Lightning deaths by state since 1996
The record lists 948 direct lightning deaths since 1996. Florida has the most, with 175. Wyoming has the highest rate among states with five or more, at 15.3 per million residents.
By year
Direct lightning deaths by year
By state
| Florida | 175 | 7.5 |
| Texas | 74 | 2.3 |
| Colorado | 50 | 8.3 |
| North Carolina | 42 | 3.8 |
| Alabama | 39 | 7.5 |
| Georgia | 39 | 3.5 |
| Louisiana | 31 | 6.7 |
| Ohio | 28 | 2.4 |
| Missouri | 26 | 4.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | 2.0 |
| New Jersey | 25 | 2.6 |
| Arizona | 24 | 3.1 |
| South Carolina | 22 | 3.9 |
| Utah | 22 | 6.2 |
| Illinois | 20 | 1.6 |
| Mississippi | 20 | 6.8 |
| Kentucky | 19 | 4.1 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 2.6 |
| Wisconsin | 19 | 3.2 |
| Arkansas | 18 | 5.8 |
| Michigan | 18 | 1.8 |
| New York | 18 | 0.9 |
| California | 16 | 0.4 |
| Virginia | 16 | 1.8 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 3.2 |
| Indiana | 12 | 1.7 |
| Maryland | 11 | 1.8 |
| New Mexico | 11 | 5.2 |
| Kansas | 10 | 3.4 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 1.5 |
| Montana | 9 | 7.9 |
| Wyoming | 9 | 15.3 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 1.1 |
| Iowa | 7 | 2.2 |
| Maine | 6 | 4.2 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 2.5 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 5.3 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 1.1 |
| Idaho | 4 | 2.0 |
| Vermont | 4 | 6.2 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 4.3 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 1.7 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 2.5 |
| Oregon | 2 | 0.5 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 1.8 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.2 |
| Nevada | 1 | 0.3 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0.0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0.0 |