COVID-19 Racial/Ethnic Mortality Disparities

Data source: CDC Provisional and final COVID-19 deaths by county and race.

Highest COVID-19 Mortality Disparity, All Counties, Bee Swarm Plot

*Note: disparity is the ratio of percentage of COVID-19 related deaths to the percentage of the total population for a given racial/ethnic group.

In the chart below, each county in the dataset is represented by a single dot. Dots are colored by the racial/ethnic group with the largest disparity as in the bar chart above. Counties with lower disparity ratios are positioned towards the left, those with higher disparity ratios are towards the right of the chart.

You may click on a race/ethnicity category to filter the chart.