Prairie State Wire

There were 128 Hispanic people who died in Illinois in the week ending July 22, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The data shows a decrease from the week before when 143 people of Hispanic origin died.

Many records within the CDC are incomplete, as only 60 percent of death records are submitted within 10 days of death.

The Brookings Institute believes deaths among minority populations, specifically Hispanic and Blacks, are chronically underreported.

The U.S. Census defines Hispanic people as those who self-identify as such, often with relatives from regions such as Central and Southern America.

State	Lives lost
California	1,218
Texas	978
Florida	634
Arizona	262
New Mexico	132
New Jersey	131
Illinois	128
Colorado	113
New York	75
Nevada	73
Pennsylvania	72
Massachusetts	58
Washington	54
Connecticut	50
Georgia	50
North Carolina	50
Virginia	38
Maryland	38
Michigan	37
Oregon	32
Indiana	28
Tennessee	27
Utah	25
Ohio	25
Kansas	24
Oklahoma	21
Louisiana	21
Wisconsin	20
Idaho	17
Arkansas	16
South Carolina	16
Rhode Island	15
Minnesota	13
Missouri	13
Nebraska	12
Hawaii	12