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Measles Cases in 2025

Measles Cases in the United States, 2025

Last Updated: May 14, 2025 

As of May 14, 2025, there have been a total of 1,061 confirmed measles cases in 31 jurisdictions the United States, including 16 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more related cases) in 14 states.
Date Confirmed County/Region State # Cases Details
1/16/25 Southern Kenai Peninsula Alaska 1 Unvaccinated adult, travel from Seattle to Anchorage
1/18/25   Rhode Island 1 Young unvaccinated child hospitalized with recent international travel. 
1/23/25 Harris Texas 2 Unvaccinated adults from same household with recent international travel
1/28/25 Metro Atlanta Georgia 1 Unvaccinated resident with recent domestic travel
2/7/25 Metro Atlanta Georgia 2 Additional unvaccinated residents, family members of index case
2/14/25 Bergen New Jersey 1 Unvaccinated resident with recent international travel
2/20/25 Bergen New Jersey 2 Unvaccinated residents with exposure to index case. As of 3/21 no additional cases.
2/25/25 Orange California 1 Orange County infant with recent international travel. Exposures at LAX.
2/26/25 Rockwall Texas 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
2/26/25 Franklin Kentucky 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
2/27/25 King Washington 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent international travel
2/28/25 New York City New York 2 Unvaccinated infants
2/28/25 Travis Texas 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent international travel
3/2/25 Montgomery Pennsylvania 1 Unvaccinated child with recent international travel
3/4/25 Miami-Dade Florida 1 Unvaccinated teenager
3/9/25 Howard Maryland 1 Unvaccinated child with recent international travel. Exposures at IAD.
3/11/25 Los Angeles California 1 LA County resident with recent international travel
3/11/25 Fresno California 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
3/11/25 Suffolk New York 1 Unvaccinated infant
3/11/25 Lamoille Vermont 1 Unvaccinated child with recent international travel
3/12/25 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1 Unvaccinated child with recent international travel
3/14/25 Oakland Michigan 1 Adult with unknown vaccination status and recent international travel
3/16/25 Harris Texas 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent international travel
3/18/25 Snohomish Washington 1 Adult resident, linked to case in King County with likely public exposure
3/19/25 New York City New York 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
3/19/25 Tuolumne California 2 Adult and teenager from same household with unconfirmed vaccination status and recent international travel.
3/19/25 Fresno California 1 Unvaccinated adult linked to earlier case, exposure at local grocery store.
3/20/25 Midland Texas 1 Adult with recent international travel
3/20/25 Prince George's Maryland 2 Adults with recent international travel together. Exposures at IAD (3/5), DCA (3/14), Washington Metro Area Transit Yellow and Silver lines (3/14), Kaiser Permanente Largo Medical Center (3/5-3/17), and a school in Oxon Hill (3/12).
3/24/25 Erie Pennsylvania 2 Two residents with unknown vaccination status and recent international travel
3/25/25 Hennipen Minnesota 1 Vaccinated adult tourist visiting Washington DC, tested positive after visiting multiple locations, including Amtrak Northeast Regional train 175 on 3/19 and an urgent clinic on 3/22.
3/25/25 San Mateo California 1 San Mateo resident with recent international travel
3/27/25 Bucks Pennsylvania 1 Vaccinated adult with recent travel to Texas
3/28/25 Allen Ohio 1 Unvaccinated child
3/28/25 Travis Texas 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent international travel
3/29/25 Knox Ohio 2 Two additional cases in international travelers
3/31/25 Pueblo Colorado 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
3/31/25 Fort Bend Texas 1 Adult with unknown vaccination status and recent international travel
4/1/25 Middle Tennessee 3 Three additional cases in Middle TN, one is linked to earlier case.
4/1/25 Kent Michigan 1 Adult with recent international travel. Exposures at GRR and DTW (3/25, 3/27-3/28)
4/1/25 Snohomish Washington 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent international travel. Exposures SEA 3/27, Seattle Children's Hospital 3/31
4/3/25 Riverside California 1 Adult Coachella resident with unconfirmed vaccination status and recent international travel
4/3/25 Harris Texas 1 Child in unincorporated Harris County with no recent travel history
