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U.S. states ranked by deaths

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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Data last updated
2026-10-26

National value: 3,086,925 (United States).

Washington: 65,635Idaho: 16,635Montana: 11,256North Dakota: 6,867Minnesota: 49,658Michigan: 102,444Ohio: 127,000Pennsylvania: 136,882New York: 161,588Vermont: 6,762New Hampshire: 14,140Maine: 16,766Arizona: 68,662California: 290,135New Mexico: 22,270Texas: 229,362Louisiana: 49,828Mississippi: 35,843Alabama: 59,273Florida: 227,980Georgia: 97,250South Carolina: 58,516North Carolina: 108,649Virginia: 78,443District of Columbia: 4,985Maryland: 54,005Delaware: 10,458New Jersey: 75,189Connecticut: 32,778Rhode Island: 10,286Massachusetts: 61,133Oregon: 42,519Utah: 21,709Wyoming: 5,634Nevada: 28,893Colorado: 45,203South Dakota: 8,723Nebraska: 18,308Kansas: 28,731Oklahoma: 44,506Iowa: 32,472Missouri: 66,068Wisconsin: 57,405Illinois: 114,343Kentucky: 53,140Arkansas: 35,888Tennessee: 79,865West Virginia: 24,524Indiana: 70,263Alaska: 5,642Hawaii: 12,411

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4,985 to 14,140
  • Group 2: 14,140 to 32,778
  • Group 3: 32,778 to 57,405
  • Group 4: 57,405 to 79,865
  • Highest: 79,865 to 290,135
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.

1California290,135
2Texas229,362
3Florida227,980
4New York161,588
5Pennsylvania136,882
6Ohio127,000
7Illinois114,343
8North Carolina108,649
9Michigan102,444
10Georgia97,250
11Tennessee79,865
12Virginia78,443
13New Jersey75,189
14Indiana70,263
15Arizona68,662
16Missouri66,068
17Washington65,635
18Massachusetts61,133
19Alabama59,273
20South Carolina58,516
21Wisconsin57,405
22Maryland54,005
23Kentucky53,140
24Louisiana49,828
25Minnesota49,658
26Colorado45,203
27Oklahoma44,506
28Oregon42,519
29Arkansas35,888
30Mississippi35,843
31Puerto Rico33,920
32Connecticut32,778
33Iowa32,472
34Nevada28,893
35Kansas28,731
36West Virginia24,524
37New Mexico22,270
38Utah21,709
39Nebraska18,308
40Maine16,766
41Idaho16,635
42New Hampshire14,140
43Hawaii12,411
44Montana11,256
45Delaware10,458
46Rhode Island10,286
47South Dakota8,723
48North Dakota6,867
49Vermont6,762
50Alaska5,642
51Wyoming5,634
52District of Columbia4,985

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 deaths (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-deaths/

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