Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2021
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Death Rate per 1K for Texas was 9.2. Among all Texas counties, Loving County had the highest death rate (48.78), followed by Foard County (30.73), and Kent County (30.61).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2021 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2021
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Loving County | 48.78 |
| 2 | Foard County | 30.73 |
| 3 | Kent County | 30.61 |
| 4 | McMullen County | 30.25 |
| 5 | Coleman County | 25.97 |
| 6 | Terrell County | 25.83 |
| 7 | Edwards County | 25.26 |
| 8 | Dickens County | 25.17 |
| 9 | San Augustine County | 24.25 |
| 10 | Real County | 24.07 |
| 11 | Motley County | 23.39 |
| 12 | Sabine County | 21.6 |
| 13 | Baylor County | 21.39 |
| 14 | Coke County | 21.37 |
| 15 | Cottle County | 21.35 |
| 16 | Hall County | 21.26 |
| 17 | Armstrong County | 21.14 |
| 18 | Cochran County | 21 |
| 19 | Floyd County | 20.99 |
| 20 | Fisher County | 20.95 |
| 21 | McCulloch County | 20.91 |
| 22 | Knox County | 20.67 |
| 23 | Cass County | 20.34 |
| 23 | Stonewall County | 20.34 |
| 24 | Marion County | 20.3 |
| 25 | Haskell County | 20.16 |
| 25 | Red River County | 20.16 |
| 26 | Trinity County | 19.95 |
| 27 | Donley County | 19.88 |
| 27 | Wheeler County | 19.88 |
| 28 | Crockett County | 19.64 |
| 29 | Montague County | 19.59 |
| 30 | Crosby County | 19.46 |
| 30 | Mills County | 19.46 |
| 31 | Llano County | 19.21 |
| 32 | Tyler County | 19.07 |
| 33 | Eastland County | 18.96 |
| 34 | Aransas County | 18.74 |
| 35 | Young County | 18.61 |
| 36 | Morris County | 18.6 |
| 37 | Hardeman County | 18.57 |
| 38 | Limestone County | 18.54 |
| 39 | Roberts County | 18.46 |
| 40 | Hamilton County | 18.45 |
| 41 | Brown County | 18.37 |
| 41 | Wood County | 18.37 |
| 42 | Delta County | 18.18 |
| 43 | Comanche County | 18.08 |
| 44 | Henderson County | 18.01 |
| 45 | Jasper County | 17.99 |
| 46 | Newton County | 17.97 |
| 47 | Menard County | 17.82 |
| 48 | Camp County | 17.81 |
| 49 | Zavala County | 17.77 |
| 50 | Polk County | 17.58 |
| 51 | Runnels County | 17.56 |
| 52 | Bosque County | 17.47 |
| 53 | Hill County | 17.45 |
| 54 | Culberson County | 17.4 |
| 55 | Kinney County | 17.29 |
| 55 | Lamb County | 17.29 |
| 56 | Lynn County | 17.25 |
| 57 | Dawson County | 17.23 |
| 58 | Houston County | 17.21 |
| 59 | Collingsworth County | 17.14 |
| 60 | Irion County | 17.06 |
| 61 | San Saba County | 16.96 |
| 62 | Brooks County | 16.86 |
| 63 | Lamar County | 16.84 |
| 64 | Jim Hogg County | 16.82 |
| 64 | Refugio County | 16.82 |
| 65 | Callahan County | 16.8 |
| 66 | Mason County | 16.71 |
| 67 | Leon County | 16.59 |
| 68 | Dimmit County | 16.53 |
| 69 | Kerr County | 16.49 |
| 70 | Wilbarger County | 16.44 |
