This tracks coronavirus deaths as a percent of the population for each state in the USA.
States are listed in order by those with the highest percentage of the population that died of coronavirus COVID-19.
(To see the rate of increase for US deaths, see this, or rate of increase for confirmed COVID-19 cases, see this. Or see what percent of the population has been confirmed with coronavirus in each state, or more coronavirus trackers here.)
Below the bar chart, you will find the table of numbers in case you prefer to see the actual data. Jump down there. Or, jump down to see the source of this data.
Note: Data as of October 16, 2021.
| STATE | POPULATION | # DEATHS | # DEATHS AS PERCENT OF POPULATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2,976,149 | 9,917 | 0.33322 % |
| New Jersey | 8,882,190 | 27,720 | 0.31209 % |
| Alabama | 4,903,185 | 15,179 | 0.30957 % |
| Louisiana | 4,648,794 | 14,321 | 0.30806 % |
| New York | 19,453,561 | 55,484 | 0.28521 % |
| Arizona | 7,278,717 | 20,509 | 0.28177 % |
| Massachusetts | 6,892,503 | 18,828 | 0.27317 % |
| Arkansas | 3,017,804 | 8,195 | 0.27156 % |
| Rhode Island | 1,059,361 | 2,860 | 0.26997 % |
| Florida | 21,477,737 | 57,859 | 0.26939 % |
| South Carolina | 5,148,714 | 13,232 | 0.25700 % |
| Georgia | 10,617,423 | 26,811 | 0.25252 % |
| South Dakota | 884,659 | 2,189 | 0.24744 % |
| Connecticut | 3,565,287 | 8,718 | 0.24452 % |
| Indiana | 6,732,219 | 16,245 | 0.24130 % |
| Nevada | 3,080,156 | 7,422 | 0.24096 % |
| Texas | 28,995,881 | 69,273 | 0.23891 % |
| Oklahoma | 3,956,971 | 9,402 | 0.23761 % |
| Pennsylvania | 12,801,989 | 30,418 | 0.23760 % |
| New Mexico | 2,096,829 | 4,932 | 0.23521 % |
| Tennessee | 6,829,174 | 15,696 | 0.22984 % |
| Michigan | 9,986,857 | 22,948 | 0.22978 % |
| West Virginia | 1,792,147 | 4,108 | 0.22922 % |
| North Dakota | 762,062 | 1,714 | 0.22492 % |
| Illinois | 12,671,821 | 28,197 | 0.22252 % |
| Iowa | 3,155,070 | 6,748 | 0.21388 % |
| Kansas | 2,913,314 | 6,199 | 0.21278 % |
| Kentucky | 4,467,673 | 9,377 | 0.20989 % |
| Delaware | 973,764 | 2,032 | 0.20867 % |
| Missouri | 6,137,428 | 12,557 | 0.20460 % |
| Montana | 1,068,778 | 2,133 | 0.19957 % |
| Ohio | 11,689,100 | 23,327 | 0.19956 % |
| Wyoming | 578,759 | 1,080 | 0.18661 % |
| Idaho | 1,787,065 | 3,259 | 0.18237 % |
| California | 39,512,223 | 70,778 | 0.17913 % |
| Maryland | 6,045,680 | 10,703 | 0.17704 % |
| District of Columbia | 705,749 | 1,183 | 0.16762 % |
| North Carolina | 10,488,084 | 17,472 | 0.16659 % |
| Wisconsin | 5,822,434 | 9,141 | 0.15700 % |
| Virginia | 8,535,519 | 13,391 | 0.15689 % |
| Minnesota | 5,639,632 | 8,531 | 0.15127 % |
| Nebraska | 1,934,408 | 2,724 | 0.14082 % |
| Colorado | 5,758,736 | 8,052 | 0.13982 % |
| New Hampshire | 1,359,711 | 1,520 | 0.11179 % |
| Washington | 7,614,893 | 8,295 | 0.10893 % |
| Puerto Rico | 3,193,694 | 3,207 | 0.10042 % |
| Oregon | 4,217,737 | 4,161 | 0.09865 % |
| Utah | 3,205,958 | 3,067 | 0.09567 % |
| Alaska | 731,545 | 599 | 0.08188 % |
| Maine | 1,344,212 | 1,095 | 0.08146 % |
| Hawaii | 1,415,872 | 863 | 0.06095 % |
| Vermont | 623,989 | 345 | 0.05529 % |
Sources:
COVID-19 death numbers from The New York Times data repository, based on reports from state and local health agencies.
Population numbers from the US Census Bureau Data API (2019)
Vinicio Cornejo
May 8th, 2020 at 5:39 pm
Wow! You’ve done a lot of work and research. Thank you. Great job!
