Rank	State	Casualties per million people per year
1	Wyoming	7.21
2	New Mexico	5.76
3	Florida	4.91
4	Arkansas	4.73
5	Colorado	4.28
6	Mississippi	3.47
7	Oklahoma	3.31
8	Maine	3.25
9	South Dakota	3.21
10	North Carolina	3.16
11	Tennessee	3.09
12	South Carolina	2.99
13	Idaho	2.9
14	Kansas	2.8
15	Utah	2.51
16	New Hampshire	2.5
17	Louisiana	2.48
18	Montana	2.41
19	Michigan	2.31
20	Kentucky	2.3
21	Iowa	2.24
22 (tied)	Alabama	2.23
22 (tied)	Georgia	2.23
23	Delaware	2.07
24	Nebraska	2.02
25	Arizona	1.93
26	Vermont	1.8
27	Massachusetts	1.75
28	Maryland	1.74
29	West Virginia	1.63
30	North Dakota	1.53
31	Pennsylvania	1.52
32	Wisconsin	1.49
33	Rhode Island	1.45
34	Ohio	1.44
35	Virginia	1.35
36	Indiana	1.26
37	Minnesota	1.21
38	Texas	1.06
39	Missouri	1
40	D.C.	0.92
41 (tie)	Illinois	0.91
41 (tie)	New York	0.91
42	Connecticut	0.82
43	Nevada	0.76
44	New Jersey	0.71
45	Puerto Rico	0.44
46	Oregon	0.31
47	Washington	0.29
48 (tie)	California	0.1
48 (tie)	Hawaii	0.1
49	Alaska	0

Source: Curran, Holle, and Lopez (2000)

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001