United States Statistics by State and City

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 1 million adults and adolescents are living with HIV in the USA, including those not yet diagnosed, and those who have already progressed to AIDS.1 At the end of 2008, an estimated 682,668 people were living with a diagnosis of HIV infection in the 40 states and 5 U.S. dependent areas with confidential name-based reporting.

back to top HIV and AIDS statistics by state

An estimated 490,696 people were living with AIDS in America in 2008. The highest numbers were in New York state, California, Florida and Texas. Among the 50 states, the lowest numbers were in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana.

In 2007, the District of Columbia reported a far higher rate of AIDS diagnoses than any other area (though the rate in the wider Washington area was surpassed by other metropolitan areas). A 2009 local government report found the capital city's HIV prevalence was 3%, including figures as high as 7.2% for 40-49 year olds, and 6.5% for black males.2

Estimated number of adults and adolescents living with an AIDS diagnosis or a diagnosis of HIV infection at the end of 2008, and reported AIDS diagnosis rates in 2009, by state and dependent area

Area of residence Living with a diagnosis of HIV infection
Living with an AIDS diagnosis
AIDS diagnoses in 2009 per 100,000 population
Alabama 10,316 4,335 5.0
Alaska 607 343 2.7
Arizona 11,815 5,415 9.0
Arkansas 4,976 2,410 6.8
California - 67,708
10.2
Colorado 10,678 4,552
6.2
Connecticut 10,930 6,999 9.7
Delaware - 1,841 18.0
District of Columbia - 9,475
119.8
Florida 90,909 50,833 23.7
Georgia 35,220 19,975 14.1
Hawaii - 1,335 2.7
Idaho 744 345
1.8
Illinois 32,962 17,870 9.3
Indiana 8,109 4,231
6.3
Iowa 1,549 967 3.4
Kansas 2,597 1,505 4.4
Kentucky 4,403 2,654 5.3
Louisiana 16,210 8,551
19.4
Maine 1,098 574
4.0
Maryland - 17,063 19.9
Massachusetts - 9,579 6.5
Michigan 14,122 7,206 5.6
Minnesota 6,086 2,772 4.2
Mississippi 7,761 3,429 13.1
Missouri 11,137
6,170 9.8
Montana - 219
2.8
Nebraska 1,553
849
3.8
Nevada 6,692 3,243 10.6
New Hampshire 1,196 622 3.8
New Jersey 36,974 19,076 16.9
New Mexico 2,252 1,353 6.0
New York 135,018 82,703 24.6
North Carolina 22,369 9,018 11.6
North Dakota 167 83 2.2
Ohio 16,283 7,613 7.8
Oklahoma 4,740 2,452
5.5
Oregon - 3,106 5.6
Pennsylvania 31,220 18,734 7.3
Rhode Island - 1,416 9.6
South Carolina 13,700 7,383
15.6
South Dakota 387 151 2.8
Tennessee 14,530 7,238 11.1
Texas 61,595 35,628 10.7
Utah 2,245 1,268 2.6
Vermont - 260 1.1
Virginia 20,477 9,388 8.3
Washington - 5,909 6.0
West Virginia 1,416 814 4.8
Wisconsin 4,814 2,382 3.3
Wyoming 205 114
2.0
Subtotal* 660,061 479,161 11.2
American Samoa 2 2 0.0
Guam 100 34 0.8
Northern Mariana Islands 1 5 0.0
Puerto Rico 18,828 10,453 18.5
U.S. Virgin Islands 598 321 9.6
Subtotal* 19,529 10,816 17.1
Total* 679,590 489,977 11.2

*Values in each column may not sum to the column total, as the column totals for estimated numbers were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations.

back to top AIDS statistics by metropolitan statistical area of residence

Over one million cases of AIDS have been reported in the U.S. since the beginning of the epidemic, and of those with known residence, 85% were reported in major metropolitan areas (population ≥ 500,000).

New York has accounted for over a fifth of cumulative cases from major metropolitan areas, followed by Los Angeles (65,947) and Miami (64,573) also providing substantial numbers.

In 2009, the highest rates of new AIDS diagnoses were in Miami (37.2 per 100,000 people), Baton Rouge (30.6), Jacksonville (29.1) and New York (27.0).

