US counties by death rate (July to June)
Loving County had the highest death rate (July to June) of 3144 counties in 2022, at 58.25 per 1,000 inhabitants. Kalawao County had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 13.81 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the United States was 10.38 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 counties, 2022
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| Rank | Counties | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loving County Estimated | 58.25 | +8.25 pts |
| 2 | Kingman County Estimated | 37 | +3.31 pts |
| 3 | Motley County Estimated | 32.35 | +8.92 pts |
| 4 | Hooker County Estimated | 28.33 | +15.83 pts |
| 5 | Real County Estimated | 27.74 | +3.27 pts |
| 6 | Kent County Estimated | 26.95 | -3.67 pts |
| 7 | Wolfe County Estimated | 25.53 | +5.18 pts |
| 8 | Foard County Estimated | 25.53 | -5.14 pts |
| 9 | Rock County Estimated | 25.46 | +10.53 pts |
| 10 | Esmeralda County Estimated | 25.42 | +11.9 pts |
| 11 | Franklin County Estimated | 25.25 | +6.15 pts |
| 12 | La Paz County Estimated | 25.17 | +0.26 pts |
| 13 | Sierra County Estimated | 25.02 | -0.18 pts |
| 14 | Sabine County Estimated | 24.92 | +3.44 pts |
| 15 | Norton city Estimated | 24.91 | +4.4 pts |
| 16 | Bell County Estimated | 24.85 | +5.38 pts |
| 17 | Taliaferro County Estimated | 24.6 | +8.61 pts |
| 18 | Dewey County Estimated | 24.26 | +3.37 pts |
| 19 | Rush County Estimated | 24.19 | +1.02 pts |
| 20 | Blaine County Estimated | 24.1 | +10.67 pts |
| 21 | Franklin city Estimated | 24.02 | +2.67 pts |
| 22 | Baylor County Estimated | 23.98 | +2.58 pts |
| 23 | McDowell County Estimated | 23.97 | +2.77 pts |
| 24 | Clay County Estimated | 23.8 | +5.09 pts |
| 25 | Garfield County Estimated | 23.78 | +8.4 pts |
| 26 | Wibaux County Estimated | 23.68 | +2.31 pts |
| 27 | Owsley County Estimated | 23.5 | -0.48 pts |
| 28 | Buchanan County Estimated | 23.47 | +5.33 pts |
| 29 | Ripley County Estimated | 23.33 | +2.97 pts |
| 30 | Harlan County Estimated | 23.2 | +9.23 pts |
| 31 | Quitman County Estimated | 23.2 | +5.71 pts |
| 32 | Buffalo County Estimated | 23.17 | -9.34 pts |
| 33 | Martinsville city Estimated | 23.09 | -1.56 pts |
| 34 | Edwards County Estimated | 23.08 | -0.75 pts |
| 35 | Pulaski County Estimated | 23.07 | +5.35 pts |
| 36 | Worth County Estimated | 23.02 | +8.28 pts |
| 37 | Hickory County Estimated | 23.01 | -0.18 pts |
| 38 | Coleman County Estimated | 22.98 | -2.86 pts |
| 39 | Mingo County Estimated | 22.9 | +4.69 pts |
| 40 | Fall River County Estimated | 22.89 | +6.11 pts |
| 41 | Greenwood County Estimated | 22.87 | +5.85 pts |
| 42 | Trinity County Estimated | 22.85 | +2.98 pts |
| 43 | Alcona County Estimated | 22.83 | +2.71 pts |
| 44 | Baca County Estimated | 22.83 | +2.74 pts |
| 45 | Baxter County Estimated | 22.75 | +2.29 pts |
| 46 | Oregon County Estimated | 22.64 | +1.51 pts |
| 47 | Galax city Estimated | 22.58 | -0.75 pts |
| 48 | Calhoun County Estimated | 22.55 | +6.88 pts |
| 49 | Logan County Estimated | 22.53 | +1.31 pts |
| 50 | Summers County Estimated | 22.5 | +2.07 pts |
| 51 | Catron County Estimated | 22.39 | +6.55 pts |
| 52 | Hyde County Estimated | 22.33 | +4.56 pts |
| 53 | Citrus County Estimated | 22.28 | +0.75 pts |
| 54 | Harding County Estimated | 22.28 | -1.11 pts |
| 55 | McMullen County Estimated | 22.26 | -7.94 pts |
| 56 | Quitman County Estimated | 22.26 | -3.61 pts |
| 57 | Greeley County Estimated | 22.26 | -1.17 pts |
| 58 | Cocke County Estimated | 22.17 | +2.89 pts |
