View from ISS Expedition 72, Capitol State Forest, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington · Photo: https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS072&roll=E&frame=65443 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Thurston County, Washington
299,067 residents · Updated Nov 12, 2026
The community services in Thurston County, from the data behind Range Lab’s tools, refreshed daily.
View from ISS Expedition 72, Capitol State Forest, Olympia, Thurston County, Washington · Photo: https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/photo.pl?mission=ISS072&roll=E&frame=65443 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Adults with frequent mental distress
16.9%
52 mental-health listings · above the Washington median of 16.8%
Adults 18–64 without health insurance
7.3%
52 medical listings · below the Washington median of 8.1%
Adults ever diagnosed with depression
27.2%
above the Washington median of 25.0%
Adults reporting food insecurity
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Not in this CDC release · 43 food listings
Need against listed capacity
CDC PLACES prevalence applied to the county’s adult population, beside the services listed for that need in the Range Lab directory. Adults per listing is a rough reading of how thin the net is, not a wait time.
Frequent mental distress
40,000
16.9% of 236,687 adults
One dot = 1,000 adults
No health insurance
13,200
7.3% of 180,615 adults 18–64
One dot = 1,000 adults 18–64
Depression diagnosis
64,400
27.2% of 236,687 adults
One dot = 1,000 adults
Provider shortage designations and listed services
HRSA scores each Health Professional Shortage Area 0–25 (dental 0–26); a county’s score is the highest among its designated areas. Higher means a worse shortage. Listed services per 10,000 residents from the Range Lab directory.
HRSA shortage score, 2026
Grey tick = median among designated Washington counties
- Primary / medical care13 · designated
- Mental health16 · designated
- Dental16 · designated
Thurston is designated for primary care and mental health and dental. Facility-only designations (clinics, FQHCs) are excluded.
Listed services per 10,000 residents
- Medical1.73.6
- Mental health1.71.7
- Dental0.20.3
- Addiction & recovery0.61.1
- Food1.42.5
Dental is both a designated shortage and the thinnest category listed: 0.2 per 10,000, about one listing for every 49,800 residents.
How Thurston compares with other Washington counties
Adults with frequent mental distress against adults 18–64 without health insurance, CDC PLACES 2025. Dot size is county population; dashed lines are the state medians. Hover a dot for the county.
Thurston sits above the state median on distress (16.9% vs. 16.8%) and below it on uninsured adults (7.3% vs. 8.1%).
Sources: CDC PLACES 2025 (model-based county estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System); HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas; Census ACS 2024 5-year population; Range Lab resource directory. About the data.