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

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15. Pennsylvania
> Death rate: 398 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 51,042 – 5th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 27,788 – 9th lowest
> Total cases: 3,557,354 – 6th highest
> Population, 2021: 12,964,056 – 5th highest

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14. Georgia
> Death rate: 402 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 42,768 – 7th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 29,067 – 12th lowest
> Total cases: 3,086,132 – 10th highest
> Population, 2021: 10,799,566 – 8th highest

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13. Florida
> Death rate: 405 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 87,141 – 3rd highest
> Cases per 100,000: 35,120 – 9th highest
> Total cases: 7,542,869 – 3rd highest
> Population, 2021: 21,781,128 – 3rd highest

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12. New Jersey
> Death rate: 406 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 36,117 – 10th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 34,604 – 11th highest
> Total cases: 3,073,628 – 11th highest
> Population, 2021: 9,267,130 – 11th highest

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10. Louisiana
> Death rate: 407 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 18,956 – 20th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 34,400 – 12th highest
> Total cases: 1,599,190 – 25th highest
> Population, 2021: 4,624,047 – 25th highest

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