Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 25, 2021

Counties with High COVID-19 Incidence and Relatively Large Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations — United States, April 1–December 22, 2020

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  • US county-level data show that during April 2020 11% of counties (n=3,142) reported high 2-week COVID-19 incidence (>100 new cases per 100,000 persons), which rose to 65% of counties in August, and 99% in December 2020. Counties whose percentages of racial and ethnic minority populations are larger than the respective national percentages were consistently overrepresented among high incidence counties in April (29% of counties with large percentages of Asian persons and 28% of counties with large percentages of Black persons) and in August (92% of counties with large percentages of Black persons and 75% of counties with large percentages of Hispanic persons).

Lee et al. (Mar 24, 2021). Counties with High COVID-19 Incidence and Relatively Large Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations — United States, April 1–December 22, 2020. MMWR. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7013e1