COVID-19 has killed almost 225,000 people in America. Some academic and government models forecast the spread of the disease will drive the figure to over 300,000 by the end of 2020. There are 3,141 counties in America, and at least one person has died in the great majority of them.

In the hardest-hit counties, particularly in and around New York City, Los Angeles and Houston, county deaths have been in the thousands. In Queens County, part of New York City, the number is already 5,135. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the figure currently numbers 5,098. Los Angeles County has had 6,877 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 2,735.

However, 358 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all. These span 35 states. In Hawaii, Montana and Nebraska, more than 40% of counties within the state have not had a COVID-19 death.

Not surprisingly, the counties with no deaths are small by population count. The largest, Tompkins County in New York, has a population of 102,962. It is fairly isolated, in the Finger Lakes region, well south of Syracuse and Rochester. One of the Ivy League universities, Cornell, is located there. However, most of it is rural. Over 85% of the county is made up of white Americans. Less than 4% are Black Americans, a group that has been hit hard by the disease across the country. Hispanics or Latinx, another hard-hit group, make up about 3% of the population. Tompkins County has had 548 confirmed cases.

Beyond Tompkins County, only two other counties that have had no COVID-19 deaths have populations of over 50,000. These are Kauai County in Hawaii, with a population of 71,377. The state of Hawaii has only had 189 deaths in total, and a relatively small 14,302 confirmed cases. Confirmed cases in Kauai County have totaled 60. The third county with a population of over 50,000 but no deaths is Coos County in Oregon. Along the Pacific Coast, it is well south of the state’s large cities, Portland and Eugene.

Three of the counties on the list have not even registered a confirmed case. Esmeralda County, Nevada, which only has a population of 981, is one of them. Loving County, Texas, has a population of 102 and is the second of these. The last is Kalawao County, Hawaii, which has a population of 75. It is the smallest county in the United States in terms of population and size. It covers 52 square miles, of which 41 square miles is water.

Thirty of the counties on the list have populations of less than 1,000.

These are the 358 counties where no one has died from COVID-19.

