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

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25. Wyoming
> Death rate: 350 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 2,031 – 4th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 32,256 – 25th highest
> Total cases: 186,685 – 2nd lowest
> Population, 2021: 578,803 – the lowest

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24. Massachusetts
> Death rate: 357 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 24,629 – 15th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 32,513 – 22nd highest
> Total cases: 2,240,955 – 15th highest
> Population, 2021: 6,984,723 – 15th highest

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23. Ohio
> Death rate: 360 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 42,168 – 8th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 29,416 – 16th lowest
> Total cases: 3,438,480 – 8th highest
> Population, 2021: 11,780,017 – 7th highest

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22. South Dakota
> Death rate: 365 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 3,229 – 8th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 31,953 – 25th lowest
> Total cases: 282,679 – 3rd lowest
> Population, 2021: 895,376 – 5th lowest

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21. Rhode Island
> Death rate: 369 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 3,914 – 11th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 41,643 – the highest
> Total cases: 441,153 – 11th lowest
> Population, 2021: 1,095,610 – 7th lowest

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