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For months, we have been collecting COVID-19 data, scrutinizing publicly available data definitions, and engaging in frequent conversations with jurisdictions to understand the data they share.

During this process, we have focused on three aspects of COVID-19 data reporting: 1) how the state defines and reports key metrics, such as testing data, cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, 2) how the state presents information about COVID-19 in long-term-care facilities, and 3) how the state reports race and ethnicity data.

Our assessment below reflects both the thoroughness of each state’s reporting and the completeness and clarity of their data descriptions. We hope this work will not only help our data users to better grasp the limitations of these numbers but also might help health officials to understand the differences in data reporting across jurisdictions.

Last updated March 2, 2021

StateState-level metricsRace and ethnicity dataLong-term-care data
AlabamaSome issues existSerious issues existSerious issues exist
AlaskaSome issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
ArizonaFew issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
ArkansasSome issues existSome issues existFew issues exist
CaliforniaSerious issues existFew issues existFew issues exist
ColoradoSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
ConnecticutSome issues existSome issues existFew issues exist
DelawareSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
District of ColumbiaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
FloridaSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
GeorgiaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
HawaiiFew issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
IdahoFew issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
IllinoisSome issues existFew issues existSome issues exist
IndianaSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
IowaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
KansasSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
KentuckyFew issues existSome issues existFew issues exist
LouisianaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
MaineFew issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
MarylandSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
MassachusettsFew issues existFew issues existSome issues exist
MichiganSome issues existSome issues existFew issues exist
MinnesotaFew issues existFew issues existSome issues exist
MississippiFew issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
MissouriSome issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
MontanaSome issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
NebraskaSerious issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
NevadaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
New HampshireSome issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
New JerseyFew issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
New MexicoSerious issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
New YorkSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
North CarolinaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
North DakotaFew issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
OhioSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
OklahomaSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
OregonSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
PennsylvaniaSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
Puerto RicoSome issues existSerious issues existSerious issues exist
Rhode IslandSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
South CarolinaFew issues existSerious issues existFew issues exist
South DakotaSome issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
TennesseeSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
TexasFew issues existSome issues existFew issues exist
UtahSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
VermontSome issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
VirginiaFew issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
WashingtonFew issues existSome issues existSerious issues exist
West VirginiaSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist
WisconsinFew issues existSome issues existSome issues exist
WyomingSome issues existSerious issues existSome issues exist