| 59 | Letcher County Estimated | 22.13 | +2.64 pts |
| 60 | Searcy County Estimated | 22.13 | +5.36 pts |
| 61 | Wetzel County Estimated | 22.11 | +3.52 pts |
| 62 | Huerfano County Estimated | 22.1 | +3.35 pts |
| 63 | Hodgeman County Estimated | 22.09 | +0.18 pts |
| 64 | Ferry County Estimated | 21.86 | +8.19 pts |
| 65 | Republic County Estimated | 21.83 | +4.14 pts |
| 66 | Wayne County Estimated | 21.81 | +1.41 pts |
| 67 | Tishomingo County Estimated | 21.78 | +1.3 pts |
| 68 | Pushmataha County Estimated | 21.78 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Harlan County Estimated | 21.72 | -0.89 pts |
| 70 | Livingston County Estimated | 21.63 | +0.57 pts |
| 71 | Coke County Estimated | 21.58 | +0.21 pts |
| 72 | Greenbrier County Estimated | 21.55 | +3.84 pts |
| 73 | Hardin County Estimated | 21.54 | -0.92 pts |
| 74 | Nye County Estimated | 21.5 | +2.57 pts |
| 75 | Clay County Estimated | 21.49 | +4.15 pts |
| 76 | Cameron County Estimated | 21.43 | +5.19 pts |
| 77 | Eastland County Estimated | 21.42 | +2.47 pts |
| 78 | Webster County Estimated | 21.39 | +3.11 pts |
| 79 | Montgomery County Estimated | 21.37 | +0.44 pts |
| 80 | Leslie County Estimated | 21.35 | +3.33 pts |
| 81 | Iron County Estimated | 21.33 | +2.33 pts |
| 82 | Calhoun County Estimated | 21.33 | +7.22 pts |
| 83 | Hot Springs County Estimated | 21.28 | +3.06 pts |
| 84 | Benton County Estimated | 21.25 | +0.67 pts |
| 85 | Curry County Estimated | 21.25 | +0.72 pts |
| 86 | Edwards County Estimated | 21.25 | -6.15 pts |
| 87 | Montmorency County Estimated | 21.2 | -0.13 pts |
| 88 | Hall County Estimated | 21.18 | -0.03 pts |
| 89 | McIntosh County Estimated | 21.12 | -0.93 pts |
| 90 | Terrell County Estimated | 21.1 | -1.92 pts |
| 91 | Fayette County Estimated | 21.04 | +3 pts |
| 92 | San Augustine County Estimated | 21.03 | -3.23 pts |
| 93 | Danville city Estimated | 20.98 | -0.21 pts |
| 94 | Kittson County Estimated | 20.95 | +2.25 pts |
| 95 | Blaine County Estimated | 20.93 | +2.04 pts |
| 96 | Pendleton County Estimated | 20.92 | +1.61 pts |
| 97 | Knox County Estimated | 20.92 | -0.09 pts |
| 98 | Unicoi County Estimated | 20.89 | -0.13 pts |
| 99 | Decatur County Estimated | 20.85 | +3.5 pts |
| 100 | Northampton County Estimated | 20.82 | +0.91 pts |
| 101 | Northumberland County Estimated | 20.81 | +2.31 pts |
| 102 | Middlesex County Estimated | 20.8 | +2.56 pts |
| 103 | Patrick County Estimated | 20.79 | +0.35 pts |
| 104 | Marion County Estimated | 20.76 | +2.49 pts |
| 105 | Mohave County Estimated | 20.72 | +0.82 pts |
| 106 | Arkansas County Estimated | 20.7 | +1.81 pts |
| 107 | Lancaster County Estimated | 20.67 | -1.13 pts |
| 108 | Alexander County Estimated | 20.64 | -2.5 pts |
| 109 | Red River County Estimated | 20.62 | +0.65 pts |
| 110 | McCulloch County Estimated | 20.61 | +0.12 pts |
| 111 | Estill County Estimated | 20.59 | +4.02 pts |
| 112 | Roosevelt County Estimated | 20.57 | -0.17 pts |
| 113 | Gallatin County Estimated | 20.56 | +4.08 pts |
| 114 | Putnam County Estimated | 20.54 | +3.7 pts |
| 115 | Dent County Estimated | 20.53 | +2.93 pts |
| 116 | Douglas County Estimated | 20.5 | +1.57 pts |
| 117 | Ozark County Estimated | 20.49 | +1.54 pts |
| 118 | Prairie County Estimated | 20.48 | +1.86 pts |
| 119 | Iosco County Estimated | 20.47 | +1.24 pts |
| 120 | Boyd County Estimated | 20.46 | -4.03 pts |
| 121 | Perry County Estimated | 20.44 | +0.58 pts |
| 122 | Magoffin County Estimated | 20.43 | +4.24 pts |
| 123 | Cumberland County Estimated | 20.43 | +1.38 pts |
