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Drug overdose deaths: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Drug overdose deaths. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Suicide, drug overdose and firearm deaths by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-27
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National value: 74,831 (United States).

Washington: 2,987Idaho: 293Montana: 143North Dakota: 93Minnesota: 914Michigan: 1,802Ohio: 2,994Pennsylvania: 3,149New York: 4,238Vermont: 198New Hampshire: 262Maine: 452Arizona: 2,324California: 8,593New Mexico: 733Texas: 4,637Louisiana: 1,428Mississippi: 498Alabama: 1,179Florida: 4,620Georgia: 1,934South Carolina: 1,399North Carolina: 2,661Virginia: 1,440District of Columbia: 312Maryland: 1,707Delaware: 324New Jersey: 1,905Connecticut: 926Rhode Island: 311Massachusetts: 1,503Oregon: 1,392Utah: 589Wyoming: 107Nevada: 1,161Colorado: 1,445South Dakota: 81Nebraska: 130Kansas: 529Oklahoma: 967Iowa: 373Missouri: 1,358Wisconsin: 1,070Illinois: 2,374Kentucky: 1,435Arkansas: 382Tennessee: 2,402West Virginia: 808Indiana: 1,627Alaska: 329Hawaii: 313

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 81 to 313
  • Group 2: 313 to 808
  • Group 3: 808 to 1,428
  • Group 4: 1,428 to 2,324
  • Highest: 2,324 to 8,593
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California8,593
2Texas4,637
3Florida4,620
4New York4,238
5Pennsylvania3,149
6Ohio2,994
7Washington2,987
8North Carolina2,661
9Tennessee2,402
10Illinois2,374
11Arizona2,324
12Georgia1,934
13New Jersey1,905
14Michigan1,802
15Maryland1,707
16Indiana1,627
17Massachusetts1,503
18Colorado1,445
19Virginia1,440
20Kentucky1,435
21Louisiana1,428
22South Carolina1,399
23Oregon1,392
24Missouri1,358
25Alabama1,179
26Nevada1,161
27Wisconsin1,070
28Oklahoma967
29Connecticut926
30Minnesota914
31West Virginia808
32New Mexico733
33Utah589
34Kansas529
35Mississippi498
36Maine452
37Arkansas382
38Iowa373
39Alaska329
40Delaware324
41Hawaii313
42District of Columbia312
43Rhode Island311
44Idaho293
45New Hampshire262
46Vermont198
47Montana143
48Nebraska130
49Wyoming107
50North Dakota93
51South Dakota81

Source: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence – State, data.cdc.gov dataset fpsi-y8tj (intents All_Suicide, Drug_OD and FA_Deaths; U.S. total from the National dataset t6u2-f84c; data as of 2026-06-22). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by drug overdose deaths (2024). Data: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence – State (fpsi-y8tj); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-drug-overdose-deaths/

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