North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2020

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2020, the death rate for North Carolina was 9.76, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Swain County: 17.55
  2. Mitchell County: 16.44
  3. Northampton County: 16.02

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Wake County: 6.02
  2. Orange County: 6.22
  3. Onslow County: 6.24

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each North Carolina county in 2020. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2020
North Carolina Death Rate By County in 2020
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County Death Rate
Alamance 11.04
Alexander 11.52
Alleghany 13.79
Anson 13.1
Ashe 14.38
Avery 13.8
Beaufort 13.76
Bertie 14.86
Bladen 14.9
Brunswick 12.47
Buncombe 10.87
Burke 12.53
Cabarrus 8.32
Caldwell 13.38
Camden 6.8
Carteret 13.86
Caswell 12.04
Catawba 11.38
Chatham 11.25
Cherokee 13.12
Chowan 15.58
Clay 12.64
Cleveland 13.79
Columbus 14.92
Craven 11.28
Cumberland 8.65
Currituck 7.2
Dare 9.52
Davidson 11.87
Davie 11.4
Duplin 10.63
Durham 7.47
Edgecombe 14.28
Forsyth 9.7
Franklin 10.08
Gaston 11.73
Gates 11.39
Graham 12.87
Granville 10.46
Greene 11.33
Guilford 9.39
Halifax 15.47
Harnett 8.6
Haywood 13.55
Henderson 13.17
Hertford 13.56
Hoke 7.6
Hyde 11.46
Iredell 9.87
Jackson 9.23
Johnston 8.42
Jones 13.56
Lee 10.05
Lenoir 14.4
Lincoln 11.05
McDowell 12.1
Macon 13.02
Madison 12.68
Martin 14.34
Mecklenburg 6.51
Mitchell 16.44
Montgomery 12.23
Moore 12.38
Nash 12.42
New Hanover 9.67
Northampton 16.02
Onslow 6.24
Orange 6.22
Pamlico 14.82
Pasquotank 10.16
Pender 10.18
Perquimans 10.86
Person 12.37
Pitt 8.5
Polk 14.18
Randolph 11.94
Richmond 13.94
Robeson 11.71
Rockingham 14.47
Rowan 12.12
Rutherford 13.84
Sampson 11.87
Scotland 13
Stanly 12.63
Stokes 13.11
Surry 14.03
Swain 17.55
Transylvania 13.03
Tyrrell 10.81
Union 6.91
Vance 12.69
Wake 6.02
Warren 13.87
Washington 15.48
Watauga 7.52
Wayne 12.27
Wilkes 13.29
Wilson 12.35
Yadkin 12.47
Yancey 13.77

Historical Death Rate for Counties in North Carolina

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in North Carolina.