Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017
Updated on June 21, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Number of Deaths for North Carolina was 92.19K. Among all North Carolina counties, Mecklenburg County had the highest number of deaths (6.19K), followed by Wake County (5.73K), and Guilford County (4.54K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage), 2017 Census.
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Number of Deaths in 2017
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| Rank | County | Number of Deaths |
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| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 6192 |
| 2 | Wake County | 5729 |
| 3 | Guilford County | 4536 |
| 4 | Forsyth County | 3435 |
| 5 | Buncombe County | 2691 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 2559 |
| 7 | Gaston County | 2333 |
| 8 | Durham County | 2094 |
| 9 | New Hanover County | 1908 |
| 10 | Davidson County | 1841 |
| 11 | Rowan County | 1700 |
| 12 | Catawba County | 1692 |
| 13 | Alamance County | 1640 |
| 14 | Iredell County | 1628 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 1593 |
| 16 | Cabarrus County | 1582 |
| 17 | Union County | 1496 |
| 18 | Johnston County | 1492 |
| 19 | Brunswick County | 1459 |
| 20 | Henderson County | 1448 |
| 21 | Robeson County | 1414 |
| 22 | Pitt County | 1312 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 1260 |
| 24 | Cleveland County | 1217 |
| 25 | Rockingham County | 1196 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 1190 |
| 27 | Moore County | 1179 |
| 28 | Nash County | 1097 |
| 29 | Craven County | 1089 |
| 30 | Burke County | 979 |
| 31 | Surry County | 962 |
| 32 | Caldwell County | 956 |
| 32 | Harnett County | 956 |
| 33 | Rutherford County | 869 |
| 34 | Orange County | 862 |
| 35 | Wilson County | 853 |
| 36 | Haywood County | 825 |
| 37 | Wilkes County | 814 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 792 |
| 39 | Carteret County | 774 |
| 40 | Sampson County | 726 |
| 41 | Chatham County | 724 |
| 41 | Columbus County | 724 |
| 41 | Lenoir County | 724 |
| 42 | Stanly County | 714 |
| 43 | Halifax County | 662 |
| 44 | Edgecombe County | 636 |
| 45 | Beaufort County | 634 |
| 46 | Stokes County | 603 |
| 47 | Lee County | 598 |
| 48 | Franklin County | 575 |
| 49 | Vance County | 572 |
| 50 | Granville County | 570 |
| 51 | Richmond County | 567 |
| 52 | Pender County | 566 |
| 53 | McDowell County | 554 |
| 54 | Duplin County | 515 |
| 54 | Macon County | 515 |
| 55 | Davie County | 487 |
| 56 | Transylvania County | 456 |
| 57 | Person County | 450 |
| 57 | Yadkin County | 450 |
| 58 | Pasquotank County | 422 |
| 59 | Alexander County | 420 |
| 60 | Scotland County | 414 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 409 |
| 62 | Bladen County | 404 |
| 63 | Cherokee County | 390 |
| 64 | Dare County | 375 |
| 65 | Hoke County | 351 |
| 66 | Watauga County | 346 |
| 67 | Martin County | 341 |
| 68 | Ashe County | 327 |
| 69 | Anson County | 312 |
| 70 | Montgomery County | 310 |
| 71 | Caswell County | 295 |
| 71 | Polk County | 295 |
| 72 | Warren County | 284 |
| 73 | Northampton County | 275 |
| 74 | Hertford County | 262 |
| 75 | Madison County | 259 |
| 76 | Bertie County | 236 |
| 77 | Greene County | 219 |
| 78 | Currituck County | 218 |
| 79 | Yancey County | 213 |
| 80 | Mitchell County | 210 |
| 81 | Chowan County | 208 |
| 82 | Swain County | 197 |
| 83 | Avery County | 182 |
| 84 | Washington County | 172 |
| 85 | Pamlico County | 169 |
| 86 | Perquimans County | 160 |
| 87 | Clay County | 151 |
| 88 | Alleghany County | 146 |
| 89 | Jones County | 128 |
| 90 | Gates County | 123 |
| 91 | Graham County | 99 |
| 92 | Camden County | 92 |
| 93 | Hyde County | 69 |
| 94 | Tyrrell County | 40 |
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