| 124 | Ontonagon County Estimated | 20.41 | -0.84 pts |
| 125 | Marion County Estimated | 20.4 | -0.11 pts |
| 126 | Hancock County Estimated | 20.4 | +4.3 pts |
| 127 | Floyd County Estimated | 20.39 | +1.8 pts |
| 128 | Webster County Estimated | 20.38 | +2.27 pts |
| 129 | Pocahontas County Estimated | 20.31 | +4.05 pts |
| 130 | Fentress County Estimated | 20.28 | +2.04 pts |
| 131 | Quay County Estimated | 20.26 | +2.15 pts |
| 132 | Mercer County Estimated | 20.25 | +1.32 pts |
| 133 | Treutlen County Estimated | 20.25 | +1.78 pts |
| 134 | Lee County Estimated | 20.25 | +0.69 pts |
| 135 | Carlisle County Estimated | 20.24 | +0.18 pts |
| 136 | Smyth County Estimated | 20.23 | +1.17 pts |
| 137 | Choctaw County Estimated | 20.23 | +0.21 pts |
| 138 | Donley County Estimated | 20.21 | +0.9 pts |
| 139 | Haskell County Estimated | 20.21 | +4.33 pts |
| 140 | Mellette County Estimated | 20.2 | +3.42 pts |
| 141 | Wyoming County Estimated | 20.19 | +1.92 pts |
| 142 | Bladen County Estimated | 20.17 | +2.26 pts |
| 143 | Fulton County Estimated | 20.17 | -0.25 pts |
| 144 | Cass County Estimated | 20.15 | -0.44 pts |
| 145 | Breathitt County Estimated | 20.15 | +2.54 pts |
| 146 | Towns County Estimated | 20.15 | +1.59 pts |
| 147 | Hickman County Estimated | 20.14 | +0.26 pts |
| 148 | Henry County Estimated | 20.13 | +1.32 pts |
| 149 | Poinsett County Estimated | 20.1 | +0.32 pts |
| 150 | Coos County Estimated | 20.05 | +3.32 pts |
| 151 | Benton County Estimated | 20.05 | +2.23 pts |
| 152 | Lincoln County Estimated | 20.02 | +3.9 pts |
| 153 | Stone County Estimated | 19.97 | +1.82 pts |
| 154 | Sharkey County Estimated | 19.96 | -6.52 pts |
| 155 | Morgan County Estimated | 19.96 | +6.06 pts |
| 156 | Dewey County Estimated | 19.96 | +1.98 pts |
| 157 | Van Buren County Estimated | 19.94 | +2.97 pts |
| 158 | Lewis County Estimated | 19.94 | +2.36 pts |
| 159 | New Madrid County Estimated | 19.91 | -0.47 pts |
| 160 | Okmulgee County Estimated | 19.9 | +2.08 pts |
| 161 | Conecuh County Estimated | 19.88 | +0.29 pts |
| 162 | Ogemaw County Estimated | 19.87 | +2.69 pts |
| 163 | Knott County Estimated | 19.87 | +2.85 pts |
| 164 | Humphreys County Estimated | 19.86 | +1.42 pts |
| 165 | Sumter County Estimated | 19.85 | +0.33 pts |
| 166 | Sharp County Estimated | 19.84 | +2.47 pts |
| 167 | Lamar County Estimated | 19.84 | +0.6 pts |
| 168 | Monroe County Estimated | 19.83 | +2.08 pts |
| 169 | Petersburg city Estimated | 19.78 | +0.03 pts |
| 170 | Lake County Estimated | 19.77 | +0.3 pts |
| 171 | Lawrence County Estimated | 19.75 | +1.82 pts |
| 172 | Stonewall County Estimated | 19.74 | -1.42 pts |
| 173 | Montgomery County Estimated | 19.74 | -1.7 pts |
| 174 | Keweenaw County Estimated | 19.73 | +6.77 pts |
| 175 | Wood County Estimated | 19.67 | +1.67 pts |
| 176 | Hand County Estimated | 19.66 | +0.4 pts |
| 177 | Comanche County Estimated | 19.66 | -0.67 pts |
| 178 | Graham County Estimated | 19.6 | +2.96 pts |
| 179 | Knox County Estimated | 19.58 | +4.27 pts |
| 180 | Covington County Estimated | 19.56 | +0.64 pts |
| 181 | Garden County Estimated | 19.55 | +0.8 pts |
| 182 | Pemiscot County Estimated | 19.53 | +0.2 pts |
| 183 | Tyler County Estimated | 19.52 | +4.01 pts |
| 184 | Mathews County Estimated | 19.51 | +1.93 pts |
| 185 | De Baca County Estimated | 19.49 | -3.05 pts |
| 186 | Tazewell County Estimated | 19.47 | -0.26 pts |
| 187 | Mecklenburg County Estimated | 19.46 | +2.21 pts |
| 188 | Mason County Estimated | 19.45 | +3 pts |
| 189 | Van Buren County Estimated | 19.44 | +0.52 pts |
