US counties by death rate (July to June), 2025
Loving County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 3144 counties in 2025, at 40.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Kalawao County had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the United States was 9.1 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2025
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| Rank | Counties | 2025 | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving County Estimated | 40.4 | -2.61 pts |
| 2 | Garfield County Estimated | 28.16 | +0.39 pts |
| 3 | Stonewall County Estimated | 24.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 4 | Wibaux County Estimated | 24.49 | +0.27 pts |
| 5 | Motley County Estimated | 24.44 | -1.25 pts |
| 6 | Kingman County Estimated | 24.19 | +0.28 pts |
| 7 | Hot Springs County Estimated | 23.9 | +1.21 pts |
| 8 | Real County Estimated | 23.61 | +0.78 pts |
| 9 | McMullen County Estimated | 23.59 | +0.69 pts |
| 10 | Sharkey County Estimated | 23.19 | +0.98 pts |
| 11 | Menominee County Estimated | 23.02 | 0 pts |
| 12 | Collingsworth County Estimated | 22.95 | +1.04 pts |
| 13 | Oregon County Estimated | 22.79 | +1.03 pts |
| 14 | La Paz County Estimated | 22.53 | +0.12 pts |
| 15 | Sierra County Estimated | 22.27 | +0.24 pts |
| 16 | Owsley County Estimated | 22.13 | +0.15 pts |
| 17 | Lane County Estimated | 21.93 | +0.2 pts |
| 18 | Conecuh County Estimated | 21.24 | +0.6 pts |
| 19 | Alcona County Estimated | 21.23 | +0.9 pts |
| 20 | Lancaster County Estimated | 21.21 | +0.53 pts |
| 21 | Pendleton County Estimated | 21.14 | +1.14 pts |
| 22 | Foard County Estimated | 21.03 | +0.4 pts |
| 23 | Wolfe County Estimated | 21.02 | +0.51 pts |
| 24 | Hickman County Estimated | 21 | +0.58 pts |
| 25 | Iron County Estimated | 20.93 | +1.11 pts |
| 26 | Coleman County Estimated | 20.89 | +0.45 pts |
| 27 | Trinity County Estimated | 20.75 | +0.19 pts |
| 28 | Hodgeman County Estimated | 20.71 | +0.38 pts |
| 29 | Mineral County Estimated | 20.7 | +0.48 pts |
| 30 | Menard County Estimated | 20.64 | +0.01 pts |
| 31 | West Carroll Parish Estimated | 20.53 | +0.6 pts |
| 32 | Edwards County Estimated | 20.52 | +0.33 pts |
| 33 | San Augustine County Estimated | 20.52 | +0.7 pts |
| 34 | Lowndes County Estimated | 20.24 | +0.58 pts |
| 35 | Martinsville city Estimated | 20.19 | +0.13 pts |
| 36 | Golden Valley County Estimated | 20.14 | +0.24 pts |
| 37 | Perry County Estimated | 20.07 | +0.55 pts |
| 38 | Quitman County Estimated | 20.02 | +1.16 pts |
| 39 | Coke County Estimated | 20 | -0.1 pts |
| 40 | Sheridan County Estimated | 19.98 | +0.24 pts |
| 41 | Clay County Estimated | 19.96 | +0.8 pts |
| 42 | Wells County Estimated | 19.96 | +1.12 pts |
| 43 | Bath County Estimated | 19.92 | +0.46 pts |
| 44 | Ripley County Estimated | 19.88 | +0.18 pts |
| 45 | Kiowa County Estimated | 19.83 | +0.54 pts |
| 46 | Benton County Estimated | 19.77 | +0.75 pts |
| 47 | Curry County Estimated | 19.72 | +0.07 pts |
| 48 | Richardson County Estimated | 19.71 | +0.06 pts |
| 49 | Woodruff County Estimated | 19.65 | +0.73 pts |
| 50 | Towner County Estimated | 19.62 | +1.92 pts |
| 51 | Cavalier County Estimated | 19.59 | +0.53 pts |
| 52 | Mingo County Estimated | 19.57 | +0.47 pts |
| 53 | Bell County Estimated | 19.51 | +0.22 pts |
| 54 | Monroe County Estimated | 19.5 | +0.85 pts |
| 55 | McDowell County Estimated | 19.49 | +0.09 pts |
| 56 | Bristol city Estimated | 19.47 | +0.53 pts |
| 57 | Baxter County Estimated | 19.45 | +0.06 pts |
| 58 | Washington County Estimated | 19.45 | +0.64 pts |
