US Counties With the Lowest Injury Deaths

2,978 US counties ranked by injury deaths, from lowest to highest. First are Manassas Park city, VA (27.7), Loudoun County, VA (28.9) and Arlington County, VA (29.1). The middle one of the 2,978 has 97.

What this measures

Deaths from injury per 100,000 people: overdoses, crashes, falls, suicides and homicides together. Source: County Health Rankings.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

Rank	County	deaths per 100,000
1	Manassas Park city, VA	27.7
2	Loudoun County, VA	28.9
3	Arlington County, VA	29.1
4	Hidalgo County, TX	32.7
5	Madison County, ID	33.3
6	Wayne County, NE	35.5
7	Fairfax County, VA	36.8
8	Cameron County, TX	36.9
9	Holmes County, OH	39.9
10	Dallas County, IA	40.2
11	Starr County, TX	40.3
12	Sioux County, IA	40.7
13	Alexandria city, VA	41.2
14	Collin County, TX	41.5
15	Morgan County, UT	41.9
16	Maverick County, TX	42.5
17	Queens County, NY	42.7
18	Forsyth County, GA	42.7
19	Denton County, TX	42.9
20	Fort Bend County, TX	43.1
21	Brazos County, TX	43.1
22	Buena Vista County, IA	43.7
23	Somerset County, NJ	43.9
24	Riley County, KS	43.9
25	San Mateo County, CA	43.9
26	Webb County, TX	44.2
27	Kings County, NY	44.3
28	Prince William County, VA	44.6
29	Hamilton County, IN	44.7
30	Lincoln County, SD	44.7
31	Westchester County, NY	44.9
32	Dakota County, NE	44.9
33	DuPage County, IL	45.1
34	Carver County, MN	45.1
35	Brookings County, SD	45.4
36	Kendall County, IL	46.2
37	Nassau County, NY	46.3
38	Morris County, NJ	46.3
39	Buffalo County, NE	46.3
40	Lake County, SD	46.5
41	Santa Clara County, CA	46.9
42	Williamson County, TX	46.9
43	Centre County, PA	47
44	Lyon County, IA	47
45	Montgomery County, MD	47.1
46	Howard County, MD	47.3
47	Saratoga County, NY	47.3
48	Rockwall County, TX	47.4
49	Bergen County, NJ	48.1
50	Rockland County, NY	48.1
51	Utah County, UT	48.5
52	Sarpy County, NE	48.6
53	Hudson County, NJ	48.7
54	Nodaway County, MO	49.1
55	Johnson County, IA	49.3
56	Stevens County, MN	49.3
57	Walsh County, ND	49.4
58	Harrisonburg city, VA	49.5
59	Hunterdon County, NJ	49.6
60	Gwinnett County, GA	50.4
61	Colfax County, NE	50.8
62	Washington County, OR	51.1
63	Radford city, VA	51.1
64	Story County, IA	51.2
65	Yolo County, CA	51.3
66	Orange County, CA	51.4
67	Putnam County, NY	51.5
68	Kane County, IL	51.5
69	Alameda County, CA	51.6
70	Delaware County, OH	51.6
71	Washington County, NE	51.7
72	LaGrange County, IN	51.9
73	New York County, NY	52.1
74	Hamilton County, IL	52.2
75	Hays County, TX	52.5
76	Franklin County, WA	52.5
77	Grant County, KS	52.7
78	Presidio County, TX	52.7
79	Cache County, UT	52.9
80	Los Angeles County, CA	53
81	Boone County, NE	53.2
82	Bremer County, IA	53.3
83	Whitman County, WA	53.5
84	Wright County, MN	53.5
85	Wasatch County, UT	53.6
86	Willacy County, TX	53.6
87	Middlesex County, NJ	53.6
88	Washington County, AR	53.8
89	Live Oak County, TX	53.8
90	Lancaster County, NE	53.8
91	Union County, SD	53.9
92	Putnam County, OH	54.1
93	Lake County, IL	54.1
94	Kleberg County, TX	54.2
95	Marshall County, MN	54.5
96	Summit County, CO	54.5
97	Wake County, NC	54.5
98	Richmond County, NY	54.5
99	Teton County, WY	54.7
100	Kendall County, TX	55.2

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	deaths per 100,000
1	New York	60
2	California	62.9
3	Nebraska	65
4	Hawaii	65.1
5	New Jersey	66.1
6	Texas	66.2
7	Utah	68.9
8	Iowa	73.3
9	Massachusetts	75.1
10	Virginia	75.2
11	Georgia	76.8
12	Illinois	77
13	Minnesota	77.4
14	North Dakota	78.4
15	Washington	78.9
16	Idaho	81.9
17	Connecticut	82.7
18	Kansas	85.4
19	Michigan	86.3
20	Rhode Island	86.9
21	Nevada	87.1
22	South Dakota	88.2
23	Oregon	88.3
24	New Hampshire	88.9
25	Arkansas	91.4
26	Colorado	93.1
27	North Carolina	93.2
28	Indiana	93.3
29	Alabama	93.4
30	Maryland	93.4
31	Florida	94.1
32	Pennsylvania	96.7
33	Wisconsin	97.3
34	Delaware	98.6
35	Wyoming	99.9
36	Ohio	101
37	Arizona	101
38	Vermont	102
39	Oklahoma	102
40	Montana	103
41	Missouri	104
42	Mississippi	106
43	South Carolina	107
44	Alaska	108
45	Maine	109
46	Kentucky	110
47	District of Columbia	113
48	Louisiana	114
49	Tennessee	115
50	New Mexico	129
51	West Virginia	146

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