Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2023
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Death Rate per 1K for Texas was 7.64. Among all Texas counties, Loving County had the highest death rate (64.52), followed by Kent County (24.54), and Real County (23.97).
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), 2023 Census.
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2023
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| Rank | County | Death Rate |
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| 1 | Loving County | 64.52 |
| 2 | Kent County | 24.54 |
| 3 | Real County | 23.97 |
| 4 | Throckmorton County | 22.77 |
| 5 | Motley County | 21.4 |
| 6 | Sabine County | 21.34 |
| 7 | McMullen County | 20.87 |
| 8 | Mason County | 20.54 |
| 9 | Foard County | 20.5 |
| 10 | Coleman County | 20.29 |
| 11 | Donley County | 20.15 |
| 12 | Marion County | 19.52 |
| 13 | Fisher County | 19.29 |
| 14 | Edwards County | 19.19 |
| 15 | McCulloch County | 18.92 |
| 16 | Coke County | 18.44 |
| 17 | Red River County | 18.41 |
| 18 | San Augustine County | 18.39 |
| 19 | Baylor County | 18.35 |
| 20 | Eastland County | 18.11 |
| 20 | Mills County | 18.11 |
| 21 | Jeff Davis County | 18.1 |
| 22 | Stonewall County | 18.05 |
| 23 | Morris County | 17.84 |
| 24 | Cass County | 17.55 |
| 25 | Menard County | 17.27 |
| 26 | Hall County | 17.05 |
| 27 | Hamilton County | 16.92 |
| 28 | Armstrong County | 16.82 |
| 29 | Knox County | 16.65 |
| 30 | Trinity County | 16.63 |
| 31 | Houston County | 16.45 |
| 31 | Wood County | 16.45 |
| 32 | Wheeler County | 16.41 |
| 33 | Llano County | 16.25 |
| 34 | Aransas County | 16.06 |
| 35 | Leon County | 15.98 |
| 36 | Young County | 15.94 |
| 37 | Brown County | 15.87 |
| 38 | Brooks County | 15.59 |
| 39 | Bosque County | 15.55 |
| 40 | Runnels County | 15.45 |
| 41 | Jasper County | 15.42 |
| 41 | Refugio County | 15.42 |
| 42 | Panola County | 15.41 |
| 43 | Newton County | 15.39 |
| 44 | Cottle County | 15.33 |
| 44 | Duval County | 15.33 |
| 45 | Fayette County | 15.26 |
| 46 | Hardeman County | 15.19 |
| 47 | Montague County | 15.14 |
| 48 | Haskell County | 15.11 |
| 49 | Kerr County | 14.97 |
| 50 | Wilbarger County | 14.92 |
| 51 | San Saba County | 14.89 |
| 52 | Henderson County | 14.87 |
| 53 | Polk County | 14.79 |
| 54 | Hutchinson County | 14.64 |
| 55 | Dawson County | 14.62 |
| 56 | Swisher County | 14.58 |
| 56 | Tyler County | 14.58 |
| 57 | Sutton County | 14.54 |
| 58 | Dickens County | 14.51 |
| 58 | Hill County | 14.51 |
| 59 | Limestone County | 14.48 |
| 60 | Comanche County | 14.31 |
| 61 | Garza County | 14.26 |
| 62 | Reagan County | 14.2 |
| 63 | Bandera County | 14.17 |
| 63 | Dimmit County | 14.17 |
| 64 | Gray County | 14.09 |
| 65 | Clay County | 14.07 |
| 66 | Fannin County | 14.06 |
| 67 | Howard County | 14.03 |
