101–2,696

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 1954

–2,696 Blanchard tally – including territories of Alaska and Hawaii.
–2,680 States & DC. US PHS Vital Statistics of the US 1954: Vol. II – Mortality Statistics, 372.
— 13 US PHS. Vital Statistics of the US 1954: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 32.
— 3 US PHS. Vital Statistics of the US 1954: Vol. I. …Tables for Alaska, Hawaii…, p. 32.

Highlighting in yellow denotes the top ten loss of live states.

–180 Alabama 2nd highest loss — 6 Montana
— 13 Alaska — 42 Nebraska
— 12 Arizona — 2 Nevada
— 67 Arkansas — 6 New Hampshire
— 56 California — 19 New Jersey
— 24 Colorado — 15 New Mexico
— 10 Connecticut — 83 New York
— 4 Delaware –101 North Carolina 8th highest loss of life.
— 1 District of Columbia — 7 North Dakota
— 93 Florida 9th highest loss –143 Ohio 5th highest loss of life.
–162 Georgia 3rd highest loss — 58 Oklahoma
— 3 Hawaii — 11 Oregon
— 11 Idaho –154 Pennsylvania 4th highest loss of life.
— 73 Illinois — 1 Rhode Island
— 71 Indiana — 88 South Carolina Tied with VA for 10th highest
— 49 Iowa — 15 South Dakota
— 61 Kansas –120 Tennessee 6th highest loss of life.
— 85 Kentucky –228 Texas Highest loss of life.
— 63 Louisiana — 4 Utah
— 12 Maine — 5 Vermont
— 16 Maryland — 88 Virginia Tied with SC for 10th highest.
— 19 Massachusetts — 28 Washington
— 55 Michigan — 52 West Virginia
— 35 Minnesota — 55 Wisconsin
— 84 Mississippi — 3 Wyoming
–104 Missouri 7th highest loss

Source

United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the United States 1954, Volume II, Mortality Data. Washington, GPO, 1956. Accessed 5-8-2023 at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1954_2.pdf

Public Health Service. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare. Vital Statistics of the US 1954: 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, 1956. Accessed 5-8-2023 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsus/VSUS_1954_1.pdf