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

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35. Wisconsin
> Death rate: 284 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 16,590 – 23rd highest
> Cases per 100,000: 34,851 – 10th highest
> Total cases: 2,029,196 – 17th highest
> Population, 2021: 5,895,908 – 20th highest

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34. Idaho
> Death rate: 306 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 5,482 – 14th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 29,424 – 17th lowest
> Total cases: 525,825 – 12th lowest
> Population, 2021: 1,900,923 – 13th lowest

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33. Texas
> Death rate: 323 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 93,739 – 2nd highest
> Cases per 100,000: 29,323 – 15th lowest
> Total cases: 8,502,584 – 2nd highest
> Population, 2021: 29,527,941 – 2nd highest

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32. North Dakota
> Death rate: 329 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 2,511 – 5th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 38,145 – 4th highest
> Total cases: 290,687 – 4th lowest
> Population, 2021: 774,948 – 4th lowest

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31. Illinois
> Death rate: 331 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 42,005 – 9th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 32,638 – 21st highest
> Total cases: 4,135,809 – 5th highest
> Population, 2021: 12,671,469 – 6th highest

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