Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
Updated on January 26, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Death Rate per 1K for Texas was 6.91. Among all Texas counties, Loving County had the highest death rate (24), followed by Baylor County (18.92), and Cottle County (18.77).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
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Related Topics: Texas Census Vintage Data Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2017 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2017
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Loving County | 24 |
| 2 | Baylor County | 18.92 |
| 3 | Cottle County | 18.77 |
| 4 | Sabine County | 18.55 |
| 5 | Real County | 18.53 |
| 6 | Hall County | 18.52 |
| 7 | Motley County | 17.54 |
| 8 | Coke County | 17.45 |
| 9 | Marion County | 17.32 |
| 10 | Knox County | 17.03 |
| 11 | Trinity County | 16.91 |
| 12 | Foard County | 16.72 |
| 13 | Coleman County | 16.53 |
| 14 | Hamilton County | 16.09 |
| 15 | Young County | 16 |
| 16 | Red River County | 15.86 |
| 17 | Throckmorton County | 15.73 |
| 18 | Llano County | 15.69 |
| 19 | Menard County | 15.2 |
| 20 | Runnels County | 14.88 |
| 21 | Morris County | 14.77 |
| 22 | Donley County | 14.58 |
| 23 | Haskell County | 14.5 |
| 24 | Montague County | 14.49 |
| 25 | Wheeler County | 14.41 |
| 26 | Stonewall County | 14.4 |
| 27 | Bosque County | 14.31 |
| 28 | Wood County | 14.28 |
| 29 | Comanche County | 14.25 |
| 30 | San Saba County | 14.1 |
| 31 | Kerr County | 14.07 |
| 32 | Cass County | 14.03 |
| 33 | Gillespie County | 13.8 |
| 34 | Wilbarger County | 13.76 |
| 35 | Kimble County | 13.66 |
| 36 | Eastland County | 13.59 |
| 37 | Colorado County | 13.49 |
| 38 | Brown County | 13.47 |
| 39 | Henderson County | 13.41 |
| 40 | Kent County | 13.28 |
| 41 | Aransas County | 13.27 |
| 41 | Delta County | 13.27 |
| 42 | Mills County | 13.25 |
| 43 | Swisher County | 13.18 |
| 44 | Rains County | 13.13 |
| 45 | Burleson County | 13.09 |
| 46 | Polk County | 13.05 |
| 47 | Edwards County | 13 |
| 48 | McCulloch County | 12.96 |
| 49 | Mason County | 12.94 |
| 50 | Houston County | 12.92 |
| 51 | San Augustine County | 12.91 |
| 52 | Fannin County | 12.9 |
| 53 | Fayette County | 12.89 |
| 54 | Lavaca County | 12.88 |
| 55 | Gray County | 12.77 |
| 56 | DeWitt County | 12.76 |
| 57 | Clay County | 12.71 |
| 58 | Leon County | 12.67 |
| 59 | Lamar County | 12.65 |
| 60 | Hill County | 12.62 |
| 61 | Hardeman County | 12.6 |
| 62 | Van Zandt County | 12.52 |
| 63 | Upshur County | 12.5 |
| 64 | Goliad County | 12.47 |
| 65 | Crosby County | 12.42 |
| 65 | Orange County | 12.42 |
| 66 | Callahan County | 12.39 |
| 67 | Milam County | 12.3 |
| 68 | Duval County | 12.27 |
| 69 | Refugio County | 12.18 |
| 70 | Childress County | 12.17 |
| 71 | Navarro County | 12.09 |
