Counties in Texas by death rate (July to June)
Loving County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 254 counties in 2022, at 58.25 per 1,000 inhabitants. Travis County had the lowest, at 5.45 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 13.65 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Texas was 8.73 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving County Estimated | 58.25 | +8.25 pts |
| 2 | Motley County Estimated | 32.35 | +8.92 pts |
| 3 | Real County Estimated | 27.74 | +3.27 pts |
| 4 | Kent County Estimated | 26.95 | -3.67 pts |
| 5 | Foard County Estimated | 25.53 | -5.14 pts |
| 6 | Sabine County Estimated | 24.92 | +3.44 pts |
| 7 | Baylor County Estimated | 23.98 | +2.58 pts |
| 8 | Edwards County Estimated | 23.08 | -0.75 pts |
| 9 | Coleman County Estimated | 22.98 | -2.86 pts |
| 10 | Trinity County Estimated | 22.85 | +2.98 pts |
| 11 | McMullen County Estimated | 22.26 | -7.94 pts |
| 12 | Coke County Estimated | 21.58 | +0.21 pts |
| 13 | Eastland County Estimated | 21.42 | +2.47 pts |
| 14 | Hall County Estimated | 21.18 | -0.03 pts |
| 15 | Terrell County Estimated | 21.1 | -1.92 pts |
| 16 | San Augustine County Estimated | 21.03 | -3.23 pts |
| 17 | Knox County Estimated | 20.92 | -0.09 pts |
| 18 | Red River County Estimated | 20.62 | +0.65 pts |
| 19 | McCulloch County Estimated | 20.61 | +0.12 pts |
| 20 | Marion County Estimated | 20.4 | -0.11 pts |
| 21 | Donley County Estimated | 20.21 | +0.9 pts |
| 22 | Cass County Estimated | 20.15 | -0.44 pts |
| 23 | Stonewall County Estimated | 19.74 | -1.42 pts |
| 24 | Wood County Estimated | 19.67 | +1.67 pts |
| 25 | Mason County Estimated | 19.45 | +3 pts |
| 26 | Morris County Estimated | 19.43 | +0.76 pts |
| 27 | Tyler County Estimated | 19.38 | +0.4 pts |
| 28 | Houston County Estimated | 19.08 | +1.83 pts |
| 29 | Mills County Estimated | 18.92 | -0.78 pts |
| 30 | Young County Estimated | 18.7 | +0.48 pts |
| 31 | Crosby County Estimated | 18.64 | -1.21 pts |
| 32 | Leon County Estimated | 18.53 | +1.82 pts |
| 33 | Duval County Estimated | 18.45 | +2.32 pts |
| 34 | Jasper County Estimated | 18.31 | +0.35 pts |
| 35 | Montague County Estimated | 18.14 | -1.71 pts |
| 36 | Henderson County Estimated | 18.13 | +0.22 pts |
| 37 | Runnels County Estimated | 18.1 | +0.23 pts |
| 38 | Llano County Estimated | 18.01 | -0.31 pts |
| 39 | Wheeler County Estimated | 17.97 | -1.9 pts |
| 40 | Polk County Estimated | 17.91 | -0.08 pts |
| 41 | Dickens County Estimated | 17.9 | -7.31 pts |
| 42 | Floyd County Estimated | 17.84 | -2.98 pts |
| 43 | Hutchinson County Estimated | 17.82 | +1.98 pts |
| 44 | Fisher County Estimated | 17.76 | -2.62 pts |
| 45 | Hamilton County Estimated | 17.76 | -0.79 pts |
| 46 | Menard County Estimated | 17.73 | -0.09 pts |
| 47 | San Saba County Estimated | 17.5 | +0.85 pts |
| 48 | Crockett County Estimated | 17.4 | -2.87 pts |
| 49 | Brown County Estimated | 17.19 | -1.18 pts |
