Table 25. All Stages of Syphilis* — Reported Cases and Rates of Reported Cases in Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)†in Alphabetical Order, United States, 2014–2018
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | Cases | Rates per 100,000 Population | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 2,669 | 3,106 | 3,219 | 3,281 | 3,559 | 47.5 | 54.4 | 55.6 | 55.8 | 60.5 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 681 | 623 | 825 | 1,012 | 985 | 35.0 | 31.1 | 40.1 | 47.8 | 46.6 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 816 | 1,015 | 1,031 | 1,084 | 1,392 | 29.3 | 36.3 | 36.8 | 38.6 | 49.6 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 157 | 197 | 248§ | 314 | 344 | 13.7 | 17.2 | 21.6§ | 27.3 | 29.9 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 597 | 827‡ | 1,000‡ | 1,068 | 973 | 12.6 | 17.3‡ | 20.9‡ | 22.1 | 20.1 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 135 | 182 | 146 | 176 | 162 | 11.9 | 16.0 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 533 | 732 | 851 | 876 | 843 | 22.4 | 30.2 | 34.4 | 34.7 | 33.4 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 2,559 | 3,060 | 3,805 | 3,536 | 4,096 | 26.8 | 32.0 | 40.0 | 37.1 | 43.0 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 381 | 319 | 269 | 326 | 430 | 17.7 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 19.7 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 199 | 229 | 378 | 430 | 358 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 18.4 | 20.9 | 17.4 |
| Columbus, OH | 441 | 518 | 578 | 700 | 564 | 22.1 | 25.6 | 28.3 | 33.7 | 27.1 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 2,231 | 2,261 | 2,661 | 3,849 | 3,938 | 32.1 | 31.8 | 36.8 | 52.0 | 53.2 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 298 | 426 | 552 | 618 | 793 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 27.5 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 804 | 790 | 751 | 802 | 1,155 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 18.6 | 26.8 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 52 | 84 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.4 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 2,316 | 2,568 | 2,817 | 3,244 | 3,644 | 35.7 | 38.6 | 41.6 | 47.1 | 52.9 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 285 | 408 | 415 | 457 | 521 | 14.5 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 22.5 | 25.7 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 270 | 435 | 445 | 644 | 686 | 19.0 | 30.0 | 30.1 | 42.8 | 45.6 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 406 | 365 | 434 | 470 | 795 | 19.6 | 17.5 | 20.6 | 22.1 | 37.3 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 830 | 826 | 1,194 | 1,504 | 1,700 | 40.1 | 39.1 | 55.4 | 68.2 | 77.1 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 4,739 | 5,813 | 7,098 | 8,705 | 9,783 | 35.7 | 43.6 | 53.3 | 65.2 | 73.3 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 239 | 270 | 381 | 421 | 508 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 29.7 | 32.5 | 39.3 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 475 | 575 | 762 | 661 | 786 | 35.4 | 42.8 | 56.7 | 49.0 | 58.3 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 3,314 | 3,640 | 4,102 | 4,279 | 5,106 | 55.9 | 60.5 | 67.6 | 69.5 | 82.9 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 184 | 148 | 228 | 295 | 242 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 14.5 | 18.7 | 15.4 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 585 | 592 | 742 | 791 | 719 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 20.0 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | 305 | 359 | 383 | 363 | 577 | 17.0 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 30.3 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 736 | 765 | 849 | 855 | 916 | 58.8 | 60.6 | 66.9 | 67.0 | 71.8 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 7,481 | 8,172 | 10,116 | 10,577 | 10,752 | 37.2 | 40.5 | 50.2 | 52.0 | 52.9 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 231 | 264 | 406 | 534 | 540 | 17.3 | 19.4 | 29.6 | 38.6 | 39.0 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 784 | 916 | 1,183 | 1,196 | 1,391 | 33.8 | 38.4 | 48.5 | 47.7 | 55.4 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,273 | 1,393 | 1,647 | 1,820 | 1,775 | 21.0 | 22.9 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 29.1 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,065 | 1,126 | 1,501 | 1,882 | 2,504 | 23.7 | 24.6 | 32.2 | 39.7 | 52.9 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 154 | 273 | 236 | 192 | 244 | 6.5 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 473 | 604 | 665 | 654 | 794 | 20.1 | 25.3 | 27.4 | 26.7 | 32.4 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 205 | 233 | 288‡ | 295‡ | 341 | 12.7 | 14.4‡ | 17.8‡ | 18.2 | 21.0 |
| Raleigh, NC | 317 | 410 | 384 | 438 | 450 | 25.5 | 32.2 | 29.5 | 32.8 | 33.7 |
| Richmond, VA | 145 | 207 | 305 | 394 | 480 | 11.5 | 16.3 | 23.8 | 30.4 | 37.1 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 950 | 1,165 | 1,554 | 1,960 | 2,587 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 34.3 | 42.8 | 56.5 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA | 371 | 609 | 611 | 807 | 1,092 | 16.5 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 34.7 | 47.0 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 109 | 122 | 188 | 203 | 270 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 22.4 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1,017 | 988 | 1,126 | 1,445 | 1,485 | 43.7 | 41.4 | 46.3 | 58.4 | 60.0 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 987 | 1,209 | 1,419 | 1,722 | 1,802 | 30.2 | 36.6 | 42.8 | 51.6 | 54.0 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 2,111 | 2,355 | 2,427 | 2,947 | 3,104 | 46.0 | 50.6 | 51.9 | 62.3 | 65.7 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 304 | 360 | 504 | 661 | 872 | 15.6 | 18.2 | 25.5 | 33.1 | 43.6 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 590 | 759 | 968 | 1,185 | 1,238 | 16.1 | 20.3 | 25.5 | 30.6 | 32.0 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 412 | 417 | 528 | 782 | 877 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 18.8 | 27.9 | 31.2 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 807 | 958 | 1,129 | 1,061 | 1,258 | 27.7 | 32.2 | 37.2 | 34.3 | 40.7 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 220 | 375 | 516 | 566 | 658 | 12.8 | 21.7 | 29.9 | 32.8 | 38.1 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 811 | 1,058 | 1,107 | 2,295 | 2,437 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 36.9 | 39.2 |
| SELECTED MSAs TOTAL | 48,054 | 55,106 | 65,027 | 74,443 | 82,603 | 27.5 | 31.2 | 36.5 | 41.4 | 45.9 |
* See Section A1.9 in the Appendix for definition.
† MSAs were selected on the basis of the largest population in the 2010 US Census.
‡ The variable used to identify county, which is used to classify cases into MSAs, was complete for ≤95% of cases in a state contributing data to this MSA. See Section A1.4 in the Appendix for more information.
§ 2016 county data for Alabama have been corrected and may not match previous reports.
NOTE: County was misclassified in the 2017 District of Columbia STD morbidity data resulting in inaccurate county-level case counts and rates.
Page last reviewed: August 20, 2019