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

All 55 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/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mingo County | 24.1 |
| 2 | McDowell County | 23.8 |
| 3 | Logan County | 23.1 |
| 4 | Barbour County | 22.6 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 22.5 |
| 6 | Wyoming County | 22.4 |
| 7 | Clay County | 22.3 |
| 7 | Raleigh County | 22.3 |
| 9 | Calhoun County | 22.2 |
| 10 | Braxton County | 22 |
| 11 | Cabell County | 21.9 |
| 12 | Fayette County | 21.8 |
| 12 | Roane County | 21.8 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 21.8 |
| 15 | Webster County | 21.7 |
| 16 | Berkeley County | 21.6 |
| 16 | Boone County | 21.6 |
| 16 | Lewis County | 21.6 |
| 16 | Mason County | 21.6 |
| 16 | Upshur County | 21.6 |
| 21 | Ritchie County | 21.5 |
| 21 | Summers County | 21.5 |
| 23 | Gilmer County | 21.4 |
| 23 | Marion County | 21.4 |
| 25 | Mercer County | 21.3 |
| 25 | Wetzel County | 21.3 |
| 27 | Doddridge County | 21.2 |
| 27 | Preston County | 21.2 |
| 29 | Hardy County | 21 |
| 29 | Taylor County | 21 |
| 31 | Kanawha County | 20.9 |
| 31 | Monongalia County | 20.9 |
| 31 | Pleasants County | 20.9 |
| 31 | Wirt County | 20.9 |
| 35 | Greenbrier County | 20.8 |
| 35 | Randolph County | 20.8 |
| 35 | Wood County | 20.8 |
| 38 | Nicholas County | 20.7 |
| 39 | Jackson County | 20.6 |
| 39 | Pocahontas County | 20.6 |
| 41 | Marshall County | 20.5 |
| 42 | Monroe County | 20.4 |
| 42 | Tyler County | 20.4 |
| 44 | Harrison County | 20.3 |
| 45 | Hancock County | 20.2 |
| 46 | Hampshire County | 20.1 |
| 46 | Ohio County | 20.1 |
| 48 | Grant County | 20 |
| 49 | Morgan County | 19.8 |
| 50 | Mineral County | 19.7 |
| 51 | Putnam County | 19.6 |
| 52 | Brooke County | 19.5 |
| 53 | Pendleton County | 19.3 |
| 54 | Tucker County | 19.1 |
| 55 | Jefferson County | 18.6 |