Ranking of US States By Number of Deaths in 2022

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Number of Deaths for the United States was 3.46M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest number of deaths (318.72K), followed by Texas (261.15K), and Florida (260.50K).

On the other hand, District of Columbia had the lowest number of deaths (5.60K) followed by Alaska (6.39K), and Wyoming (6.73K).

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 318719
2 Texas 261155
3 Florida 260497
4 New York 176582
5 Pennsylvania 155242
6 Ohio 149198
7 Illinois 127015
8 North Carolina 118218
9 Michigan 117941
10 Georgia 110352
11 Tennessee 91578
12 Virginia 86147
13 New Jersey 82754
14 Arizona 79806
15 Indiana 79651
16 Missouri 75622
17 Washington 70873
18 Alabama 67246
19 South Carolina 64615
20 Massachusetts 63764
21 Wisconsin 63549
22 Kentucky 61278
23 Maryland 57638
24 Louisiana 56802
25 Minnesota 53371
26 Oklahoma 51638
27 Colorado 49577
28 Oregon 46451
29 Mississippi 40616
30 Arkansas 40295
31 Iowa 35586
32 Connecticut 34874
33 Nevada 33468
34 Kansas 33207
35 West Virginia 29906
36 New Mexico 25427
37 Utah 23312
38 Nebraska 19385
39 Idaho 18941
40 Maine 17966
41 New Hampshire 14714
42 Hawaii 13440
43 Montana 12886
44 Delaware 11511
45 Rhode Island 11103
46 South Dakota 9207
47 North Dakota 7334
48 Vermont 7178
49 Wyoming 6728
50 Alaska 6388
51 District of Columbia 5603