| 72 | Tyler County | 12.02 |
| 73 | Shelby County | 12.01 |
| 74 | Panola County | 11.94 |
| 75 | Newton County | 11.9 |
| 76 | Armstrong County | 11.88 |
| 77 | Dickens County | 11.86 |
| 78 | Mitchell County | 11.85 |
| 79 | Palo Pinto County | 11.75 |
| 80 | Jasper County | 11.74 |
| 80 | Nolan County | 11.74 |
| 81 | Anderson County | 11.69 |
| 82 | Hemphill County | 11.68 |
| 83 | San Jacinto County | 11.58 |
| 84 | Lynn County | 11.55 |
| 85 | Hood County | 11.49 |
| 86 | Lamb County | 11.44 |
| 87 | Brooks County | 11.42 |
| 88 | Matagorda County | 11.38 |
| 89 | Fisher County | 11.37 |
| 90 | Stephens County | 11.36 |
| 91 | Briscoe County | 11.35 |
| 92 | Ward County | 11.16 |
| 93 | Robertson County | 11.13 |
| 94 | Burnet County | 11.12 |
| 95 | Limestone County | 11.1 |
| 95 | Wichita County | 11.1 |
| 96 | Archer County | 11.04 |
| 97 | Hopkins County | 11.02 |
| 98 | Jack County | 11.01 |
| 99 | Cherokee County | 10.98 |
| 99 | Lee County | 10.98 |
| 100 | Carson County | 10.91 |
| 101 | Howard County | 10.89 |
| 102 | Cooke County | 10.83 |
| 102 | Live Oak County | 10.83 |
| 103 | Bowie County | 10.8 |
| 104 | Brewster County | 10.79 |
| 105 | Falls County | 10.75 |
| 106 | Grayson County | 10.73 |
| 107 | Gregg County | 10.63 |
| 108 | Franklin County | 10.61 |
| 109 | Wharton County | 10.56 |
| 110 | Bandera County | 10.5 |
| 111 | Angelina County | 10.48 |
| 112 | Hutchinson County | 10.45 |
| 113 | Hunt County | 10.4 |
| 113 | Jones County | 10.4 |
| 114 | Crockett County | 10.31 |
| 114 | Jackson County | 10.31 |
| 115 | Washington County | 10.25 |
| 116 | Terry County | 10.24 |
| 117 | Blanco County | 10.19 |
| 118 | Dawson County | 10.18 |
| 119 | Liberty County | 10.16 |
| 120 | McMullen County | 10.15 |
| 121 | Rusk County | 10.1 |
| 122 | Collingsworth County | 10.06 |
| 123 | Hardin County | 10.04 |
| 124 | Harrison County | 10.02 |
| 125 | Gonzales County | 9.97 |
| 126 | Kleberg County | 9.96 |
| 127 | Austin County | 9.94 |
| 128 | Culberson County | 9.9 |
| 128 | Jefferson County | 9.9 |
| 129 | Wise County | 9.89 |
| 130 | Camp County | 9.85 |
| 130 | Terrell County | 9.85 |
| 131 | Willacy County | 9.81 |
| 132 | Taylor County | 9.76 |
| 133 | Grimes County | 9.71 |
| 134 | Winkler County | 9.67 |
| 135 | Shackelford County | 9.66 |
| 136 | San Patricio County | 9.65 |
| 137 | Potter County | 9.64 |
| 138 | Hansford County | 9.6 |
| 139 | Kenedy County | 9.58 |
| 140 | Calhoun County | 9.57 |
| 140 | Freestone County | 9.57 |
| 140 | Lampasas County | 9.57 |
| 141 | Kinney County | 9.53 |
| 142 | Somervell County | 9.48 |
| 143 | Floyd County | 9.42 |
| 144 | Tom Green County | 9.32 |
| 145 | Smith County | 9.3 |
| 146 | Jim Wells County | 9.2 |
| 147 | Zavala County | 9.14 |
| 148 | Hale County | 9.12 |
| 149 | Victoria County | 9.08 |
| 150 | Scurry County | 9 |
| 151 | Comal County | 8.96 |
