1.5K –31,163

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1951

–30,863 States. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1954: Vol. II – Mortality Statistics, p. 364.
— 234 AK. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1953: Vol. I. …Tables Table 1.18. Deaths…, p. 19.
— 66 HI. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1953: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 32.
–31,163 Total. Yellow highlighting denotes top ten highest loss of life states.

Alabama 787 Montana 71
Alaska 234 Nebraska 105
Arizona 501 Nevada 53
Arkansas 552 New Hampshire 58
California 2,177 3rd highest loss New Jersey 985 10th high loss of life.
Colorado 267 New Mexico 215
Connecticut 280 New York 3,531 Highest loss of life.
Delaware 64 North Carolina 683
District of Columbia 235 North Dakota 58
Florida 511 Ohio 1,459 6th highest loss of life.
Georgia 675 Oklahoma 420
Hawaii 63 Oregon 196
Idaho 44 Pennsylvania 2,352 2nd high loss of life.
Illinois 1,755 5th highest loss Rhode Island 136
Indiana 578 South Carolina 357
Iowa 180 South Dakota 94
Kansas 183 Tennessee 1,083 8th highest loss of life.
Kentucky 1,009 9th highest loss Texas 1,912 4th highest loss of life.
Louisiana 643 Utah 58
Maine 134 Vermont 73
Maryland 746 Virginia 816
Massachusetts 922 Washington 363
Michigan 1,166 7th highest West Virginia 428
Minnesota 262 Wisconsin 357
Mississippi 462 Wyoming 27
Missouri 848

Sources

Public Health Service. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the US 1951: Vol. I. Introduction and Summary Tables for Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Marriage, Divorce, Natality, Fetal Mortality and Infant Mortality Data. U.S. GPO, 1954. Accessed 8-11-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_1.pdf

Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1951, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954. Accessed 8-11-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_2.pdf