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

Cabell County had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 55 counties in 2022, at 23.4%. Ohio County had the lowest, at 18%. The median was 20.8%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest23.4Cabell County
Lowest18Ohio County
Median20.855 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Barbour County: 21.9 %Berkeley County: 18.8 %Boone County: 21.3 %Braxton County: 21 %Brooke County: 19.3 %Cabell County: 23.4 %Calhoun County: 21.3 %Clay County: 22.5 %Doddridge County: 20.4 %Fayette County: 21.9 %Gilmer County: 20.5 %Grant County: 21 %Greenbrier County: 20.1 %Hampshire County: 20.5 %Hancock County: 20 %Hardy County: 20.9 %Harrison County: 19.5 %Jackson County: 19.6 %Jefferson County: 18 %Kanawha County: 20.1 %Lewis County: 21.2 %Lincoln County: 22.6 %Logan County: 23.2 %McDowell County: 23.2 %Marion County: 20.2 %Marshall County: 20 %Mason County: 21.2 %Mercer County: 20.9 %Mineral County: 19.9 %Mingo County: 23.2 %Monongalia County: 21.1 %Monroe County: 20.2 %Morgan County: 18.3 %Nicholas County: 20.2 %Ohio County: 18 %Pendleton County: 18.7 %Pleasants County: 20.8 %Pocahontas County: 20.8 %Preston County: 21.3 %Putnam County: 18.5 %Raleigh County: 20.9 %Randolph County: 20.4 %Ritchie County: 22.2 %Roane County: 22.4 %Summers County: 20.8 %Taylor County: 21.6 %Tucker County: 18.2 %Tyler County: 19.9 %Upshur County: 21.8 %Wayne County: 22.4 %Webster County: 20.5 %Wetzel County: 21.3 %Wirt County: 22 %Wood County: 20.8 %Wyoming County: 23.2 %
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%, 2022. 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. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

