TABLE 3. Proportion of cumulative COVID-19 cases compared with proportion of population in 79 counties identified as hotspots during June 5–18, 2020 with racial/ethnic disparities* — 22 states February–June 2020.

Racial/Ethnic group	Mean of estimated differences, † % (range)	Mean of estimated ratios of proportion of cases to proportion of population§ (range)
Hispanic/Latino	30.2 (8.0–68.2)	4.4 (1.2–14.6)
Black/African American	14.5 (2.3–31.7)	2.3 (1.2–7.0)
American Indian/Alaska Native	39.3 (16.4–57.9)	4.2 (1.9–6.4)
Asian	4.7 (2.7–6.8)	2.9 (2.0–4.7)
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander	4.5 (0.1–31.5)	8.5 (2.7–18.4)

Abbreviation: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.
* Disparities were defined as percentage difference of ≥5% between the proportion of cases and the proportion of the population or a ratio ≥1.5 for the proportion of cases to the proportion of the population) for underrepresented racial/ethnic groups in each county.

^† The mean of the estimated differences between the proportion of cases in a given racial/ethnic group and the proportion of persons in that racial/ethnic group in the overall population among all counties with disparities identified by the analysis. For example, if Hispanic/Latino persons make up 20% of the population in a given county and 30% of the cases in that county, then the difference would be 10% and the county is considered to have a disparity.

^§ The ratio of the estimated proportion of cases to the proportion of population for each racial/ethnic group among all counties with disparities identified by the analysis. For example, if American Indian/Alaskan Native persons made up 0.5% of the population in a given county and 1.5% of the cases in that county, then the ratio of proportions would be 3.0, and the county is considered to have a disparity.