4/4/25 Macomb Michigan 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent travel to Ontario.
4/7/25 Denver Colorado 1 Unvaccinated infant with recent travel to Mexico. Exposure Denver Health ED 4/6
4/7/25 Oahu Hawaii 1 Unvaccinated child with recent international travel
4/8/25 Archuleta Colorado 1 Adult with unknown vaccination status. Likely not linked to other cases in CO and no travel outside of the state. Exposures at a ski resort (3/28-3/30), medical clinic (3/31, 4/2) and a grocery store (3/31).
4/8/25 Holmes Ohio 1 Adult resident, no further details. Contract tracing and source identification are underway.
4/10/25 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1 Individiual with recent international travel. Exposures at Pennsylvania Hospital ED (4/6) and Holy Redeemer Hospital ED (4/8).
4/11/25 King Washington 1 Adult with recent international travel
4/13/25 Lancaster Pennsylvania 1 Unvaccinated adult visitor traveling from Texas tested postive while in Lancaster. Exposures at WellSpan Ephrata ED on 4/8
4/14/25 Ingham Michigan 1 Infant with recent out of state travel
4/17/25 King Washington 1 Canadian resident with recent international travel traveled through Seattle on 4/6-7 while infectious.
4/17/25 Oaha Hawii 1 Adult family member of child with confirmed case on 4/7. Base cases had recent international travel.
4/18/25 Brazoria Texas 1 No information provided
4/18/25 Taney Missouri 1 Child with unverified vaccination status and recent international travel visiting Taney County
4/19/25 Northwest VA Virginia 1 Child in Northwest VA with recent international travel
4/19/25 Greater New Orleans Louisiana 1 Unvaccinated adult with recent international travel
4/22/25 Atascosa Texas 1 Unvaccinated adult, source being investigated. Exposures at gathering at local synogogue (4/13).
4/23/25 Collin Texas 1 Unvaccinated middle school child. Exposure at Willow Springs Middle School in Lucas.
4/23/25 Denver Colorado 1 Vaccinated adult with recent travel to Mexico, household family member of infant case from 4/7.
4/24/25   Kentucky 1 Child who was not a U.S. resident was diagnosed in March after seeking treatment while traveling through the state.
4/25/25 Travis Texas 1 Vaccinated adult with recent out of state travel. Various exposures at an office building, stores, restaurants, and clinics in Austin between 4/16-20.
4/25/25 Los Angeles California 1 LA County resident with recent travel to Texas.
4/25/25 Jefferson Colorado 1 Vaccinated adult with recent travel to Mexico. Exposures Kaiser Lakewood Urgent Care 4/19
4/29/25 Shackelford Texas 1 No information provided
4/30/25 Cook Illinois 2 Suburban Cook County adult with unknown vaccination status, and an undervaccinated adult Chicago resident with recent international travel. Exposure at O'Hare (4/23)
4/30/25 Denton Texas 1 Adult with unknown vaccination status. Exposure at a Texas Rangers baseball game (4/19), various restaurants (4/19-4/22), stores, and a church (4/20) in Flower Mound.
5/2/25 Tarrant Texas 2 Unvaccinated adult and child in same household. Exposures at Mansfield Methodist ED (4/29-30).
5/5/25 Denton Texas 1 Child with unknown vaccination status and recent international travel. No known public exposures.
4/30/25 Defiance Ohio 1 Adult with unknown vaccination status. Minimal public exposures.
5/6/25 New Madrid Missouri 1 Adult. No known contact with prior cases. Limited exposures.
5/6/25 Los Angeles California 1 International traveler, became ill upon arriving in LA County. Exposures at multiple healthcare facilities. 
5/6/25 Cuyahoga Ohio 1 Unvaccinated child. Exposure at Hillcrest Hospital (5/2, 5/4)
5/7/25 Sedgwick Kansas 1 Unvaccinated school-age child. DOH working on identifying source. Exposure at grocery store in Witchta (4/29). Not linked to ongoing outbreak.
5/7/25 Ontario New York 1 Case confirmed on 5/7 of a resident who had measles in late March after exposure during international travel. No additional exposures were identified.
5/10/25 Reno Kansas 1 No patient details. Not associated with any U.S. outbreaks. Exposure at library (5/3).
5/11/25 Cass North Dakota 2 Unvaccinated adults with recent international travel. One hospitalized. Exposures at clinics in Fargo (5/9) and West Fargo (5/7).
5/13/25 King Washington 1 Canadian visitor with unknown vaccination status, spent time in King and Snohomish counties while infectious (4/30-5/3). Exposures at SEA (5/3), the Residence Inn hotel in Bothell (4/30-5/3), as well as multiple public locations in Renton, Bellevue, Seattle, Everett and Woodinville.
5/14/25 McLennan Texas 1 Unvaccinated child. Source is being investigated.
         
