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

All 39 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/washington-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Whitman County | 20.9 |
| 2 | Cowlitz County | 18.7 |
| 3 | Grays Harbor County | 18.4 |
| 4 | Adams County | 18.3 |
| 5 | Clark County | 18.2 |
| 6 | Pierce County | 18.1 |
| 7 | Kittitas County | 18 |
| 8 | Whatcom County | 17.9 |
| 9 | Franklin County | 17.8 |
| 9 | Grant County | 17.8 |
| 9 | Lewis County | 17.8 |
| 9 | Yakima County | 17.8 |
| 13 | Spokane County | 17.5 |
| 14 | Ferry County | 17.4 |
| 15 | Okanogan County | 17.2 |
| 16 | Asotin County | 17.1 |
| 17 | Mason County | 16.9 |
| 17 | Thurston County | 16.9 |
| 19 | Pend Oreille County | 16.8 |
| 19 | Walla Walla County | 16.8 |
| 21 | Douglas County | 16.6 |
| 22 | Benton County | 16.2 |
| 23 | Chelan County | 16.1 |
| 23 | Klickitat County | 16.1 |
| 23 | Skamania County | 16.1 |
| 26 | Kitsap County | 16 |
| 26 | Pacific County | 16 |
| 26 | Stevens County | 16 |
| 26 | Wahkiakum County | 16 |
| 30 | Columbia County | 15.8 |
| 30 | Lincoln County | 15.8 |
| 30 | Skagit County | 15.8 |
| 30 | Snohomish County | 15.8 |
| 34 | Garfield County | 15.4 |
| 35 | Clallam County | 15.1 |
| 36 | Island County | 14.8 |
| 37 | King County | 14.7 |
| 38 | Jefferson County | 13.4 |
| 39 | San Juan County | 13 |