USA

 

  • Number of crematoria: 3,204
  • Crematoria situated in (state):
    • Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas
    • California, Colorado, Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Hawaii
    • Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
    • Kansas, Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana
    • Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota
    • Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island
    • South Carolina, South Dakota
    • Tennessee, Texas
    • Utah
    • Vermont, Virginia
    • Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Statistics of cremations

  Cremations Total Deaths % of Deaths
2015 1,302,920 2,677,244 48.67
2016* 1,336,282 2,669,761 50.05

Note on the statistics of cremations:
*Figures for 2016 are provisional.

 

Cremation Organisation:
Cremation Association of North America
Executive Office: 499 Northgate Parkway
Wheeling
Illinois 60090
President:
Michael G Sheedy
President Elect:
Mitch Rose
Treasurer:
Elisa C Krcilek
Date of foundation:
1913
Number of members:
3,300
Name of journal:
The Cremationist of North America (formerly National Cremation Magazine)
Date of foundation:
1965
Published:
quarterly
Circulation (per issue):
3,300
Editor:
Sara Corkery