COVID-19 has killed almost 235,000 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 5,139. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the figure currently number is 5,121. Los Angeles County has had 7,074 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 2,811.

However, 301 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 656 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.

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, excluding water. It covers 52 square miles, of which 41 square miles is water.

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

These are the 301 counties where no one has died from COVID-19.

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
Tompkins	New York	102,962	656	0
Kauai	Hawaii	71,377	65	0
Siskiyou	California	43,540	200	0
Clatsop	Oregon	38,562	257	0
Chippewa	Michigan	37,834	187	0
Sagadahoc	Maine	35,277	88	0
Coos	New Hampshire	32,038	96	0
Washington	Maine	31,694	68	0
Jefferson	Washington	30,856	88	0
Caledonia	Vermont	30,425	46	0
Boyle	Kentucky	29,913	491	0
Pine	Minnesota	29,129	611	0
Orange	Vermont	28,937	38	0
Pike	Ohio	28,214	384	0
San Miguel	New Mexico	28,034	196	0
Orleans	Vermont	26,911	42	0
Woodford	Kentucky	26,097	419	0
Tillamook	Oregon	26,076	77	0
Adair	Missouri	25,325	578	0
Pottawatomie	Kansas	23,545	318	0
Antrim	Michigan	23,177	143	0
Fillmore	Minnesota	20,888	309	0
Dodge	Minnesota	20,582	432	0
McDowell	West Virginia	19,217	131	0
Plumas	California	18,699	85	0
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	50	0
Morgan	West Virginia	17,624	157	0
Piscataquis	Maine	16,887	11	0
Giles	Virginia	16,814	146	0
San Juan	Washington	16,473	34	0
Park	Montana	16,246	285	0
Neosho	Kansas	16,125	193	0
Lawrence	Kentucky	15,783	175	0
Roseau	Minnesota	15,462	393	0
Page	Iowa	15,363	441	0
Kossuth	Iowa	15,075	519	0
Morgan	Ohio	14,702	104	0
Pendleton	Kentucky	14,520	142	0
Fleming	Kentucky	14,479	200	0
Noble	Ohio	14,443	239	0
Trigg	Kentucky	14,344	261	0
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	306	0
Braxton	West Virginia	14,282	73	0
Faribault	Minnesota	13,896	268	0
Ketchikan Gateway	Alaska	13,804	90	0
Kodiak Island	Alaska	13,649	124	0
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	152	0
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	68	0
Trinity	California	12,862	30	0
Caldwell	Kentucky	12,727	306	0
Magoffin	Kentucky	12,666	203	0
Johnson	Illinois	12,602	408	0
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	163	0
Jefferson	Montana	11,778	186	0
Washita	Oklahoma	11,432	193	0
Cottonwood	Minnesota	11,372	318	0
Pope	Minnesota	10,980	178	0
Mackinac	Michigan	10,817	171	0
Red Willow	Nebraska	10,806	283	0
Oregon	Missouri	10,699	247	0
Switzerland	Indiana	10,628	110	0
Lake	Minnesota	10,569	142	0
Iron	Missouri	10,221	115	0
Ralls	Missouri	10,217	221	0
Martin	Indiana	10,210	214	0
Ritchie	West Virginia	9,932	53	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	138	0
Cheyenne	Nebraska	9,852	129	0
Marshall	Kansas	9,798	77	0
North Slope	Alaska	9,797	281	0
Pratt	Kansas	9,582	147	0
Montmorency	Michigan	9,261	37	0
Woods	Oklahoma	9,127	190	0
Greene	Iowa	9,003	210	0
Modoc	California	8,938	34	0
Tyler	West Virginia	8,909	55	0
Maries	Missouri	8,884	222	0
Mathews	Virginia	8,796	137	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	82	0
Clearwater	Idaho	8,640	149	0
Trimble	Kentucky	8,637	102	0
Pocahontas	West Virginia	8,531	73	0
Cedar	Nebraska	8,523	159	0
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	36	0
Gilmer	West Virginia	8,205	65	0
Kusilvak	Alaska	8,198	250	0
Conejos	Colorado	8,142	82	0
Keith	Nebraska	8,099	119	0
Decatur	Iowa	8,044	174	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	110	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	203	0
Lake	Oregon	7,843	47	0
