US States With the Highest Depression (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

49 US states ranked by depression (CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), from highest to lowest. First are West Virginia (33.1), Maine (28.3) and Tennessee (28). The middle one of the 49 has 22.8.

What this measures

Adults who have ever been told they have depression (a depressive disorder). People report this themselves, so it counts being told by a doctor as well as being ill. Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

Every state

Rank	State	% of adults
1	West Virginia	33.1
2	Maine	28.3
3	Tennessee	28
4	Vermont	27.8
5	Oregon	26.7
6	Louisiana	26.5
7	Ohio	26
8	Montana	25.8
9	Oklahoma	25.8
10	Utah	25.7
11	Arkansas	25.4
12	Michigan	25.1
13	Indiana	24.8
14	Washington	24.4
15	Minnesota	24
16	South Dakota	24
17	New Mexico	24
18	Missouri	23.8
19	Wisconsin	23.8
20	Idaho	23.7
21	North Carolina	23.6
22	New Hampshire	23.5
23	Alabama	23.4
24	Massachusetts	23
25	Rhode Island	22.8
26	North Dakota	22.8
27	South Carolina	22.8
28	Wyoming	22.2
29	Kansas	21.9
30	Colorado	21.8
31	Nevada	21.3
32	Delaware	21.2
33	District of Columbia	20.8
34	Virginia	20.8
35	Iowa	20.1
36	Texas	19.9
37	Alaska	19.8
38	Connecticut	19.4
39	Mississippi	19
40	Illinois	18.6
41	Arizona	18.5
42	Nebraska	18.5
43	Georgia	17.9
44	Maryland	17.8
45	California	17
46	Florida	16.9
47	New York	16.9
48	Hawaii	14.6
49	New Jersey	14.3

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A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.