United States AIDS Cases in Major Cities

A total of 991,202 AIDS cases have been reported in the 50 states of the USA, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Of those with known residence, 85% were reported in major metropolitan areas.

New York has accounted for 198,083 cases, Los Angeles for 58,246, and Miami for 56,804.

In 2006, the highest rates of new AIDS diagnoses were in Miami (41.9 per 100,000 people), Baltimore (37.7) and Washington, DC (31.8).

AIDS cases by USA metropolitan area of residence, reported through December 2006

Area of residence Rate per 100,000
population in 2006
Cumulative
cases
Akron, OH 4.6 763
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 12.3 2,277
Albuquerque, NM 6.1 1,406
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 14.9 1,369
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 19.6 22,024
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 6.1 1,875
Austin-Round Rock, TX 12.3 4,856
Bakersfield, CA 15.6 1,536
Baltimore-Towson, MD 37.7 20,570
Baton Rouge, LA 30.1 3,752
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 10.0 2,639
Boise City-Nampa, ID 2.5 281
Boston, MA-NH 8.0 13,623
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 15.0 3,790
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 8.4 2,496
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 15.9 1,716
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 15.1 2,052
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 18.0 3,264
Chicago, IL-IN-WI 12.2 30,379
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 9.5 2,752
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 8.0 4,274
Colorado Springs, CO 3.5 581
Columbia, SC 28.0 3,298
Columbus, OH 9.6 3,127
Dallas, TX 15.5 20,301
Dayton, OH 6.4 1,232
Denver-Aurora, CO 9.8 6,921
Des Moines, IA 4.3 534
Detroit, MI 10.0 10,446
El Paso, TX 5.4 1,486
Fresno, CA 7.2 1,441
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 6.6 822
Greensboro-High Point, NC 9.6 1,279
Greenville, SC 11.1 1,296
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 12.8 1,232
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 11.4 5,172
Honolulu, HI 7.6 2,135
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX 19.7 25,993
Indianapolis, IN 9.0 3,849
Jackson, MS 22.1 2,449
Jacksonville, FL 24.6 6,095
Kansas City, MO-KS 8.1 4,684
Knoxville, TN 5.2 887
Lakeland, FL 19.9 1,832
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 14.5 4,644
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 11.5 1,397
Los Angeles, CA 13.0 58,246
Louisville, KY-IN 7.9 2,308
Madison, WI 5.3 524
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr, TX 6.4 641
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 27.1 5,147
Miami, FL 41.9 56,804
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 7.2 2,525
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5.8 4,281
Modesto, CA 4.3 677
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN 11.8 3,868
New Haven-Milford, CT 12.7 4,646
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 26.4 8,902
New York, NY-NJ-PA 29.2 198,083
Oklahoma City, OK 7.5 2,260
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 9.7 1,038
Orlando, FL 26.0 8,745
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 2.6 1,011
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 11.4 1,523
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 23.1 28,534
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 9.3 7,490
Pittsburgh, PA 5.7 3,201
Portland-South Portland, ME 6.6 563
Portland-Vancouver-Beavertown, OR-WA 10.1 4,835
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 16.8 3,186
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 9.6 3,944
Raleigh-Cary, NC 20.2 2,000
Richmond, VA 10.2 3,406
Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario, CA 7.6 8,628
Rochester, NY 12.0 3,147
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA 8.2 4,026
St. Louis, MO-IL 13.1 6,005
Salt Lake City, UT 3.7 1,753
San Antonio, TX 12.7 5,017
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 13.1 12,995
San Francisco, CA 16.5 40,248
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 8.1 3,762
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 22.3 21,679
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL 15.2 2,005
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA 8.5 578
Seattle, WA 8.6 9,199
Springfield, MA 6.6 2,101
Stockton, CA 7.7 1,091
Syracuse, NY 7.5 1,325
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 22.4 11,286
Toledo, OH 10.1 826
Tucson, AZ 10.6 2,020
Tulsa, OK 7.2 1,504
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA 8.0 4,774
Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV 31.8 31,445
Wichita, KS 6.4 853
Worcester, MA 10.1 1,803
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 4.4 519
Metropolitan areas with 500,000 or more population 15.9 837,804
Metropolitan areas with 50,000 to 499,999 population 7.9 95,676
Nonmetropolitan areas
5.5 52,508
Total (including persons of unknown residence) 12.8 991,202

Notes

The latest statistics on AIDS & HIV in the USA were published in March 2008 by the US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The next data are due November 2008.

The table above contains data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

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Last updated June 09, 2008