Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Death Rate per 1K for Texas was 7.11. Among all Texas counties, Kenedy County had the highest death rate (21.77), followed by Baylor County (20.23), and Trinity County (18.19).
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), 2018 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Kenedy County | 21.77 |
| 2 | Baylor County | 20.23 |
| 3 | Trinity County | 18.19 |
| 4 | Foard County | 17.65 |
| 5 | Menard County | 17.54 |
| 6 | San Augustine County | 17.04 |
| 7 | Coleman County | 16.94 |
| 8 | Kimble County | 16.76 |
| 9 | Marion County | 16.71 |
| 10 | Hamilton County | 16.68 |
| 11 | Terrell County | 16.23 |
| 12 | Kent County | 16.19 |
| 13 | Stonewall County | 16.18 |
| 14 | Cottle County | 16.01 |
| 15 | Real County | 15.97 |
| 16 | Dickens County | 15.94 |
| 17 | Sabine County | 15.65 |
| 18 | Llano County | 15.4 |
| 19 | Donley County | 15.39 |
| 20 | DeWitt County | 15.22 |
| 21 | Red River County | 14.89 |
| 22 | Bosque County | 14.79 |
| 23 | Morris County | 14.78 |
| 24 | Wood County | 14.74 |
| 25 | Kerr County | 14.72 |
| 26 | Collingsworth County | 14.61 |
| 27 | Henderson County | 14.52 |
| 28 | Armstrong County | 14.5 |
| 29 | Haskell County | 14.41 |
| 30 | Eastland County | 14.33 |
| 31 | Gillespie County | 14.32 |
| 32 | Roberts County | 14.24 |
| 33 | McCulloch County | 14.22 |
| 34 | Aransas County | 14.13 |
| 35 | Archer County | 14.12 |
| 36 | Polk County | 14.06 |
| 37 | Delta County | 13.99 |
| 38 | Rains County | 13.88 |
| 39 | Motley County | 13.82 |
| 40 | Fayette County | 13.81 |
| 41 | Concho County | 13.76 |
| 42 | Tyler County | 13.69 |
| 43 | Comanche County | 13.68 |
| 44 | Lavaca County | 13.67 |
| 45 | Knox County | 13.66 |
| 46 | Coke County | 13.65 |
| 47 | Refugio County | 13.62 |
| 48 | Young County | 13.55 |
| 49 | Brown County | 13.53 |
| 50 | Runnels County | 13.5 |
| 51 | Mills County | 13.49 |
| 51 | Montague County | 13.49 |
| 52 | Cass County | 13.45 |
| 53 | Jackson County | 13.37 |
| 54 | Burleson County | 13.3 |
| 55 | Lamar County | 13.26 |
| 56 | Houston County | 13.06 |
| 57 | Anderson County | 12.99 |
| 57 | Orange County | 12.99 |
| 58 | Limestone County | 12.91 |
| 59 | Crockett County | 12.9 |
| 60 | Jasper County | 12.78 |
| 60 | Mason County | 12.78 |
| 61 | Hood County | 12.75 |
| 62 | Throckmorton County | 12.69 |
| 63 | Fannin County | 12.63 |
| 63 | Hopkins County | 12.63 |
| 64 | Edwards County | 12.52 |
| 65 | Nolan County | 12.5 |
| 66 | Hill County | 12.46 |
| 66 | Leon County | 12.46 |
| 67 | Milam County | 12.43 |
| 68 | Stephens County | 12.4 |
| 69 | Wilbarger County | 12.34 |
| 70 | Panola County | 12.33 |
| 71 | Gray County | 12.25 |
| 72 | Franklin County | 12.24 |
| 73 | Hutchinson County | 12.22 |
