These Are the 290 Counties Where No One Has Died From COVID-19

Health and Healthcare

Published: November 5, 2020 9:27 am

Last Updated: November 5, 2020 11:32 am

COVID-19 has killed almost 237,000 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, coronavirus deaths have been in the thousands. In Queens County, part of New York City, the number is already 5,140. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the figure currently number is 5,133. Los Angeles County has had 7,097 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 2,841.

However, 290 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all. These span 35 states. In Hawaii, Montana and Nebraska, more than a third 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. Cornell, an Ivy League university, is located there. However, it is mostly rural. Over 85% of the population is 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 660 confirmed cases.

Beyond Tompkins County is only one other county with no COVID-19 deaths and a population of over 50,000. This is Kauai County in Hawaii, with a population of 71,377. The state of Hawaii has only had 219 deaths in total, and a relatively small 15,359 confirmed cases. Confirmed cases in Kauai County have totaled 66.

One of the counties on the list has not even registered a confirmed case. It is Loving County, Texas, which has a population of 102.

Twenty-nine of the counties on the list have populations of less than 1,000.

These are the 290 counties where no one has died from COVID-19.

County	State	Population	Cases
Tompkins	New York	102,962	660
Kauai	Hawaii	71,377	66
Siskiyou	California	43,540	216
Clatsop	Oregon	38,562	268
Chippewa	Michigan	37,834	209
Coos	New Hampshire	32,038	116
Jefferson	Washington	30,856	89
Caledonia	Vermont	30,425	48
Boyle	Kentucky	29,913	501
Orange	Vermont	28,937	40
Pike	Ohio	28,214	406
San Miguel	New Mexico	28,034	203
Orleans	Vermont	26,911	43
Woodford	Kentucky	26,097	432
Tillamook	Oregon	26,076	80
Adair	Missouri	25,325	592
Pottawatomie	Kansas	23,545	330
Antrim	Michigan	23,177	155
Fillmore	Minnesota	20,888	311
Dodge	Minnesota	20,582	450
McDowell	West Virginia	19,217	139
Plumas	California	18,699	86
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	53
Morgan	West Virginia	17,624	167
Giles	Virginia	16,814	153
San Juan	Washington	16,473	34
Park	Montana	16,246	295
Neosho	Kansas	16,125	199
Lawrence	Kentucky	15,783	178
Roseau	Minnesota	15,462	412
Page	Iowa	15,363	454
Kossuth	Iowa	15,075	529
Morgan	Ohio	14,702	107
Pendleton	Kentucky	14,520	145
Fleming	Kentucky	14,479	206
Noble	Ohio	14,443	260
Trigg	Kentucky	14,344	271
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	313
Braxton	West Virginia	14,282	77
Faribault	Minnesota	13,896	277
Ketchikan Gateway	Alaska	13,804	92
Kodiak Island	Alaska	13,649	124
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	159
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	69
Trinity	California	12,862	30
Caldwell	Kentucky	12,727	323
Magoffin	Kentucky	12,666	221
Johnson	Illinois	12,602	417
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	165
Jefferson	Montana	11,778	197
Washita	Oklahoma	11,432	195
Cottonwood	Minnesota	11,372	329
Pope	Minnesota	10,980	187
Mackinac	Michigan	10,817	179
Red Willow	Nebraska	10,806	288
Oregon	Missouri	10,699	254
Switzerland	Indiana	10,628	114
Lake	Minnesota	10,569	151
Iron	Missouri	10,221	123
Ralls	Missouri	10,217	223
Martin	Indiana	10,210	217
Ritchie	West Virginia	9,932	61
Nome	Alaska	9,925	142
Cheyenne	Nebraska	9,852	132
Marshall	Kansas	9,798	81
North Slope	Alaska	9,797	286
Pratt	Kansas	9,582	159
Montmorency	Michigan	9,261	39
Woods	Oklahoma	9,127	194
Greene	Iowa	9,003	211
Modoc	California	8,938	45
Tyler	West Virginia	8,909	59
Mathews	Virginia	8,796	137
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	83
Clearwater	Idaho	8,640	167
Trimble	Kentucky	8,637	105
Pocahontas	West Virginia	8,531	74
Cedar	Nebraska	8,523	168
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	38
Gilmer	West Virginia	8,205	64
Kusilvak	Alaska	8,198	278
Conejos	Colorado	8,142	86
Keith	Nebraska	8,099	125
Decatur	Iowa	8,044	184
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	112
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	219
Lake	Oregon	7,843	47
Doniphan	Kansas	7,736	195
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	273
Lake	Colorado	7,585	151
Chariton	Missouri	7,546	76
Elliott	Kentucky	7,517	342
Worth	Iowa	7,489	170
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	37
Pepin	Wisconsin	7,262	192
Harney	Oregon	7,228	39
Childress	Texas	7,226	130
Wolfe	Kentucky	7,223	82
Jefferson	Nebraska	7,188	106
Grant	Oregon	7,183	18
Union	Indiana	7,153	137
Weston	Wyoming	7,100	181
Tucker	West Virginia	7,027	67
Pembina	North Dakota	7,016	275
Nemaha	Nebraska	7,004	178
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	17
Henderson	Illinois	6,884	145
Powell	Montana	6,861	198
Cumberland	Kentucky	6,713	155
Brown	Illinois	6,675	133
Woodruff	Arkansas	6,660	164
Pershing	Nevada	6,611	24
Norman	Minnesota	6,559	155
Kearney	Nebraska	6,552	267
Edwards	Illinois	6,507	119
Rio Blanco	Colorado	6,465	31
Jefferson	Oklahoma	6,223	93
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	61
Essex	Vermont	6,208	11
Greenwood	Kansas	6,156	70
