Reported Cases of Rabies in Foxes, by County, 2014

The figure shows a map of the United States with highlighted counties where rabid foxes were reported during 2014. Histogram represents number of counties in each category (light grey for 1 tested animal; medium grey for 2 to 5 tested animals; and dark grey for 6 to 672 tested animals) for total number of foxes submitted for rabies testing. Point locations (red dots) for rabid foxes were randomly selected within each reporting jurisdiction. The majority of cases occurred in eastern United States. The total number of reported cases involving foxes in 2014 was 311, representing 5.15 percent of all wildlife rabies cases in the United States.