| 50 | Delta County Estimated | 17.15 | -1.24 pts |
| 51 | Throckmorton County Estimated | 17.01 | +0.84 pts |
| 52 | Gray County Estimated | 16.97 | +1.99 pts |
| 53 | Hill County Estimated | 16.88 | -0.31 pts |
| 54 | San Jacinto County Estimated | 16.81 | +0.78 pts |
| 55 | Aransas County Estimated | 16.78 | -2.26 pts |
| 56 | Limestone County Estimated | 16.67 | -2.06 pts |
| 57 | Kerr County Estimated | 16.66 | +0.49 pts |
| 58 | Newton County Estimated | 16.62 | -1.34 pts |
| 59 | Panola County Estimated | 16.56 | +0.05 pts |
| 60 | Bosque County Estimated | 16.56 | -0.58 pts |
| 61 | Collingsworth County Estimated | 16.56 | -0.2 pts |
| 62 | Colorado County Estimated | 16.53 | +1.01 pts |
| 63 | Hardeman County Estimated | 16.45 | -2.69 pts |
| 64 | Swisher County Estimated | 16.34 | +1.58 pts |
| 65 | Refugio County Estimated | 16.33 | -0.78 pts |
| 66 | Kinney County Estimated | 16.32 | -1.29 pts |
| 67 | Comanche County Estimated | 16.31 | -1.11 pts |
| 68 | Fannin County Estimated | 16.23 | +0.55 pts |
| 69 | Brooks County Estimated | 16.19 | -0.81 pts |
| 70 | Carson County Estimated | 15.93 | +0.66 pts |
| 71 | Van Zandt County Estimated | 15.92 | +0.88 pts |
| 72 | Palo Pinto County Estimated | 15.88 | +0.71 pts |
| 73 | Lamar County Estimated | 15.83 | -0.97 pts |
| 74 | Milam County Estimated | 15.8 | +1.72 pts |
| 75 | Rains County Estimated | 15.79 | +0.3 pts |
| 76 | Hockley County Estimated | 15.78 | +0.48 pts |
| 77 | Camp County Estimated | 15.78 | -2.03 pts |
| 78 | Armstrong County Estimated | 15.7 | -5.44 pts |
| 79 | Fayette County Estimated | 15.69 | -0.35 pts |
| 80 | Hood County Estimated | 15.68 | +0.11 pts |
| 81 | Dimmit County Estimated | 15.66 | -0.86 pts |
| 82 | Nolan County Estimated | 15.5 | -0.39 pts |
| 83 | Jeff Davis County Estimated | 15.5 | +1.82 pts |
| 84 | Callahan County Estimated | 15.44 | -1.29 pts |
| 85 | Shelby County Estimated | 15.41 | +0.71 pts |
| 86 | Upshur County Estimated | 15.37 | +0.33 pts |
| 87 | Robertson County Estimated | 15.32 | -0.52 pts |
| 88 | Gillespie County Estimated | 15.28 | +0.26 pts |
| 89 | Wilbarger County Estimated | 15.21 | -1.31 pts |
| 90 | Stephens County Estimated | 15.21 | -1.73 pts |
| 91 | Bandera County Estimated | 15.21 | -0.88 pts |
| 92 | Cochran County Estimated | 15.17 | -6.27 pts |
| 93 | Burleson County Estimated | 15.16 | -0.54 pts |
| 94 | Bowie County Estimated | 15.1 | +0.43 pts |
| 95 | Zavala County Estimated | 15.05 | -3.33 pts |
| 96 | Lamb County Estimated | 15.05 | -2.4 pts |
| 97 | Howard County Estimated | 14.95 | +1.34 pts |
| 98 | Lampasas County Estimated | 14.94 | +0.23 pts |
| 99 | Cottle County Estimated | 14.94 | -4.89 pts |
| 100 | Haskell County Estimated | 14.8 | -5.52 pts |
| 101 | Culberson County Estimated | 14.73 | -1.75 pts |
| 102 | Clay County Estimated | 14.71 | -1.14 pts |
| 103 | Uvalde County Estimated | 14.58 | +0.68 pts |
| 104 | Terry County Estimated | 14.52 | -1.06 pts |
