HIV in the United States by Race/Ethnicity: HIV Incidence
HIV incidence is one of the six Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. indicators. HIV incidence is the estimated number of new HIV infections each year.
Estimated New HIV Infections in the US by Race/Ethnicity, 2019*
* Data not available for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people.
† Black refers to people having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African American is a term often used for people of African descent with ancestry in North America.
‡ Hispanic/Latino people can be of any race.
Source: CDC. Estimated HIV incidence and prevalence in the United States 2015–2019 [PDF – 3 MB]. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report 2021;26(1).
- Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States and dependent areas, 2019. HIV Surveillance Report 2021;32.
- Estimated HIV incidence and prevalence in the United States 2015–2019 [PDF – 3 MB]. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report 2021;26(1).
- Monitoring selected national HIV prevention and care objectives by using HIV surveillance data—United States and 6 dependent areas, 2019. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report 2021;26(2).
- HIV infection risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among persons who inject drugs—National HIV Behavioral Surveillance: injection drug use, 23 U.S. Cities, 2018 [PDF – 2 MB]. HIV Surveillance Special Report 2020;24.
- Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, 2019. Accessed February 14, 2022.
Page last reviewed: April 12, 2022