Covid-19 Dashboard for Rural America

The Daily Yonder regularly updates this page tracking the impact of Covid-19 on rural America. Scroll down, or click the quick access buttons, to see county-level maps on infections and deaths, national rural infection and death rates, and other data and reporting on the pandemic in rural America. 

Cumulative Deaths

Weekly Infections

Vaccinations

About the Data

Data for this report come from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). We update this page weekly based on county-level reports from the CDC over a seven day period. The CDC tracks vaccination numbers, weekly deaths and infections, and cumulative deaths, among other things.

Cases are much likely undercounts since the CDC does not report on infections detected through home testing.

We use the rural classification from the Office of Budget and Management, which defines rural as counties not within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (OMB, 2013). Population data are from the 2020 United States census at the county geography.

The LATEST

Study: Rural Covid Mortality Influenced by Isolation, Demographics

Remoteness, once considered a protection from the fast-spreading pandemic, proved a double edged sword. With less services and older and sicker populations, insulated rural communities experienced higher mortality rates than their urban counterparts.

by Liz Carey February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Rural America Sees Stability in Covid-19 Death Rates Coming into Year Four of Pandemic

by Sarah Melotte February 6, 2023February 16, 2023

Less Than a Third of Rural Americans Are Boosted Against Covid-19

by Sarah Melotte September 29, 2022October 27, 2022

The Rural Covid-19 Death Rate Was 45% Higher than the Metropolitan Death Rate Last Week

by Sarah Melotte September 22, 2022September 23, 2022

More Stories

Covid-19 Death Rates Dropped 3.5% in Rural America Last Week

Urban and rural America reported fewer deaths last week compared to two weeks ago, but the gap between urban and rural continued to widen.

by Sarah Melotte September 15, 2022September 15, 2022

Rural Deaths Exceeded Urban Deaths by 37% Last Week

Rural and urban infection rates dropped while death rates climbed, worsening the disparity between urban and rural counties, a Daily Yonder analysis reveals.

by Sarah Melotte September 8, 2022September 9, 2022

Rural Deaths Climb 10% After Two-Week Decline

The rural Covid-19 infection rate is higher than the metropolitan rate, and the gap grew wider for the third consecutive week.

by Sarah Melotte September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

New Rural Covid-19 Infections Drop 5%; Metro Cases Fall 12%

The number of new infections in rural counties dropped for the second consecutive week.

by Sarah Melotte August 18, 2022August 19, 2022

Rural Infection Rates Dropped While Death Rates Climbed

Rural and metropolitan America had virtually the same Covid-19 infection rates last week. Rural Covid-related deaths jumped by 26%.

by Sarah Melotte August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

An Oasis in the Desert: Walker River Paiute Tribe Builds a Food Pantry in Response to Covid-19

What started as an ad-hoc program to feed homebound tribal elders turned into a food source for all in need. 

by Jan Pytalski August 3, 2022August 17, 2022

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