Table 1.

Static features used in this study with their definitions

Theme	Feature Name	Description
Socioeconomic	Income	Income per capita ($)
	GDP	GDP per capita
	Unemployment	Unemployment as a percentage of the state labor force
	Health spending	Spending for all health services ($)
Behavioral	Smoking rate	Percentage of smokers
Environmental	Temperature	Average temperature in 2019
	Pollution	Measurement of the public’s exposure to particulate matter
Demographic	Urban	Percentage of the population living in an urban environment
	Pop density	Density of people per meter squared
	Sex ratio	Males / Females
	Flu deaths	Influenza and Pneumonia death rate per 100,000 people
	Respiratory deaths	Chronic lower respiratory disease rate per 100,000 people
	Physicians	Number of physicians and surgeons per 1000 people
	Hospital beds	Number of hospital beds per 1000 people
	Age 65+	Percent of 65 years and over
	Major airports	Number of medium and large airports
	Public Transportation	The proportion of people who use public transportation when they go to work
Target variable	Infected rate	Total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 1000 people as of September 30, 2020