COVID-19 has killed about 250,485 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 5,157. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the number is 5,167. Los Angeles County has had 7,269 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 2,910.

However, 225 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all.

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. While Cornell, an Ivy League university, is located there, the county 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 656 confirmed cases.

Beyond Tompkins County, only one other county has 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 222 deaths in total, and a relatively small 16,711 confirmed cases. Confirmed cases in Kauai County have totaled 80.

Only one county on the list has not even registered a confirmed case. Loving County, Texas, has a population of 102. It is the second-least populated county in America, and it covers an area of 677 square miles.

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

These are the 225 counties where no one has died from COVID-19.

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
Tompkins	New York	102,962	806	0
Kauai	Hawaii	71,377	80	0
Clatsop	Oregon	38,562	303	0
Sagadahoc	Maine	35,277	115	0
Washington	Maine	31,694	146	0
Jefferson	Washington	30,856	114	0
Caledonia	Vermont	30,425	68	0
Boyle	Kentucky	29,913	671	0
Orange	Vermont	28,937	91	0
San Miguel	New Mexico	28,034	281	0
Woodford	Kentucky	26,097	539	0
Tillamook	Oregon	26,076	100	0
Pottawatomie	Kansas	23,545	425	0
Fillmore	Minnesota	20,888	477	0
Dodge	Minnesota	20,582	639	0
Plumas	California	18,699	128	0
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	85	0
Morgan	West Virginia	17,624	206	0
Piscataquis	Maine	16,887	24	0
Giles	Virginia	16,814	198	0
San Juan	Washington	16,473	49	0
Park	Montana	16,246	456	0
Neosho	Kansas	16,125	304	0
Fleming	Kentucky	14,479	244	0
Trigg	Kentucky	14,344	320	0
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	367	0
Braxton	West Virginia	14,282	94	0
Faribault	Minnesota	13,896	383	0
Ketchikan Gateway	Alaska	13,804	174	0
Kodiak Island	Alaska	13,649	170	0
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	215	0
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	94	0
Trinity	California	12,862	67	0
Caldwell	Kentucky	12,727	431	0
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	268	0
Jefferson	Montana	11,778	310	0
Cottonwood	Minnesota	11,372	510	0
Pope	Minnesota	10,980	361	0
Mackinac	Michigan	10,817	216	0
Oregon	Missouri	10,699	314	0
Iron	Missouri	10,221	166	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	165	0
Cheyenne	Nebraska	9,852	333	0
Marshall	Kansas	9,798	155	0
North Slope	Alaska	9,797	380	0
Pratt	Kansas	9,582	350	0
Montmorency	Michigan	9,261	81	0
Greene	Iowa	9,003	397	0
Modoc	California	8,938	64	0
Tyler	West Virginia	8,909	106	0
Mathews	Virginia	8,796	147	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	132	0
Clearwater	Idaho	8,640	246	0
Trimble	Kentucky	8,637	129	0
Pocahontas	West Virginia	8,531	81	0
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	47	0
Gilmer	West Virginia	8,205	175	0
Kusilvak	Alaska	8,198	353	0
Keith	Nebraska	8,099	215	0
Decatur	Iowa	8,044	263	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	155	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	281	0
Lake	Oregon	7,843	63	0
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	307	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	184	0
Chariton	Missouri	7,546	177	0
Elliott	Kentucky	7,517	498	0
Worth	Iowa	7,489	262	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	43	0
Harney	Oregon	7,228	65	0
Childress	Texas	7,226	778	0
Jefferson	Nebraska	7,188	232	0
Grant	Oregon	7,183	66	0
Weston	Wyoming	7,100	339	0
Tucker	West Virginia	7,027	75	0
Nemaha	Nebraska	7,004	245	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	32	0
Henderson	Illinois	6,884	226	0
Cumberland	Kentucky	6,713	184	0
Woodruff	Arkansas	6,660	193	0
Pershing	Nevada	6,611	39	0
Kearney	Nebraska	6,552	371	0
Rio Blanco	Colorado	6,465	61	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	86	0
Essex	Vermont	6,208	23	0
Greenwood	Kansas	6,156	91	0
Osceola	Iowa	6,115	437	0
Hamlin	South Dakota	6,000	331	0
Stanton	Nebraska	5,992	138	0
Gilpin	Colorado	5,924	63	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	142	0
Alfalfa	Oklahoma	5,857	164	0
Broadwater	Montana	5,834	146	0
Bent	Colorado	5,809	33	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	105	0
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	164	0
Coal	Oklahoma	5,618	217	0
Covington	Virginia	5,582	94	0
Lincoln	Colorado	5,548	84	0
Washington	Kansas	5,525	187	0
Boone	Nebraska	5,313	238	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	43	0
Sheridan	Nebraska	5,234	209	0