| 74 | Carson County | 12.2 |
| 75 | Callahan County | 12.16 |
| 75 | Kinney County | 12.16 |
| 76 | Freestone County | 12.12 |
| 77 | Shelby County | 12.11 |
| 78 | Crosby County | 12.08 |
| 79 | Bandera County | 12.06 |
| 79 | McMullen County | 12.06 |
| 79 | Upshur County | 12.06 |
| 80 | Swisher County | 12 |
| 81 | Jim Hogg County | 11.99 |
| 81 | Palo Pinto County | 11.99 |
| 82 | Hardeman County | 11.94 |
| 83 | Grayson County | 11.89 |
| 84 | Wheeler County | 11.88 |
| 85 | Clay County | 11.85 |
| 86 | Fisher County | 11.74 |
| 87 | Floyd County | 11.69 |
| 88 | Blanco County | 11.67 |
| 89 | Van Zandt County | 11.6 |
| 90 | Bowie County | 11.56 |
| 91 | Madison County | 11.5 |
| 92 | Hardin County | 11.44 |
| 93 | Colorado County | 11.4 |
| 94 | San Jacinto County | 11.38 |
| 95 | Terry County | 11.32 |
| 96 | Gregg County | 11.29 |
| 97 | Burnet County | 11.28 |
| 98 | Duval County | 11.27 |
| 98 | Lamb County | 11.27 |
| 99 | Matagorda County | 11.25 |
| 100 | Briscoe County | 11.24 |
| 100 | Schleicher County | 11.24 |
| 101 | Robertson County | 11.23 |
| 102 | Cherokee County | 11.21 |
| 103 | Newton County | 11.19 |
| 104 | Hall County | 11.18 |
| 105 | Lee County | 11.16 |
| 106 | Wichita County | 11.08 |
| 107 | Dawson County | 11.07 |
| 108 | Washington County | 11.01 |
| 109 | Andrews County | 10.99 |
| 110 | Somervell County | 10.97 |
| 111 | Falls County | 10.94 |
| 112 | Angelina County | 10.86 |
| 113 | Wharton County | 10.82 |
| 114 | Howard County | 10.81 |
| 115 | Gonzales County | 10.79 |
| 115 | Liberty County | 10.79 |
| 115 | Lynn County | 10.79 |
| 115 | San Saba County | 10.79 |
| 116 | Camp County | 10.77 |
| 117 | King County | 10.68 |
| 117 | Navarro County | 10.68 |
| 118 | Mitchell County | 10.59 |
| 119 | Grimes County | 10.53 |
| 119 | Harrison County | 10.53 |
| 120 | Karnes County | 10.48 |
| 121 | Calhoun County | 10.47 |
| 122 | Potter County | 10.43 |
| 122 | Upton County | 10.43 |
| 123 | Scurry County | 10.4 |
| 124 | Taylor County | 10.39 |
| 125 | Live Oak County | 10.38 |
| 126 | Martin County | 10.36 |
| 127 | Hockley County | 10.33 |
| 128 | Jefferson County | 10.29 |
| 129 | Lampasas County | 10.28 |
| 130 | Jack County | 10.2 |
| 131 | Lipscomb County | 10.19 |
| 131 | Rusk County | 10.19 |
| 132 | Goliad County | 10.17 |
| 133 | Hunt County | 10.03 |
| 134 | Brooks County | 9.84 |
| 134 | Jim Wells County | 9.84 |
| 135 | Cooke County | 9.81 |
| 136 | Uvalde County | 9.8 |
| 137 | Jeff Davis County | 9.78 |
| 138 | San Patricio County | 9.69 |
| 139 | Ward County | 9.54 |
| 140 | Smith County | 9.52 |
| 141 | Shackelford County | 9.47 |
| 142 | Hale County | 9.41 |
| 143 | Bee County | 9.37 |
| 143 | Tom Green County | 9.37 |
| 144 | Nacogdoches County | 9.33 |
| 145 | McLennan County | 9.26 |
