Liberty Street Economics: Distribution of COVID-19 Incidence by Geography, Race, and Income

  
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Distribution of COVID-19 Incidence by Geography, Race, and Income

Rajashri Chakrabarti and William Nober

 

The authors study whether (and how) the spread of COVID-19 across the United States has varied by geography, race, income, and population density. Their analysis uncovers stark demographic trends among places affected most severely by the pandemic thus far.

 

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