| Lyme Disease Cases as Reported to the CDC 1980-1989 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 |
| California | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 70 | 107 | 182 | 200 | 250 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 52 | 135 | 73 | 483 | 699 | N/A | 215 | 362 | 774 |
| Delaware | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 715 |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 79 |
| Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 27 | 66 | 138 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 69 | 163 | 95 | 80 | 129 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 165 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 22 | 55 | 86 | 64 | 94 | 94 | 67 | 92 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 108 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 10 | 57 | 70 | 155 | 175 | 219 | 257 | 500 | 680 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| New York | 7 | 170 | 267 | 466 | 1,235 | 482 | 877 | 2,637 | 3,224 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 61 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 99 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 65 | 306 | 626 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 41 | 57 | 74 | 121 | 415 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 172 | 8 | 33 | 18 | 82 |
| Utah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 54 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | 58 | 69 | 176 | 135 | 162 | 358 | 246 | 762 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Totals by Year | 120 | 491 | 595 | 1,518 | 2,748 | 1,387 | 2,392 | 4,882 | 8,803 |
| Notes: | Figures are not available for 1981. | ||||||||
| In Hawaii Lyme Disease is not a Notifiable Disease. | |||||||||
| Montana is not accepting reports until isolation of the disease. | |||||||||