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