United States Death Rate By State in 2020

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2020, the death rate for the United States was 9.34; and the top three states that had the highest death rate were:

  1. West Virginia: 13.57
  2. Alabama: 11.87
  3. Maine: 11.55

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

  1. Utah: 5.91
  2. Alaska: 7.17
  3. Colorado: 7.39

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each U.S. state in 2020.

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

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Alabama 11.87
Alaska 7.17
Arizona 9.02
Arkansas 11.18
California 7.74
Colorado 7.39
Connecticut 9.4
Delaware 10.56
Florida 10.66
Georgia 8.87
Hawaii 9.76
Idaho 8.1
Illinois 9.36
Indiana 9.97
Iowa 9.76
Kansas 9.33
Kentucky 11.15
Louisiana 10.77
Maine 11.55
Maryland 9.19
Massachusetts 9.15
Michigan 10.37
Minnesota 8.3
Mississippi 11.4
Missouri 10.58
Montana 10
Nebraska 8.69
Nevada 9.05
New Hampshire 9.62
New Jersey 9.19
New Mexico 9.47
New York 9.15
North Carolina 9.76
North Dakota 8.81
Ohio 10.85
Oklahoma 10.95
Oregon 9.4
Pennsylvania 11.2
Rhode Island 9.9
South Carolina 10.75
South Dakota 8.9
Tennessee 10.77
Texas 7.58
Utah 5.91
Vermont 9.83
Virginia 8.84
Washington 8.33
West Virginia 13.57
Wisconsin 9.33
Wyoming 9.4
District of Columbia 8.57