AIDS diagnoses in 2009 and cumulative diagnoses (from the beginning of the epidemic through 2009) by USA metropolitan area of residence

Area of residence AIDS diagnoses in 2009 per 100,000
population
Cumulative
diagnoses
Akron, OH 4.4
880
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 6.8
2,602
Albuquerque, NM 6.6
1,630
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 6.4 1,629
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 18.7
27,313
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 9.8
2,189
Austin-Round Rock, TX 10.5 5,505
Bakersfield, CA 6.3
1,930
Baltimore-Towson, MD 22.8
23,875
Baton Rouge, LA 30.6 4,565
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 3.5
2,945
Boise City-Nampa, ID 1.9 328
Boston, MA-NH 6.2 15,363
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL
10.0 2,307
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 12.7 4,228
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 8.3
2,908
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 13.2 2,034
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 14.4 2,423
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 15.7
4,123
Chattanooga, TN-GA 8.3 1,155
Chicago, IL-IN-WI 11.2 35,074
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 9.8
3,383
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 9.5
4,921
Colorado Springs, CO 3.0 651
Columbia, SC 23.5 3,949
Columbus, OH 12.9
3,966
Dallas, TX 12.8 23,084
Dayton, OH 7.3
1,476
Denver-Aurora, CO 9.3
7,845
Des Moines, IA 6.4 636
Detroit, MI 8.7
11,936
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 9.5
1,420
El Paso, TX 7.4
1,775
Fresno, CA 13.5
1,829
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 5.3
954
Greensboro-High Point, NC 10.1
1,555
Greenville, SC 9.4
1,505
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 10.4 1,466
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 9.9 5,726
Honolulu, HI 3.0
2,362
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 15.1 29,556
Indianapolis, IN 10.2
4,440
Jackson, MS 22.2 2,881
Jacksonville, FL 29.1 7,292
Kansas City, MO-KS 9.7
5,686
Knoxville, TN 7.2
1,060
Lakeland, FL 18.9 2,210
Lancaster, PA 4.7
862
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 12.4
5,575
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 7.6
1,602
Los Angeles, CA 10.3 65,947
Louisville, KY-IN 7.8
2,797
Madison, WI 4.3
606
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 3.9
778
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 23.3
6,018
Miami, FL 37.2
64,573
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 5.6 2,877
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5.9 5,061
Modesto, CA 6.6
805
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN 13.7 4,570
New Haven-Milford, CT 9.2 5,071
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 23.0
9,941
New York, NY-NJ-PA 27.0 223,508
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1.5 297
Oklahoma City, OK 6.5
2,620
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 6.6
1,221
Orlando, FL 23.3 10,457
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 3.8
1,138
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 7.4
1,707
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 11.3 32,477
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 10.1
8,937
Pittsburgh, PA 5.2
3,655
Portland-South Portland, ME 6.6
677
Portland-Vancouver-Beavertown, OR-WA 7.9
5,460
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 10.7 3,564
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 8.7
4,475
Provo-Orem, UT 1.0
144
Raleigh-Cary, NC 14.3
2,632
Richmond, VA 9.9
4,010
Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario, CA 8.8
10,133
Rochester, NY 11.0 3,663
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 4.9
4,514
St. Louis, MO-IL 12.8
7,083
Salt Lake City, UT 4.4
1,941
San Antonio, TX 12.3 5,892
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 16.0 14,723
San Francisco, CA 18.3
44,422
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 9.0 4,417
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 20.0 24,126
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA 4.7 654
Seattle, WA 9.0
10,262
Springfield, MA 4.9
2,404
Stockton, CA 8.4
1,319
Syracuse, NY 7.5
1,528
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 17.4
13,135
Toledo, OH 6.6
1,005
Tucson, AZ 9.2
2,280
Tulsa, OK 7.5
1,755
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA 7.0
5,575
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV 26.6 37,916
Wichita, KS 5.8
957
Worcester, MA 3.7
2,053
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 6.7
656
Subtotal for metropolitan areas with 500,000 or more population 13.8 965,044
Metropolitan areas with 50,000 to 499,999 population 6.8 108,265
Nonmetropolitan areas
4.9 64,388
Total (including persons of unknown residence) 11.2 1,141,888

Values in each column may not sum to the column total, as the column totals for estimated numbers were calculated independently of the values for the subpopulations.

