1952 – Influenza, esp. TX/433, PA/377, OH/335, AL/283, NC/248, VA/239 MO/226 KY/225–5,649

–5,649 Blanchard tally – including territories of Alaska and Hawaii.
–5,631 States & DC. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. II…, Table 53, p. 372.
— 11 AK. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1952: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 32.
— 7 HI. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1953: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 36.

–283 Alabama 4th highest loss — 21 Montana Yellow highlighting denotes
— 11 Alaska — 71 Nebraska top ten loss of life States.
— 22 Arizona — 3 Nevada
–128 Arkansas — 15 New Hampshire
–122 California — 33 New Jersey
— 64 Colorado — 34 New Mexico
— 12 Connecticut –163 New York
— 10 Delaware –248 North Carolina 5th highest loss of life.
— 7 District of Columbia — 6 North Dakota
–146 Florida –335 Ohio 3rd highest loss of life.
–213 Georgia 10th highest loss –147 Oklahoma
— 7 Hawaii — 30 Oregon
— 12 Idaho –377 Pennsylvania 2nd highest loss of life.
–153 Illinois — 1 Rhode Island
–204 Indiana –147 South Carolina
–108 Iowa — 30 South Dakota
–110 Kansas –223 Tennessee 9th highest loss of life.
–225 Kentucky 8th highest loss –433 Texas Highest loss of life.
–156 Louisiana — 14 Utah
— 38 Maine — 21 Vermont
— 54 Maryland –239 Virginia 6th highest loss of life.
— 32 Massachusetts — 42 Washington
–122 Michigan –184 West Virginia
— 50 Minnesota –102 Wisconsin
–197 Mississippi — 13 Wyoming
–226 Missouri 7th highest loss

Sources

Public Health Service. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the US 1952: 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, 1955. Accessed 6-15-2023 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 1952, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955. Accessed 6-15-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1952_2.pdf