Ranking of US States By Number of Deaths in 2023

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Number of Deaths for the United States was 3.15M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of deaths (303.73K), followed by Texas (232.36K), and Florida (231.61K).

On the other hand, District of Columbia had the lowest number of deaths (5.04K) followed by Alaska (5.60K), and Wyoming (5.71K).

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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Rank State Number of Deaths
1 California 303733
2 Texas 232364
3 Florida 231613
4 New York 166424
5 Pennsylvania 141059
6 Ohio 131659
7 Illinois 116911
8 North Carolina 108857
9 Michigan 106040
10 Georgia 98278
11 Tennessee 81180
12 Virginia 79759
13 New Jersey 77131
14 Indiana 72089
15 Arizona 70779
16 Missouri 68514
17 Washington 67819
18 Massachusetts 61574
19 Alabama 60059
20 South Carolina 58965
21 Wisconsin 58788
22 Kentucky 54405
23 Maryland 53835
24 Louisiana 50209
25 Minnesota 49940
26 Oklahoma 45300
27 Colorado 45275
28 Oregon 43502
29 Arkansas 36414
30 Mississippi 35781
31 Iowa 32979
32 Connecticut 32977
33 Kansas 30190
34 Nevada 29391
35 West Virginia 25911
36 New Mexico 22436
37 Utah 21196
38 Nebraska 18408
39 Maine 17061
40 Idaho 16798
41 New Hampshire 14322
42 Hawaii 12913
43 Montana 11392
44 Delaware 10920
45 Rhode Island 10508
46 South Dakota 8525
47 North Dakota 6907
48 Vermont 6857
49 Wyoming 5706
50 Alaska 5597
51 District of Columbia 5035