Where tornado fatalities were recorded, by location type
Storm Events lists a location for most of the 2,239 tornado fatalities since 1996. The most common is mobile/trailer home, with 871, or 38.9%.
By location type
Location types are the categories NOAA uses, unedited.
Tornado fatalities by location type
| Mobile/Trailer Home | 871 | 38.9 |
| Permanent Home | 780 | 34.8 |
| Vehicle/Towed Trailer | 170 | 7.6 |
| Unknown | 118 | 5.3 |
| Permanent Structure | 102 | 4.6 |
| Outside/Open Areas | 64 | 2.9 |
| Business | 41 | 1.8 |
| Long Span Roof | 29 | 1.3 |
| Church | 20 | 0.9 |
| School | 16 | 0.7 |
| Other | 13 | 0.6 |
| Under Tree | 7 | 0.3 |
| Camping | 4 | 0.2 |
| In Water | 2 | 0.1 |
| Heavy Equipment/Construction | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ball Field | 1 | 0.0 |