Cabell County: 23.4 %Cabell County23.4Logan County: 23.2 %Logan County23.2McDowell County: 23.2 %McDowell County23.2Mingo County: 23.2 %Mingo County23.2Wyoming County: 23.2 %Wyoming County23.2Lincoln County: 22.6 %Lincoln County22.6Clay County: 22.5 %Clay County22.5Roane County: 22.4 %Roane County22.4Wayne County: 22.4 %Wayne County22.4Ritchie County: 22.2 %Ritchie County22.2Wirt County: 22 %Wirt County22Barbour County: 21.9 %Barbour County21.9Fayette County: 21.9 %Fayette County21.9Upshur County: 21.8 %Upshur County21.8Taylor County: 21.6 %Taylor County21.6Boone County: 21.3 %Boone County21.3Calhoun County: 21.3 %Calhoun County21.3Preston County: 21.3 %Preston County21.3Wetzel County: 21.3 %Wetzel County21.3Lewis County: 21.2 %Lewis County21.2Mason County: 21.2 %Mason County21.2Monongalia County: 21.1 %Monongalia County21.1Braxton County: 21 %Braxton County21Grant County: 21 %Grant County21Hardy County: 20.9 %Hardy County20.9Mercer County: 20.9 %Mercer County20.9Raleigh County: 20.9 %Raleigh County20.9Pleasants County: 20.8 %Pleasants County20.8Pocahontas County: 20.8 %Pocahontas County20.8Summers County: 20.8 %Summers County20.8Wood County: 20.8 %Wood County20.8Gilmer County: 20.5 %Gilmer County20.5Hampshire County: 20.5 %Hampshire County20.5Webster County: 20.5 %Webster County20.5Doddridge County: 20.4 %Doddridge County20.4Randolph County: 20.4 %Randolph County20.4Marion County: 20.2 %Marion County20.2Monroe County: 20.2 %Monroe County20.2Nicholas County: 20.2 %Nicholas County20.2Greenbrier County: 20.1 %Greenbrier County20.1Kanawha County: 20.1 %Kanawha County20.1Hancock County: 20 %Hancock County20Marshall County: 20 %Marshall County20Mineral County: 19.9 %Mineral County19.9Tyler County: 19.9 %Tyler County19.9Jackson County: 19.6 %Jackson County19.6Harrison County: 19.5 %Harrison County19.5Brooke County: 19.3 %Brooke County19.3Berkeley County: 18.8 %Berkeley County18.8Pendleton County: 18.7 %Pendleton County18.7Putnam County: 18.5 %Putnam County18.5Morgan County: 18.3 %Morgan County18.3Tucker County: 18.2 %Tucker County18.2Jefferson County: 18 %Jefferson County18Ohio County: 18 %Ohio County18Cabell County: 23.4 %Cabell County23.4Logan County: 23.2 %Logan County23.2McDowell County: 23.2 %McDowell County23.2Mingo County: 23.2 %Mingo County23.2Wyoming County: 23.2 %Wyoming County23.2Lincoln County: 22.6 %Lincoln County22.6Clay County: 22.5 %Clay County22.5Roane County: 22.4 %Roane County22.4Wayne County: 22.4 %Wayne County22.4Ritchie County: 22.2 %Ritchie County22.2Wirt County: 22 %Wirt County22Barbour County: 21.9 %Barbour County21.9Fayette County: 21.9 %Fayette County21.9Upshur County: 21.8 %Upshur County21.8Taylor County: 21.6 %Taylor County21.6Boone County: 21.3 %Boone County21.3Calhoun County: 21.3 %Calhoun County21.3Preston County: 21.3 %Preston County21.3Wetzel County: 21.3 %Wetzel County21.3Lewis County: 21.2 %Lewis County21.2Mason County: 21.2 %Mason County21.2Monongalia County: 21.1 %Monongalia County21.1Braxton County: 21 %Braxton County21Grant County: 21 %Grant County21Hardy County: 20.9 %Hardy County20.9Mercer County: 20.9 %Mercer County20.9Raleigh County: 20.9 %Raleigh County20.9Pleasants County: 20.8 %Pleasants County20.8Pocahontas County: 20.8 %Pocahontas County20.8Summers County: 20.8 %Summers County20.8Wood County: 20.8 %Wood County20.8Gilmer County: 20.5 %Gilmer County20.5Hampshire County: 20.5 %Hampshire County20.5Webster County: 20.5 %Webster County20.5Doddridge County: 20.4 %Doddridge County20.4Randolph County: 20.4 %Randolph County20.4Marion County: 20.2 %Marion County20.2Monroe County: 20.2 %Monroe County20.2Nicholas County: 20.2 %Nicholas County20.2Greenbrier County: 20.1 %Greenbrier County20.1Kanawha County: 20.1 %Kanawha County20.1Hancock County: 20 %Hancock County20Marshall County: 20 %Marshall County20Mineral County: 19.9 %Mineral County19.9Tyler County: 19.9 %Tyler County19.9Jackson County: 19.6 %Jackson County19.6Harrison County: 19.5 %Harrison County19.5Brooke County: 19.3 %Brooke County19.3Berkeley County: 18.8 %Berkeley County18.8Pendleton County: 18.7 %Pendleton County18.7Putnam County: 18.5 %Putnam County18.5Morgan County: 18.3 %Morgan County18.3Tucker County: 18.2 %Tucker County18.2Jefferson County: 18 %Jefferson County18Ohio County: 18 %Ohio County18
%. 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
1Cabell County23.4+3.4 pts
2Logan County23.2+1.8 pts
2McDowell County23.2+1.6 pts
2Mingo County23.2+1.4 pts
2Wyoming County23.2+2.6 pts
6Lincoln County22.6+1.5 pts
7Clay County22.5+2.4 pts
8Roane County22.4+2.8 pts
8Wayne County22.4+2.6 pts
10Ritchie County22.2+3.4 pts
11Wirt County22+2.8 pts
12Barbour County21.9+1.7 pts
12Fayette County21.9+2 pts
14Upshur County21.8+2.4 pts
15Taylor County21.6+3.4 pts
16Boone County21.3+0.7 pts
16Calhoun County21.3+1.5 pts
16Preston County21.3+3 pts
16Wetzel County21.3+2.5 pts
20Lewis County21.2+1.9 pts
20Mason County21.2+1.6 pts
22Monongalia County21.1+2.4 pts
23Braxton County21+1.2 pts
23Grant County21+3 pts
25Hardy County20.9+2.4 pts
25Mercer County20.9+0.7 pts
25Raleigh County20.9+1.4 pts
28Pleasants County20.8+2.9 pts
28Pocahontas County20.8+2.1 pts
28Summers County20.8+1.9 pts
28Wood County20.8+2.7 pts
32Gilmer County20.5+1.7 pts
32Hampshire County20.5+2.4 pts
32Webster County20.5+0.7 pts
35Doddridge County20.4+1.8 pts
35Randolph County20.4+2.3 pts
37Marion County20.2+1.8 pts
37Monroe County20.2+2.3 pts
37Nicholas County20.2+1.6 pts
40Greenbrier County20.1+1.6 pts
40Kanawha County20.1+1.3 pts
42Hancock County20+2 pts
42Marshall County20+2.3 pts
44Mineral County19.9+2.3 pts
44Tyler County19.9+2.5 pts
46Jackson County19.6+0.8 pts
47Harrison County19.5+1.6 pts
48Brooke County19.3+2 pts
49Berkeley County18.8+0.2 pts
50Pendleton County18.7+1.7 pts
51Putnam County18.5+1 pts
52Morgan County18.3+1.1 pts
53Tucker County18.2+1.2 pts
54Jefferson County18+0.9 pts
54Ohio County18+0.7 pts

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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.

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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 West Virginia by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2022) [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 West Virginia 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/west-virginia-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Cabell County, with 23.4% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Ohio County, with 18% in 2022.

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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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