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U.S. states ranked by death rate per 1,000

All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Births, deaths and natural increase by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

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2026-10-26

National value: 9.1 (United States).

Washington: 8.3Idaho: 8.4Montana: 9.9North Dakota: 8.7Minnesota: 8.6Michigan: 10.1Ohio: 10.7Pennsylvania: 10.5New York: 8.2Vermont: 10.4New Hampshire: 10.1Maine: 12Arizona: 9.1California: 7.4New Mexico: 10.5Texas: 7.4Louisiana: 10.8Mississippi: 12.2Alabama: 11.5Florida: 9.9Georgia: 8.7South Carolina: 10.8North Carolina: 9.9Virginia: 8.9District of Columbia: 7.2Maryland: 8.7Delaware: 10New Jersey: 8Connecticut: 9Rhode Island: 9.3Massachusetts: 8.6Oregon: 10Utah: 6.3Wyoming: 9.6Nevada: 8.9Colorado: 7.6South Dakota: 9.5Nebraska: 9.2Kansas: 9.7Oklahoma: 10.9Iowa: 10.1Missouri: 10.6Wisconsin: 9.7Illinois: 9Kentucky: 11.6Arkansas: 11.7Tennessee: 11.1West Virginia: 13.9Indiana: 10.2Alaska: 7.6Hawaii: 8.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 6.3 to 8.6
  • Group 2: 8.6 to 9.1
  • Group 3: 9.1 to 10
  • Group 4: 10 to 10.7
  • Highest: 10.7 to 13.9
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.

1West Virginia13.9
2Mississippi12.2
3Maine12
4Arkansas11.7
5Kentucky11.6
6Alabama11.5
7Tennessee11.1
8Oklahoma10.9
9Louisiana10.8
9South Carolina10.8
11Ohio10.7
12Missouri10.6
12Puerto Rico10.6
14New Mexico10.5
14Pennsylvania10.5
16Vermont10.4
17Indiana10.2
18Iowa10.1
18Michigan10.1
18New Hampshire10.1
21Delaware10
21Oregon10
23Florida9.9
23Montana9.9
23North Carolina9.9
26Kansas9.7
26Wisconsin9.7
28Wyoming9.6
29South Dakota9.5
30Rhode Island9.3
31Nebraska9.2
32Arizona9.1
33Connecticut9
33Illinois9
35Nevada8.9
35Virginia8.9
37Georgia8.7
37Maryland8.7
37North Dakota8.7
40Hawaii8.6
40Massachusetts8.6
40Minnesota8.6
43Idaho8.4
44Washington8.3
45New York8.2
46New Jersey8
47Alaska7.6
47Colorado7.6
49California7.4
49Texas7.4
51District of Columbia7.2
52Utah6.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2024 (year to July 1).

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U.S. states ranked by death rate per 1,000 (2024 (year to July 1)). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-death-rate-per-1000/

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