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These Are the Counties in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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With the ongoing surge of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 42,163,561 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 673,728 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.
In the Sioux City metropolitan area, which covers parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, a total of 27,691 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,417 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,887 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Sioux City than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Sioux City metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Union County in South Dakota has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,442 infections in Union County, or 11,580 for every 100,000 people.
Though Union County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Sioux City metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 297 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Union County, above the 254 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Sioux City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 23, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Union County, SD | 11,580 | 1,442 | 297 | 37 |
2 | Dixon County, NE | 11,712 | 673 | 174 | 10 |
3 | Woodbury County, IA | 16,543 | 16,940 | 228 | 233 |
4 | Plymouth County, IA | 17,333 | 4,340 | 331 | 83 |
5 | Dakota County, NE | 21,145 | 4,296 | 320 | 65 |
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