Survey data showed that the 10 states with the highest prevalence of adults saying they've been diagnosed with depression before were: West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Vermont, Alabama, Louisiana, Washington, Missouri and Montana.
finds that in 2020, 18.4% of U.S. adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression in their lifetimes – but, state by state, that percentage of adults ranged from an estimated 12.7% in Hawaii to 27.5% in West Virginia.
"This report provides current estimates of national, state-level, and county-level prevalence of adults reporting a lifetime diagnosis of depression," the researchers wrote. "These estimates can help decision-makers guide resource allocation to areas where the need is greatest." The survey data showed that the 10 states with the highest prevalence of adults saying they've been diagnosed with depression before were, in descending order: West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Vermont, Alabama, Louisiana, Washington, Missouri and Montana. When the researchers analyzed the data by county, they found that the prevalence of depression ranged from 10.7% in Alaska's Aleutians East Borough County to 31.9% in Logan County, West Virginia.
The COVID-19 pandemic took an undeniable toll on mental health. Rates of clinical depression had been rising steadily in the U.S. but "jumped notably" in recent years, the Gallup data shows.
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