There have been 80,854,800 confrimed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Sioux City metropolitan area, which covers parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, a total of 45,921 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,224 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,714 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Sioux City is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Sioux City metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Dakota County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,849 confirmed infections in Dakota County, or 33,711 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Dakota County than they are across all of the Sioux City area, however. There have been a total of 345 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Dakota County, in line with 338 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 May 6, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dakota County, NE | 33,711 | 6,849 | 345 | 70 |
| 2 | Woodbury County, IA | 28,155 | 28,830 | 331 | 339 |
| 3 | Plymouth County, IA | 25,261 | 6,325 | 399 | 100 |
| 4 | Union County, SD | 21,818 | 2,717 | 410 | 51 |
| 5 | Dixon County, NE | 20,884 | 1,200 | 174 | 10 |
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