| 71 | Stephens County | 16.41 |
| 72 | Carson County | 16.33 |
| 72 | Panola County | 16.33 |
| 73 | San Jacinto County | 16.26 |
| 74 | Throckmorton County | 16.24 |
| 75 | Duval County | 16.05 |
| 76 | Fayette County | 16.04 |
| 77 | Bandera County | 15.99 |
| 77 | Hutchinson County | 15.99 |
| 78 | Robertson County | 15.96 |
| 79 | Burleson County | 15.93 |
| 80 | DeWitt County | 15.88 |
| 81 | Borden County | 15.87 |
| 81 | Shackelford County | 15.87 |
| 82 | Clay County | 15.85 |
| 83 | Hood County | 15.78 |
| 84 | Kimble County | 15.74 |
| 85 | Fannin County | 15.7 |
| 86 | Nolan County | 15.54 |
| 87 | Rains County | 15.5 |
| 88 | Terry County | 15.49 |
| 89 | Cherokee County | 15.47 |
| 89 | Colorado County | 15.47 |
| 90 | Palo Pinto County | 15.42 |
| 91 | Hopkins County | 15.34 |
| 92 | Gillespie County | 15.31 |
| 93 | Van Zandt County | 15.21 |
| 94 | Hockley County | 15.16 |
| 95 | Upshur County | 15.11 |
| 96 | Lavaca County | 15.07 |
| 97 | Gray County | 14.93 |
| 98 | Live Oak County | 14.87 |
| 99 | Swisher County | 14.76 |
| 100 | Sutton County | 14.74 |
| 101 | Jones County | 14.6 |
| 102 | Jim Wells County | 14.58 |
| 102 | Scurry County | 14.58 |
| 103 | Rusk County | 14.56 |
| 104 | Bowie County | 14.55 |
| 105 | Shelby County | 14.54 |
| 106 | Lampasas County | 14.52 |
| 107 | Orange County | 14.45 |
| 108 | Gregg County | 14.37 |
| 109 | Grayson County | 14.36 |
| 110 | Anderson County | 14.33 |
| 111 | Milam County | 14.32 |
| 112 | Hale County | 14.26 |
| 112 | Uvalde County | 14.26 |
| 113 | Freestone County | 14.22 |
| 114 | Calhoun County | 14.2 |
| 115 | Briscoe County | 14.16 |
| 116 | Lipscomb County | 14.14 |
| 117 | Potter County | 14.11 |
| 118 | Gonzales County | 14.04 |
| 119 | Wichita County | 14.02 |
| 120 | La Salle County | 13.93 |
| 121 | Angelina County | 13.91 |
| 122 | Matagorda County | 13.85 |
| 123 | Wharton County | 13.84 |
| 124 | Franklin County | 13.8 |
| 124 | Washington County | 13.8 |
| 125 | Sterling County | 13.73 |
| 126 | Jeff Davis County | 13.69 |
| 126 | Navarro County | 13.69 |
| 127 | Blanco County | 13.54 |
| 127 | Childress County | 13.54 |
| 128 | Somervell County | 13.49 |
| 129 | Howard County | 13.48 |
| 129 | Maverick County | 13.48 |
| 130 | Pecos County | 13.4 |
| 131 | Upton County | 13.15 |
| 132 | Falls County | 12.91 |
| 133 | Madison County | 12.9 |
| 133 | Taylor County | 12.9 |
| 134 | Tom Green County | 12.89 |
| 135 | Atascosa County | 12.85 |
| 136 | Karnes County | 12.77 |
| 137 | Cooke County | 12.76 |
| 138 | Hardin County | 12.71 |
| 139 | Val Verde County | 12.69 |
| 140 | Lee County | 12.68 |
| 141 | Willacy County | 12.61 |
| 142 | Bailey County | 12.58 |
| 142 | Burnet County | 12.58 |
| 143 | Goliad County | 12.57 |
| 144 | Castro County | 12.52 |
| 145 | Ward County | 12.48 |
| 146 | Smith County | 12.46 |
