2023 – COVID (354K deaths 2020; 438K, 2021; 217K, 2022; 1,190,166 during 2020-2023) –71,691

lornajarrettblanchard January 1, 2023

COVID Deaths by State, D.C. and Puerto Rico (alphabetically) 2020-2022 and 2022

2022 2023 2020-2023 2020-2023 death rate per 1 million pop.

AL 4,602 401 21,138 4,311
AK 245 88 1,485 030
AZ 7,953 1,592 33,774 4,640
AR 3,592 551 13,246 4,389
CA 21,976 7,468 106,183 2,687
CO 906 844 15,379 2,671
CT 2,621 583 12,354 3,465
DE 920 414 3,620 3,620
DC 200 23 1,434 2,032
FL 21,126 7,015[1] 92,606 4,312 (Worldometers.info shows 9,000)
GA 9,974 2,067 43,484 4,096
HI 514 346 2,104 1,486
ID 1,154 166 5,482 3,068
IL 8,661 1,327 42,005 3,315
IN 6,462 1,818 27,287 4,053
IA 2,546 374 10,797 3,422
KS 2,725 513 10,229 3,511
KY 5,578 1,487 19,183 4,294
LA 3,359 916 19,270 4,145
ME 1,259 430 3,220 2,395
MD 4,389 1,404 17,371 2,873
MA 2,667 2,288 25,228 3,660
MI 11,817 2,926 43,762 4,382
MN 3,664 1,615 15,935 2,826
MS 2,636 1,211[2] 13,474 4,527
MO 6,134 570 22,778 3,711
MT 706 91 3,712 3,473
NE 1,343 379 5,063 2,617
NV 3,331 543 12,294 3,991
NH 898 263 3,122 2,296
NJ 4,494 994 36,525 4,112
NM 2,960 421 9,236 4,405
NY 15,407 6,949 82,367 234
NC 8,383 1,430 29,059 2,771
ND 402 99 2,513 3,289
OH 11,481 2,178 43,106 3,688
OK 3,839 763 16,157 4,083
OR 3,307 582 9,544 2,263

2022 2023 2020-2023 2020-2023 death rate per 1 million pop.

PA 12,178 2,588 51,480 4,021
RI 711 389 4,166 3,933
SC 4,175 1,500 20,311 3,945
SD 632 113 3,231 3,652
TN 7,665 1,637 30,182 4,420
TX 16,187 3,228 95,558 3,296
UT 1,500 266 5,453 1,701
VT 320 138 929 1,489
VA 7,100 1,061 23,748 2,782
WA 5,130 1,113 16,151 2,121
WV 2,336 575 8,247 4,602
WI 4,859 951 16,758 2,868
WY 424 132 2,082 3,597

Guam 141 9 420

Puerto Rico 2,242 1,154 7,071 2,088

US Virgin Isl. 38 6 133

Northern Mariana Islands 41 American Samoa 34

States Listed High to Low Based on Deaths per 1 Million Population (2020-2023):

Arizona 4,640 Missouri 3,711 40. California 2,687
West Virginia 4,602 Ohio 3,688 41. Colorado 2,671
Mississippi 4,527 Massachusetts 3,660 42. Nebraska 2,617
Tennessee 4,420 South Dakota 3,652 43. Maine 2,395
New Mexico 4,405 Delaware 3,620 44. New Hampshire 2,296
Arkansas 4,389 USA average 3,597 Oregon 2,263
Michigan 4,382 Wyoming 3,597 46. Washington 2,121
Florida 4,312 Kansas 3,511 47. District of Colum. 2,032
Alabama 4,311 Montana 3,473 48. Alaska 2,030
Kentucky 4,294 Connecticut 3,465 49. Utah 1,701
New York 4,234 Iowa 3,422 50. Vermont 1,489
Louisiana 4,145 Illinois 3,315 51. Hawaii 1,486
New Jersey 4,112 North Dakota 3,298 Puerto Rico 2,088
Georgia 4,096 Texas 3,296
Oklahoma 4,083 Idaho 3,068
Indiana 4,053 Wisconsin 2,878
Pennsylvania 4,021 Maryland 2,873
Nevada 3,991 Minnesota 2,826
South Carolina 3,945 Virginia 2,782
Rhode Island 3,933 North Carolina 2,771

