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COVID-19 death rate, 2024: U.S. states ranked

Measure: COVID-19 death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Kidney, liver, flu, falls and other causes of death by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 7.3 (United States).

Washington: 6.8Idaho: 6.3Montana: 8North Dakota: 6.4Minnesota: 6.9Michigan: 7.2Ohio: 7.9Pennsylvania: 8.2New York: 6.9Vermont: 8New Hampshire: 7.5Maine: 9.7Arizona: 6.1California: 6.3New Mexico: 9Texas: 6.2Louisiana: 6.7Mississippi: 10.8Alabama: 8.5Florida: 6.4Georgia: 7.3South Carolina: 8.1North Carolina: 8.4Virginia: 8.1District of Columbia: 5.6Maryland: 7.2Delaware: 9.5New Jersey: 7Connecticut: 8.1Rhode Island: 6.4Massachusetts: 7.3Oregon: 6.7Utah: 5.7Wyoming: 9.4Nevada: 6.1Colorado: 5.7South Dakota: 8.8Nebraska: 7.7Kansas: 8.4Oklahoma: 9.6Iowa: 7.9Missouri: 7.7Wisconsin: 6.3Illinois: 6.3Kentucky: 11.1Arkansas: 9.1Tennessee: 9West Virginia: 11.2Indiana: 8.2Alaska: 8.7Hawaii: 5.9

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 5.6 to 6.3
  • Group 2: 6.3 to 7.2
  • Group 3: 7.2 to 8
  • Group 4: 8 to 8.8
  • Highest: 8.8 to 11.2
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Provisional 2024 rates; final figures may differ slightly.

1West Virginia11.2
2Kentucky11.1
3Mississippi10.8
4Maine9.7
5Oklahoma9.6
6Delaware9.5
7Wyoming9.4
8Arkansas9.1
9New Mexico9
9Tennessee9
11South Dakota8.8
12Alaska8.7
13Alabama8.5
14Kansas8.4
14North Carolina8.4
16Indiana8.2
16Pennsylvania8.2
18Connecticut8.1
18South Carolina8.1
18Virginia8.1
21Montana8
21Vermont8
23Iowa7.9
23Ohio7.9
25Missouri7.7
25Nebraska7.7
27New Hampshire7.5
28Georgia7.3
28Massachusetts7.3
30Maryland7.2
30Michigan7.2
32New Jersey7
33Minnesota6.9
33New York6.9
35Washington6.8
36Louisiana6.7
36Oregon6.7
38Florida6.4
38North Dakota6.4
38Rhode Island6.4
41California6.3
41Idaho6.3
41Illinois6.3
41Wisconsin6.3
45Texas6.2
46Arizona6.1
46Nevada6.1
48Hawaii5.9
49Colorado5.7
49Utah5.7
51District of Columbia5.6

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality (data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x), 12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted rates. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by COVID-19 death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted) (2024). Data: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS – VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality, data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x (12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-covid-19-death-rate-2024/

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