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Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Measles (Rubeola)

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Infectious Disease Prevention Section
Mail Code: 1927
PO BOX 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347
United States

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Infectious Disease Prevention Section
1100 West 49th Street,
Suite G401
Austin, TX 78714
United States

Measles (Rubeola) Data

Current Measles Status in Texas

For information about the 2025 measles outbreak in Texas, visit the measles outbreak homepage. Case counts are available on the news updates webpage. This year has seen the largest number of confirmed measles cases in Texas since 990 cases were reported in 1992.

Historical Measles Trends

  • Before 1963, the U.S. had about 500,000 reported measles cases and 500 measles deaths per year. There were epidemic cycles every two to three years. However, experts estimate that the actual number of infections was 3-4 million annually.
  • Measles was common in children:
    • More than half of children had measles by age 6.
    • More than 9 in 10 had it by age 15.
  • After the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, cases dropped by more than 95 percent, and the two-to-three-year epidemic cycles stopped.
  • Between 1985 and 1988, two-thirds of school-aged measles cases were in children who had received only one dose of the vaccine.
  • In 1989, the CDC began recommending a second MMR dose to provide better protection.
  • From 2000 to 2024, most cases were related to international travel.

 

Texas Measles Cases, 2000-2024
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024*
0 1 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 1 0 6 0 27 10 1 1 1 9 23 0 0 0 3 1

*2024 case count is provisional and subject to change
 

Texas Measles Cases by Age Group, 2006-2024
Age Group (Yrs) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024* Total
<1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
1-4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 3 0 26
5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10-14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
15-19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
20-29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 17
30-39 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9
40-49 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12
50-59 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
60+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Annual Total 0 7 0 1 0 6 0 27 10 1 1 1 9 23 0 0 0 3 1 90

*2024 case count is provisional and subject to change
 

Texas Measles Cases by County of Residence, 2006-2024
County 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024*
Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bexar 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Collin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Denton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
El Paso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fort Bend 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galveston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Guadalupe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Harris 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1
Hood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jefferson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
McCulloch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Orange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tarrant 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Williamson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 0 7 0 1 0 6 0 27 10 1 1 1 9 23 0 0 0 3 1

*2024 case count is provisional and subject to change