Doniphan	Kansas	7,736	188	0
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	258	0
Dade	Missouri	7,590	152	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	143	0
Ferry	Washington	7,576	35	0
Chariton	Missouri	7,546	75	0
Elliott	Kentucky	7,517	340	0
Worth	Iowa	7,489	160	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	36	0
Pepin	Wisconsin	7,262	172	0
Harney	Oregon	7,228	39	0
Childress	Texas	7,226	125	0
Wolfe	Kentucky	7,223	74	0
Jefferson	Nebraska	7,188	102	0
Grant	Oregon	7,183	14	0
Union	Indiana	7,153	133	0
Weston	Wyoming	7,100	164	0
Tucker	West Virginia	7,027	67	0
Pembina	North Dakota	7,016	257	0
Nemaha	Nebraska	7,004	173	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	17	0
Henderson	Illinois	6,884	137	0
Powell	Montana	6,861	183	0
Cumberland	Kentucky	6,713	153	0
Brown	Illinois	6,675	127	0
Woodruff	Arkansas	6,660	150	0
Pershing	Nevada	6,611	24	0
Norman	Minnesota	6,559	150	0
Kearney	Nebraska	6,552	258	0
Edwards	Illinois	6,507	116	0
Rio Blanco	Colorado	6,465	31	0
Jefferson	Oklahoma	6,223	90	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	58	0
Essex	Vermont	6,208	9	0
Greenwood	Kansas	6,156	63	0
Osceola	Iowa	6,115	318	0
Hamlin	South Dakota	6,000	225	0
Stanton	Nebraska	5,992	85	0
Gilpin	Colorado	5,924	30	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	119	0
Alfalfa	Oklahoma	5,857	132	0
Broadwater	Montana	5,834	92	0
Bent	Colorado	5,809	18	0
Wirt	West Virginia	5,797	56	0
Chouteau	Montana	5,789	119	0
Dewey	South Dakota	5,779	404	0
Hartley	Texas	5,767	179	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	100	0
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	107	0
Lincoln	Minnesota	5,707	208	0
Coal	Oklahoma	5,618	119	0
Covington	Virginia	5,582	50	0
Morris	Kansas	5,566	65	0
Lincoln	Colorado	5,548	25	0
Washington	Kansas	5,525	39	0
Wheeler	Texas	5,482	90	0
Boone	Nebraska	5,313	168	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	24	0
Sheridan	Nebraska	5,234	147	0
Delta	Texas	5,215	36	0
Calhoun	Arkansas	5,202	61	0
Johnson	Nebraska	5,197	114	0
Lincoln	Nevada	5,174	49	0
Craig	Virginia	5,113	61	0
Thayer	Nebraska	5,098	71	0
Scott	Illinois	5,047	116	0
Dillingham	Alaska	4,975	61	0
Calhoun	Illinois	4,858	84	0
Morrill	Nebraska	4,841	132	0
Washington	Colorado	4,840	106	0
Barber	Kansas	4,733	57	0
Cameron	Pennsylvania	4,686	10	0
Hot Springs	Wyoming	4,680	55	0
Custer	Colorado	4,640	24	0
Menominee	Wisconsin	4,579	344	0
Mora	New Mexico	4,563	15	0
Schuyler	Missouri	4,502	47	0
Mineral	Nevada	4,448	18	0
Bath	Virginia	4,393	26	0
Kittson	Minnesota	4,337	66	0
Oneida	Idaho	4,326	64	0
Phillips	Colorado	4,318	61	0
Nuckolls	Nebraska	4,275	109	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	16	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	11	0
Ellis	Oklahoma	4,072	30	0
Wells	North Dakota	4,055	201	0
Hardin	Illinois	4,009	59	0
Norton	Virginia	3,990	52	0
Storey	Nevada	3,941	24	0
Chase	Nebraska	3,734	160	0
Kimball	Nebraska	3,667	65	0
Mercer	Missouri	3,664	37	0
Smith	Kansas	3,663	24	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	24	0
Sheridan	Montana	3,574	83	0
Webster	Nebraska	3,571	123	0
Baca	Colorado	3,563	37	0
Nance	Nebraska	3,554	113	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	65	0
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	16	0
Chautauqua	Kansas	3,367	24	0
Traverse	Minnesota	3,337	63	0
Shackelford	Texas	3,311	40	0
Granite	Montana	3,269	71	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	23	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	81	0
Franklin	Nebraska	3,006	94	0
Stanley	South Dakota	2,997	101	0
Collingsworth	Texas	2,996	21	0
Brown	Nebraska	2,988	82	0
Sierra	California	2,930	6	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	43	0
Perkins	South Dakota	2,907	82	0