Ongoing Outbreak West TX Texas 717 Index case 1/29/25 in Gaines County. Now includes 32 counties in Texas
Ongoing Outbreak Southeast NM New Mexico 71 First case 2/11/25 in Lea County. Linked to ongoing outbreak in West Texas. Now includes 5 counties in southeast New Mexico.
Ongoing Outbreak Northeast & Central OK Oklahoma 17 Initial case 3/11 in NE Oklahoma, linked to Texas outbreak. Outbreak now encompasses at least 5 counties in northeast Oklahoma (including Cherokee Nation).
Ongoing Outbreak Southwest KS Kansas 54 Index case late January in Stevens County. Health officials report a possible link to West Texas outbreak. Outbreak now includes 8 counties in southwest Kansas, and 2 hospitalizations.
Ongoing Outbreak Ashtabula Ohio 16 Initial unvaccinated adult with recent exposure to international traveler reported on 3/20, 9 additional cases all unvaccinated linked to index case. Outbreak declared 3/25. Additional outbreak also linked to travel to Ontario, included 6 additional cases. The two outbreaks are not connected to one another, and as of 4/24 none of the cases are infectious.
Ongoing Outbreak Knox Ohio 20 Initial case of an unvaccinated international traveler on 3/26. Two additional cases in international travelers confirmed on 3/29. On 4/8 an additional 11 cases were reported, all linked to initial case. 7 cases in Ohio residents. No additional close contacts or suspected cases identified.
Ongoing Outbreak Allen Indiana 8 Index case reported 4/7 in unvaccinated child. On 4/9 5 additional cases were confirmed (3 unvaccinated children and 2 adults with unknown vaccination status).
Ongoing Outbreak Montcalm Michigan 8 Index case reported 4/9 in resident with out of state travel. On 4/17 an outbreak was declared with 3 linked cases in Montcalm County.
Ongoing Outbreak Gallatin Montana 7 5 confirmed cases in unvaccinated adults and children reported on 4/17 with recent out of state travel. Exposures in Bozeman (4/11) and Belgrade (4/14). On 4/29 two additional cases were confirmed, both household transmission.
Ongoing Outbreak Upshur Texas 14 On 4/17 the TDSHS reported 19 cases of measles at an isolated location in Upshur County. All cases are linked to two people who visited to location from out of state. All affected persons are isolated from the public and are in quarantine at this same location. None have required hospitalization, and all cases are persons over the age of 17. On 5/2, 5 of the cases were confirmed to be from Upshur residents with a link to the ongoing outbreak in West Texas. The other 14 cases are not from Upshur County. 
Ongoing Outbreak Middle TN Tennessee 4 Index case 3/21 in unvaccinated child (likely in Rutherford County). On 4/1 there were 3 additional cases in Middle TN, only 1 linked to index case. On 4/17 two additional cases were cofirmed with known exposure to earlier cases.
Ongoing Outbreak Erie Pennsylvania 8 Index case confirmed 3/30 in unvaccinated child. On 4/14 two additional cases were confirmed as direct exposures to the index case. Exposure at UPMC Hamot ED on 4/5. On 4/22 additional cases were confirmed.
Ongoing Outbreak Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Illinois 6 Index case confirmed 4/23 in Marion. Unvaccinated adult. Outbreak confirmed 5/5 with two additional cases for a total of 4; all cases are adults. Exposure at the St. Louis (MO) Aquarium (4/30). On 5/13 two additional cases confirmed.
Ongoing Outbreak Williams County North Dakota 10 Index case confirmed 5/2, unvaccinated child exposed to out-of-state visitor. On 5/3, 3 additional cases confirmed with known exposure to index case. On 5/6 community spread was confirmed, with additional cases having no contact with index case. 
New Outbreak Central AR Arkansas 6 Index cases 4/10 in Saline and Faulkner Counties. Both were unvaccinated children with recent out of state travel. On 4/18 a second unvaccinated Saline County child with recent out of state travel was confirmed. On 4/29 a partially vaccinated Faulkner County child with no recent travel was confirmed, suggesting community transmission. On 5/7 two additional cases were confirmed in Faulkner County, including an adult with exposures at a steel factory in Osceola (4/28-29). Source identification is underway.
New Outbreak Orange New York 3 Unvaccinated children (1 infant, 2 children under 5) with recent international travel, confirmed on 5/8.
Total Cases 1,061  