Overview of COVID Deaths and Rate 2020-2022 by State

death rate per million Grand Total

2022 U.S. deaths 217,370 650 (6.50) 1,118,475

2021 U.S. deaths 437,984 1,315 896,904^[3]

2020 U.S. deaths 354,215 1,070

2020-21 U.S. death rate: 2,559 per million

2020-22 U.S. death rate: 3,381 per million

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-21 2020-21 2022 2022 2020-22 2020-22 2022

State State deaths State State deaths total State State deaths total deaths

deaths per 1M deaths per 1 M deaths deaths per 1M deaths per 1M

AL 4,406 984 AL 12,049 3,356 16,455 AL 4,602 4,229 20,737 9.38

AK 205 280 AK 947 1,295 1,197 AK 245 1,910 1,397 3.35

AZ 8,864 1,218 AZ 15,365 3.329 24,229 AZ 7,953 4,421 32,182 10.93

AR 3,676 1,218 AR 5,427 3,031 9,148 AR 3,592 4,207 12,695 11.90

CA 25,967 657 CA 50,772 1,942 76,739 CA 21,976 2,498 98,715 5.56

CO 4,814 836 CO 5,720 1,829 10,534 CO 906 2,524 14,535 1.57

CT 5,995 1,681 CT 3,165 2,569 9,160 CT 2,621 3,304 11,781 7.35

DE 926 951 DE 1,360 2,384 2,286 DE 920 3,292 3,206 9.45

DC 786 1,114 DC 425 1,717 1,211 DC 200 1,411 1,999 2.83

FL 21,673 1,009 FL 40,807 2,909 62,480 FL 21,126 3,893 83,606 9.84

GA 10,954 1,030 GA 20,489 2,961 31,443 GA 9,974 3,901 41,417 9.39

HI 288 203 HI 802 770 1,090 HI 514 1,242 1,758 3.63

ID 1,436 804 ID 2,726 2,329 4,162 ID 1,154 2,975 5,316 6.46

IL 17,978 1,419 IL 13,039 2,448 31,017 IL 8,661 3,210 40,678 6.83

IN 8,263 1,227 IN 10,774 2,828 19,037 IN 6,462 3,783 25,469 9.60

IA 3,891 1,233 IA 3,996 2,491 7,858 IA 2,546 3,304 10,423 8.07

KS 2,471 941 KS 4,530 2,403 7,001 KS 2,715 3,335 9,716 9.32

KY 2,623 587 KY 9,495 2,712 12,118 KY 5,578 3,961 17,696 12.49

LA 7,488 1,611 LA 7,498 3,224 14,986 LA 3,359 3,946 18,345 7.23

ME 347 258 ME 1,184 1,139 1,531 ME 1,259 2,076 2,790 9.36

MD 5,895 975 MD 5,683 1,945 11,578 MD 4,389 2,641 15,967 7.26

MA 12,423 2,802 MA 7,850 2,941 20,273 MA 2,667 3,328 22,940 3.86

MI 13,018 1,304 MI 16,001 2,906 29,019 MI 11,817 4,089 40,836 11.83

MN 5,382 954 MN 5,274 1,889 10,656 MN 3,664 2,539 14,320 6.50

MS 4,787 1,608 MS 5,663 3,551 10,450 MS 2,636 4,396 13,083 8.86

MO 6,010 979 MO 10,064 2,619 16,074 MO 6,134 3,618 22,208 9.99

MT 961 899 MT 1,945 2,719 2,906 MT 706 3,388 3,621 6.61

NE 1,651 853 NE 1,690 1,727 3,341 NE 1,343 2,421 4,684 6.94

NV 3,125 1,015 NV 5,295 2,734 8,420 NV 3,331 3,815 11,751 10.81

NH 759 558 NH 1,202 1,442 1,961 NH 898 2,103 2,859 6.60

NJ 19,191 2,161 NJ 9,846 3,269 29,037 NJ 4,494 4,000 35,531 5.06

NM 2,477 1,181 NM 3,378 2,792 5,855 NM 2,960 4,204 8,815 6.94

