The article’s high citation rate is evidence of the value of the research and its scientific and social importance to leaders and researchers grappling with the uneven distribution of COVID-19 mortality. As the article writers note in the abstract: “As COVID‐19 death rates continue to rise, existing structural inequalities continue to shape racial disparities in this pandemic. Policies mandating the disaggregation of state‐level data by race/ethnicity are vital to ensure equitable and evidence‐based response and recovery efforts.”The article’s high citation rate is evidence of the value of the research and its scientific and social importance to leaders and researchers grappling with the uneven distribution of COVID-19 mortality. As the article writers note in the abstract: “As COVID‐19 death rates continue to rise, existing structural inequalities continue to shape racial disparities in this pandemic. Policies mandating the disaggregation of state‐level data by race/ethnicity are vital to ensure equitable and evidence‐based response and recovery efforts.”