Ranking of US States By Number of Deaths in 2017
Updated on July 29, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for the United States was 2.79M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of deaths (265.22K), followed by Florida (199.77K), and Texas (194.13K).
On the other hand, Alaska had the lowest number of deaths (4.43K) followed by Wyoming (4.75K), and District of Columbia (5.14K).
The chart below shows the top 10 states with high number of deaths, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and the District of Columbia.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US States By Number of Deaths in 2017
Rank | State | Number of Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 265,216 |
| 2 | Florida | 199,773 |
| 3 | Texas | 194,127 |
| 4 | New York | 155,117 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 135,728 |
| 6 | Ohio | 122,155 |
| 7 | Illinois | 108,768 |
| 8 | Michigan | 97,489 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 92,189 |
| 10 | Georgia | 82,135 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 74,763 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 69,118 |
| 13 | Virginia | 67,942 |
| 14 | Indiana | 65,299 |
| 15 | Missouri | 61,343 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 58,151 |
| 17 | Arizona | 56,320 |
| 18 | Washington | 56,064 |
| 19 | Alabama | 53,196 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 52,407 |
| 21 | Maryland | 49,829 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 48,802 |
| 23 | Kentucky | 48,536 |
| 24 | Louisiana | 45,010 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 43,969 |
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