United States Death Rate By State in 2019

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2019, the death rate for the United States was 8.69; and the top three states that had the highest death rate were:

  1. West Virginia: 12.64
  2. Alabama: 11.03
  3. Maine: 10.94

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

  1. Utah: 5.67
  2. Alaska: 6.46
  3. Colorado: 6.86

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each U.S. state in 2019.

Death Rate refers to the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear.

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Alabama 11.03
Alaska 6.46
Arizona 8.45
Arkansas 10.43
California 7.04
Colorado 6.86
Connecticut 8.81
Delaware 9.82
Florida 9.88
Georgia 8.13
Hawaii 8.78
Idaho 7.77
Illinois 8.62
Indiana 9.5
Iowa 9.21
Kansas 8.84
Kentucky 10.57
Louisiana 9.9
Maine 10.94
Maryland 8.54
Massachusetts 8.61
Michigan 9.74
Minnesota 7.84
Mississippi 10.51
Missouri 9.93
Montana 9.31
Nebraska 8.2
Nevada 8.36
New Hampshire 9.26
New Jersey 8.63
New Mexico 9
New York 8.31
North Carolina 9.11
North Dakota 8.11
Ohio 10.31
Oklahoma 10.24
Oregon 8.69
Pennsylvania 10.47
Rhode Island 9.44
South Carolina 10.04
South Dakota 8.44
Tennessee 10.26
Texas 7.06
Utah 5.67
Vermont 9.36
Virginia 8.21
Washington 7.73
West Virginia 12.64
Wisconsin 8.91
Wyoming 8.62
District of Columbia 7.67