Table 1.
Means for racial-ethnic and nativity composition, COVID-19 outcomes, and risk factors for contiguous counties in the United States, by region
| Variable | All counties (n = 3106) | Northeast (n = 216) | Midwest (n = 1055) | South (n = 1422) | West (n = 413) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total COVID-19 cases∗ | 548.024 (3075.068) | 3471.417 (8654.146) | 317.953 (2528.075) | 293.209 (1060.792) | 484.150 (2665.677) |
| COVID-19 cases per 10,000∗ | 30.190 (60.166) | 57.870 (75.249) | 25.633 (57.780) | 32.893 (63.657) | 18.048 (34.369) |
| Percentage of Blacks | 9.025 (14.371) | 5.057 (6.342) | 2.544 (4.571) | 16.668 (17.874) | 1.344 (1.882) |
| Percentage of Asians | 1.400 (2.405) | 2.780 (3.796) | 1.060 (1.464) | 1.195 (1.774) | 2.251 (4.193) |
| Percentage of of Latinx | 9.328 (13.731) | 6.758 (8.169) | 4.639 (5.793) | 10.600 (15.731) | 18.270 (17.354) |
| Percentage of Mexicans | 6.941 (12.258) | 1.057 (1.240) | 3.544 (4.960) | 8.277 (14.870) | 14.091 (14.171) |
| Percentage of Puerto Ricans | 0.566 (1.355) | 2.616 (3.236) | 0.271 (0.441) | 0.559 (1.237) | 0.271 (0.292) |
| Percentage of Cubans | 0.157 (0.793) | 0.217 (0.351) | 0.075 (0.179) | 0.225 (1.142) | 0.100 (0.254) |
| Percentage of Central Americans | 0.546 (1.237) | 0.691 (1.212) | 0.340 (1.033) | 0.686 (1.431) | 0.514 (0.890) |
| Percentage of South Americans | 0.255 (0.687) | 0.873 (1.662) | 0.108 (0.202) | 0.268 (0.693) | 0.261 (0.314) |
| Percentage of Other Latinx-origin | 0.856 (3.137) | 1.303 (2.502) | 0.287 (0.350) | 0.579 (0.819) | 3.030 (7.894) |
| Percentage of Foreign born | 4.675 (5.650) | 7.176 (8.091) | 2.922 (3.454) | 4.794 (5.556) | 7.438 (7.111) |
| Total population (log) | 10.282 (1.476) | 11.686 (1.259) | 9.935 (1.398) | 10.332 (1.303) | 10.264 (1.841) |
| Days since the first case | 58.669 (20.206) | 71.486 (8.690) | 53.606 (21.933) | 60.833 (15.983) | 57.453 (27.502) |
| Population density (log) | 3.818 (1.749) | 5.342 (1.673) | 3.491 (1.582) | 4.154 (1.510) | 2.696 (2.043) |
| Percentage of age 18 and below | 22.337 (3.398) | 19.946 (2.371) | 22.645 (3.056) | 22.412 (3.190) | 22.540 (4.671) |
| Percentage of age 19–64 | 59.217 (3.746) | 61.663 (2.757) | 58.255 (3.524) | 59.719 (3.567) | 58.666 (4.406) |
| Percentage of age 65 and over | 18.446 (4.511) | 18.392 (3.085) | 19.100 (4.178) | 17.869 (4.434) | 18.793 (5.797) |
| Percentage of females | 49.933 (2.215) | 50.395 (1.770) | 49.811 (1.514) | 50.193 (2.586) | 49.111 (2.317) |
| Median household income (log) | 10.777 (0.241) | 10.951 (0.228) | 10.831 (0.183) | 10.692 (0.251) | 10.839 (0.240) |
| Income inequality (80/20 ratio) | 4.524 (0.740) | 4.543 (0.648) | 4.184 (0.566) | 4.810 (0.757) | 4.397 (0.719) |
| Unemployment rate | 5.227 (1.817) | 5.063 (1.285) | 4.547 (1.488) | 5.714 (1.790) | 5.377 (2.295) |
| White/non-White segregation | 27.515 (15.789) | 37.933 (12.157) | 27.252 (17.277) | 27.464 (14.134) | 22.914 (16.452) |
| White/Black segregation | 29.833 (25.496) | 48.056 (23.979) | 24.345 (28.691) | 31.968 (19.841) | 26.973 (29.326) |
| Chronic disease index | 0.000 (1.780) | 0.184 (0.864) | –0.480 (1.778) | 0.840 (1.318) | –1.762 (1.806) |
| Average household size | 2.515 (0.261) | 2.467 (0.222) | 2.415 (0.230) | 2.576 (0.226) | 2.587 (0.361) |
| Percentage of severe housing problems | 14.353 (4.354) | 16.370 (4.709) | 12.150 (3.466) | 14.876 (3.800) | 17.123 (5.247) |
| Percentage of public transportation | 0.932 (3.113) | 3.834 (9.252) | 0.563 (1.027) | 0.618 (1.831) | 1.440 (2.957) |
| Health care shortage | 0.894 (0.307) | 0.870 (0.337) | 0.843 (0.364) | 0.911 (0.284) | 0.981 (0.138) |
| Percentage of uninsured | 10.002 (4.984) | 6.094 (2.533) | 7.840 (4.512) | 12.175 (4.711) | 10.086 (4.349) |
Standard deviations in parentheses.
∗
Confirmed cases as of May 28, 2020.