COVID-19 has affected many people and the way we operate our daily lives. When you hear about Vulnerability to COVID-19, it doesn't only mean medically. It also means those who lack adequate living conditions and financial.

Wallet Hub conducted a study to find out which state was the most vulnerable across the three fields of, Medically, Housing, and Financially Vulnerable. Wallet Hub compared the 50 States and the District of Colombia to get their results.

Overall, Minnesota is ranked 49th. For Medically vulnerable Minnesota ranked 47th, Housing ranked 38th and for Financially is ranked 50th. The #1 overall vulnerable State is West Virginia while the lowest ranked State was Utah. Below is the full breakdown of the results! To see the Methodology of the study, you can click here! 

States with the Most Vulnerable Populations to COVID-19

Overall RankStateTotal Score‘Medical Vulnerability’ Rank‘Housing Vulnerability’ Rank‘Financial Vulnerability’ Rank
1West Virginia72.321238
2Louisiana65.315301
3Mississippi64.666122
4Arkansas63.124515
5Alabama62.943209
6Kentucky61.3722616
7Florida60.508133
8Tennessee58.107225
9South Carolina55.8291611
10Georgia55.5011174
11North Carolina51.5914286
12New Mexico50.8624310
13Oklahoma50.82151814
14Delaware49.42104324
15Texas49.21171512
16Indiana48.18124913
17Arizona47.3325107
18Nevada47.11181126
19Missouri45.65222120
20Michigan45.44134731
21Ohio45.03163629
22Maine44.69212427
23Oregon44.6127235
24Maryland42.62204428
25Kansas41.76232933
26Pennsylvania41.75193338
27New York40.48264817
28California40.1341419
29District of Columbia39.50285118
30Virginia39.11294223
31South Dakota38.39371430
32New Hampshire37.93363521
33Hawaii37.2538147
34Rhode Island36.39315022
35Alaska36.2145725
36Illinois36.01334032
37Idaho35.4444934
38North Dakota35.28303743
39Nebraska34.81324136
40New Jersey34.80353240
41Washington34.1342644
42Wisconsin32.70393437
43Wyoming31.97481939
44Connecticut31.22403142
45Iowa30.83343951
46Montana30.5249845
47Vermont29.85462746
48Massachusetts27.67434549
49Minnesota26.77473850
50Colorado23.33512541
51Utah21.90504648
Source: WalletHub
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