New York State has the highest rate of Zika infections in the nation, with 883 cases or 11.23 for every 250,000 residents, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Florida ranks second, with 10.83 cases for every 250,000 residents. The two states also rank first and second in total number of cases. In Florida. there were 139 locally acquired cases, which no other state is reporting. You can read about local companies in the Zika fight. This data in the map and table below represent the count as of Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.
Zika rates by state, from Centers for Disease Control
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States | Total cases | Rate per 250,000 residents | Travel-related cases | Travel cases as % of nation | Locally acquired cased |
Alabama | 28 | 1.45 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
Alaska | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 42 | 1.58 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
Arkansas | 13 | 1.10 | 13 | <1 | 0 |
California | 312 | 2.03 | 312 | 8 | 0 |
Colorado | 46 | 2.18 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
Connecticut | 58 | 4.03 | 58 | 1 | 0 |
Delaware | 16 | 4.32 | 16 | <1 | 0 |
District of Columbia | 25 | 9.67 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
Florida* | 847 | 10.83 | 708 | 18 | 139 |
Georgia | 96 | 2.40 | 96 | 2 | 0 |
Hawaii | 14 | 2.49 | 14 | <1 | 0 |
Idaho | 4 | 0.62 | 4 | <1 | 0 |
Illinois | 76 | 1.47 | 76 | 2 | 0 |
Indiana | 45 | 1.71 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Iowa | 17 | 1.38 | 17 | <1 | 0 |
Kansas | 17 | 1.47 | 17 | <1 | 0 |
Kentucky | 24 | 1.37 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
Louisiana | 34 | 1.84 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
Maine | 11 | 2.07 | 11 | <1 | 0 |
Maryland | 107 | 4.51 | 107 | 3 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 97 | 3.62 | 97 | 2 | 0 |
Michigan | 62 | 1.57 | 62 | 2 | 0 |
Minnesota | 53 | 2.44 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
Mississippi | 23 | 1.92 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
Missouri | 34 | 1.41 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
Montana | 7 | 1.72 | 7 | <1 | 0 |
Nebraska | 12 | 1.61 | 12 | <1 | 0 |
Nevada | 15 | 1.34 | 15 | <1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 11 | 2.08 | 11 | <1 | 0 |
New Jersey | 134 | 3.76 | 134 | 3 | 0 |
New Mexico | 9 | 1.08 | 9 | <1 | 0 |
New York | 883 | 11.23 | 883 | 22 | 0 |
North Carolina | 73 | 1.85 | 73 | 2 | 0 |
North Dakota | 2 | 0.69 | 2 | <1 | 0 |
Ohio | 69 | 1.49 | 69 | 2 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 29 | 1.88 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
Oregon | 33 | 2.10 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Pennsylvania** | 147 | 2.88 | 147 | 4 | 0 |
Rhode Island | 33 | 7.85 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
South Carolina | 53 | 2.77 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
South Dakota | 2 | 0.59 | 2 | <1 | 0 |
Tennessee | 54 | 2.08 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
Texas | 237 | 2.24 | 237 | 6 | 0 |
Utah*** | 15 | 1.29 | 15 | <1 | 0 |
Vermont | 10 | 3.99 | 10 | <1 | 0 |
Virginia | 90 | 2.72 | 90 | 2 | 0 |
Washington | 53 | 1.90 | 53 | 1 | 0 |
West Virginia | 11 | 1.48 | 11 | <1 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 43 | 1.87 | 43 | 1 | 0 |
Wyoming | 2 | 0.86 | 2 | <1 | 0 |
* Includes 139 locally acquired cases. **One additional case acquired through laboratory transmission. ***Includes one case with unknown route of person-to-person transmission.