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Florida vs California is telling. FL mostly stayed open and didn't do much worse than CA, despite Florida's much older population.

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Per capita or overall?

Per capita. Florida did anomalously well given its seemingly poor handling of the situation. It's likely related to the fact that California has 3 of the 10 biggest cities in the US while Florida has 0, but that doesn't seem like enough to fully explain it.

Density and demographics are two interesting points.

SF and LA are pretty dense in some areas, and not very car-friendly.

Florida skews heavily toward relatively well-off retiree who might already be a little more socially distanced than the norm.

maybe, but in terms of density overall;

CA: 253.9 residents per square mile

FL: 397.2 residents per square mile

Large chunks of land in CA are completely deserted and uninhabitable.

What's more interesting is the local density; what does the distributions of residents per square miles looks like.

Should probably compare places where people live. Including the vast parts of CA that are empty desert skews this stat.

that would be helpful. is there a stat that does that? removing empty CA desert and empty FL swamp?

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