| 105 | Gregg County Estimated | 14.47 | +0.24 pts |
| 106 | Franklin County Estimated | 14.47 | +0.58 pts |
| 107 | Anderson County Estimated | 14.46 | +0.58 pts |
| 108 | Jim Wells County Estimated | 14.37 | -0.54 pts |
| 109 | Dawson County Estimated | 14.19 | -3.61 pts |
| 110 | Childress County Estimated | 14.09 | +0.56 pts |
| 111 | Freestone County Estimated | 14.07 | -0.15 pts |
| 112 | Scurry County Estimated | 14.05 | -0.72 pts |
| 113 | Falls County Estimated | 13.98 | +1.06 pts |
| 114 | Washington County Estimated | 13.94 | +0.08 pts |
| 115 | Hopkins County Estimated | 13.94 | -1.37 pts |
| 116 | Potter County Estimated | 13.93 | +0.02 pts |
| 117 | Lipscomb County Estimated | 13.89 | -1.26 pts |
| 118 | Rusk County Estimated | 13.89 | -0.58 pts |
| 119 | Lynn County Estimated | 13.85 | -3.38 pts |
| 120 | DeWitt County Estimated | 13.84 | -2.19 pts |
| 121 | Lavaca County Estimated | 13.79 | -1.18 pts |
| 122 | Jack County Estimated | 13.77 | +1.79 pts |
| 123 | Hardin County Estimated | 13.75 | +1.08 pts |
| 124 | Shackelford County Estimated | 13.72 | +0.11 pts |
| 125 | Angelina County Estimated | 13.71 | -0.15 pts |
| 126 | Somervell County Estimated | 13.7 | +0.21 pts |
| 127 | Wharton County Estimated | 13.65 | -0.23 pts |
| 128 | Cherokee County Estimated | 13.64 | -1.95 pts |
| 129 | Grayson County Estimated | 13.54 | -0.79 pts |
| 130 | Wichita County Estimated | 13.53 | -0.4 pts |
| 131 | Orange County Estimated | 13.52 | -0.79 pts |
| 132 | La Salle County Estimated | 13.51 | -0.47 pts |
| 133 | Hudspeth County Estimated | 13.49 | +1.42 pts |
| 134 | Briscoe County Estimated | 13.39 | -0.79 pts |
| 135 | Burnet County Estimated | 13.39 | +1.03 pts |
| 136 | Archer County Estimated | 13.32 | +3.23 pts |
| 137 | Presidio County Estimated | 13.29 | +0.68 pts |
| 138 | Madison County Estimated | 13.27 | +0.36 pts |
| 139 | Karnes County Estimated | 13.23 | +0.66 pts |
| 140 | Hemphill County Estimated | 13.17 | +8.09 pts |
| 141 | Sutton County Estimated | 13.15 | -1.57 pts |
| 142 | Grimes County Estimated | 13.14 | +0.8 pts |
| 143 | Hansford County Estimated | 13.09 | +0.95 pts |
| 144 | San Patricio County Estimated | 13.05 | +1.3 pts |
| 145 | Goliad County Estimated | 13.02 | +0.59 pts |
| 146 | Harrison County Estimated | 12.97 | +0.42 pts |
| 147 | Sherman County Estimated | 12.97 | +0.75 pts |
| 148 | Kimble County Estimated | 12.96 | -2.77 pts |
| 149 | Live Oak County Estimated | 12.79 | -1.98 pts |
| 150 | Calhoun County Estimated | 12.6 | -1.84 pts |
| 151 | Schleicher County Estimated | 12.53 | -0.18 pts |
| 152 | Matagorda County Estimated | 12.45 | -1.4 pts |
| 153 | Hunt County Estimated | 12.42 | +0.63 pts |
| 154 | Gonzales County Estimated | 12.41 | -1.84 pts |
| 155 | Willacy County Estimated | 12.35 | -0.62 pts |
| 156 | Austin County Estimated | 12.25 | +0.73 pts |
| 157 | Ward County Estimated | 12.24 | +0.13 pts |
| 158 | Bee County Estimated | 12.18 | +0.74 pts |
| 159 | Hale County Estimated | 12.16 | -2.51 pts |
