With around 51% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and vaccination being essential for getting the economy back on track, WalletHub today released updated rankings for the Safest States During COVID-19.
In order to find out the safest states during the COVID-19 pandemic, the site compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metrics. Our data set includes the rates of COVID-19 transmission, positive testing, hospitalizations and death, as well as the share of the eligible population getting vaccinated.
South Carolina was ranked among the bottom ten states in the nation at #43 and North Carolina ranked among the bottom half of states at #32.
Safest States During COVID
Overall Rank* | State | Total Score |
---|---|---|
1 | Vermont | 99.00 |
2 | Connecticut | 95.43 |
3 | Massachusetts | 94.63 |
4 | Maine | 93.80 |
5 | Rhode Island | 93.54 |
6 | Maryland | 93.47 |
7 | District of Columbia | 92.60 |
8 | New Hampshire | 91.69 |
9 | New York | 91.62 |
10 | New Jersey | 91.61 |
11 | Pennsylvania | 91.05 |
12 | California | 90.39 |
13 | Hawaii | 90.17 |
14 | Delaware | 89.71 |
15 | Illinois | 89.05 |
16 | Minnesota | 88.51 |
17 | Colorado | 88.14 |
18 | Virginia | 87.97 |
19 | Wisconsin | 87.60 |
20 | New Mexico | 84.98 |
21 | Alaska | 84.46 |
22 | Michigan | 84.08 |
23 | Ohio | 83.99 |
24 | North Dakota | 83.47 |
25 | Washington | 83.41 |
26 | Utah | 83.03 |
27 | Iowa | 82.36 |
28 | Oregon | 82.05 |
29 | West Virginia | 81.78 |
30 | Nebraska | 80.53 |
31 | Arizona | 79.87 |
32 | North Carolina | 79.11 |
33 | Montana | 76.28 |
34 | Indiana | 75.79 |
35 | Wyoming | 75.43 |
36 | South Dakota | 74.14 |
37 | Kansas | 73.65 |
38 | Kentucky | 70.74 |
39 | Florida | 67.98 |
40 | Texas | 66.79 |
41 | Missouri | 66.30 |
42 | South Carolina | 66.28 |
43 | Tennessee | 65.78 |
44 | Georgia | 65.52 |
45 | Alabama | 61.52 |
46 | Oklahoma | 61.25 |
47 | Idaho | 54.39 |
48 | Nevada | 53.28 |
49 | Arkansas | 47.32 |
50 | Mississippi | 44.81 |
51 | Louisiana | 35.07 |
Note: *No. 1 = Safest
Rankings are based on data available as of 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 18, 2021.