| 68 | Freestone County | 14.02 |
| 69 | Jim Hogg County | 14.01 |
| 70 | Gillespie County | 13.98 |
| 71 | Terry County | 13.97 |
| 72 | Carson County | 13.88 |
| 73 | Culberson County | 13.78 |
| 73 | Lamb County | 13.78 |
| 73 | Nolan County | 13.78 |
| 74 | Shelby County | 13.75 |
| 75 | Floyd County | 13.7 |
| 76 | Milam County | 13.62 |
| 77 | Bowie County | 13.61 |
| 78 | Lamar County | 13.54 |
| 79 | Shackelford County | 13.43 |
| 80 | Camp County | 13.42 |
| 81 | Hockley County | 13.4 |
| 82 | King County | 13.39 |
| 83 | Colorado County | 13.37 |
| 84 | Robertson County | 13.35 |
| 85 | Palo Pinto County | 13.28 |
| 86 | Hudspeth County | 13.26 |
| 87 | Hood County | 13.25 |
| 88 | Childress County | 13.24 |
| 88 | Hemphill County | 13.24 |
| 89 | Rains County | 13.2 |
| 90 | Uvalde County | 13.14 |
| 91 | Crockett County | 13.12 |
| 91 | Delta County | 13.12 |
| 91 | Hansford County | 13.12 |
| 92 | Burleson County | 13.1 |
| 93 | San Jacinto County | 13.04 |
| 94 | Franklin County | 13 |
| 95 | Jack County | 12.91 |
| 96 | Terrell County | 12.9 |
| 97 | Upshur County | 12.85 |
| 98 | Lipscomb County | 12.83 |
| 99 | DeWitt County | 12.74 |
| 100 | Ward County | 12.59 |
| 101 | Goliad County | 12.56 |
| 102 | Lampasas County | 12.49 |
| 102 | Van Zandt County | 12.49 |
| 103 | Hopkins County | 12.48 |
| 104 | Crosby County | 12.4 |
| 105 | Jim Wells County | 12.38 |
| 106 | Kimble County | 12.36 |
| 107 | Kinney County | 12.29 |
| 108 | Zavala County | 12.18 |
| 109 | Gregg County | 12.17 |
| 110 | Borden County | 12.16 |
| 111 | Wharton County | 12.14 |
| 112 | Wichita County | 12.06 |
| 113 | Collingsworth County | 12.05 |
| 113 | Madison County | 12.05 |
| 114 | Lavaca County | 12.02 |
| 115 | Matagorda County | 12.01 |
| 115 | Orange County | 12.01 |
| 116 | Gonzales County | 11.93 |
| 117 | Presidio County | 11.92 |
| 118 | Anderson County | 11.89 |
| 119 | Potter County | 11.88 |
| 120 | Rusk County | 11.85 |
| 121 | Falls County | 11.84 |
| 122 | Callahan County | 11.83 |
| 122 | Oldham County | 11.83 |
| 123 | Austin County | 11.8 |
| 124 | Scurry County | 11.76 |
| 125 | Burnet County | 11.75 |
| 126 | Jackson County | 11.73 |
| 127 | Washington County | 11.62 |
| 128 | Angelina County | 11.59 |
| 129 | Hardin County | 11.56 |
| 129 | Karnes County | 11.56 |
| 130 | La Salle County | 11.55 |
| 131 | Willacy County | 11.48 |
| 132 | Grayson County | 11.46 |
| 133 | Lynn County | 11.42 |
| 134 | Hartley County | 11.39 |
| 135 | Blanco County | 11.36 |
| 136 | Calhoun County | 11.33 |
| 137 | Cochran County | 11.32 |
| 138 | Stephens County | 11.3 |
| 139 | Sherman County | 11.29 |
| 139 | Somervell County | 11.29 |
| 140 | Live Oak County | 11.28 |
| 141 | Grimes County | 11.25 |
| 142 | Victoria County | 11.24 |
| 143 | Yoakum County | 11.17 |
| 144 | Navarro County | 10.97 |
| 145 | San Patricio County | 10.81 |
