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U.S. Measles Outbreaks 2025

U.S. Measles Outbreaks 2025

Last Updated: June 30, 2025
As of June 30, 2025, there have been 25 measles outbreaks (defined as 3 or more linked cases) in the United States, accounting for at least 1,118  measles cases (88.1% of all cases nationally), 115 hospitalizations and 3 deaths.
Outbreaks by Region
State
Cases
Hospitalizations
Initial
Outbreak
Last Update
Closed
Northeast  
Erie County Outbreak Pennsylvania 8 0 3/30/2025 4/14/2025 4/23/2025 Yes
Orange County Outbreak New York 4 0 5/6/2025 5/8/2025 5/27/2025  
Southeast  
Cumberland TN Outbreak Tennessee 6 0 3/17/2025 3/31/2025 4/14/2025 Yes
Middle TN Outbreak Tennessee 4   3/21/2025 4/18/2025 4/18/2025 Yes
Central AR Outbreak Arkansas 8 0 4/10/2025 5/7/2025 6/16/2025  
Greater Atlanta GA Outbreak Georgia 3 0 5/19/2025 6/18/2025 6/18/2025  
Midwest  
Ashtabula County Outbreak Ohio 16 0 3/20/2025 3/25/2025 4/24/2025 Yes
Knox County Outbreak Ohio 20 0 3/26/2025 3/29/2025 4/14/2025 Yes
Allen County Outbreak Indiana 8 0 4/7/2025 4/9/2025 4/21/2025 Yes
Montcalm County Outbreak Michigan 4 0 4/7/2025 4/17/2025 4/18/2025 Yes
Southern IL Outbreak Illinois 8 0 4/23/2025 5/5/2025 5/23/2025  
Northwest ND Outbreak North Dakota 13 0 5/2/2025 5/5/2025 5/22/2025  
Cass County Outbreak North Dakota 7 1 5/6/2025 5/22/2025 5/27/2025  
Grand Forks County Outbreak North Dakota 7 1 5/16/2025 5/22/2025 5/29/2025  
Johnson County IO Outbreak Iowa 4 0 6/11/2025 6/192025 6/19/2025  
Grand Traverse County MI Outbreak Michigan 3 0 6/16/2025 6/23/2025 6/23/2025  
Southwest  
Southwest U.S. Outbreak
Texas 750 97 1/29/2025 1/30/2025 6/24/2025  
New Mexico 86 7 2/11/2025 2/14/2025 6/27/2025  
Oklahoma 20 0 3/11/2025 3/25/2025 6/27/2025  
Kansas 77 3 3/13/2025 3/21/2025 6/25/2025  
Upshur County Outbreak Texas 14 0 4/15/2025 4/17/2025 4/17/2025 Yes
Williamson County Outbreak Texas 6 0 5/22/2025 5/30/2025 6/3/2025  
Tarrant County Outbreak Texas 4 0 5/2/2025 5/27/2025 5/27/2025  
West  
Gallatin County Outbreak Montana 15 2 4/17/2025 4/17/2025 6/20/2025  
Denver Airport Outbreak Colorado 10 2 5/22/2025 5/29/2025 6/9/2025  
Hill County Outbreak Montana 4 0 5/22/2025 6/2/2025 6/6/2025  
Navajo County Outbreak Arizona 4 0 6/9/2025 6/9/2025 6/9/2025  
Utah & Southwest County Outbreak Utah 7 2 6/20/2025 6/26/2025 6/30/2025  
Total 1,118 115        

Current Measles Hot Spots
Colorado

There is a ongoing outbreak in Colorado stemming from an actively infectious out-of-state traveler who flew through the Denver International Airport (DIA) on May 13th and 14th.

As of June 18, there have been a total of 10 Colorado residents infected with measles associated with the infectious traveler through DIA in mid-May, including 4 passengers on the Turkish Airlines flight with the index case on May 13, 5 individuals who were at DIA during the exposure period, and a secondary case.

 
Kansas

Although cases have slowed in West Texas and New Mexico, from the ongoing regional outbreak in the southwestern U.S., cases linked to this outbreak are still growing in Kansas. As of June 18th, there have been 77 confirmed cases in 9 counties, with three hospitalizations.

 
Montana

An outbreak in Gallatin County has led to 15 cases as of June 20th, with the index case reported on April 17th, followed by two additional cases of household transmission on April 29th. Community transmission was confirmed on May 23rd, when an adult with unknown vaccination status was hospitalized. A fully vaccinated adult was also confirmed with measles on May 28th.

An additional outbreak in Hill County has led to 4 cases so far, all unvaccinated children. The initial case was reported on May 22nd, a child who attended a private party. The three additional cases all had exposure to the index case. No known public exposures identified.

 
Utah

A recent outbreak is ongoing in Utah, including in Utah County (Provo) and in the Southwest Health District. The index case was an unvaccinated adult from Utah County with no recent travel, indicating that there was already ongoing community transmission within the state. Since the initial case was confirmed on June 20, in the past week there have been 6 additional cases confirmed, including two hospitalizations. Two of the cases are pregnant women, and one of the cases is a child. All cases thus far have been unvaccinated. Thus far, only one of the cases has a direct exposure link to a prior case.