Delta	Texas	5,215	43	0
Calhoun	Arkansas	5,202	114	0
Craig	Virginia	5,113	72	0
Scott	Illinois	5,047	179	0
Dillingham	Alaska	4,975	81	0
Calhoun	Illinois	4,858	157	0
Morrill	Nebraska	4,841	209	0
Barber	Kansas	4,733	103	0
Cameron	Pennsylvania	4,686	16	0
Hot Springs	Wyoming	4,680	76	0
Custer	Colorado	4,640	50	0
Mora	New Mexico	4,563	19	0
Schuyler	Missouri	4,502	110	0
Bath	Virginia	4,393	36	0
Oneida	Idaho	4,326	92	0
Nuckolls	Nebraska	4,275	155	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	11	0
Ellis	Oklahoma	4,072	89	0
Hardin	Illinois	4,009	92	0
Norton	Virginia	3,990	63	0
Storey	Nevada	3,941	25	0
Kimball	Nebraska	3,667	109	0
Mercer	Missouri	3,664	59	0
Smith	Kansas	3,663	61	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	26	0
Sheridan	Montana	3,574	201	0
Baca	Colorado	3,563	42	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	102	0
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	22	0
Chautauqua	Kansas	3,367	26	0
Traverse	Minnesota	3,337	102	0
Shackelford	Texas	3,311	46	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	28	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	105	0
Stanley	South Dakota	2,997	163	0
Collingsworth	Texas	2,996	22	0
Brown	Nebraska	2,988	125	0
Sierra	California	2,930	11	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	57	0
Perkins	South Dakota	2,907	109	0
Fallon	Montana	2,838	156	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	52	0
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	93	0
Pawnee	Nebraska	2,676	53	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	67	0
Butte	Idaho	2,602	113	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	11	0
Kiowa	Kansas	2,526	66	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	16	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	236	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	20	0
Niobrara	Wyoming	2,448	62	0
Greeley	Nebraska	2,410	84	0
Adams	North Dakota	2,351	130	0
Potter	South Dakota	2,326	210	0
Jeff Davis	Texas	2,234	26	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	38	0
Garfield	Washington	2,224	51	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	14	0
Cimarron	Oklahoma	2,189	55	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	62	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	23	0
Worth	Missouri	2,040	48	0
Cheyenne	Colorado	2,039	27	0
Gosper	Nebraska	2,015	89	0
Garfield	Nebraska	1,975	64	0
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	38	0
Gilliam	Oregon	1,907	19	0
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	27	0
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	137	0
Garden	Nebraska	1,860	64	0
Hodgeman	Kansas	1,842	85	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	3	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	21	0
Comanche	Kansas	1,780	23	0
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	32	0
McCone	Montana	1,630	77	0
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	23	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	80	0
Irion	Texas	1,524	15	0
Kiowa	Colorado	1,449	14	0
Glasscock	Texas	1,430	18	0
Wheeler	Oregon	1,426	1	0
Prairie	Montana	1,342	48	0
Hyde	South Dakota	1,331	99	0
Harding	South Dakota	1,311	65	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	12	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	14	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	22	0
Wibaux	Montana	1,175	61	0
Motley	Texas	1,156	19	0
Alpine	California	1,146	12	0
Garfield	Montana	1,141	44	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	46	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	7	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	3	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	37	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	32	0
Camas	Idaho	886	52	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	21	0
Roberts	Texas	885	20	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	5	0
Terrell	Texas	862	9	0
Mineral	Colorado	823	21	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	7	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	17	0
Kent	Texas	749	19	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	46	0
Golden Valley	Montana	724	20	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	19	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	7	0
Borden	Texas	665	4	0
Thomas	Nebraska	645	27	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	15	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	15	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	10	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	4	0
McPherson	Nebraska	454	12	0
Petroleum	Montana	432	5	0
Arthur	Nebraska	418	14	0
King	Texas	228	1	0
Loving	Texas	102	0	0

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