Per Capita Deaths A state-by-state comparison of per capita deaths among soldiers and Marines. As of Jan. 8, 2005
State	Population (2000)	Deaths in Iraq	Death Rate Per 100,000
Vermont	608,827	10	1.64
North Dakota	642,200	9	1.40
Wyoming	493,782	5	1.01
Nebraska	1,711,263	17	0.99
South Dakota	754,844	7	0.93
Arkansas	2,673,400	21	0.79
Maine	1,274,923	9	0.71
Oregon	3,421,399	24	0.70
Arizona	5,130,632	35	0.68
Delaware	783,600	5	0.64
Oklahoma	3,450,654	22	0.64
Idaho	1,293,953	8	0.62
Wisconsin	5,363,675	33	0.62
West Virginia	1,808,344	11	0.61
Louisiana	4,468,976	27	0.60
Texas	20,851,820	121	0.58
Iowa	2,926,324	17	0.58
South Carolina	4,012,012	23	0.57
Mississippi	2,844,658	16	0.56
Montana	902,195	5	0.55
Virginia	7,078,515	38	0.54
Pennsylvania	12,280,054	65	0.53
Tennessee	5,689,283	30	0.53
Washington	5,894,121	31	0.53
District of Columbia	572,059	3	0.52
Indiana	6,080,485	31	0.51
New Hampshire	1,235,786	6	0.49
Kansas	2,688,418	13	0.48
Rhode Island	1,048,319	5	0.48
California	33,871,648	160	0.47
Alabama	4,447,100	21	0.47
Illinois	12,419,293	58	0.47
Nationwide	281,421,906	1,328	0.47
Colorado	4,301,261	19	0.44
New Mexico	1,819,046	8	0.44
Kentucky	4,041,769	17	0.42
Massachusetts	6,349,097	25	0.39
Ohio	11,353,140	44	0.39
North Carolina	8,049,313	31	0.39
Georgia	8,186,453	31	0.38
Maryland	5,296,486	20	0.38
Michigan	9,938,444	37	0.37
Florida	15,982,378	58	0.36
Connecticut	3,405,564	12	0.35
Nevada	1,998,257	7	0.35
New York	18,976,457	64	0.34
New Jersey	8,414,350	29	0.34
Missouri	5,595,211	18	0.32
Utah	2,233,169	7	0.31
Minnesota	4,919,479	12	0.24
Hawaii	1,211,537	2	0.17
Alaska	626,932	1	0.16
Sources: Census and Pentagon