| 160 | Navarro County Estimated | 12.1 | -1.27 pts |
| 161 | Smith County Estimated | 12.06 | -0.24 pts |
| 162 | Victoria County Estimated | 12.03 | -0.19 pts |
| 163 | Lee County Estimated | 12 | -0.96 pts |
| 164 | Jim Hogg County Estimated | 11.96 | -5.7 pts |
| 165 | Tom Green County Estimated | 11.95 | -0.75 pts |
| 166 | Jefferson County Estimated | 11.91 | -0.39 pts |
| 167 | Taylor County Estimated | 11.9 | -0.76 pts |
| 168 | Reeves County Estimated | 11.86 | +0.49 pts |
| 169 | Cooke County Estimated | 11.8 | -0.82 pts |
| 170 | Nacogdoches County Estimated | 11.78 | -0.2 pts |
| 171 | Winkler County Estimated | 11.77 | -0.24 pts |
| 172 | Castro County Estimated | 11.75 | -1.2 pts |
| 173 | Atascosa County Estimated | 11.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 174 | Wise County Estimated | 11.68 | -0.14 pts |
| 175 | Pecos County Estimated | 11.65 | -1.81 pts |
| 176 | Jones County Estimated | 11.63 | -2.78 pts |
| 177 | Titus County Estimated | 11.62 | -0.24 pts |
| 178 | Mitchell County Estimated | 11.54 | -0.3 pts |
| 179 | Frio County Estimated | 11.54 | -0.46 pts |
| 180 | Blanco County Estimated | 11.53 | -2.11 pts |
| 181 | Kenedy County Estimated | 11.49 | +2.79 pts |
| 182 | Wilson County Estimated | 11.49 | +1 pts |
| 183 | Sterling County Estimated | 11.48 | -2.29 pts |
| 184 | Oldham County Estimated | 11.44 | +0.58 pts |
| 185 | Nueces County Estimated | 11.35 | -0.22 pts |
| 186 | Garza County Estimated | 11.15 | -0.62 pts |
| 187 | Parmer County Estimated | 11.12 | -0.08 pts |
| 188 | Jackson County Estimated | 11.1 | -1.32 pts |
| 189 | Dallam County Estimated | 11.09 | -0.78 pts |
| 190 | Liberty County Estimated | 11.08 | +0.07 pts |
| 191 | Medina County Estimated | 10.94 | -0.19 pts |
| 192 | McLennan County Estimated | 10.92 | -0.23 pts |
| 193 | Reagan County Estimated | 10.92 | -1.66 pts |
| 194 | Parker County Estimated | 10.88 | +1.15 pts |
| 195 | Lubbock County Estimated | 10.87 | -0.3 pts |
| 196 | Deaf Smith County Estimated | 10.87 | -0.56 pts |
| 197 | Bailey County Estimated | 10.7 | -2.17 pts |
| 198 | Crane County Estimated | 10.67 | -1.15 pts |
| 199 | Upton County Estimated | 10.64 | -2.21 pts |
| 200 | Johnson County Estimated | 10.6 | -0.41 pts |
| 201 | Hartley County Estimated | 10.56 | +1.8 pts |
| 202 | Glasscock County Estimated | 10.53 | -0.12 pts |
| 203 | Irion County Estimated | 10.43 | -6.04 pts |
| 204 | Kendall County Estimated | 10.32 | +0.13 pts |
| 205 | Martin County Estimated | 10.3 | -1.54 pts |
| 206 | Randall County Estimated | 10.27 | -0.38 pts |
| 207 | Yoakum County Estimated | 10.23 | -2.37 pts |
| 208 | Ector County Estimated | 10.16 | -0.11 pts |
| 209 | Zapata County Estimated | 10.11 | -0.63 pts |
| 210 | Val Verde County Estimated | 10.1 | -2.96 pts |
| 211 | Borden County Estimated | 10 | -5.86 pts |
| 212 | Kleberg County Estimated | 9.96 | -2.12 pts |
| 213 | Roberts County Estimated | 9.95 | -8.49 pts |
