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Measles Cases in 2025

Measles Cases in the United States, 2025

Last Updated: April 23, 2025 

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).
4/10/25 Saline Arkansas 1 Unvaccinated child with exposure during out of state travel. Exposures at Saline Memorial Hospital ED (4/6), Arkansas Children's ED (4/8)
4/10/25 Faulkner Arkansas 1 Unvaccinated child with exposure during out of state travel. Exposures at Arkansas Pediatrics Conway (4/7) and Arkansas Children's ED (4/9)
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
4/15/25 Rockwall Texas 1 Adult resident with recent travel to West Texas.
4/17/25 King Washington 1 Canadian residentwith 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 Adult with unconfirmed vaccination status, household family member of infant case from 4/7.
         
Ongoing Outbreak West TX Texas 624 Index case 1/29/25 in Gaines County. Now includes 19 counties in Texas
Ongoing Outbreak Southeast NM New Mexico 65 First case 2/11/25. Linked to ongoing outbreak in West Texas.
Ongoing Outbreak Northeast & Central OK Oklahoma 13 Initial case 3/11 in NE Oklahoma, linked to Texas outbreak, 7 additional cases were household or extended family to index case. On 4/1 two additional cases were confirmed, one an unvaccinated child in OKC with exposures at Oklahoma Children's Hospital 3/23.
Ongoing Outbreak Southwest KS Kansas 37 Index case late January. On 3/26 KDHE reports cases have doubled to 23 in the past week, moving eastward encompassing 6 counties, with a possible link to West Texas outbreak. On 4/9 two additional counties added cases.
Ongoing Outbreak Ashtabula Ohio 10 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. 
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.
New 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).
New 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.
New Outbreak Gallatin Montana 5 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).
New Outbreak Upshur Texas 19 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.
New 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.
New 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.
Total Cases 895  

U.S. Measles Outbreaks 2025

Last Updated: April 22, 2025

 

As of April 22, 2025, there have been 12 confirmed measles outbreaks (defined as 3 or more linked cases) in the United States, accounting for at least 812 measles cases (91.5% of all cases nationally), 71 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 1/30/25 624 64 2 4/22/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Lea County Southeastern NM New Mexico 2/11/25 2/14/25 65 6 1 4/22/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Tulsa County Northeastern & Central  OK Oklahoma 3/11/25 3/25/25 13 0 0 4/22/25
Southwestern US Outbreak Stevens County Southwestern KS Kansas 1/31/25

3/25/25

37 1 0 4/16/25
Northeast Ohio Outbreak Ashtabula County Northeastern OH Ohio 3/20/25 3/25/25 10 0 0 3/26/25
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 6 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 19 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 5 0 0 4/17/25
Michigan Outbreak Montcalm County Central MI Michigan 4/7/25 4/18/25 4 0 0 4/18/25
Outbreak Totals  

817

71 3 4/23/25

2025 Measles Cases by State

Last Updated: April 23, 2025
Jurisdiction
Case Count
Alabama 0
Alaska 1
Arizona 0
Arkansas 2
California 8
Colorado 4
Connecticut 0
Delaware 0
Florida 1
Georgia 3
Hawaii 2
Idaho 0
Illinois 0
Indiana 8
Iowa 0
Kansas 37
Kentucky 1
Louisiana 2
Maine 0
Maryland 3
Massachusetts 0
Michigan 12
Minnesota 2
Mississippi 0
Missouri 1
Montana 5
Nebraska 0
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 0
New Jersey 3
New Mexico 65
New York 1
New York City 3
North Carolina 0
North Dakota 0
Ohio 32
Oklahoma 13
Oregon 0
Pennsylvania 15
Rhode Island 1
South Carolina 0
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 6
Texas 656
Utah 0
Vermont 1
Virginia 1
Washington 5
Washington, D.C. 0
West Virginia 0
Wisconsin 0
Wyoming 0
Total 895

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025

Updated: April 18, 2025

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 April 17, 2025, a total of 800 confirmed* measles cases were reported by 25 jurisdictions:
  • Alaska

  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York City
  • New York State
  • 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 249 31%
5 - 19 years 304 38%
20+ years 231 29%
Age unknown 16 2%
     
Vaccination Status Cases Percentage of Total Cases
Unvaccinated or Unknown Vaccination Status 768 96%
One MMR Dose 8 1%
Two MMR Doses 16 2%

 

Hospitalization

11% of cases hospitalized (85 of 800) for isolation or for management of measles complications.

Age Group Cases Hospitalized (Total by Age) Percentage of Cases in Age Group
Under 5 years 47 (249) 19%
5 - 19 years 21 (304) 7%
20+ years 15 (231) 6%
Age unknown 2 (16) 13%

 

Deaths

There has been 2 confirmed deaths from measles and 1 under investigation. The two confirmed deaths were unvaccinated school-aged children with no underlying conditions who were hospitalized with complications in West Texas. The probable 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 10 outbreaks (defined as 3 or more related cases) reported in 2025, and 94% of confirmed cases (751 of 800)) are outbreak-associated. For comparison, 16 outbreaks were reported during 2024 and 69% of cases (198 of 285) were outbreak-associated.