609 Indigenous Americans are known to have lost their lives to COVID-19 through Tuesday, June 9. This is an increase of 206 deaths among Indigenous people. For each 100,000 Americans (of their respective group), about 36 Indigenous people have died from the coronavirus, a mortality rate well above Whites (26), Asians (26) and Latinos (28), although below the rates for Blacks (62). Users are cautioned that this overall mortality rate for Indigenous people was constructed from 21 states reporting deaths, while other rates reflect additional geographies in the U.S. The data picture for Indigenous Americans is hampered by many states’ poor reporting. However, we know that Indigenous people are dying above their population share in Mississippi (by 4 percentage points), Arizona (by 16 points) and, most dramatically, in New Mexico (by 51 points). 51
Arizona and New Mexico both contain portions of the Navajo Nation, which has been severely hit by the virus. The convergence of racial and geographic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in Mississippi and New Mexico has resulted in more than 1 in 1,000 (not 100,000, as is typically reported) Indigenous residents who have died in those states—a very high loss of life. 52
4,588 Asian Americans are known to have lost their lives to COVID-19 through Tuesday, June 9. This is an increase of 846 deaths among Asians compared to our last report two weeks earlier. For each 100,000 Americans (of their respective group), about 26 Asians have died from the coronavirus, a mortality rate similar to Whites (26), slightly below Latinos (28) and well below the rates for Indigenous people (36) and Blacks (62). Collectively across the U.S., given all available data, Asians appear about equally likely to die of COVID-19 as would be expected based on their population share. Collectively, they represent 5.3% of the population in these places but have experienced 4.4% of deaths. The convergence of racial and geographic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in New York has resulted in more than 1 in 1,000 (not 100,000) Asian residents who have died there (driven largely by New York City) 53
25,028 Black Americans are known to have lost their lives to COVID-19 through Tuesday, June 9. This is an increase of 4,833 deaths among Blacks compared to our last report two weeks earlier. For each 100,000 Americans (of their respective group), about 62 Blacks have died from the coronavirus, a mortality rate more than double the rate for Latinos (28) and 2.3 times the rate for Asians (26) and Whites (26). The overall Black mortality rate exceeds the Indigenous rate by 1.7 times. In some places, the multiple between Black and White mortality rates greatly exceeds the 2.3 overall figure that we’ve constructed from all available data for the nation. Relative to White rates, Black rates are most dramatically higher in the District of Columbia (6 times as high), Kansas (5 times), Wisconsin (5 times), Michigan (4 times), Missouri (4 times), New York (3 times) and South Carolina (3 times). In many states, the virus is also killing Black residents several multiples more often than Asian and Latino residents. 54
Disproportionately high mortality is more widespread for Black Americans than any other group. Blacks are dying at elevated rates, relative to their population, overall and in 30 states and Washington, D.C. Collectively, they represent 12.4% of the population, but have suffered 24.3% of deaths. In other words, they are dying of the virus at a rate of roughly double their population share, among all American deaths where race and ethnicity is known. Blacks are dying at elevated rates, relative to their population, overall and in 30 states and Washington, D.C. Collectively, they represent 12.4% of the population, but have suffered 24.3% of deaths. In other words, they are dying of the virus at a rate of roughly double their population share, among all American deaths where race and ethnicity is known. In no state with 10 or more deaths were Black residents under-represented in COVID-19 mortality data. However, in the six states of Massachusetts, Iowa, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington and Arizona, Black residents are dying at roughly proportional to their population share. 55
The convergence of racial and geographic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey and New York has resulted in more than 1 in 1,000 (not 100,000) Black residents who have died—an exceedingly high death toll. Illinois is also just below this threshold. 16,875 Latino Americans are known to have lost their lives to COVID-19 through Tuesday, June 9. This is an increase of 3,687 deaths among Latinos compared to our last report two weeks earlier. For each 100,000 Americans (of their respective group), about 28 Latinos have died from the coronavirus, a mortality rate slightly above Asians (26) and Whites (26), but well below Indigenous people (36) and Blacks (62 deaths per 100,000). Across the U.S., Latinos are dying from COVID-19 at a rate similar to their share of the population (18.3%). They have suffered 16.4% of deaths in America where race and ethnicity is known. 56
Latino Americans are dying at rates above their population share in New York (7 percentage points higher), Wisconsin (4 points), Illinois (3 points) and Tennessee (2 points). In New York, Latinos comprise 19.2% of the population, but have suffered 26.6% of deaths. At the time of this writing, 7,399 Latinos were known to have died in New York (including 6,536 in New York City), which has experienced the highest overall (and Latino) mortality rate of any state. In 17 states, Latinos have a mortality advantage, dying less often than their population would suggest. They are most under-represented—dying far less likely than their population share—in New Mexico (-35 percentage points). 53,402 White Americans are known to have lost their lives to COVID-19 through Tuesday, June 9. This is an increase of 13,705 deaths among Whites compared to our last report two weeks earlier. 57
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