U.S. COVID-19 Community Levels by County with Hospitalization and Case Metrics

11 data elements reflect COVID-19 community levels for all available U.S. counties, classified as low, medium, or high. The dataset is archived and was last updated on May 11, 2023, with the expiration of the public health emergency. It originates from data.cdc.gov and was aggregated from Socrata.

Use Cases

• Classify county-level community risk (low/medium/high) using the covid-19_community_level column based on 11 available metrics.
• Analyze correlations between covid_hospital_admissions_per_100k, covid_cases_per_100k, and covid_inpatient_bed_utilization columns.
• Map health system strain by joining on county_fips or state and county columns for geospatial analysis.
• Track temporal changes in community levels by analyzing the date_updated column alongside case and admission rates.

Strengths

• Contains 11 specific data elements per record, including three key metrics for community level calculation.
• Includes geographic identifiers like county_fips, state, and county for precise location-based analysis.
• Archival notes document specific changes to column names and data formatting made on March 31, 2022.

Limitations

• Dataset is archived and was last updated on May 11, 2023; it does not reflect current conditions.
• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• License and author information are unavailable from the provided input.

Provenance

Source

data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Aggregated from Socrata; community levels were developed using a combination of three metrics: admissions, bed utilization, and cases per 100k population.

Time Range

Covers periods up to May 11, 2023. Specific start date is not provided.

Freshness

Archived; final update was May 11, 2023. Metadata shows a last updated timestamp of 2025-02-23 22:58:04.

Geography

United States, including counties and territories.