State rankings
Snake Bite Statistics by State
Texas has the highest Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022 (5), followed by Georgia (4) and Missouri (3). South Dakota has the lowest (1).
Health48 states · 5 metricsUpdated Apr 2, 2025Original page
7 sources
- Incidence of Treated Snakebites in the United States - Public Health Reports - National Institute Of Health
- 2021 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System - Clinical Toxicology
- Annual Reports - National Poison Data System
- The "T's" of snakebite injury in the USA: fact or fiction? - BMJ Journals
- Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas - PubMed 2017
- AAPCC database characterization of native U.S. venomous snake exposures, 2001-2005 - Clinical Toxicology, Vol 47, 2009
- List of fatal snake bites in the United State - Wiki
18 of 51 states
Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1
Middle half 1 – 2
Average
1.72
18 states
Lowest (best)
1
California
Highest (worst)
5
Texas
Data
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48 states · # = rank by Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | 1 | 2 | — | 221 | 1.41 |
| 1 |  Florida | 1 | 3 | 2 | 350 | 7.07 |
| 1 |  New York | 1 | — | — | 37 | 0.22 |
| 1 |  Pennsylvania | 1 | — | — | 64 | 0.75 |
| 1 |  Virginia | 1 | 1 | — | 217 | 5.47 |
| 1 |  Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 2.21 |
| 1 |  Maryland | 1 | 1 | — | 42 | 1.35 |
| 1 |  South Carolina | 1 | — | — | 184 | 7.72 |
| 1 |  Oklahoma | 1 | — | — | 206 | 8.85 |
| 1 |  Nevada | 1 | — | — | 7 | 2.45 |
| 1 |  South Dakota | 1 | — | — | 31 | 4.56 |
| 12 |  Colorado | 2 | — | — | 41 | 2.34 |
| 12 |  Alabama | 2 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 6.37 |
| 12 |  Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 2 | 143 | 4.71 |
| 12 |  West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 210 | 11.29 |
| 16 |  Missouri | 3 | — | — | 234 | 5.42 |
| 17 |  Georgia | 4 | 5 | 1 | 530 | 13.44 |
| 18 |  Texas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1,408 | 14.7 |
| — |  Illinois | — | — | — | 35 | 0.35 |
| — |  Ohio | — | 2 | — | 46 | 0.45 |
| — |  North Carolina | — | 1 | — | 856 | 18.79 |
| — |  Michigan | — | — | — | 58 | 0.74 |
| — |  New Jersey | — | — | — | 25 | 0.41 |
| — |  Washington | — | — | — | 25 | 0.88 |
| — |  Arizona | — | 3 | — | 102 | 7.83 |
| — |  Massachusetts | — | — | — | 2 | 0.04 |
| — |  Indiana | — | — | — | 45 | 0.97 |
| — |  Wisconsin | — | — | — | 15 | 0.38 |
| — |  Minnesota | — | — | — | 3 | 0.09 |
| — |  Louisiana | — | — | 1 | 334 | 10.25 |
| — |  Oregon | — | — | — | 14 | 0.79 |
| — |  Connecticut | — | — | — | 4 | 0.16 |
| — |  Utah | — | — | — | 20 | 2.25 |
| — |  Iowa | — | — | — | 9 | 0.33 |
| — |  Arkansas | — | — | — | 307 | 17.19 |
| — |  Kansas | — | — | — | 115 | 5.28 |
| — |  Mississippi | — | — | — | 236 | 10.83 |
| — |  New Mexico | — | — | 1 | 71 | 7.47 |
| — |  Idaho | — | — | — | 10 | 1.5 |
| — |  Nebraska | — | — | — | 46 | 3.26 |
| — |  New Hampshire | — | — | — | 1 | 0.16 |
| — |  Montana | — | — | — | 38 | 5.63 |
| — |  Rhode Island | — | — | — | — | 0.04 |
| — |  Delaware | — | — | — | 8 | 1.79 |
| — |  North Dakota | — | — | — | 5 | 0.79 |
| — |  District of Columbia | — | — | — | 5 | 0.65 |
| — |  Vermont | — | — | — | — | 0.08 |
| — |  Wyoming | — | — | — | 21 | 6.36 |
What correlates with Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022?
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Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022?
- Texas has the highest Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022, at 5, followed by Georgia (4) and Missouri (3).
- Which state has the lowest Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022?
- South Dakota has the lowest Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022, at 1.
- What is the median Fatal Snake Bites 2010-2022 across US states?
- The median is 1 across the 18 US states with data.
- Where does this snake bite statistics by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Incidence of Treated Snakebites in the United States - Public Health Reports - National Institute Of Health; 2021 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System - Clinical Toxicology; Annual Reports - National Poison Data System; The "T's" of snakebite injury in the USA: fact or fiction? - BMJ Journals.