The Highest Covid-Infection-Rate States

Submitted by Eric Zuesse

Rates shown are cases per million inhabitants on 31 October 2020

State, # (2016 Presidential winner)

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1. North Dakota, 57,628 (Trump)
2. South Dakota, 50,369 (Trump)
3. Mississippi, 40,374 (Trump)
4. Iowa, 40,366 (Trump)
5. Alabama, 39,216 (Trump)
6. Louisiana, 39,208 (Trump)
7. Tennessee, 37,997 (Trump)
8. Wisconsin, 37,801 (Trump)
9. Florida, 37,366 (Trump)
10. Arkansas, 36,740 (Trump
11. Nebraska, 36,993 (Trump)
12. Idaho, 35,707 (Trump)
13. Utah, 35,226 (Trump)
14. South Carolina, 34,302 (Trump)
15. Arizona, 33,790 (Trump)
16. Georgia, 33,739 (Trump)
17. Texas, 32,762 (Trump)
18. Nevada, 32,396 (Clinton)
19. Illinois, 32,250 (Clinton)
20. Rhode Island, 31,932 (Clinton)
21. Missouri, 30,802 (Trump)
22. Oklahoma, 30,704 (Trump)
23. Montana, 30,690 (Trump)
24. Kansas, 29,729 (Trump)
25. New York, 27,866 (Clinton)
26. New Jersey, 27,179 (Clinton)
27. Indiana, 26,127 (Trump)
28. North Carolina, 25,918 (Trump)
29. Minnesota, 25,793 (Clinton)
30. Delaware, 25,623 (Clinton)
DC, 24,465 (Clinton)
31. Maryland, 24,031 (Clinton)
32. Kentucky, 23,556 (Trump)
33. California, 23,536 (Clinton)
34. Wyoming, 22,977 (Trump)
35. Massachusetts, 22,800 (Clinton)
36. New Mexico, 21,894 (Clinton)
37. Virginia, 21,228 (Clinton)
38. Alaska, 20,282 (Trump)
39. Connecticut, 19,972 (Clinton)
40. Michigan, 19,364 (Trump)
41. Ohio, 18,207 (Trump)
42. Colorado, 18,133 (Clinton)
43. Pennsylvania, 16,624 (Trump)
44. Washington, 14,497 (Clinton)
45. West Virginia, 13,648 (Trump)
46. Hawaii, 10,596 (Clinton)
47. Oregon, 10,524 (Clinton)
48. New Hampshire, 8,005 (Clinton)
49. Maine, 4,961 (Clinton)
50. Vermont 3,942 (Clinton)

In 2016, the top 17 voted for Trump, and the bottom 5 voted for Clinton. All but 3 of the top 24 voted for Trump, but from numbers 25 to 45, there was a political mixture.

The highest infection-rate state, North Dakota, has a Covid-10 infection-rate that is 14.6 times higher than the lowest Covid-19 infection-rate state, Vermont.