back to top Notes

  • The latest statistics on HIV and AIDS in the USA were published in February 2011 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • In order to make better use of the data collected, the CDC have made a number of changes from previous reports, including replacing the older definition 'HIV/AIDS' with 'diagnosis of HIV infection'. 'Summary of Changes to the National HIV Surveillance Report' contains more information.
  • AIDS statistics include data from 50 states, the District of Columbia and 5 dependent U.S. areas. HIV statistics are based on data from only 40 states and 5 U.S. dependent areas. Although all 50 states have now implemented confidential name-based HIV infection reporting, only 40 states have been doing so long enough for the CDC to apply statistical adjustments. The HIV Surveillance Report for 2012 (published in 2014) will be the first time HIV data from all 50 states will be included.
  • States and areas that use confidential name-based HIV infection reporting take personal details after diagnosis of HIV infection. When this data is submitted to the CDC all personal identifying information is removed.
  • There is often a delay between the time of diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, or the time of death, and the time at which the event is reported. For this reason the CDC estimates the number of people living with HIV or AIDS by adjusting for reporting delays. No adjustment is made for incomplete reporting.
  • The term 'living with AIDS' includes every living person who has ever received an AIDS diagnosis, regardless of their current state of health. The term 'living with a diagnosis of HIV infection' includes every living person with a diagnosis of HIV infection regardless of stage of disease at diagnosis.
  • On this page 'adults and adolescents' are defined as persons aged 13 years or more. The term 'transmission route' refers to the most probable route of transmission of HIV infection. The term 'male-to-male sexual contact' includes gay men, bisexual men and some men who consider themselves to be neither gay nor bisexual. The 'heterosexual contact' category comprises persons who report specific heterosexual contact with a person with, or at high risk for, HIV infection (e.g., an injection drug user). This does not include adults and adolescents born in, or who had sex with someone born in, a country where heterosexual transmission was believed to be the main mode of HIV transmission, unless they meet the criteria stated in the previous sentence.
  • The statistics by metropolitan statistical area of residence table contains data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

back to top Sources

back to top References

  1. CDC 'HIV in the United States', July 2010
  2. District of Columbia Department of Health (2009), 'District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008'

References back to top

  1. CDC 'HIV in the United States', July 2010
  2. District of Columbia Department of Health (2009), 'District of Columbia HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Update 2008'

Notes

  • The latest statistics on HIV and AIDS in the USA were published in February 2011 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  • In order to make better use of the data collected, the CDC have made a number of changes from previous reports, including replacing the older definition 'HIV/AIDS' with 'diagnosis of HIV infection'. 'Summary of Changes to the National HIV Surveillance Report' contains more information.
  • AIDS statistics include data from 50 states, the District of Columbia and 5 dependent U.S. areas. HIV statistics are based on data from only 40 states and 5 U.S. dependent areas. Although all 50 states have now implemented confidential name-based HIV infection reporting, only 40 states have been doing so long enough for the CDC to apply statistical adjustments. The HIV Surveillance Report for 2012 (published in 2014) will be the first time HIV data from all 50 states will be included.
  • States and areas that use confidential name-based HIV infection reporting take personal details after diagnosis of HIV infection. When this data is submitted to the CDC all personal identifying information is removed.
  • There is often a delay between the time of diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, or the time of death, and the time at which the event is reported. For this reason the CDC estimates the number of people living with HIV or AIDS by adjusting for reporting delays. No adjustment is made for incomplete reporting.
  • The term 'living with AIDS' includes every living person who has ever received an AIDS diagnosis, regardless of their current state of health. The term 'living with a diagnosis of HIV infection' includes every living person with a diagnosis of HIV infection regardless of stage of disease at diagnosis.
  • On this page 'adults and adolescents' are defined as persons aged 13 years or more. The term 'transmission route' refers to the most probable route of transmission of HIV infection. The term 'male-to-male sexual contact' includes gay men, bisexual men and some men who consider themselves to be neither gay nor bisexual. The 'heterosexual contact' category comprises persons who report specific heterosexual contact with a person with, or at high risk for, HIV infection (e.g., an injection drug user). This does not include adults and adolescents born in, or who had sex with someone born in, a country where heterosexual transmission was believed to be the main mode of HIV transmission, unless they meet the criteria stated in the previous sentence.
  • The statistics by metropolitan statistical area of residence table contains data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.