Those of us not buying into the prevailing narrative need these stats and those who do need to realize these facts.
Are you using John Hopkins COVID-19 tracker or the WHO tracker? I ask because the CDC, as you may already know, recently changed their numbers from 60K to 37K.
Mega Churches In United States
May 16th, 2020 at 4:59 am
Thanks so much
Shawn Henson
June 24th, 2020 at 10:56 am
Do you retain historical data and can you graph it to show rate of increase? Thanks for this information it really helps put the data into perspective. Knowledge is only as good as the information considered.
Isabel
August 2nd, 2020 at 11:49 pm
To see the rate of increase for US deaths, see this, or rate of increase for confirmed COVID-19 cases, see this.
Mr. Trick
July 5th, 2020 at 4:10 am
Thank you so much for all your work! Is there also a graph that shows the proportion of cases in relation to tests?
This would also probably help a lot to reduce the panic due to so many new cases…
Isabel
August 2nd, 2020 at 11:53 pm
Sorry, I haven’t graphed the number of tests. That’s a good point. It’s good for everyone to remember that many cities, and even workplaces, are now testing A LOT more, and this is one reason for greater numbers of confirmed cases.
C
August 8th, 2020 at 10:49 pm
If you decide to graph tests, don’t forget that there are several issues you will need to address:
1. People who test positive have multiple tests until they test negative. Not sure that is addressed in current total number of tests.
2. There are several tests that are being used and they are not all consistently accurate.
3. There are reports of people signing up to get tested, they do not take the test and they then get a notice they tested positive.
4. There are reports that some labs have reported 100% positive tests.
art formento
February 13th, 2021 at 10:21 am
So my understanding based on your numbers that the survival rate for each state if one should get Covid 19 is above 99.5%. Why would we not consider a very excellent survival rate.
Darlene Ball
July 13th, 2020 at 9:46 pm
So if these are true stats, why are we in shutdown mode
{Tara}
July 25th, 2020 at 10:29 am
Is this a true tracker of John Hopkins
Isabel
August 3rd, 2020 at 12:00 am
I was originally use John Hopkins dataset back in March, but then I switched to use the COVID-19 numbers from The New York Times data repository because I found them more accurate, or at least updated more quickly (at least for Florida which is the state I compared with my state Health Department’s numbers).
(I do use the John Hopkins dataset for the global numbers for the global rate of increase tracker and the Percent of Poplution Global tracker.)
Jeff
August 5th, 2020 at 7:27 am
Can you show a state by state graph if just daily deaths? If by percentage of population, that’s fine too. Need this to see progress. Daily percent increase is based on a running total and really doesn’t capture daily progress.
craig
August 8th, 2020 at 3:18 pm
Could you post abortions by state on the same chart as covid deaths by state by pop?
Freddie Schuh
August 29th, 2020 at 1:16 pm
Finally, got to your site after two weeks of looking! All I can say is WOW! You are now my go to for information. Please keep this data driven and not political. Thank you, for keeping it real!
Renate
August 31st, 2020 at 7:50 pm
Since the CDC has revised its death numbers down, then these State death numbers cannot be correct anymore.
Renee French
September 17th, 2020 at 9:47 am
I’m from Georgia and the percentage of deaths to population is 0.0005891%
population=10,617,423*0.0005891=6255 covid deaths
(it is not 0.05891 that is shown in your table above)
It surprises most people how small the number of deaths are compared to how large our population is. In 2019 there were 38,800 deaths from car accidents.
Adam
October 13th, 2020 at 11:25 am
To get the actual percentage you’d need to move the decimal two places to the right, though. Hence the .05891%
Jeff
October 2nd, 2020 at 7:33 am
I’m looking for just pure daily case and death numbers. It’s the only way to see the trend. Percentage increase or decrease gets watered down by the increasing denominator.
Isabel
October 12th, 2020 at 7:25 pm
I agree. If you jump down to the table, you can see the actual number of deaths in the “# Deaths” column. The number of cases is available on State Cases page.
Jim
December 1st, 2020 at 11:20 am
Any chance you could show the population, number of positive cases, then the number of deaths associated along with the percentage of deaths as related to the number of positive cases?
Thanks,
Jim
Gary
February 8th, 2021 at 4:05 pm
Do you have a link to show the number of cases by month for the U.S. and or by state?
Dave P
September 2nd, 2021 at 10:46 am
Thanks for the data from state to state in one place! Looking at the numbers, why such a large difference in rates for states at the top of the list to the bottom of the list. I would think that population bases in the one to many millions of people per state would statistically average out. What demographics from state to state are driving the large differences in rates?