Plus, measuring hate crimes in the United States, new abortion laws, and more.

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** One million Americans have died from COVID-19
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The United States recently reached a grim milestone: more than 1 million people have died from coronavirus nationwide. For perspective, that's the same as the population of San Jose, California, or double the number of Americans who died in World War II in half the time.

USAFacts analyzed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers to understand how these losses have affected different age groups, races, and regions. Select various date intervals in this report ([link removed]) to trace COVID-19's toll on each state.
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* The Midwest was the only region where the most-populated state didn't also face the most COVID-19 deaths. Ohio has the area's second-largest population (after Illinois), but has had the most deaths since the pandemic started. The state is home to 3.5% of the country's population but 4.3% of US coronavirus deaths.

* In 2020, about 10% of the nation's COVID-19 deaths were in New York, even though the state is home to 6% of the US population. The latest data shows that New York is now 7% of virus deaths.

* More than 80% of COVID-19 deaths were of people 65 or older in 2020. Since then, their percentage of fatalities has fallen to 75%. The older American population tends to have more non-Hispanic white people than the population overall, which could explain why white Americans account for 63% of virus deaths but 59% of the population.

Interact with the comprehensive data in these unique visuals ([link removed]) .

Explaining the 15 abortion laws passed in 2022

Abortion access legislation is garnering new scrutiny after a US Supreme Court draft opinion leaked in early May showing that a majority of justices favor overturning Roe v. Wade. That ruling has guaranteed the federally protected right to abortion since 1973. Meanwhile, 15 states have passed laws pertaining to abortion access this year. Here's the latest ([link removed]) .
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* Idaho and Oklahoma passed legislation based on a 2021 Texas law, prohibiting abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected (typically at six to seven weeks). Both the Oklahoma and Texas laws permit private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who assists someone obtain an abortion. Idaho strictly allows the family of the aborted fetus to sue the abortion provider for damages.

* Arizona, Florida, and Kentucky have passed 15-week bans without exceptions for rape or incest. In 2020, 91% of Kentucky's abortions were performed at one facility.

* Colorado, New Jersey, and Washington are among states that passed laws establishing or expanding protections for abortion access.

For more laws — and to track the states expanding and restricting access — click here ([link removed]) .

Data for perspective on hate crimes

Readers have been asking questions about hate crime data in the wake of the May 14 shooting in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead. USAFacts has decades of hate crime numbers ([link removed]) from the FBI, including offenders, motivations, and more.
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FBI numbers reveal that hate crime offenses decreased between 1996 and 2014, from 3.97 offenses per 100,000 people to 2.01 offenses per 100,000. However, they started rising in 2014, reaching 2.60 offenses per 100,000 by 2019. For further information on collecting hate crime metrics, revisit this article from 2019 ([link removed]) .

One last fact
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a higher percentage of nurses are women compared to all US workers.

About 87% of registered nurses ([link removed]) , nurse practitioners, and nurse anesthetists are women. So are more than 90% of licensed practical nurses and licensed vocational nurses.

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