COVID-19 Final Count: States With the Most Deaths Per Capita

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45. New Hampshire
> Death rate: 224 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 3,046 – 7th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 28,074 – 10th lowest
> Total cases: 381,732 – 10th lowest
> Population, 2021: 1,388,992 – 10th lowest

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44. Maine
> Death rate: 225 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 3,028 – 6th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 24,008 – 3rd lowest
> Total cases: 322,720 – 6th lowest
> Population, 2021: 1,372,247 – 9th lowest

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43. Oregon
> Death rate: 226 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 9,544 – 17th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 23,115 – 2nd lowest
> Total cases: 974,924 – 19th lowest
> Population, 2021: 4,246,155 – 24th lowest

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42. Colorado
> Death rate: 249 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 14,371 – 24th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 30,937 – 20th lowest
> Total cases: 1,781,579 – 22nd highest
> Population, 2021: 5,812,069 – 21st highest

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41. California
> Death rate: 257 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 101,785 – the highest
> Cases per 100,000: 30,984 – 21st lowest
> Total cases: 12,242,634 – the highest
> Population, 2021: 39,237,836 – the highest

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