More than 1 in 10 U.S. adults overall have experienced long COVID, which refers to COVID-19 symptoms lasting three months or longer.
The latest data from the Household Pulse Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau collected in March 2023 shows that about 11% of those who had COVID-19 were currently grappling with long COVID.
West Virginia has the highest prevalence of long COVID among adults who’ve had COVID-19 at 40.7%, followed by New Mexico, Wyoming, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
New Jersey has the lowest rate of long COVID among adults who’ve had COVID-19 at 18.8%.
Cisgender women are over 50% more likely to have sustained symptoms than cisgender men.
More than 4 in 10 transgender adults who have had COVID-19 have suffered enduring symptoms, and were most likely to have debilitating symptoms.
Hispanic adults and those of multiple races or races not broken out by the survey also have experienced higher rates of long COVID than the national average.
Only 19.5% of Asian adults who had COVID-19 were symptomatic for at least three months.
Older survivors of COVID-19 are vulnerable to long COVID at a rate relatively similar to that of young adults.
The national rate of those who’ve reportedly suffered from long COVID has dropped from 35.1% of adults infected with COVID-19 to its current mark of 27%.