| 145 | Sterling County | 9.26 |
| 146 | Titus County | 9.2 |
| 147 | Comal County | 9.12 |
| 148 | Val Verde County | 9.07 |
| 148 | Wise County | 9.07 |
| 149 | Parmer County | 8.99 |
| 150 | Kleberg County | 8.98 |
| 151 | Zavala County | 8.96 |
| 152 | Wilson County | 8.94 |
| 153 | Bailey County | 8.93 |
| 154 | Medina County | 8.9 |
| 155 | Winkler County | 8.87 |
| 156 | Cochran County | 8.83 |
| 157 | Childress County | 8.81 |
| 157 | Victoria County | 8.81 |
| 158 | Kendall County | 8.8 |
| 159 | Atascosa County | 8.71 |
| 159 | Austin County | 8.71 |
| 160 | Caldwell County | 8.69 |
| 160 | Lubbock County | 8.69 |
| 161 | Jones County | 8.67 |
| 162 | Parker County | 8.62 |
| 163 | Johnson County | 8.6 |
| 164 | Galveston County | 8.59 |
| 165 | Bastrop County | 8.5 |
| 166 | Irion County | 8.49 |
| 167 | Sutton County | 8.48 |
| 168 | Hansford County | 8.42 |
| 169 | Hartley County | 8.35 |
| 170 | Erath County | 8.31 |
| 171 | Castro County | 8.29 |
| 172 | Dimmit County | 8.21 |
| 172 | Willacy County | 8.21 |
| 173 | Nueces County | 8.2 |
| 174 | Sherman County | 8.15 |
| 175 | Deaf Smith County | 8.12 |
| 176 | Reeves County | 8.1 |
| 177 | Pecos County | 8.05 |
| 178 | Presidio County | 7.97 |
| 179 | Hemphill County | 7.96 |
| 180 | Crane County | 7.88 |
| 181 | Brewster County | 7.87 |
| 181 | Randall County | 7.87 |
| 182 | Ector County | 7.81 |
| 183 | Kaufman County | 7.79 |
| 184 | Culberson County | 7.72 |
| 185 | Garza County | 7.71 |
| 186 | Walker County | 7.64 |
| 187 | Yoakum County | 7.63 |
| 188 | Ellis County | 7.32 |
| 189 | Guadalupe County | 7.18 |
| 190 | Loving County | 7.09 |
| 191 | Ochiltree County | 7.05 |
| 192 | Bexar County | 6.99 |
| 193 | Montgomery County | 6.94 |
| 194 | La Salle County | 6.91 |
| 195 | Frio County | 6.81 |
| 196 | Waller County | 6.8 |
| 197 | Coryell County | 6.79 |
| 198 | Rockwall County | 6.78 |
| 199 | Chambers County | 6.76 |
| 200 | Brazoria County | 6.66 |
| 201 | Midland County | 6.58 |
| 202 | Moore County | 6.57 |
| 203 | Tarrant County | 6.55 |
| 204 | Bell County | 6.54 |
| 205 | El Paso County | 6.5 |
| 206 | Zapata County | 6.48 |
| 207 | Cameron County | 6.47 |
| 208 | Reagan County | 6.46 |
| 209 | Maverick County | 6.42 |
| 210 | Dallas County | 6.35 |
| 211 | Starr County | 6.27 |
| 212 | Hudspeth County | 6.17 |
| 213 | Oldham County | 6.15 |
| 214 | Harris County | 5.86 |
| 215 | Gaines County | 5.66 |
| 216 | Hays County | 5.42 |
| 217 | Williamson County | 5.32 |
| 218 | Hidalgo County | 5.23 |
| 219 | Glasscock County | 5.07 |
| 220 | Webb County | 5.03 |
| 221 | Brazos County | 4.82 |
| 222 | Collin County | 4.7 |
| 223 | Dallam County | 4.69 |
| 224 | Travis County | 4.62 |
| 225 | Borden County | 4.55 |
| 225 | Denton County | 4.55 |
| 226 | Fort Bend County | 4.42 |