And when you're talking rural counties vs more populous ones, you can't go by raw "cases". They usually reflect it as "cases" or "deaths" per 100,000 (population).
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/county.htm
The top 10 counties with the highest deaths per 100,000 =
Iron (369.3)
Florence (302.7)
Forest (266.5)
Lincoln (264.6)
Waupaca (258.9)
Menominee (241.4)
Oneida (216.3)
Dodge (210.6)
Vilas (202.7)
Racine (198.7)
The top 10 counties with the lowest deaths per 100,000 =
Buffalo (53.7)
Lafayette (54.0)
Green (54.1)
Iowa (54.9)
Dane (59.4)
Price (59.9)
St. Croix (73.9)
La Crosse (83.0)
Dunn (83.8) *tie
Sauk (83.8) *tie
Juneau (86.2)
Pierce (88.9)
Your other urban/more populous counties not mentioned in the above-
Milwaukee = 153.6
Waukesha = 151.7
Brown = 99.8
Outagamie = 122.4
Winnebago = 122.2
Rock = 119.4
Marathon = 149.6
Where I found some county populations by size here - https://www.wisconsin-demographics.com/counties_by_population
2 Dane County 536,078
3 Waukesha County 400,475
4 Brown County 261,368
5 Racine County 195,602
6 Outagamie County 185,700
7 Winnebago County 170,411
8 Kenosha County 168,524
9 Rock County 162,152
10 Marathon County 135,396
11 Washington County 134,925
12 La Crosse County 117,894
13 Sheboygan County 115,178
14 Eau Claire County 103,514
15 Walworth County 103,074
16 Fond du Lac County 102,597
17 St. Croix County 88,732
18 Ozaukee County 88,597
19 Dodge County 87,715
20 Jefferson County 84,701
21 Manitowoc County 79,185
22 Wood County 73,112
23 Portage County 70,632
24 Sauk County 63,922
25 Chippewa County 63,892
26 Columbia County 57,133
27 Grant County 51,733
28 Waupaca County 51,245
29 Calumet County 49,928
30 Monroe County 45,771
31 Barron County 45,229
32 Dunn County 44,759
33 Polk County 43,438
34 Douglas County 43,295
35 Pierce County 41,977
36 Shawano County 40,904
37 Marinette County 40,391
38 Oconto County 37,646
39 Green County 36,896
40 Oneida County 35,381
41 Clark County 34,579
42 Vernon County 30,633
43 Trempealeau County 29,499
44 Lincoln County 27,744
45 Door County 27,472
46 Juneau County 26,478
47 Waushara County 24,193
48 Iowa County 23,618
49 Vilas County 21,751
50 Jackson County 20,522
51 Kewaunee County 20,387
52 Taylor County 20,325
53 Adams County 20,094
54 Langlade County 19,146
55 Green Lake County 18,755
56 Richland County 17,459
57 Lafayette County 16,715
58 Sawyer County 16,399
59 Crawford County 16,235
60 Washburn County 15,688
61 Ashland County 15,617
62 Marquette County 15,304
63 Burnett County 15,289
64 Bayfield County 14,993
65 Rusk County 14,132
66 Price County 13,416
67 Buffalo County 13,126
68 Forest County 8,995
69 Pepin County 7,265
70 Iron County 5,687
71 Menominee County 4,558
72 Florence County 4,314
United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2020. http://www.census.gov/.
United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 10 December 2020. http://www.census.gov/.
So outside of Racine (south of Milwaukee), that has about a 25% POC population, it's a rural problem.
(I can't believe you made me look at this
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