| 59 | Humphreys County Estimated | 19.4 | +0.87 pts |
| 60 | Lincoln County Estimated | 19.32 | +0.27 pts |
| 61 | Sabine County Estimated | 19.31 | +0.41 pts |
| 62 | Breathitt County Estimated | 19.28 | +0.44 pts |
| 63 | Fulton County Estimated | 19.24 | +0.35 pts |
| 64 | Jerauld County Estimated | 19.22 | +0.78 pts |
| 65 | Cherokee County Estimated | 19.22 | +1.22 pts |
| 66 | Northampton County Estimated | 19.2 | +0.31 pts |
| 67 | Dunklin County Estimated | 19.18 | +0.45 pts |
| 68 | Banner County Estimated | 19.17 | -0.26 pts |
| 69 | Hyde County Estimated | 19.17 | -0.06 pts |
| 70 | Twiggs County Estimated | 19.11 | +0.47 pts |
| 71 | Scott County Estimated | 19.07 | +0.05 pts |
| 72 | Graham County Estimated | 19.06 | -0 pts |
| 73 | Pocahontas County Estimated | 19.03 | +0.55 pts |
| 74 | Trego County Estimated | 18.99 | +0.38 pts |
| 75 | Lawrence County Estimated | 18.97 | +0.25 pts |
| 76 | Pulaski County Estimated | 18.96 | +0.28 pts |
| 77 | Cocke County Estimated | 18.96 | +0.03 pts |
| 78 | Danville city Estimated | 18.95 | +0.19 pts |
| 79 | Dickens County Estimated | 18.86 | +0.07 pts |
| 80 | Catron County Estimated | 18.82 | -0.01 pts |
| 81 | Smyth County Estimated | 18.82 | +0.13 pts |
| 82 | Roscommon County Estimated | 18.76 | +0.3 pts |
| 83 | Phillips County Estimated | 18.74 | +0.69 pts |
| 84 | Pushmataha County Estimated | 18.74 | +0.7 pts |
| 85 | Chicot County Estimated | 18.67 | +0.82 pts |
| 86 | Iosco County Estimated | 18.66 | +0.33 pts |
| 87 | Cimarron County Estimated | 18.66 | +1.01 pts |
| 88 | Estill County Estimated | 18.63 | +0.4 pts |
| 89 | Sedgwick County Estimated | 18.59 | +0.27 pts |
| 90 | Harlan County Estimated | 18.57 | +0.17 pts |
| 91 | Buchanan County Estimated | 18.54 | +0.45 pts |
| 92 | Rawlins County Estimated | 18.53 | +0.14 pts |
| 93 | Comanche County Estimated | 18.53 | -0.03 pts |
| 94 | Hickory County Estimated | 18.51 | +0.42 pts |
| 95 | Lee County Estimated | 18.51 | +0.14 pts |
| 96 | Cottle County Estimated | 18.47 | +0.52 pts |
| 97 | Wheeler County Estimated | 18.46 | -0.21 pts |
| 98 | Montmorency County Estimated | 18.44 | +0.38 pts |
| 99 | Huerfano County Estimated | 18.42 | +0.19 pts |
| 100 | Lafayette County Estimated | 18.42 | +0.46 pts |
| 101 | Baylor County Estimated | 18.41 | +0.03 pts |
| 102 | Terrell County Estimated | 18.4 | 0 pts |
| 103 | Wilson County Estimated | 18.31 | +0.1 pts |
| 104 | Clay County Estimated | 18.3 | +0.08 pts |
| 105 | Craig County Estimated | 18.29 | +0.46 pts |
| 106 | Taliaferro County Estimated | 18.24 | +0.29 pts |
| 107 | Dent County Estimated | 18.19 | +0.72 pts |
| 108 | Dewey County Estimated | 18.16 | +0.58 pts |
| 109 | Calhoun County Estimated | 18.14 | +0.16 pts |
| 110 | Cumberland County Estimated | 18.12 | +0.15 pts |
| 111 | Citrus County Estimated | 18.03 | -0.42 pts |
| 112 | Letcher County Estimated | 18.03 | +0.12 pts |
| 113 | Norton city Estimated | 18.02 | +0.1 pts |
| 114 | Stone County Estimated | 18.01 | +0.37 pts |
| 115 | Pamlico County Estimated | 18 | -0.23 pts |
| 116 | Grayson County Estimated | 18 | +0.28 pts |
| 117 | Talbot County Estimated | 17.97 | -0.17 pts |
| 118 | Robertson County Estimated | 17.96 | +0.41 pts |
| 119 | Costilla County Estimated | 17.95 | -0.15 pts |
| 120 | Pickett County Estimated | 17.95 | +0.04 pts |
| 121 | Nance County Estimated | 17.94 | -0.35 pts |
| 122 | Nelson County Estimated | 17.94 | +0.39 pts |
| 123 | Ferry County Estimated | 17.92 | +0.11 pts |
| 124 | Knott County Estimated | 17.92 | +0.22 pts |
| 125 | Pike County Estimated | 17.88 | +0.59 pts |
| 126 | Attala County Estimated | 17.88 | +0.01 pts |
