Per Capita Infection Rate By State (as of 415am 3/31/20)
New York 0.345
New Jersey 0.187
Louisiana 0.086
Massachusetts 0.083
Connecticut 0.072
District Of Columbia 0.07
Washington 0.069
Michigan 0.065
Colorado 0.046
Vermont 0.041
Illinois 0.04
Rhode Island 0.039
Nevada 0.034
Pennsylvania 0.032
Georgia 0.029
Tennessee 0.029
Mississippi 0.028
Florida 0.027
Indiana 0.027
Delaware 0.027
Utah 0.025
Idaho 0.025
Maryland 0.023
New Hampshire 0.023
Wisconsin 0.022
Maine 0.021
California 0.019
Alabama 0.019
Missouri 0.018
South Carolina 0.018
Ohio 0.017
Arkansas 0.017
Montana 0.017
Arizona 0.016
Alaska 0.016
Wyoming 0.016
Oregon 0.014
Hawaii 0.014
North Dakota 0.014
North Carolina 0.013
Iowa 0.013
Kansas 0.013
New Mexico 0.013
Texas 0.012
Virginia 0.012
Oklahoma 0.012
Kentucky 0.011
South Dakota 0.011
Minnesota 0.01
Nebraska 0.008
West Virginia 0.008
Surprise anybody? The more rural states tend to have the lowest infection rates, Minnesota and Texas being huge surprises because they have major urban centers within, yet, as currently reported, have some of the most contained infection rates...
Louisiana is the only southern state in the Top 14, and besides Louisiana and Nevada, 12 of the Top 14 currently are all states in the northern half of the US, lending to a belief that the virus survives more in colder climates and spreads lesser in warmer weather...
Interesting shyt, pull from it what you wish!