| 147 | Presidio County | 12.44 |
| 148 | Jackson County | 12.42 |
| 149 | Jefferson County | 12.34 |
| 149 | Starr County | 12.34 |
| 149 | Yoakum County | 12.34 |
| 150 | Kleberg County | 12.3 |
| 151 | Grimes County | 12.29 |
| 152 | Schleicher County | 12.28 |
| 153 | Reagan County | 12.27 |
| 153 | Victoria County | 12.27 |
| 154 | Harrison County | 12.26 |
| 155 | Nacogdoches County | 12.16 |
| 155 | Winkler County | 12.16 |
| 156 | Frio County | 12.1 |
| 157 | Hunt County | 11.94 |
| 158 | Wise County | 11.9 |
| 159 | Brewster County | 11.87 |
| 160 | Mitchell County | 11.85 |
| 161 | Sherman County | 11.82 |
| 162 | San Patricio County | 11.8 |
| 163 | Titus County | 11.79 |
| 164 | Garza County | 11.76 |
| 164 | Hansford County | 11.76 |
| 165 | Hudspeth County | 11.75 |
| 166 | Jack County | 11.74 |
| 167 | Dallam County | 11.59 |
| 168 | Nueces County | 11.55 |
| 169 | Bee County | 11.51 |
| 170 | Austin County | 11.46 |
| 170 | Reeves County | 11.46 |
| 171 | Deaf Smith County | 11.43 |
| 172 | Crane County | 11.38 |
| 173 | McLennan County | 11.26 |
| 174 | Martin County | 11.25 |
| 175 | Medina County | 11.17 |
| 176 | Johnson County | 11.15 |
| 177 | Lubbock County | 11.08 |
| 178 | Liberty County | 10.95 |
| 179 | Oldham County | 10.86 |
| 180 | Ochiltree County | 10.85 |
| 181 | Parmer County | 10.8 |
| 182 | Randall County | 10.69 |
| 183 | Wilson County | 10.68 |
| 184 | Glasscock County | 10.64 |
| 185 | Cameron County | 10.57 |
| 186 | Kendall County | 10.54 |
| 187 | Caldwell County | 10.53 |
| 188 | Comal County | 10.51 |
| 189 | Ector County | 10.4 |
| 190 | Zapata County | 10.37 |
| 191 | Erath County | 10.27 |
| 192 | Galveston County | 10.15 |
| 193 | Archer County | 10.08 |
| 194 | El Paso County | 9.95 |
| 195 | Concho County | 9.9 |
| 196 | Parker County | 9.7 |
| 197 | Moore County | 9.62 |
| 198 | Bexar County | 9.36 |
| 199 | Kaufman County | 9.32 |
| 200 | Walker County | 9.24 |
| 201 | Ellis County | 9.13 |
| 202 | Bastrop County | 8.96 |
| 203 | Hidalgo County | 8.85 |
| 204 | Guadalupe County | 8.83 |
| 205 | Webb County | 8.79 |
| 206 | Hartley County | 8.77 |
| 207 | Andrews County | 8.75 |
| 208 | Kenedy County | 8.68 |
| 209 | Brazoria County | 8.49 |
| 210 | Bell County | 8.47 |
| 211 | Tarrant County | 8.44 |
| 212 | Midland County | 8.33 |
| 213 | Chambers County | 8.32 |
| 214 | Waller County | 8.26 |
| 215 | Coryell County | 8.18 |
| 216 | Dallas County | 8.15 |
| 217 | Gaines County | 8.07 |
| 218 | Montgomery County | 7.77 |
| 219 | Harris County | 7.63 |
| 220 | Rockwall County | 7.53 |
| 221 | Williamson County | 6.23 |
| 222 | Hays County | 6.15 |
| 223 | Brazos County | 6.07 |
| 224 | Fort Bend County | 5.82 |
| 225 | Denton County | 5.76 |
| 226 | Collin County | 5.67 |
| 227 | Travis County | 5.66 |
| 228 | Hemphill County | 5.08 |
| 229 | King County | 3.82 |