| 214 | Galveston County Estimated | 9.94 | -0.16 pts |
| 215 | Erath County Estimated | 9.77 | -0.5 pts |
| 216 | Caldwell County Estimated | 9.65 | -0.47 pts |
| 217 | Comal County Estimated | 9.64 | -0.63 pts |
| 218 | Maverick County Estimated | 9.52 | -4.84 pts |
| 219 | Brewster County Estimated | 9.44 | -1.9 pts |
| 220 | Andrews County Estimated | 9.36 | +0.88 pts |
| 221 | Ochiltree County Estimated | 9.16 | -1.89 pts |
| 222 | Moore County Estimated | 9.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 223 | Walker County Estimated | 8.99 | -0.28 pts |
| 224 | Bastrop County Estimated | 8.93 | +0.2 pts |
| 225 | Concho County Estimated | 8.9 | -1 pts |
| 226 | Waller County Estimated | 8.9 | +0.87 pts |
| 227 | Bexar County Estimated | 8.83 | -0.49 pts |
| 228 | Kaufman County Estimated | 8.64 | -0.55 pts |
| 229 | Cameron County Estimated | 8.64 | -2.24 pts |
| 230 | Gaines County Estimated | 8.55 | +0.33 pts |
| 231 | Brazoria County Estimated | 8.48 | +0.05 pts |
| 232 | Guadalupe County Estimated | 8.48 | -0.25 pts |
| 233 | Ellis County Estimated | 8.41 | -0.55 pts |
| 234 | El Paso County Estimated | 8.41 | -1.76 pts |
| 235 | Bell County Estimated | 8.38 | +0.05 pts |
| 236 | Midland County Estimated | 8.34 | +0.17 pts |
| 237 | Starr County Estimated | 8.33 | -4.5 pts |
| 238 | King County Estimated | 8.26 | +4.42 pts |
| 239 | Coryell County Estimated | 8.16 | -0.08 pts |
| 240 | Montgomery County Estimated | 8.1 | +0.37 pts |
| 241 | Chambers County Estimated | 8.1 | -0.18 pts |
| 242 | Tarrant County Estimated | 7.95 | -0.43 pts |
| 243 | Dallas County Estimated | 7.71 | -0.4 pts |
| 244 | Harris County Estimated | 7.23 | -0.4 pts |
| 245 | Webb County Estimated | 7.14 | -1.81 pts |
| 246 | Rockwall County Estimated | 7 | -0.45 pts |
| 247 | Hidalgo County Estimated | 6.89 | -2.26 pts |
| 248 | Hays County Estimated | 6.15 | +0.12 pts |
| 249 | Williamson County Estimated | 6.14 | -0 pts |
| 250 | Brazos County Estimated | 5.71 | -0.28 pts |
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About this ranking
Estimated deaths from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year per 1,000 residents, using the average of the population estimates at the two July 1 endpoints.
Published Census population estimates rate. The year identifies the end of the July-to-June period. These estimates can be revised and differ from calendar-year death rates.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: death rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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Questions
Which county has the highest death rate (July to June)?
Loving County, with 58.25 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest death rate (July to June)?
Travis County, with 5.45 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: death rate, July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
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