County	State	Total Population	Cases	Deaths
Tompkins County	New York	102,962	548	0
Kauai County	Hawaii	71,377	60	0
Coos County	Oregon	63,308	222	0
Siskiyou County	California	43,540	167	0
Latah County	Idaho	39,239	826	0
Clatsop County	Oregon	38,562	235	0
Chippewa County	Michigan	37,834	107	0
Fulton County	Illinois	35,418	403	0
Sagadahoc County	Maine	35,277	77	0
Silver Bow County	Montana	34,814	462	0
Coos County	New Hampshire	32,038	34	0
Washington County	Maine	31,694	21	0
Jefferson County	Washington	30,856	81	0
Caledonia County	Vermont	30,425	35	0
Boyle County	Kentucky	29,913	401	0
Hancock County	West Virginia	29,680	191	0
Pine County	Minnesota	29,129	509	0
Orange County	Vermont	28,937	30	0
Pike County	Ohio	28,214	282	0
San Miguel County	New Mexico	28,034	147	0
Orleans County	Vermont	26,911	26	0
Woodford County	Kentucky	26,097	350	0
Tillamook County	Oregon	26,076	70	0
Adair County	Missouri	25,325	463	0
Upshur County	West Virginia	24,605	225	0
Pottawatomie County	Kansas	23,545	282	0
Osceola County	Michigan	23,232	124	0
Antrim County	Michigan	23,177	97	0
Wabasha County	Minnesota	21,500	323	0
Fillmore County	Minnesota	20,888	238	0
Dodge County	Minnesota	20,582	362	0
McDowell County	West Virginia	19,217	105	0
Plumas County	California	18,699	52	0
Los Alamos County	New Mexico	18,356	38	0
Spencer County	Kentucky	18,246	263	0
Schuyler County	New York	17,992	93	0
Yancey County	North Carolina	17,667	271	0
Morgan County	West Virginia	17,624	102	0
Avery County	North Carolina	17,501	574	0
Dukes County	Massachusetts	17,313	71	0
Piscataquis County	Maine	16,887	10	0
Giles County	Virginia	16,814	114	0
San Juan County	Washington	16,473	30	0
Piatt County	Illinois	16,427	207	0
Idaho County	Idaho	16,337	292	0
Crawford County	Wisconsin	16,288	296	0
Park County	Montana	16,246	187	0
Neosho County	Kansas	16,125	160	0
Lawrence County	Kentucky	15,783	119	0
Wetzel County	West Virginia	15,614	82	0
Roseau County	Minnesota	15,462	193	0
Page County	Iowa	15,363	345	0
Kossuth County	Iowa	15,075	421	0
Morgan County	Ohio	14,702	71	0
Pendleton County	Kentucky	14,520	110	0
Fleming County	Kentucky	14,479	124	0
Noble County	Ohio	14,443	116	0
Trigg County	Kentucky	14,344	226	0
Estill County	Kentucky	14,313	247	0
Braxton County	West Virginia	14,282	40	0
Converse County	Wyoming	13,997	243	0
Faribault County	Minnesota	13,896	209	0
Wadena County	Minnesota	13,646	188	0
Price County	Wisconsin	13,490	284	0
Morgan County	Kentucky	13,285	101	0
Breathitt County	Kentucky	13,116	108	0
Archuleta County	Colorado	12,908	61	0
Trinity County	California	12,862	20	0
Caldwell County	Kentucky	12,727	237	0
Magoffin County	Kentucky	12,666	132	0
Johnson County	Illinois	12,602	313	0
Powell County	Kentucky	12,321	133	0
Charlotte County	Virginia	12,095	198	0
Prowers County	Colorado	12,052	120	0
Jefferson County	Montana	11,778	134	0
Lake County	Michigan	11,763	52	0
Washita County	Oklahoma	11,432	154	0
Cottonwood County	Minnesota	11,372	262	0
Nantucket County	Massachusetts	11,101	133	0
Pope County	Minnesota	10,980	148	0
Mackinac County	Michigan	10,817	140	0
Red Willow County	Nebraska	10,806	154	0
Lancaster County	Virginia	10,804	174	0
Oregon County	Missouri	10,699	212	0