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-21 2020-21 2022 2022 2020-22 2020-22 2022

State State deaths State State deaths total State State deaths total death

deaths per 1M deaths per 1M deaths deaths per 1M deaths rate

NY 38,007 1,954 NY 22,004 3,085 60,011 NY 15,407 3,877 75,418 7.92

NC 6,784 643 NC 12,462 1,852 19,426 NC 8,383 2,634 27,629 7.99

ND 1,292 1,695 ND 720 2,640 2,012 ND 402 3,168 2,414 5.27

OH 8,962 767 OH 20,485 2,519 29,447 OH 11,481 3,501 40,928 9.82

OK 2,489 629 OK 9,066 2,920 11,555 OK 3,839 3,890 15,394 8.56

OR 1,477 350 OR 4,178 1,341 5,655 OR 3,307 2,125 8,962 7.84

PA 16,073 1,256 PA 20,641 2,867 36,268 PA 12,178 3,819 48,892 9.51

RI 1,777 1,677 RI 1,289 2,894 3,066 RI 711 3,565 3,777 6.71

SC 5,296 1,029 SC 9,340 2,843 14,636 SC 4,175 3,654 18,811 8.11

SD 1,488 1,682 SD 998 2,810 2,486 SD 632 3,525 3,118 7.14

TN 6,907 1,011 TN 13,973 3,057 20,880 TN 7,665 4,180 28,545 11.22

TX 28,227 973 TX 47,916 2,626 76,143 TX 16,187 3,184 92,330 5.58

UT 1,269 396 UT 2,418 1,181 3,787 UT 1,500 1,618 5,187 4.68

VT 136 218 VT 335 755 471 VT 320 1,268 791 5.12

VA 5,032 590 VA 10,555 1,826 15,587 VA 7,100 2,658 22,687 8.50

WA 3,564 468 WA 6,344 1,301 9,908 WA 5,130 1,975 15,038 6.74

WV 1,338 747 WV 3,998 2,977 5,336 WV 2,336 4,281 7,672 13.03

WI 4,859 835 WI 6,314 1,919 11,173 WI 4,634 2,715 15,807 7.96

WY 438 757 WY 1,088 2,637 1,526 WY 424 3,369 1,950 7.32

Rico 1,503 444 P. Rico 1,802 976 3,305 P. Rico 2,242 1,638 5,547 6.62

Guam 122 ? Guam 148 ? 270 Guam 141 411

US VI 23 ? US VI 66 ? 89 US VI 38 127

Sources

USA Today Network (C. A. Bridges). “FDOH adds, removes nearly 7,100 deaths to COVID database without explanation.” The Palm Beach Post, 12-18-2023. Accessed 12-31-2023 at: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/state/2023/12/18/florida-covid-deaths-since-2020-department-of-health/71963037007/

Worldometers.info. Coronavirus. Countries. United States

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[1] As of Dec 18, USA Today, citing FLHealthCharts.gov COVID database, published in Palm Beach Post. Worldometers.info “Coronavirus. Countries. United States. Florida,” has the 2023 death toll at 9,000 as of Dec 31.

[2] Data from Mississippi State Department of Health. COVID 19 Provisional Mississippi Death Counts. 11-6-2023.

[3] 2020-2021 death toll is higher than individual years because the numbers in those years was entered on a daily basis, and we did not go back to reflect updated numbers as additional deaths were reported.