Hitchcock	Nebraska	2,843	52	0
Fallon	Montana	2,838	85	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	39	0
Aurora	South Dakota	2,759	205	0
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	78	0
Pawnee	Nebraska	2,676	32	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	61	0
Frontier	Nebraska	2,609	43	0
Butte	Idaho	2,602	104	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	6	0
Kiowa	Kansas	2,526	49	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	13	0
Rawlins	Kansas	2,509	96	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	183	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	19	0
Niobrara	Wyoming	2,448	17	0
Greeley	Nebraska	2,410	48	0
McPherson	South Dakota	2,364	72	0
Adams	North Dakota	2,351	91	0
Potter	South Dakota	2,326	139	0
Liberty	Montana	2,280	35	0
Jeff Davis	Texas	2,234	23	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	31	0
Garfield	Washington	2,224	26	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	10	0
Cimarron	Oklahoma	2,189	40	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	39	0
Keweenaw	Michigan	2,130	23	0
Menard	Texas	2,123	77	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	2	0
Boyd	Nebraska	2,042	78	0
Worth	Missouri	2,040	36	0
Cheyenne	Colorado	2,039	15	0
Gosper	Nebraska	2,015	62	0
Garfield	Nebraska	1,975	35	0
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	16	0
Gilliam	Oregon	1,907	17	0
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	15	0
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	121	0
Garden	Nebraska	1,860	48	0
Hodgeman	Kansas	1,842	29	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	3	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	13	0
Comanche	Kansas	1,780	19	0
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	31	0
McCone	Montana	1,630	65	0
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	21	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	47	0
Irion	Texas	1,524	14	0
Kiowa	Colorado	1,449	6	0
Glasscock	Texas	1,430	13	0
Wheeler	Oregon	1,426	1	0
Prairie	Montana	1,342	33	0
Hyde	South Dakota	1,331	51	0
Sully	South Dakota	1,331	45	0
Harding	South Dakota	1,311	58	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	9	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	12	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	17	0
Wibaux	Montana	1,175	44	0
Motley	Texas	1,156	17	0
Alpine	California	1,146	4	0
Garfield	Montana	1,141	30	0
Sterling	Texas	1,141	21	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	40	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	8	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	0	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	34	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	25	0
Camas	Idaho	886	41	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	11	0
Roberts	Texas	885	15	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	4	0
Terrell	Texas	862	4	0
Mineral	Colorado	823	21	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	3	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	9	0
Kent	Texas	749	12	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	34	0
Golden Valley	Montana	724	16	0
Grant	Nebraska	718	5	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	15	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	4	0
Borden	Texas	665	2	0
Thomas	Nebraska	645	14	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	8	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	10	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	3	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	1	0
McPherson	Nebraska	454	10	0
Petroleum	Montana	432	4	0
Arthur	Nebraska	418	5	0
King	Texas	228	1	0
Loving	Texas	102	0	0
Kalawao	Hawaii	75	0	0

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