The number of coronavirus deaths per 100,000 people in Union County stood at 459 as of March 31, the highest rate in Florida, according to a new analysis from the financial news website 24/7 Wall St.
The number of COVID-19 deaths statewide was 156 per 100,000, according to 24/7 Wall St., and the share of residents age 65 and older in Union County stood at 15 percent. The 65-and-over age group is about 90 times more likely to die of coronavirus than residents age 18 to 29, based on countrywide statistics.
Nationwide, the COVID-19 death rate was 167 per 100,000 Americans at the end of March, the study said. In every state, at least one county or jurisdiction had a coronavirus death rate that exceeded the national rate, according to 24/7 Wall St., and 17 of those counties had COVID-19 death rates at least 300 percent higher than the national average.
The counties identified in the study had higher-than-average portions of vulnerable populations, including older adults, and a higher-than-average number of coronavirus cases, the study found.
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County in Each State With Highest COVID-19 Death Rate
| State | County / Region | COVID-19 Deaths in County per 100,000 | COVID-19 Deaths in State per 100,000 | COVID-19 Cases in County per 100,000 | COVID-19 Cases in State per 100,000 | % of 65-Plus Population in County |
| Alabama | Lowndes | 518 | 215 | 13,277 | 10,528 | 18.4% |
| Alaska | Bethel Census Area | 111 | 42 | 20,798 | 8,097 | 7.2% |
| Arizona | Apache | 577 | 236 | 15,102 | 11,720 | 15.0% |
| Arkansas | Fulton | 387 | 186 | 9,053 | 10,950 | 25.5% |
| California | Imperial | 397 | 146 | 15,218 | 9,011 | 12.6% |
| Colorado | Bent | 362 | 107 | 25,529 | 8,065 | 17.9% |
| Connecticut | Hartford | 262 | 221 | 8,415 | 8,633 | 16.8% |
| Delaware | Sussex | 207 | 160 | 10,791 | 9,761 | 27.0% |
| Florida | Union | 459 | 156 | 11,628 | 9,434 | 15.0% |
| Georgia | Hancock | 703 | 180 | 10,498 | 10,043 | 22.4% |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | 37 | 32 | 2,367 | 2,005 | 17.3% |
| Idaho | Shoshone | 271 | 112 | 8,351 | 10,248 | 22.3% |
| Illinois | Stark | 418 | 185 | 10,073 | 9,729 | 21.9% |
| Indiana | Pulaski | 355 | 195 | 8,728 | 10,232 | 18.9% |
| Iowa | Harrison | 502 | 182 | 12,084 | 11,086 | 19.4% |
| Kansas | Grove | 725 | 168 | 14,700 | 10,368 | 26.6% |
| Kentucky | Robertson | 653 | 135 | 9,239 | 9,519 | 21.5% |
| Louisiana | Bienville | 585 | 217 | 11,933 | 9,526 | 20.3% |
| Maine | Oxford | 96 | 55 | 4,412 | 3,755 | 21.2% |
| Maryland | Allegany | 281 | 137 | 9,042 | 6,785 | 19.8% |
| Massachusetts | Hampden | 307 | 246 | 9,698 | 8,753 | 16.5% |
| Michigan | Iron | 455 | 171 | 8,366 | 7,332 | 30.0% |
| Minnesota | Kittson | 507 | 123 | 9,822 | 9,207 | 23.9% |
| Mississippi | Neshoba | 592 | 235 | 13,453 | 10,208 | 15.7% |
| Missouri | Grundy | 339 | 139 | 10,061 | 9,407 | 21.7% |
| Montana | Big Horn | 531 | 135 | 18,369 | 9,805 | 12.1% |
| Nebraska | Grant | 557 | 113 | 5,292 | 10,829 | 21.1% |
| Nevada | Pershing | 303 | 173 | 14,264 | 9,995 | 15.7% |
| New Hampshire | Belknap | 157 | 91 | 5,500 | 6,144 | 21.4% |
| New Jersey | Passaic | 354 | 274 | 12,641 | 10,106 | 14.3% |
| New Mexico | McKinley | 625 | 187 | 16,665 | 9,126 | 11.9% |
| New York | Bronx | 432 | 255 | 11,405 | 9,527 | 12.5% |
| North Carolina | Montgomery | 329 | 116 | 11,702 | 8,772 | 19.7% |
| North Dakota | Dickey | 644 | 193 | 15,352 | 13,535 | 20.4% |
| Ohio | Putnam | 288 | 159 | 11,982 | 8,667 | 16.9% |
| Oklahoma | Greer | 286 | 126 | 9,591 | 11,107 | 17.5% |
| Oregon | Malheur | 191 | 57 | 11,147 | 3,917 | 16.4% |
| Pennsylvania | Mifflin | 377 | 195 | 10,286 | 7,927 | 21.1% |
| Rhode Island | Providence | 300 | 247 | 13,793 | 12,910 | 15.0% |
| South Carolina | Bamberg | 349 | 179 | 10,322 | 10,775 | 21.0% |
| South Dakota | Jerauld | 789 | 219 | 13,553 | 13,300 | 29.6% |
| Tennessee | Pickett | 472 | 175 | 14,800 | 11,960 | 26.9% |
| Texas | McMullen | 755 | 164 | 12,538 | 9,671 | 18.3% |
| Utah | San Juan | 242 | 67 | 12,107 | 12,172 | 13.7% |
| Vermont | Franklin | 75 | 36 | 3,406 | 3,034 | 15.6% |
| Virginia | Emporia | 781 | 120 | 12,117 | 7,255 | 16.8% |
| Washington | Garfield | 225 | 69 | 5,396 | 4,809 | 24.7% |
| West Virginia | Hancock | 320 | 146 | 8,858 | 7,808 | 22.6% |
| Wisconsin | Iron | 700 | 125 | 11,951 | 10,913 | 30.1% |
| Wyoming | Washakie | 320 | 120 | 10,961 | 9,726 | 21.1% |
Source: 24/7 Wall St.
