Ranking of US States By Number of Deaths in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, the Number of Deaths for the United States was 3.44M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of deaths (345.29K), followed by Texas (270.49K), and Florida (250.41K).

On the other hand, Alaska had the lowest number of deaths (5.33K) followed by District of Columbia (5.84K), and Wyoming (6.17K).

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 345285
2 Texas 270489
3 Florida 250412
4 New York 177162
5 Pennsylvania 155702
6 Ohio 146873
7 Illinois 128378
8 North Carolina 115533
9 Michigan 115239
10 Georgia 109479
11 Tennessee 89410
12 New Jersey 84007
13 Virginia 83637
14 Arizona 80277
15 Indiana 77891
16 Missouri 75335
17 Alabama 69134
18 Washington 64953
19 South Carolina 64948
20 Wisconsin 61984
21 Massachusetts 61657
22 Maryland 59001
23 Kentucky 58350
24 Louisiana 56843
25 Minnesota 51412
26 Oklahoma 50810
27 Colorado 46475
28 Oregon 41952
29 Mississippi 41641
30 Arkansas 40117
31 Iowa 35432
32 Connecticut 34586
33 Kansas 32753
34 Nevada 32376
35 West Virginia 27577
36 New Mexico 24657
37 Utah 21976
38 Nebraska 19527
39 Idaho 17115
40 Maine 16131
41 New Hampshire 13728
42 Hawaii 12169
43 Montana 12141
44 Rhode Island 11327
45 Delaware 11233
46 South Dakota 9769
47 North Dakota 7758
48 Vermont 6439
49 Wyoming 6170
50 District of Columbia 5840
51 Alaska 5333