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Share of adults with depression: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Share of adults with depression (%). All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Chronic conditions by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

Download full table CSV Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 22.4 %
RI 24.9 %
DE 21.4 %
CT 18.4 %
NJ 13.3 %
MD 18.9 %
MA 21.1 %
VT 26.4 %
NH 22.9 %

Lowest: 13.3 to 19.2 %
Group 2: 19.2 to 21.4 %
Group 3: 21.4 to 23 %
Group 4: 23 to 25.1 %
Highest: 25.1 to 30.2 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	West Virginia	30.2
2	Kentucky	28.3
3	Oregon	27.3
4	Maine	26.7
4	Michigan	26.7
6	Louisiana	26.6
6	Ohio	26.6
8	Vermont	26.4
9	Oklahoma	26.1
10	Arkansas	25.1
11	Rhode Island	24.9
12	Alabama	24.8
13	Montana	24.7
14	Washington	24.6
15	Indiana	24.5
16	Minnesota	24.2
17	Wisconsin	24.1
18	Wyoming	24
19	Utah	23.8
20	Colorado	23
20	Missouri	23
22	New Hampshire	22.9
23	North Carolina	22.5
24	District of Columbia	22.4
25	Pennsylvania	22
26	Alaska	21.9
27	Texas	21.7
27	Virginia	21.7
29	North Dakota	21.6
30	Delaware	21.4
30	Idaho	21.4
32	Kansas	21.3
33	Massachusetts	21.1
34	Illinois	20.8
35	South Carolina	20.7
36	Nevada	20.6
37	Iowa	19.8
38	Mississippi	19.7
39	Arizona	19.2
39	New Mexico	19.2
41	Maryland	18.9
42	Nebraska	18.8
43	Connecticut	18.4
43	Georgia	18.4
45	South Dakota	18.2
46	Florida	17.9
47	California	17.8
48	New York	15.9
49	Hawaii	14.4
50	New Jersey	13.3

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by share of adults with depression (%) (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-depression/

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