, with 23.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Williamson County, with 15.1% in 2023.

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.

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