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Júlia Ledur / COVID Tracking Project


Black or African American
Black or African American people have experienced178deaths per 100,000.
American Indian or Alaska Native
American Indian or Alaska Native people have experienced172deaths per 100,000.
Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic or Latino people have experienced154deaths per 100,000.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people have experienced144deaths per 100,000.
White people have experienced124deaths per 100,000.
Other people have experienced97deaths per 100,000.
Asian people have experienced95deaths per 100,000.
Two or more races
Two or more races people have experienced18deaths per 100,000.



States and territories reporting race and ethnicity data

51 states/territories
Reporting positive cases
51 states/territories
Reporting deaths

Tracking inequity at the county level



Counties with the 20 highest infection rates

Cases per 100,000 people010,00020,000Chattahoochee, GACrowley, COBent, COTrousdale, TNDewey, SDLincoln, ARLake, TNBon Homme, SDNorton, KSDimmit, TXBethel Census Area, AKBuena Vista, IALuce, MIBuffalo, SDDakota, NEEddy, NDAlfalfa, OKForest, PAEllsworth, KSBig Horn, MT


Counties with the 20 highest death rates

Deaths per 100,000 people0200400Galax city, VAHancock, GAJerauld, SDEmporia city, VAMcMullen, TXGove, KSGregory, SDFoard, TXIron, WIMotley, TXTurner, SDDickey, NDMcKinley, NMRobertson, KYHamlin, SDBuffalo, SDGlascock, GALamb, TXCandler, GAMaverick, TX

When we look at the 20 counties with the highest level of deaths per capita, we see a different story. In two of these 20 counties, Black people represent the largest racial group. Two of the top five counties with the highest death rates in the nation are all predominantly Black.
