Table 2.

Speed, acceleration, jerk, and 7-Day persistence for the 25 most populous metropolitan areas in the United States, September 13-19, 2021.

Metropolitan area	Population (number of people in each metropolitan area)	Speed (reported cases per day per 100,000 people)	Acceleration (reported cases per day per day per 100,000 people)	Jerk (reported cases per day per 100,000 people)	Persistence (number of cases during 7-day period due to cases in pervious 7-day period)
Charlotte	2,636,883	73	11	22	6.94
Dallas	7,573,136	64	5	7	0.69
San Antonio	2,550,960	61	1	2	0.07
Tampa	3,194,831	56	-19	-2	1.10
Houston	7,066,141	56	6	24	0.66
Orlando	2,608,147	49	-12	7	5.18
Miami	6,166,488	40	-11	2	1.84
Phoenix	4,948,203	40	1	8	0.14
Atlanta	6,020,364	36	-8	-2	1.86
St. Louis	2,803,228	33	0	-3	7.01
Minneapolis	3,640,043	32	7	8	2.01
Portland	2,492,412	31	2	8	0.13
Seattle	3,979,845	31	0	3	0.27
Denver	2,967,239	28	1	1	1.06
Washington DC	5,371,160	24	5	6	3.39
Philadelphia	5,378,441	23	2	4	0.68
Boston	4,873,019	23	4	5	0.83
Detroit	4,319,629	23	2	2	0.80
Chicago	9,458,539	22	0	3	0.33
New York City	19,216,182	21	-1	1	0.70
Baltimore	2,800,053	16	1	2	1.11
Riverside	4,650,631	7	-20	-16	-0.41
San Diego	3,338,330	6	-17	-9	-0.25
Los Angeles	13,214,799	4	-13	-10	-0.07
San Francisco	4,731,803	3	-13	-3	-0.45