The 5 Worst States for COVID-19 Working-Age Hospitalization Trends
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have sent more U.S. people ages 18 through 59 to the hospital last week. The number of working-age people hospitalized with COVID-19 increased 6.1%, to 14,815, according to Community Profile Report data compiled by the Joint Coordination Cell, Data Strategy and Execution Workgroup at the White House COVID-19 Team. But the changes at the state-level ranged from a decrease of about 42%, in Wyoming, to an increase of more than 50%, in another state. The flow of patients in this age group into hospital is of keen to life insurers, because people in this age group are more likely than younger or older insureds to have substantial amounts of life insurance and disability insurance coverage. For a look at the five states where the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations of working-age people increased the most, on a percentage basis, see the slideshow above. For data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, see the chart below.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations for Working-Age People
| Population (age 18 to 59) | Number of Hospitalizations (week ending Nov. 14) | Change (from previous week) | New COVID-19 Hospitalizations (per 100,000 people ages 18-59) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2,566,946 | 135 | +27.4% | 5.3 |
| Alaska | 386,909 | 57 | +18.8% | 14.7 |
| Arizona | 3,778,449 | 715 | +4.8% | 18.9 |
| Arkansas | 1,561,600 | 76 | -8.4% | 4.9 |
| California | 21,830,491 | 1,209 | -11.9% | 5.5 |
| Colorado | 3,199,521 | 706 | -1.8% | 22.1 |
| Connecticut | 1,904,977 | 82 | +12.3% | 4.3 |
| Delaware | 496,878 | 58 | +13.7% | 11.7 |
| District of Columbia | 443,820 | 17 | +30.8% | 3.8 |
| Florida | 11,031,640 | 486 | -15.0% | 4.4 |
| Georgia | 5,775,455 | 326 | +13.6% | 5.6 |
| Hawaii | 698,132 | 13 | -13.3% | 1.9 |
| Idaho | 911,316 | 91 | -29.5% | 10.0 |
| Illinois | 6,819,738 | 491 | +35.6% | 7.2 |
| Indiana | 3,560,403 | 459 | +29.3% | 12.9 |
| Iowa | 1,626,756 | 200 | +10.5% | 12.3 |
| Kansas | 1,492,839 | 160 | +7.4% | 10.7 |
| Kentucky | 2,349,140 | 257 | -4.5% | 10.9 |
| Louisiana | 2,449,883 | 81 | +19.1% | 3.3 |
| Maine | 687,045 | 53 | -19.7% | 7.7 |
| Maryland | 3,250,995 | 202 | +6.9% | 6.2 |
| Massachusetts | 3,815,410 | 184 | +14.3% | 4.8 |
| Michigan | 5,249,458 | 997 | +31.4% | 19.0 |
| Minnesota | 2,977,818 | 459 | +36.2% | 15.4 |
| Mississippi | 1,548,319 | 43 | -6.5% | 2.8 |
| Missouri | 3,207,670 | 273 | +33.2% | 8.5 |
| Montana | 540,689 | 177 | -7.8% | 32.7 |
| Nebraska | 994,876 | 124 | -3.9% | 12.5 |
| Nevada | 1,659,867 | 214 | -9.7% | 12.9 |
| New Hampshire | 727,898 | 80 | +50.9% | 11.0 |
| New Jersey | 4,768,369 | 236 | +18.6% | 4.9 |
| New Mexico | 1,068,679 | 221 | -13.3% | 20.7 |
| New York | 10,610,862 | 714 | +31.3% | 6.7 |
| North Carolina | 5,538,446 | 267 | -2.6% | 4.8 |
| North Dakota | 398,953 | 90 | +8.4% | 22.6 |
| Ohio | 6,107,915 | 1,005 | +11.4% | 16.5 |
| Oklahoma | 2,058,731 | 205 | -1.0% | 10.0 |
| Oregon | 2,260,910 | 100 | -27.5% | 4.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,705,957 | 651 | -4.5% | 9.7 |
| Rhode Island | 574,497 | 26 | -16.1% | 4.5 |
| South Carolina | 2,658,486 | 137 | +10.5% | 5.2 |
| South Dakota | 442,608 | 97 | +32.9% | 21.9 |
| Tennessee | 3,636,993 | 164 | -2.4% | 4.5 |
| Texas | 15,792,626 | 1,024 | +12.3% | 6.5 |
| Utah | 1,706,979 | 280 | +1.4% | 16.4 |
| Vermont | 327,327 | 22 | -12.0% | 6.7 |
| Virginia | 4,561,175 | 236 | 0% | 5.2 |
| Washington | 4,130,017 | 232 | -11.5% | 5.6 |
| West Virginia | 913,739 | 147 | +2.1% | 16.1 |
| Wisconsin | 3,059,650 | 391 | +11.7% | 12.8 |
| Wyoming | 295,325 | 42 | -41.7% | 14.2 |
| TOTAL | 175,163,182 | 14,712 | - | - |
| MEDIAN | - | - | +6.1% | 8.4 |
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