Search progress
The records here are gathered by several searches, each run state by state. This page shows how far each has got, and updates as each state finishes. Last updated October 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM (Eastern).
- Local news 40 of 56 states and territories searched, 1 being read now, 15 waiting. Every state searched is searched again each night for new deaths.
- Historical newspapers 1,118 of 1,120 searches of the Library of Congress’s digitized newspapers; 54 states and territories done.
- Facility by facility A search of the news for each prison, jail and detention center by name: 2,097 facilities searched so far, in 19 states and territories, 1 in progress.
- Records 48,585 deaths recorded with a state.
By state
Government sources are the official lists, reports, press releases and yearly counts loaded for the state. Searches of a facility that Google refused are left for a later pass, so a state can show fewer facilities searched than it has.
| Alabama | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 200 facilities | 5 | 1,197 |
| Alaska | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 41 facilities | 4 | 139 |
| American Samoa | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 0 of 1 facilities | – | 0 |
| Arizona | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 101 facilities | 7 | 703 |
| Arkansas | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 158 of 164 facilities | 4 | 759 |
| California | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 440 of 441 facilities | 6 | 1,558 |
| Colorado | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 132 of 133 facilities | 3 | 334 |
| Connecticut | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 22 facilities | 3 | 177 |
| Delaware | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 17 facilities | 3 | 194 |
| District of Columbia | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 9 facilities | 1 | 57 |
| Florida | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 390 of 393 facilities | 6 | 9,936 |
| Georgia | Done, searched again nightly | 19 of 20 searches | 334 of 369 facilities | 8 | 1,739 |
| Guam | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 7 facilities | – | 10 |
| Hawaii | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 18 of 19 facilities | 3 | 147 |
| Idaho | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 67 of 73 facilities | 2 | 109 |
| Illinois | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Searching now, 139 of 209 facilities | 5 | 1,622 |
| Indiana | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 5 | 429 |
| Iowa | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 226 |
| Kansas | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 246 |
| Kentucky | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 556 |
| Louisiana | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 6 | 1,850 |
| Maine | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 66 |
| Massachusetts | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 122 |
| Mississippi | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 6 | 803 |
| Montana | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 191 |
| Nebraska | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 4 | 254 |
| Nevada | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 5 | 1,041 |
| New Hampshire | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 37 |
| New Mexico | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 165 |
| North Dakota | Done, searched again nightly | 19 of 20 searches | Not started | 2 | 54 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 1 facilities | 2 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | Done, searched again nightly | Done | 18 of 41 facilities | 3 | 6 |
| Rhode Island | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 15 |
| South Dakota | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 59 |
| Texas | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 6 | 15,713 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Done, 3 facilities | – | 2 |
| Utah | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 3 | 151 |
| Vermont | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 50 |
| Virginia | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 497 |
| Wyoming | Done, searched again nightly | Done | Not started | 2 | 105 |
| North Carolina | Being read now | Done | Not started | 6 | 1,057 |
| New Jersey | Next in line | Done | Not started | 4 | 54 |
| West Virginia | Waiting, 2nd in line | Done | Not started | 2 | 115 |
| South Carolina | Waiting, 3rd in line | Done | Not started | 3 | 372 |
| Minnesota | Waiting, 4th in line | Done | Not started | 3 | 82 |
| Wisconsin | Waiting, 5th in line | Done | Not started | 2 | 107 |
| Oklahoma | Waiting, 6th in line | Done | Not started | 3 | 600 |
| Pennsylvania | Waiting, 7th in line | Done | Not started | 5 | 1,672 |
| Michigan | Waiting, 8th in line | Done | Not started | 4 | 102 |
| Missouri | Waiting, 9th in line | Done | Not started | 4 | 330 |
| New York | Waiting, 10th in line | Done | Not started | 7 | 1,103 |
| Tennessee | Waiting, 11th in line | Done | Not started | 3 | 630 |
| Ohio | Waiting, 12th in line | Done | Not started | 4 | 225 |
| Washington | Waiting, 13th in line | Done | Not started | 4 | 325 |
| Oregon | Waiting, 14th in line | Done | Not started | 2 | 250 |
| Maryland | Waiting, 15th in line | Done | Not started | 5 | 241 |