| 190 | Bienville Parish Estimated | 19.44 | -1.33 pts |
| 191 | Morris County Estimated | 19.43 | +0.76 pts |
| 192 | Campbell County Estimated | 19.43 | +1.05 pts |
| 193 | Butte County Estimated | 19.42 | +7.22 pts |
| 194 | Pike County Estimated | 19.42 | +2.11 pts |
| 195 | Gila County Estimated | 19.42 | +0.59 pts |
| 196 | Cumberland County Estimated | 19.39 | +0.59 pts |
| 197 | Tyler County Estimated | 19.38 | +0.4 pts |
| 198 | Smith County Estimated | 19.36 | +3.95 pts |
| 199 | Alleghany County Estimated | 19.35 | -0.25 pts |
| 200 | Fannin County Estimated | 19.35 | +2.78 pts |
| 201 | Bristol city Estimated | 19.35 | +0.58 pts |
| 202 | Highlands County Estimated | 19.35 | -0.47 pts |
| 203 | Lewis County Estimated | 19.34 | +3.59 pts |
| 204 | Corson County Estimated | 19.33 | -0.05 pts |
| 205 | Roscommon County Estimated | 19.32 | -1.25 pts |
| 206 | Vinton County Estimated | 19.32 | +3.95 pts |
| 207 | Lane County Estimated | 19.3 | -6.27 pts |
| 208 | Rockcastle County Estimated | 19.29 | +2.09 pts |
| 209 | Trigg County Estimated | 19.26 | +3.86 pts |
| 210 | Carter County Estimated | 19.26 | +4.67 pts |
| 211 | Perry County Estimated | 19.25 | -0.55 pts |
| 212 | Stewart County Estimated | 19.25 | +4.96 pts |
| 213 | Mahnomen County Estimated | 19.25 | +1.21 pts |
| 214 | Lincoln County Estimated | 19.24 | +5.2 pts |
| 215 | Glascock County Estimated | 19.23 | +0.6 pts |
| 216 | Dickenson County Estimated | 19.22 | +2.83 pts |
| 217 | Iron County Estimated | 19.21 | +0.63 pts |
| 218 | Scott County Estimated | 19.21 | +1.57 pts |
| 219 | McNairy County Estimated | 19.14 | +1.32 pts |
| 220 | Clay County Estimated | 19.13 | +2.08 pts |
| 221 | Mason County Estimated | 19.12 | +1.4 pts |
| 222 | Nance County Estimated | 19.12 | -0.97 pts |
| 223 | Decatur County Estimated | 19.11 | -2.27 pts |
| 224 | Adams County Estimated | 19.09 | +3.03 pts |
| 225 | Newton County Estimated | 19.09 | -1.11 pts |
| 226 | Fayette County Estimated | 19.09 | -0.63 pts |
| 227 | Wilkinson County Estimated | 19.09 | -1.11 pts |
| 228 | Monroe County Estimated | 19.08 | -3.74 pts |
| 229 | Houston County Estimated | 19.08 | +1.83 pts |
| 230 | Atchison County Estimated | 19.07 | -0.89 pts |
| 231 | Mitchell County Estimated | 19.05 | +0.51 pts |
| 232 | Reynolds County Estimated | 19.05 | +2.6 pts |
| 233 | Blackford County Estimated | 19.04 | +3.14 pts |
| 234 | Brooke County Estimated | 19.04 | -0.62 pts |
| 235 | Fayette County Estimated | 19.03 | +2.65 pts |
| 236 | Giles County Estimated | 19.02 | +0.68 pts |
| 237 | Washington County Estimated | 19.02 | +2.61 pts |
| 238 | Harrison County Estimated | 19 | +0.3 pts |
| 239 | Fairfield County Estimated | 19 | -0.14 pts |
| 240 | Eddy County Estimated | 18.99 | -1.67 pts |
| 241 | Prairie County Estimated | 18.99 | +4.4 pts |
| 242 | Braxton County Estimated | 18.97 | +3.99 pts |
| 243 | Boone County Estimated | 18.96 | +1.66 pts |
| 244 | Scott County Estimated | 18.95 | +2.68 pts |
| 245 | Raleigh County Estimated | 18.94 | +1.32 pts |
| 246 | Montgomery County Estimated | 18.93 | +3.46 pts |
| 247 | Nicholas County Estimated | 18.93 | +3.26 pts |
| 248 | McCurtain County Estimated | 18.93 | -1.44 pts |
| 249 | Morrill County Estimated | 18.93 | +1.82 pts |
| 250 | Pike County Estimated | 18.93 | +3.23 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 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)?
Kalawao County, with 0 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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