| 146 | Cherokee County | 10.78 |
| 147 | Lee County | 10.77 |
| 148 | Sterling County | 10.74 |
| 149 | Nacogdoches County | 10.7 |
| 150 | Hale County | 10.62 |
| 151 | Schleicher County | 10.59 |
| 152 | Titus County | 10.53 |
| 153 | Mitchell County | 10.52 |
| 154 | Cooke County | 10.5 |
| 154 | Crane County | 10.5 |
| 154 | Upton County | 10.5 |
| 155 | Harrison County | 10.45 |
| 156 | Taylor County | 10.44 |
| 157 | Jefferson County | 10.38 |
| 158 | Hunt County | 10.33 |
| 159 | Jones County | 10.32 |
| 160 | Atascosa County | 10.29 |
| 160 | Wise County | 10.29 |
| 161 | Kendall County | 10.23 |
| 162 | Smith County | 10.21 |
| 163 | Tom Green County | 10.15 |
| 164 | Frio County | 10.1 |
| 165 | Reeves County | 10 |
| 166 | Dallam County | 9.97 |
| 167 | Concho County | 9.92 |
| 168 | Roberts County | 9.86 |
| 169 | Pecos County | 9.84 |
| 170 | Nueces County | 9.78 |
| 171 | Bee County | 9.73 |
| 172 | Parmer County | 9.72 |
| 173 | Archer County | 9.71 |
| 174 | Briscoe County | 9.68 |
| 175 | Irion County | 9.66 |
| 176 | Medina County | 9.54 |
| 177 | McLennan County | 9.53 |
| 178 | Randall County | 9.37 |
| 179 | Lubbock County | 9.23 |
| 180 | Kleberg County | 9.21 |
| 181 | Brewster County | 9.18 |
| 181 | Parker County | 9.18 |
| 182 | Val Verde County | 9.17 |
| 183 | Johnson County | 9.09 |
| 184 | Bailey County | 9.05 |
| 185 | Castro County | 9.02 |
| 186 | Maverick County | 9 |
| 187 | Liberty County | 8.98 |
| 188 | Wilson County | 8.92 |
| 189 | Ector County | 8.88 |
| 190 | Winkler County | 8.81 |
| 191 | Galveston County | 8.79 |
| 192 | Erath County | 8.78 |
| 193 | Zapata County | 8.76 |
| 194 | Caldwell County | 8.69 |
| 195 | Comal County | 8.47 |
| 196 | Martin County | 8.44 |
| 197 | Bastrop County | 8.35 |
| 198 | Walker County | 8.26 |
| 199 | Deaf Smith County | 8.08 |
| 200 | Cameron County | 7.85 |
| 201 | Glasscock County | 7.84 |
| 201 | Moore County | 7.84 |
| 202 | Starr County | 7.77 |
| 203 | Coryell County | 7.67 |
| 203 | El Paso County | 7.67 |
| 204 | Andrews County | 7.66 |
| 205 | Bexar County | 7.65 |
| 206 | Guadalupe County | 7.48 |
| 207 | Bell County | 7.46 |
| 208 | Ellis County | 7.42 |
| 209 | Midland County | 7.41 |
| 210 | Ochiltree County | 7.39 |
| 211 | Waller County | 7.36 |
| 212 | Gaines County | 7.25 |
| 213 | Kaufman County | 7.12 |
| 214 | Brazoria County | 7.06 |
| 215 | Tarrant County | 6.98 |
| 216 | Dallas County | 6.87 |
| 217 | Montgomery County | 6.75 |
| 218 | Chambers County | 6.52 |
| 219 | Webb County | 6.33 |
| 220 | Rockwall County | 6.31 |
| 221 | Harris County | 6.29 |
| 222 | Hidalgo County | 6.02 |
| 223 | Kenedy County | 5.64 |
| 224 | Hays County | 5.58 |
| 225 | Williamson County | 5.5 |
| 226 | Brazos County | 5.23 |
| 227 | Denton County | 4.97 |
| 228 | Collin County | 4.91 |
| 229 | Travis County | 4.9 |
| 230 | Fort Bend County | 4.84 |