COVID-19 has killed 271,296 people in America. Some academic and government models forecast the spread of the disease will drive the figure to over 350,000 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 numbered in the thousands. In Queens County, part of New York City, the figure is already 5,178. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the number is 5,205. Los Angeles County has had 7,639 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 3,009.

However, 163 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all.

Not surprisingly, the counties with no deaths are small by population count. The largest, Clatsop County in Oregon, has a population of 38,562. It is along the Pacific coast, northwest of Portland. It is not densely populated. Residents are spread over an area of 1,084 square miles, about seven times the size of Detroit. Over 90% of the population is white Americans. Less than 1% 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 8% of the population. Clatsop County has had 351 confirmed cases.

Only one other county on the list has over 35,000 residents. Sagadahoc County, Maine, is along the Atlantic coast. It has 149 confirmed cases. Maine overall has few cases compared to the balance of the country. With 11,757 confirmed cases, it ranks second from the bottom based on that measure, behind only Vermont, which has 4,172. Fatal cases in Maine total 194.

One county on the list has registered only one 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.

Finally, 29 states have at least one county where there have been no deaths.

These are the 163 counties where no one has died from COVID-19.

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	279	0
Hyde	South Dakota	1,331	125	0
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	159	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	62	0
Elliott	Kentucky	7,517	594	0
Stanley	South Dakota	2,997	229	0
Adams	North Dakota	2,351	173	0
Prairie	Montana	1,342	93	0
Alfalfa	Oklahoma	5,857	386	0
Hodgeman	Kansas	1,842	114	0
McCone	Montana	1,630	100	0
Clearwater	Idaho	8,640	529	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	95	0
Camas	Idaho	886	53	0
Greene	Iowa	9,003	525	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	179	0
Harding	South Dakota	1,311	73	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	47	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	31	0
Ellis	Oklahoma	4,072	209	0
Greeley	Nebraska	2,410	123	0
Calhoun	Illinois	4,858	247	0
Jefferson	Nebraska	7,188	360	0
Worth	Iowa	7,489	362	0
Keith	Nebraska	8,099	387	0
Butte	Idaho	2,602	123	0
Thomas	Nebraska	645	30	0
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	359	0
North Slope	Alaska	9,797	450	0
Scott	Illinois	5,047	231	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	43	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	48	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	115	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	41	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	340	0
Niobrara	Wyoming	2,448	105	0
Nemaha	Nebraska	7,004	298	0
Mineral	Colorado	823	35	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	91	0
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	243	0
Dodge	Minnesota	20,582	860	0
Garden	Nebraska	1,860	76	0
Jefferson	Montana	11,778	470	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	136	0
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	486	0
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	107	0
Decatur	Iowa	8,044	316	0
Arthur	Nebraska	418	16	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	20	0
Hartley	Texas	5,767	208	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	272	0
Alpine	California	1,146	41	0
Cimarron	Oklahoma	2,189	78	0
Worth	Missouri	2,040	72	0
Oregon	Missouri	10,699	374	0
Stanton	Nebraska	5,992	203	0
Fillmore	Minnesota	20,888	699	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	197	0
Golden Valley	Montana	724	24	0
McPherson	Nebraska	454	15	0
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	466	0
Cumberland	Kentucky	6,713	217	0
Jeff Davis	Texas	2,234	72	0
Pawnee	Nebraska	2,676	86	0
Kiowa	Kansas	2,526	81	0
Oneida	Idaho	4,326	138	0
Chariton	Missouri	7,546	238	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	15	0
Boyle	Kentucky	29,913	929	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	189	0
Glasscock	Texas	1,430	43	0
Hot Springs	Wyoming	4,680	138	0
Baca	Colorado	3,563	102	0
Cheyenne	Colorado	2,039	58	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	22	0
Woodford	Kentucky	26,097	724	0
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	54	0
Nantucket	Massachusetts	11,101	300	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	19	0
Luce	Michigan	6,364	167	0
Mackinac	Michigan	10,817	281	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	30	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	73	0
Lincoln	Colorado	5,548	138	0
Gilmer	West Virginia	8,205	203	0
Neosho	Kansas	16,125	398	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	196	0
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	321	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	67	0
Fleming	Kentucky	14,479	345	0
Garfield	Washington	2,224	52	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	16	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	228	0
Iron	Missouri	10,221	233	0
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	37	0
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	41	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	188	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	44	0
Norton	Virginia	3,990	82	0
Irion	Texas	1,524	31	0
Pocahontas	West Virginia	8,531	173	0
Trimble	Kentucky	8,637	174	0
Kodiak Island	Alaska	13,649	274	0
Tucker	West Virginia	7,027	140	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	43	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	108	0
Comanche	Kansas	1,780	32	0
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	225	0
Giles	Virginia	16,814	293	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	73	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	21	0
Las Animas	Colorado	14,179	230	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	21	0
Kiowa	Colorado	1,449	23	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	13	0
Shackelford	Texas	3,311	52	0
Dukes	Massachusetts	17,313	270	0
Pershing	Nevada	6,611	98	0
Custer	Colorado	4,640	67	0
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	23	0
Ketchikan Gateway	Alaska	13,804	197	0
Gilpin	Colorado	5,924	84	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	51	0
Bath	Virginia	4,393	61	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	72	0
Storey	Nevada	3,941	52	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	6	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	39	0
Trinity	California	12,862	157	0
Gilliam	Oregon	1,907	22	0
Modoc	California	8,938	103	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	21	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	77	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	19	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	9	0
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	35	0
Plumas	California	18,699	188	0
Loving	Texas	102	1	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	25	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	9	0
Clatsop	Oregon	38,562	351	0
King	Texas	228	2	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	9	0
Braxton	West Virginia	14,282	116	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	20	0
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	68	0
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	142	0
Mora	New Mexico	4,563	35	0
Borden	Texas	665	5	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	16	0
Orange	Vermont	28,937	206	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	16	0
Essex	Vermont	6,208	38	0
Cameron	Pennsylvania	4,686	26	0
Sierra	California	2,930	16	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	38	0
Tillamook	Oregon	26,076	123	0
Sagadahoc	Maine	35,277	149	0
Caledonia	Vermont	30,425	121	0
San Juan	Washington	16,473	56	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	13	0
Piscataquis	Maine	16,887	42	0
Wheeler	Oregon	1,426	3	0

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