COVID-19 has killed 356,160 people in America, according to the Microsoft Bing COVID-19 Tracker. One academic forecast expects the spread of the disease could drive the figure to over 700,000 by the end of March. 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 number in the thousands. In Queens County, part of New York City, the number is already 5,409. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the figure currently is 5,467. Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, has had 10,850 deaths. Cook County, home of Chicago, has had 8,483.

However, 83 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all. Many are in states that have had very few deaths, like Vermont. Others are very small counties, based on population, in hard-hit states like Kansas.

It is not surprising that the counties with no deaths are small by population count. The largest, Tillamook County, Oregon, has only 26,076 residents. The population has doubled since 1940. It is fairly isolated, along the Pacific Coast, west of Portland. It is spread out across 1,333 square miles. That is over nine times the size of Detroit, which has nearly 700,000 residents. About 17% of the county is covered with water. According to the U.S. Census, 93% of the county’s residents are white. The median household income is 49,895, nearly $20,000 less than the national average.

Beyond Tillamook County, only seven other counties on the list have populations over 15,000. The second largest is Los Alamos County, New Mexico, at 18,356. The third is Dukes County, Massachusetts. The location of these three shows how widespread counties with no COVID-19 deaths can be. Its population is 17,313.

Three of the counties on the list have posted less than three confirmed COVID-19 cases. These are Harding County in New Mexico and King and Loving Counties in Texas. Loving has recorded only one.

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

These are the 83 counties where no one has died from COVID-19:

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
Tillamook	Oregon	26,076	325	0
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	299	0
Dukes	Massachusetts	17,313	516	0
San Juan	Washington	16,473	76	0
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	693	0
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	561	0
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	502	0
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	715	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	201	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	164	0
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	169	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	400	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	507	0
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	349	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	437	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	141	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	63	0
Luce	Michigan	6,364	195	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	387	0
Essex	Vermont	6,208	80	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	308	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	106	0
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	325	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	106	0
Bath	Virginia	4,393	187	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	184	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	49	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	103	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	179	0
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	25	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	68	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	267	0
Sierra	California	2,930	28	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	106	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	76	0
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	201	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	139	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	39	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	17	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	345	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	22	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	44	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	57	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	120	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	99	0
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	77	0
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	71	0
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	201	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	52	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	36	0
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	52	0
McCone	Montana	1,630	144	0
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	31	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	103	0
Irion	Texas	1,524	71	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	35	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	27	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	37	0
Alpine	California	1,146	68	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	53	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	8	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	32	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	49	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	55	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	69	0
Camas	Idaho	886	57	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	14	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	28	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	38	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	68	0
Golden Valley	Montana	724	43	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	29	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	26	0
Borden	Texas	665	18	0
Thomas	Nebraska	645	46	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	36	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	27	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	16	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	8	0
McPherson	Nebraska	454	21	0
Arthur	Nebraska	418	18	0
King	Texas	228	6	0
Loving	Texas	102	1	0

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