This Is the County in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

To date, 82,217,041 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.

In the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 78,194 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 19,086 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 25,130 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Beaumont-Port Arthur is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Beaumont metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Newton County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,369 confirmed infections in Newton County, or 9,739 for every 100,000 people.

Though Newton County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Beaumont metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 434 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Newton County, above the 369 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 23, 2022.

These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rank Geography COVID cases per 100,000 people Total cases Deaths per 100,000 people Total deaths 1 Newton County, TX 9,739 1,369 434 61 2 Orange County, TX 17,819 14,976 422 355 3 Jefferson County, TX 19,499 49,763 331 844 4 Hardin County, TX 21,437 12,086 445 251