Mitchell County	Iowa	10,631	229	0
Switzerland County	Indiana	10,628	84	0
Lake County	Minnesota	10,569	103	0
Carbon County	Montana	10,546	200	0
Leslie County	Kentucky	10,472	118	0
Iron County	Missouri	10,221	91	0
Ralls County	Missouri	10,217	190	0
Martin County	Indiana	10,210	195	0
Ritchie County	West Virginia	9,932	27	0
Marshall County	Kansas	9,798	64	0
Pratt County	Kansas	9,582	104	0
Wayne County	Nebraska	9,367	280	0
Charles Mix County	South Dakota	9,344	312	0
Montmorency County	Michigan	9,261	21	0
Woods County	Oklahoma	9,127	150	0
Phelps County	Nebraska	9,120	236	0
Deer Lodge County	Montana	9,100	335	0
Greene County	Iowa	9,003	171	0
Modoc County	California	8,938	26	0
Tyler County	West Virginia	8,909	24	0
Dawes County	Nebraska	8,896	191	0
Maries County	Missouri	8,884	140	0
Clearwater County	Minnesota	8,812	76	0
Mathews County	Virginia	8,796	131	0
Benton County	Indiana	8,667	107	0
Clearwater County	Idaho	8,640	124	0
Trimble County	Kentucky	8,637	81	0
Pocahontas County	West Virginia	8,531	64	0
Cedar County	Nebraska	8,523	129	0
Webster County	West Virginia	8,518	24	0
Knox County	Nebraska	8,460	238	0
Gilmer County	West Virginia	8,205	64	0
Conejos County	Colorado	8,142	53	0
Keith County	Nebraska	8,099	82	0
Schoolcraft County	Michigan	8,069	54	0
Decatur County	Iowa	8,044	122	0
San Miguel County	Colorado	7,968	100	0
Anderson County	Kansas	7,852	137	0
Lake County	Oregon	7,843	35	0
Lemhi County	Idaho	7,798	181	0
Doniphan County	Kansas	7,736	159	0
Dade County	Missouri	7,590	127	0
Lake County	Colorado	7,585	118	0
Ferry County	Washington	7,576	32	0
Elliott County	Kentucky	7,517	62	0
Worth County	Iowa	7,489	126	0
Crook County	Wyoming	7,410	83	0
Calhoun County	West Virginia	7,396	32	0
Pepin County	Wisconsin	7,262	92	0
Harney County	Oregon	7,228	13	0
Childress County	Texas	7,226	91	0
Wolfe County	Kentucky	7,223	59	0
Jefferson County	Nebraska	7,188	70	0
Grant County	Oregon	7,183	10	0
Union County	Indiana	7,153	102	0
Weston County	Wyoming	7,100	99	0
Tucker County	West Virginia	7,027	52	0
Pembina County	North Dakota	7,016	169	0
Nemaha County	Nebraska	7,004	159	0
Grand Isle County	Vermont	6,965	16	0
Henderson County	Illinois	6,884	111	0
Powell County	Montana	6,861	43	0
Clark County	Missouri	6,800	104	0
Lee County	Kentucky	6,751	41	0
Cumberland County	Kentucky	6,713	125	0
Brown County	Illinois	6,675	96	0
Pershing County	Nevada	6,611	23	0
Norman County	Minnesota	6,559	94	0
Kearney County	Nebraska	6,552	236	0
Edwards County	Illinois	6,507	98	0
Rio Blanco County	Colorado	6,465	25	0
Luce County	Michigan	6,364	40	0
Reynolds County	Missouri	6,315	60	0
Ellsworth County	Kansas	6,293	167	0
Clay County	Nebraska	6,232	122	0
Jefferson County	Oklahoma	6,223	67	0
Mitchell County	Kansas	6,222	57	0
Essex County	Vermont	6,208	6	0
Greenwood County	Kansas	6,156	45	0
Osceola County	Iowa	6,115	248	0
Teton County	Montana	6,080	74	0
Gray County	Kansas	6,037	127	0
Carson County	Texas	6,032	49	0
Hamlin County	South Dakota	6,000	159	0
Stanton County	Nebraska	5,992	61	0
Ontonagon County	Michigan	5,968	72	0
Sherman County	Kansas	5,966	145	0
San Saba County	Texas	5,962	110	0
Gilpin County	Colorado	5,924	24	0
Ottawa County	Kansas	5,902	108	0
Alfalfa County	Oklahoma	5,857	112	0
