U.S. States by Deadliest Disaster

Not including nationwide disasters or intentional war related disasters in the contiguous US.

Information taken from Wikipedia.

Estimated death tolls are marked with a *

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Deaths	Type	Year	State
7,000*	Hurricane	1900	Texas
4,000*	Flood	1862	California
2,763	Terrorism	2001	New York
2,511*	Hurricane	1928	Florida
2,467	Attack	1941	Hawaii
2,209	Flood	1889	Pennsylvania
2,000*	Hurricane	1893	Louisiana
2,000*	Fire	1871	Wisconsin
1,700*	Shipwreck	1865	Arkansas
1,500*	Hurricane	1893	Georgia
844	Shipwreck	1915	Illinois
500*	Fire	1871	Michigan
500*	Shipwreck	1865	North Carolina
492	Fire	1942	Massachusetts
467	Flood	1913	Ohio
453	Fire	1918	Minnesota
362	Mining	1907	West Virginia
326	Fire	1900	New Jersey
317	Tornado	1840	Mississippi
300*	Explosion	1865	Alabama
300*	Massacre	1921	Oklahoma
273*	Shipwreck	1875	Washington
265	Mining	1913	New Mexico
262	Hurricane	1938	Rhode Island
250*	Shipwreck	1858	Tennessee
247	Flood	1903	Oregon
238	Flood	1972	South Dakota
200*	Hurricane	1938	Connecticut
200*	Mining	1900	Utah
193*	Massacre	1863	Kansas
189	Terrorism	2001	Virginia
181	Shipwreck	1785	Delaware
175*	Massacre	1864	Colorado
169	Mining	1903	Wyoming
168	Mining	1917	Montana
166	Tornado	2011	Missouri
165	Fire	1977	Kentucky
150*	Flood	1913	Indiana
135	Tornado	1913	Nebraska
128	Aviation	1956	Arizona
112	Aviation	1989	Iowa
111	Aviation	1971	Alaska
100*	Hurricane	1938	South Carolina
91	Mining	1972	Idaho
85	Aviation/Fire	1964/1980	Nevada
85	Flood	1927	Vermont
81	Aviation	1963	Maryland
34	Blizzard/Train Wreck	1920/1945	North Dakota
33	Shipwreck	1941	New Hampshire
23	Train Wreck	1919	Maine

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