| 152 | Jeff Davis County | 8.92 |
| 153 | Titus County | 8.88 |
| 154 | Parker County | 8.82 |
| 155 | Erath County | 8.78 |
| 156 | Hartley County | 8.75 |
| 157 | Hockley County | 8.73 |
| 158 | Uvalde County | 8.68 |
| 159 | Kendall County | 8.66 |
| 160 | La Salle County | 8.59 |
| 160 | Madison County | 8.59 |
| 161 | Caldwell County | 8.51 |
| 161 | Pecos County | 8.51 |
| 162 | Bailey County | 8.5 |
| 163 | Galveston County | 8.48 |
| 164 | Johnson County | 8.46 |
| 165 | Medina County | 8.45 |
| 166 | Nacogdoches County | 8.41 |
| 167 | Dallam County | 8.37 |
| 167 | McLennan County | 8.37 |
| 168 | Bastrop County | 8.33 |
| 168 | Cochran County | 8.33 |
| 169 | Sutton County | 8.31 |
| 170 | Deaf Smith County | 8.25 |
| 171 | Jim Hogg County | 8.24 |
| 172 | Kaufman County | 8.12 |
| 173 | Dimmit County | 8.11 |
| 173 | Lubbock County | 8.11 |
| 174 | Crane County | 8.04 |
| 174 | Nueces County | 8.04 |
| 175 | Ochiltree County | 8 |
| 176 | Karnes County | 7.91 |
| 177 | Martin County | 7.89 |
| 178 | Sherman County | 7.88 |
| 179 | Wilson County | 7.86 |
| 180 | Bee County | 7.8 |
| 181 | Atascosa County | 7.75 |
| 182 | Oldham County | 7.66 |
| 183 | Presidio County | 7.63 |
| 183 | Sterling County | 7.63 |
| 184 | Concho County | 7.61 |
| 184 | Ector County | 7.61 |
| 184 | Randall County | 7.61 |
| 185 | Ellis County | 7.58 |
| 186 | Castro County | 7.53 |
| 186 | Zapata County | 7.53 |
| 187 | Starr County | 7.45 |
| 188 | Val Verde County | 7.43 |
| 189 | Walker County | 7.4 |
| 190 | Upton County | 7.34 |
| 191 | Lipscomb County | 7.29 |
| 192 | Schleicher County | 7.28 |
| 193 | Reeves County | 7.12 |
| 194 | Irion County | 7.1 |
| 195 | Parmer County | 7.09 |
| 196 | Moore County | 7.08 |
| 197 | Andrews County | 7.01 |
| 198 | Reagan County | 7 |
| 199 | King County | 6.94 |
| 200 | Bexar County | 6.87 |
| 201 | Garza County | 6.78 |
| 202 | Guadalupe County | 6.77 |
| 203 | Maverick County | 6.72 |
| 204 | Chambers County | 6.68 |
| 205 | Midland County | 6.63 |
| 206 | Montgomery County | 6.59 |
| 207 | Yoakum County | 6.53 |
| 208 | Brazoria County | 6.51 |
| 209 | Frio County | 6.5 |
| 209 | Roberts County | 6.5 |
| 210 | Tarrant County | 6.44 |
| 211 | Cameron County | 6.3 |
| 212 | El Paso County | 6.29 |
| 213 | Dallas County | 6.25 |
| 214 | Bell County | 6.21 |
| 215 | Coryell County | 6.14 |
| 216 | Borden County | 6.03 |
| 217 | Rockwall County | 6.02 |
| 218 | Waller County | 5.89 |
| 219 | Harris County | 5.6 |
| 220 | Hudspeth County | 5.41 |
| 221 | Gaines County | 5.36 |
| 222 | Hays County | 5.3 |
| 223 | Webb County | 5.18 |
| 224 | Williamson County | 5.08 |
| 225 | Hidalgo County | 5.05 |
| 226 | Travis County | 4.61 |
| 227 | Denton County | 4.53 |
| 228 | Collin County | 4.52 |
| 229 | Brazos County | 4.4 |
| 230 | Fort Bend County | 4.22 |
| 231 | Glasscock County | 3.66 |