Broadwater County	Montana	5,834	39	0
Bent County	Colorado	5,809	12	0
Wirt County	West Virginia	5,797	28	0
Chouteau County	Montana	5,789	56	0
Dewey County	South Dakota	5,779	268	0
Putnam County	Illinois	5,746	85	0
Lincoln County	Minnesota	5,707	165	0
Coal County	Oklahoma	5,618	82	0
Covington city	Virginia	5,582	33	0
Morris County	Kansas	5,566	51	0
Lincoln County	Colorado	5,548	24	0
Washington County	Kansas	5,525	29	0
Norton County	Kansas	5,486	336	0
Wheeler County	Texas	5,482	59	0
Beaver County	Oklahoma	5,415	80	0
Ransom County	North Dakota	5,361	131	0
Lincoln County	Idaho	5,321	135	0
Boone County	Nebraska	5,313	127	0
Cook County	Minnesota	5,311	11	0
Sheridan County	Nebraska	5,234	101	0
Delta County	Texas	5,215	32	0
Johnson County	Nebraska	5,197	93	0
Lincoln County	Nevada	5,174	34	0
Craig County	Virginia	5,113	42	0
Thayer County	Nebraska	5,098	46	0
Scott County	Illinois	5,047	93	0
Big Stone County	Minnesota	5,016	127	0
Mills County	Texas	4,902	71	0
Marshall County	South Dakota	4,895	59	0
Calhoun County	Illinois	4,858	69	0
Morrill County	Nebraska	4,841	94	0
Washington County	Colorado	4,840	78	0
Barber County	Kansas	4,733	27	0
Cameron County	Pennsylvania	4,686	8	0
Hot Springs County	Wyoming	4,680	45	0
Custer County	Colorado	4,640	19	0
Menominee County	Wisconsin	4,579	219	0
Mora County	New Mexico	4,563	14	0
Schuyler County	Missouri	4,502	35	0
Mineral County	Nevada	4,448	14	0
Bath County	Virginia	4,393	22	0
Kittson County	Minnesota	4,337	27	0
Oneida County	Idaho	4,326	34	0
Phillips County	Colorado	4,318	37	0
Deuel County	South Dakota	4,306	151	0
Nuckolls County	Nebraska	4,275	65	0
Mineral County	Montana	4,211	14	0
Pierce County	North Dakota	4,210	57	0
Wahkiakum County	Washington	4,189	10	0
Phillips County	Montana	4,124	143	0
Ellis County	Oklahoma	4,072	19	0
Hemphill County	Texas	4,061	132	0
Wells County	North Dakota	4,055	78	0
Hardin County	Illinois	4,009	49	0
Norton city	Virginia	3,990	44	0
Storey County	Nevada	3,941	20	0
Chase County	Nebraska	3,734	120	0
Adams County	Iowa	3,726	67	0
Clark County	South Dakota	3,673	71	0
Kimball County	Nebraska	3,667	33	0
Mercer County	Missouri	3,664	31	0
Smith County	Kansas	3,663	19	0
Osborne County	Kansas	3,603	21	0
Sheridan County	Montana	3,574	46	0
Webster County	Nebraska	3,571	84	0
Baca County	Colorado	3,563	24	0
Nance County	Nebraska	3,554	73	0
Harlan County	Nebraska	3,438	49	0
Chautauqua County	Kansas	3,367	21	0
Traverse County	Minnesota	3,337	53	0
Shackelford County	Texas	3,311	34	0
Granite County	Montana	3,269	52	0
Woodson County	Kansas	3,170	19	0
Rush County	Kansas	3,102	75	0
Franklin County	Nebraska	3,006	72	0
Stanley County	South Dakota	2,997	73	0
Collingsworth County	Texas	2,996	19	0
Brown County	Nebraska	2,988	65	0
Sierra County	California	2,930	6	0
Edwards County	Kansas	2,925	32	0
Perkins County	South Dakota	2,907	62	0
Hitchcock County	Nebraska	2,843	30	0
Fallon County	Montana	2,838	32	0
Logan County	Kansas	2,810	30	0
Aurora County	South Dakota	2,759	158	0
Harmon County	Oklahoma	2,721	62	0
Pawnee County	Nebraska	2,676	27	0
Hamilton County	Kansas	2,616	52	0
Frontier County	Nebraska	2,609	25	0
Butte County	Idaho	2,602	79	0
Elk County	Kansas	2,562	5	0