| 127 | Webster County Estimated | 17.84 | +1.18 pts |
| 128 | Calhoun County Estimated | 17.83 | +0.03 pts |
| 129 | Lee County Estimated | 17.83 | -0.04 pts |
| 130 | Union County Estimated | 17.8 | -0.02 pts |
| 131 | Bamberg County Estimated | 17.79 | +0.5 pts |
| 132 | Benton County Estimated | 17.78 | +0.17 pts |
| 133 | Franklin city Estimated | 17.77 | -0.05 pts |
| 134 | Choctaw County Estimated | 17.75 | +0.58 pts |
| 135 | Greenbrier County Estimated | 17.73 | -0.03 pts |
| 136 | Webster County Estimated | 17.72 | +0.31 pts |
| 137 | Grundy County Estimated | 17.71 | +0.11 pts |
| 138 | Lincoln County Estimated | 17.69 | +0.38 pts |
| 139 | Boyd County Estimated | 17.69 | +0.37 pts |
| 140 | Roane County Estimated | 17.67 | +0.67 pts |
| 141 | Jefferson Davis County Estimated | 17.66 | +0.31 pts |
| 142 | Llano County Estimated | 17.66 | -0.01 pts |
| 143 | Dallas County Estimated | 17.66 | +0.58 pts |
| 144 | Dickenson County Estimated | 17.65 | +0.3 pts |
| 145 | Galax city Estimated | 17.65 | -0.01 pts |
| 146 | Douglas County Estimated | 17.63 | +0.5 pts |
| 147 | Tazewell County Estimated | 17.62 | -0.16 pts |
| 148 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 17.61 | +0.06 pts |
| 149 | Webster County Estimated | 17.61 | -0.36 pts |
| 150 | Greene County Estimated | 17.6 | +0.58 pts |
| 151 | Fentress County Estimated | 17.6 | 0 pts |
| 152 | De Baca County Estimated | 17.59 | +0.13 pts |
| 153 | Fillmore County Estimated | 17.58 | +0.47 pts |
| 154 | Montgomery County Estimated | 17.55 | +0.73 pts |
| 155 | Towns County Estimated | 17.54 | +0.27 pts |
| 156 | Keya Paha County Estimated | 17.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 157 | Fayette County Estimated | 17.49 | -0.03 pts |
| 158 | Clay County Estimated | 17.49 | +0.22 pts |
| 159 | Dixie County Estimated | 17.49 | -0.03 pts |
| 160 | Wyoming County Estimated | 17.48 | +0.16 pts |
| 161 | Throckmorton County Estimated | 17.48 | -0.16 pts |
| 162 | McIntosh County Estimated | 17.48 | +0.57 pts |
| 163 | Mercer County Estimated | 17.45 | -0.07 pts |
| 164 | Monroe County Estimated | 17.45 | +0.94 pts |
| 165 | Middlesex County Estimated | 17.45 | +0.71 pts |
| 166 | Martin County Estimated | 17.42 | +0.09 pts |
| 167 | Gallatin County Estimated | 17.42 | +0.37 pts |
| 168 | Tucker County Estimated | 17.42 | +0.54 pts |
| 169 | Coos County Estimated | 17.41 | -0.46 pts |
| 170 | Patrick County Estimated | 17.4 | +0.25 pts |
| 171 | Boone County Estimated | 17.4 | -0.09 pts |
| 172 | Alleghany County Estimated | 17.39 | +0.38 pts |
| 173 | Clinton County Estimated | 17.37 | +0.27 pts |
| 174 | Tishomingo County Estimated | 17.35 | +0.21 pts |
| 175 | Fall River County Estimated | 17.34 | +0.3 pts |
| 176 | Ford County Estimated | 17.33 | +0.57 pts |
| 177 | Mohave County Estimated | 17.31 | +0.26 pts |
| 178 | Mason County Estimated | 17.27 | +0.36 pts |
| 179 | Baker County Estimated | 17.27 | -0.01 pts |
| 180 | Bosque County Estimated | 17.27 | +0.11 pts |
| 181 | Caldwell Parish Estimated | 17.26 | +0.17 pts |
| 182 | Fannin County Estimated | 17.24 | +0.22 pts |
| 183 | Carlisle County Estimated | 17.24 | +0.2 pts |
| 184 | Covington city Estimated | 17.24 | -0.3 pts |
| 185 | Floyd County Estimated | 17.24 | -0.08 pts |
| 186 | Arkansas County Estimated | 17.23 | +0.63 pts |
| 187 | Nowata County Estimated | 17.22 | +0.26 pts |
| 188 | Knox County Estimated | 17.21 | +0.52 pts |
| 189 | Osborne County Estimated | 17.2 | +0.64 pts |
| 190 | Morris County Estimated | 17.2 | 0 pts |
| 191 | Pike County Estimated | 17.19 | -0.05 pts |
| 192 | Wilkes County Estimated | 17.18 | +0.54 pts |