Osceola	Iowa	6,115	322
Hamlin	South Dakota	6,000	234
Stanton	Nebraska	5,992	89
Gilpin	Colorado	5,924	33
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	124
Alfalfa	Oklahoma	5,857	139
Broadwater	Montana	5,834	94
Bent	Colorado	5,809	19
Wirt	West Virginia	5,797	59
Chouteau	Montana	5,789	126
Hartley	Texas	5,767	188
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	101
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	115
Lincoln	Minnesota	5,707	212
Coal	Oklahoma	5,618	123
Covington	Virginia	5,582	53
Morris	Kansas	5,566	76
Lincoln	Colorado	5,548	25
Washington	Kansas	5,525	57
Wheeler	Texas	5,482	98
Boone	Nebraska	5,313	171
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	27
Sheridan	Nebraska	5,234	148
Delta	Texas	5,215	38
Calhoun	Arkansas	5,202	66
Johnson	Nebraska	5,197	119
Lincoln	Nevada	5,174	49
Craig	Virginia	5,113	64
Thayer	Nebraska	5,098	75
Scott	Illinois	5,047	121
Dillingham	Alaska	4,975	63
Calhoun	Illinois	4,858	86
Morrill	Nebraska	4,841	138
Washington	Colorado	4,840	110
Barber	Kansas	4,733	69
Cameron	Pennsylvania	4,686	14
Hot Springs	Wyoming	4,680	55
Custer	Colorado	4,640	27
Mora	New Mexico	4,563	15
Schuyler	Missouri	4,502	51
Mineral	Nevada	4,448	18
Bath	Virginia	4,393	27
Kittson	Minnesota	4,337	78
Oneida	Idaho	4,326	70
Phillips	Colorado	4,318	70
Nuckolls	Nebraska	4,275	114
Mineral	Montana	4,211	17
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	11
Ellis	Oklahoma	4,072	31
Hardin	Illinois	4,009	61
Norton	Virginia	3,990	54
Storey	Nevada	3,941	24
Chase	Nebraska	3,734	165
Kimball	Nebraska	3,667	69
Mercer	Missouri	3,664	37
Smith	Kansas	3,663	33
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	26
Sheridan	Montana	3,574	93
Webster	Nebraska	3,571	125
Baca	Colorado	3,563	38
Nance	Nebraska	3,554	122
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	66
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	17
Chautauqua	Kansas	3,367	24
Traverse	Minnesota	3,337	63
Shackelford	Texas	3,311	40
Granite	Montana	3,269	74
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	23
Rush	Kansas	3,102	83
Franklin	Nebraska	3,006	94
Stanley	South Dakota	2,997	102
Collingsworth	Texas	2,996	21
Brown	Nebraska	2,988	86
Sierra	California	2,930	6
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	48
Perkins	South Dakota	2,907	82
Hitchcock	Nebraska	2,843	55
Fallon	Montana	2,838	96
Logan	Kansas	2,810	43
Aurora	South Dakota	2,759	215
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	80
Pawnee	Nebraska	2,676	34
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	61
Frontier	Nebraska	2,609	46
Butte	Idaho	2,602	105
Elk	Kansas	2,562	6
Kiowa	Kansas	2,526	51
Haines	Alaska	2,518	14
Rawlins	Kansas	2,509	101
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	191
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	19
Niobrara	Wyoming	2,448	18
Greeley	Nebraska	2,410	52
McPherson	South Dakota	2,364	73
Adams	North Dakota	2,351	100
Potter	South Dakota	2,326	143
Liberty	Montana	2,280	38
Jeff Davis	Texas	2,234	23
Denali	Alaska	2,232	32
Garfield	Washington	2,224	31
Highland	Virginia	2,214	10
Cimarron	Oklahoma	2,189	41
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	46
Keweenaw	Michigan	2,130	25
Menard	Texas	2,123	78
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	3
Boyd	Nebraska	2,042	80
Worth	Missouri	2,040	37
Cheyenne	Colorado	2,039	15
Gosper	Nebraska	2,015	63
Garfield	Nebraska	1,975	37
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	18
Gilliam	Oregon	1,907	17
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	15
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	124
Garden	Nebraska	1,860	48
Hodgeman	Kansas	1,842	38
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	3
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	14
Comanche	Kansas	1,780	22
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	31
McCone	Montana	1,630	68
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	23
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	60
Irion	Texas	1,524	14
Kiowa	Colorado	1,449	6
Glasscock	Texas	1,430	14
Wheeler	Oregon	1,426	1
Prairie	Montana	1,342	33
Hyde	South Dakota	1,331	53
Sully	South Dakota	1,331	48
Harding	South Dakota	1,311	62
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	9
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	12
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	18
Wibaux	Montana	1,175	45
Motley	Texas	1,156	17
Alpine	California	1,146	4
Garfield	Montana	1,141	30
Sterling	Texas	1,141	21
Clark	Idaho	1,077	40
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	7
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	34
Hayes	Nebraska	943	26
Camas	Idaho	886	45
Logan	Nebraska	886	12
Roberts	Texas	885	15
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	4
Terrell	Texas	862	4
Mineral	Colorado	823	21
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	4
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	9
Kent	Texas	749	12
Jones	South Dakota	735	37
Golden Valley	Montana	724	16
Grant	Nebraska	718	5
Slope	North Dakota	704	15
Banner	Nebraska	696	4
Borden	Texas	665	3
Thomas	Nebraska	645	15
Loup	Nebraska	585	8
San Juan	Colorado	544	11
Blaine	Nebraska	480	4
Harding	New Mexico	459	1
McPherson	Nebraska	454	10
Petroleum	Montana	432	4
Arthur	Nebraska	418	5
King	Texas	228	1
Loving	Texas	102	0