Kiowa County	Kansas	2,526	37	0
Rawlins County	Kansas	2,509	75	0
Sheridan County	Kansas	2,506	114	0
Niobrara County	Wyoming	2,448	5	0
Greeley County	Nebraska	2,410	43	0
Sanborn County	South Dakota	2,388	74	0
McPherson County	South Dakota	2,364	56	0
Adams County	North Dakota	2,351	59	0
Potter County	South Dakota	2,326	84	0
Liberty County	Montana	2,280	28	0
Jeff Davis County	Texas	2,234	17	0
Miner County	South Dakota	2,229	114	0
Garfield County	Washington	2,224	14	0
Highland County	Virginia	2,214	9	0
Cimarron County	Oklahoma	2,189	34	0
Wichita County	Kansas	2,143	21	0
Keweenaw County	Michigan	2,130	18	0
Menard County	Texas	2,123	39	0
De Baca County	New Mexico	2,060	1	0
Mellette County	South Dakota	2,055	48	0
Boyd County	Nebraska	2,042	49	0
Worth County	Missouri	2,040	26	0
Cheyenne County	Colorado	2,039	14	0
Gosper County	Nebraska	2,015	54	0
Garfield County	Nebraska	1,975	19	0
Judith Basin County	Montana	1,951	15	0
Logan County	North Dakota	1,927	114	0
Steele County	North Dakota	1,910	34	0
Gilliam County	Oregon	1,907	11	0
Deuel County	Nebraska	1,894	7	0
Golden Valley County	North Dakota	1,882	103	0
Garden County	Nebraska	1,860	17	0
Hodgeman County	Kansas	1,842	26	0
Dolores County	Colorado	1,841	3	0
Oliver County	North Dakota	1,837	67	0
Eureka County	Nevada	1,830	10	0
Comanche County	Kansas	1,780	18	0
Daniels County	Montana	1,753	16	0
Taliaferro County	Georgia	1,665	25	0
McCone County	Montana	1,630	48	0
Sherman County	Oregon	1,605	18	0
Wallace County	Kansas	1,575	27	0
Irion County	Texas	1,524	13	0
Kiowa County	Colorado	1,449	3	0
Campbell County	South Dakota	1,435	70	0
Glasscock County	Texas	1,430	11	0
Wheeler County	Oregon	1,426	1	0
Foard County	Texas	1,408	20	0
Prairie County	Montana	1,342	29	0
Hyde County	South Dakota	1,331	33	0
Sully County	South Dakota	1,331	37	0
Carter County	Montana	1,318	32	0
Harding County	South Dakota	1,311	33	0
Jackson County	Colorado	1,296	9	0
Sioux County	Nebraska	1,266	12	0
Greeley County	Kansas	1,200	10	0
Wibaux County	Montana	1,175	37	0
Motley County	Texas	1,156	12	0
Alpine County	California	1,146	3	0
Sterling County	Texas	1,141	11	0
Garfield County	Montana	1,141	19	0
Clark County	Idaho	1,077	40	0
Esmeralda County	Nevada	981	0	0
Billings County	North Dakota	946	31	0
Hayes County	Nebraska	943	14	0
Camas County	Idaho	886	39	0
Logan County	Nebraska	886	8	0
Roberts County	Texas	885	14	0
Hinsdale County	Colorado	878	3	0
Terrell County	Texas	862	4	0
Mineral County	Colorado	823	21	0
Wheeler County	Nebraska	822	3	0
Keya Paha County	Nebraska	792	8	0
Treasure County	Montana	777	11	0
Kent County	Texas	749	10	0
Jones County	South Dakota	735	27	0
Golden Valley County	Montana	724	10	0
Grant County	Nebraska	718	4	0
Slope County	North Dakota	704	12	0
Banner County	Nebraska	696	2	0
Borden County	Texas	665	2	0
Thomas County	Nebraska	645	8	0
Loup County	Nebraska	585	5	0
San Juan County	Colorado	544	6	0
Blaine County	Nebraska	480	3	0
Harding County	New Mexico	459	1	0
McPherson County	Nebraska	454	9	0
Petroleum County	Montana	432	3	0
Arthur County	Nebraska	418	3	0
King County	Texas	228	1	0
Loving County	Texas	102	0	0
Kalawao County	Hawaii	75	0	0

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