| 193 | Cleveland County Estimated | 17.12 | +0.33 pts |
| 194 | Petersburg city Estimated | 17.12 | +0.07 pts |
| 195 | Ballard County Estimated | 17.1 | +0.01 pts |
| 196 | Swain County Estimated | 17.1 | +0.39 pts |
| 197 | Haakon County Estimated | 17.1 | +1.34 pts |
| 198 | Dade County Estimated | 17.1 | +0.43 pts |
| 199 | Cameron County Estimated | 17.09 | +0.33 pts |
| 200 | Walker County Estimated | 17.09 | -0.13 pts |
| 201 | McIntosh County Estimated | 17.08 | +0.51 pts |
| 202 | White County Estimated | 17.08 | +0.75 pts |
| 203 | Presque Isle County Estimated | 17.08 | +0.01 pts |
| 204 | Harper County Estimated | 17.07 | +0.22 pts |
| 205 | Mathews County Estimated | 17.06 | +0.38 pts |
| 206 | Logan County Estimated | 17.05 | +0.03 pts |
| 207 | Nye County Estimated | 17.05 | -0.11 pts |
| 208 | Monroe County Estimated | 17.03 | +0.5 pts |
| 209 | Sumter County Estimated | 17.02 | -0.49 pts |
| 210 | Edgar County Estimated | 17 | +0.6 pts |
| 211 | Lake County Estimated | 17 | +0.5 pts |
| 212 | Benton County Estimated | 17 | +0.4 pts |
| 213 | Hall County Estimated | 16.99 | -0.5 pts |
| 214 | Sharp County Estimated | 16.95 | +0.32 pts |
| 215 | Brown County Estimated | 16.95 | +0.11 pts |
| 216 | Cass County Estimated | 16.95 | +0.56 pts |
| 217 | Lac qui Parle County Estimated | 16.92 | +0.56 pts |
| 218 | Calhoun County Estimated | 16.92 | +0.28 pts |
| 219 | Yalobusha County Estimated | 16.91 | +0.89 pts |
| 220 | Wilcox County Estimated | 16.87 | +0.44 pts |
| 221 | Metcalfe County Estimated | 16.86 | +0.04 pts |
| 222 | Seminole County Estimated | 16.84 | +0.21 pts |
| 223 | Seminole County Estimated | 16.84 | +0.14 pts |
| 224 | Young County Estimated | 16.83 | +0.39 pts |
| 225 | Greene County Estimated | 16.82 | +0.71 pts |
| 226 | Audubon County Estimated | 16.82 | +0.75 pts |
| 227 | McNairy County Estimated | 16.8 | +0.29 pts |
| 228 | Marengo County Estimated | 16.8 | +0.49 pts |
| 229 | Coos County Estimated | 16.77 | +0.07 pts |
| 230 | Wetzel County Estimated | 16.77 | +0.44 pts |
| 231 | Campbell County Estimated | 16.77 | +0.26 pts |
| 232 | Wadena County Estimated | 16.77 | +0.33 pts |
| 233 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 16.77 | +0.19 pts |
| 234 | Perquimans County Estimated | 16.76 | +0.45 pts |
| 235 | Tensas Parish Estimated | 16.76 | +0.31 pts |
| 236 | Essex County Estimated | 16.76 | +0.06 pts |
| 237 | Calhoun County Estimated | 16.76 | +1.31 pts |
| 238 | Union County Estimated | 16.76 | +0.44 pts |
| 239 | St. Clair County Estimated | 16.75 | +0.62 pts |
| 240 | Coahoma County Estimated | 16.75 | +0.47 pts |
| 241 | Potter County Estimated | 16.74 | -0.32 pts |
| 242 | Eddy County Estimated | 16.74 | +0.29 pts |
| 243 | Edwards County Estimated | 16.72 | +0.19 pts |
| 244 | Bollinger County Estimated | 16.69 | +0.47 pts |
| 245 | Henry County Estimated | 16.68 | +0.11 pts |
| 246 | Chase County Estimated | 16.68 | -0.47 pts |
| 247 | Dillon County Estimated | 16.68 | +0.36 pts |
| 248 | Lincoln County Estimated | 16.67 | +0.49 pts |
| 249 | Gates County Estimated | 16.67 | 0 pts |
| 250 | Foster County Estimated | 16.65 | +1.15 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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Which county has the highest death rate (July to June)?
Loving County, with 40.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which county has the lowest death rate (July to June)?
Kalawao County, with 0 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025.
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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