U.S. Measles Outbreaks 2025

Last Updated: May 14, 2025
As of May 14, 2025, there have been 16 confirmed measles outbreaks (defined as 3 or more linked cases) in the United States, accounting for at least 965 measles cases (91.0% of all cases nationally), 102 hospitalizations and 3 deaths.
Outbreak Name Initial City/County Region State Initial Case Date

Outbreak Declared

Total Cases Hospitalized Deaths Last Update
Southwestern US Outbreak Gaines County Northwestern TX Texas 1/29/25 1/30/25 717 93 2 5/13/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Lea County Southeastern NM New Mexico 2/11/25 2/14/25 71 7 1 5/13/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Tulsa County Northeastern & Central  OK Oklahoma 3/11/25 3/25/25 17 0 0 5/13/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Stevens County Southwestern KS Kansas 1/31/25

3/25/25

54 2 0 5/14/25
Northeast Ohio Outbreak Ashtabula County Northeastern OH Ohio 3/20/25 3/25/25 16 0 0 4/2425
Central Ohio Outbreak Knox County Central OH Ohio 3/26/25 3/29/25 20 0 0 4/14/25
Indiana Outbreak Allen County Northeast IN Indiana 4/7/25 4/9/25

8

0 0 4/9/25
Erie PA Outbreak Erie County Northwest PA Pennsylvania 3/30/25

4/14/25

8 0 0 4/23/25
Upshur TX Outbreak Upshur County North TX Texas 4/15/25 4/17/25 14 0 0 4/17/25
Middle TN Outbreak Rutherford County Middle TN Tennessee 3/21/25 4/17/25 4 0 0 4/17/25
Gallatin MO Outbreak Gallatin County Southwest MO Montana 4/17/25 4/17/25 7 0 0 4/17/25
Michigan Outbreak Montcalm County Central MI Michigan 4/7/25 4/18/25 4 0 0 4/18/25
Illinois Outbreak Franklin-Williamson County Southern IL Illinois 4/23/25 5/5/25 6 0 0 5/13/25
North Dakota Outbreak Williams County Northwest ND North Dakota 5/2/25 5/5/25 10 0 0 5/14/25
Central Arkansas Outbreak Saline and Faulkner Counties Central AR Arkansas 4/10/25 5/7/25 6 0 0 5/7/25
Hudson Valley Outbreak Orange County Central NY New York 5/6/25 5/8/25 3 0 0 5/8/25
Outbreak Totals  

965

102 3 5/14/25

2025 Measles Cases by State

Last Updated: May 14, 2025
Jurisdiction
Case Count
Alabama 0
Alaska 1
Arizona 0
Arkansas 6
California 10
Colorado 5
Connecticut 0
Delaware 0
Florida 1
Georgia 3
Hawaii 2
Idaho 0
Illinois 8
Indiana 8
Iowa 0
Kansas 56
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 2
Maine 0
Maryland 3
Massachusetts 0
Michigan 12
Minnesota 2
Mississippi 0
Missouri 2
Montana 7
Nebraska 0
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 71
New York 5
New York City 3
North Carolina 0
North Dakota 12
Ohio 40
Oklahoma 17
Oregon 0
Pennsylvania 15
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 0
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 6
Texas 750
Utah 0
Vermont 1
Virginia 1
Washington 6
Washington, D.C. 0
West Virginia 0
Wisconsin 0
Wyoming 0
Total Cases 1,061
Jurisdictions with Cases 31

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025

Updated: May 9, 2025
Note In reversing the January 2, 2025 decision to only update their measles count monthly, on February 20, 2025 the CDC announced they would be updating their counts every Friday.

The data on this page reflects confirmed measles cases reported to CDC as of noon on Thursdays.

As of May 8, 2025, a total of 1,001 confirmed* measles cases were reported by 31 jurisdictions:
  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York City
  • New York State
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Vermont
  • Washington

*NOTE: CDC is aware of probable measles cases being reported by jurisdictions. However, the data on this page only includes confirmed cases.


Measles Cases by Demographic
Age Group Cases Percentage of Total Cases
Under 5 years 299 30%
5 - 19 years 376 38%
20+ years 311 31%
Age unknown 15 1%
     
Vaccination Status Cases Percentage of Total Cases
Unvaccinated or Unknown Vaccination Status 960 96%
One MMR Dose 20 2%
Two MMR Doses 20 2%

 

Hospitalization

13% of cases hospitalized (126 of 1,001) for isolation or for management of measles complications.

Age Group Cases Hospitalized (Total by Age) Percentage of Cases in Age Group
Under 5 years 69 (299) 23%
5 - 19 years 32 (376) 9%
20+ years 23 (311) 7%
Age unknown 2 (15) 13%

 

Deaths

There has been 3 confirmed deaths from measles. Two deaths were unvaccinated school-aged children with no underlying conditions who were hospitalized with complications in West Texas. The third death was an unvaccinated adult in Lea County, New Mexico who was found did not seek treatment and was found to have measles after death.

 
Measles Outbreaks

There have been 14 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more related cases) reported in 2025, and 93% of confirmed cases (228 of 1,001) are outbreak-associated.

For comparison, 16 outbreaks were reported during 2024 and 69% of cases (198 of 285) were outbreak-associated.