What counts as an inheritance property record?

A record is added to a monthly county list after a death record is matched with a property record. It is not a court-file probate list and does not include executors, probate case numbers, filing dates, attorneys, or court documents. A record does not prove title transfer, authority to sell, motivation, distress, vacancy, equity, sale intent, discount, or investment return. A record is not guaranteed to arrive before a probate filing.

Why do some months jump?

Record availability varies by county and by the timing of source updates, so single-month swings are common. Compare trailing-12-month totals for a stable picture, and month-over-month movers for what changed.

Can I cite these numbers?

Yes. Cite “USLeadList Inheritance Property Index” with the edition month and link to this page. If you need county-level history or a custom cut, contact us.

Inheritance Property Index · October 2026 edition

103,517 new inheritance property records in October 2026

Name: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index — October 2026
Creator: USLeadList
License: https://usleadlist.com/data/inheritance-property-index#cite

The USLeadList Inheritance Property Index tracks monthly county counts of records added after a death record is matched with a property record. It is a production database measure, not a court-file probate list. Use it to see observed record volume and check county pricing and current availability.

This month

103,517

vs September 2026: +13.6%

Trailing 12 months

1,173,867

year over year: +18.3%

All records

4,940,360

since March 2022

Coverage

3,143

counties in 51 states

National volume, last 24 months

Month	New records	Change
October 2026	103,517	+13.6%
September 2026	91,146	-16.4%
August 2026	109,084	+20.4%
July 2026	90,622	-20.9%
June 2026	114,538	+26.8%
May 2026	90,306	+0.4%
April 2026	89,917	-23.0%
March 2026	116,837	+24.9%
February 2026	93,572	+6.8%
January 2026	87,636	-14.4%
December 2025	102,408	+21.5%
November 2025	84,284	-3.6%
October 2025	87,472	-9.8%
September 2025	96,934	+13.7%
August 2025	85,217	-14.9%
July 2025	100,142	+18.4%
June 2025	84,545	-6.3%
May 2025	90,225	-3.9%
April 2025	93,927	-24.2%
March 2025	123,950	+7.1%
February 2025	115,725	+37.4%
January 2025	84,223	-6.6%
December 2024	90,127	+53.0%
November 2024	58,912	—

Every state, ranked by trailing-12-month volume

#	State	October 2026	vs prior month	Trailing 12	Share	Counties
1	Texas	8,070	+12%	89,474	7.6%	254
2	Florida	7,293	+18%	78,863	6.7%	67
3	California	7,566	+20%	76,857	6.5%	58
4	Pennsylvania	4,649	+13%	55,191	4.7%	67
5	Ohio	4,407	+10%	52,734	4.5%	88
6	North Carolina	4,142	+9%	48,763	4.2%	100
7	New York	4,438	+22%	48,563	4.1%	62
8	Michigan	4,008	+11%	46,327	3.9%	83
9	Illinois	3,844	+14%	46,143	3.9%	102
10	Georgia	3,418	+6%	40,402	3.4%	159
11	Virginia	2,842	+12%	33,978	2.9%	134
12	Tennessee	2,815	+12%	32,505	2.8%	95
13	Indiana	2,540	+14%	30,069	2.6%	92
14	Missouri	2,461	+13%	27,460	2.3%	115
15	South Carolina	2,308	+16%	27,000	2.3%	46
16	New Jersey	2,098	+9%	26,352	2.2%	21
17	Alabama	2,337	+23%	25,268	2.2%	67
18	Wisconsin	2,106	+13%	24,070	2.1%	72
19	Kentucky	2,008	+11%	23,800	2.0%	120
20	Massachusetts	2,012	+10%	21,568	1.8%	14
21	Louisiana	1,651	+1%	21,056	1.8%	64
22	Minnesota	1,843	+18%	20,192	1.7%	87
23	Arizona	1,841	+11%	20,073	1.7%	15
24	Maryland	1,707	+17%	19,462	1.7%	24
25	Oklahoma	1,661	+16%	19,096	1.6%	77
26	Washington	1,714	+9%	18,432	1.6%	39
27	Arkansas	1,380	+3%	16,624	1.4%	75
28	Colorado	1,540	+15%	16,182	1.4%	64
29	Mississippi	1,360	+6%	15,875	1.4%	82
30	Iowa	1,350	+15%	15,695	1.3%	99
31	Kansas	1,146	+15%	12,737	1.1%	105
32	Connecticut	950	+2%	11,744	1.0%	8
33	West Virginia	957	+16%	11,281	1.0%	55
34	Oregon	1,071	+25%	10,680	0.9%	36
35	Utah	851	+8%	10,073	0.9%	29
36	New Mexico	647	-1%	8,516	0.7%	33
37	Nebraska	769	+37%	8,165	0.7%	93
38	Nevada	660	-3%	8,083	0.7%	17
39	Idaho	695	+22%	7,195	0.6%	44
40	Maine	683	+30%	6,906	0.6%	16
41	New Hampshire	508	-3%	6,242	0.5%	10
42	Montana	507	+38%	5,641	0.5%	56
43	Delaware	487	+30%	5,300	0.5%	3
44	Hawaii	469	+32%	4,571	0.4%	5
45	South Dakota	335	+27%	3,691	0.3%	66
46	Rhode Island	334	+14%	3,688	0.3%	5
47	Vermont	259	+12%	2,940	0.3%	14
48	Wyoming	269	+31%	2,768	0.2%	23
49	North Dakota	252	+19%	2,648	0.2%	53
50	Alaska	156	-1%	1,713	0.1%	29
51	District of Columbia	103	+2%	1,211	0.1%	1

The 100 largest counties

Ranked by trailing-12-month records. Each links to that county's page, where availability and territory caps are shown.

#	County	State	October 2026	Trailing 12	All time
1	Los Angeles	California	1,742	16,625	58,939
2	Cook	Illinois	1,124	12,742	47,373
3	Maricopa	Arizona	938	10,234	38,418
4	Harris	Texas	841	9,686	40,664
5	Wayne	Michigan	553	6,259	24,773
6	Dallas	Texas	587	6,258	24,891
7	San Diego	California	604	5,867	23,715
8	Palm Beach	Florida	605	5,670	22,499
9	Riverside	California	541	5,601	21,627
10	Allegheny	Pennsylvania	477	5,535	23,796
11	Bexar	Texas	484	5,453	22,887
12	Clark	Nevada	461	5,446	21,196
13	San Bernardino	California	447	5,136	18,133
14	Cuyahoga	Ohio	441	5,132	19,684
15	Orange	California	560	4,907	18,472
16	Tarrant	Texas	414	4,863	20,623
17	Broward	Florida	469	4,731	18,835
18	Suffolk	New York	454	4,634	20,211
19	Miami-Dade	Florida	395	4,479	19,398
20	Middlesex	Massachusetts	438	4,267	18,765
21	Erie	New York	381	4,200	16,542
22	Oakland	Michigan	348	4,079	16,734
23	Saint Louis	Missouri	392	4,028	17,364
24	Pinellas	Florida	328	3,771	16,202
25	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	346	3,681	14,937
26	Hillsborough	Florida	342	3,650	15,274
27	Nassau	New York	402	3,626	14,350
28	Franklin	Ohio	299	3,519	13,950
29	Macomb	Michigan	274	3,510	14,062
30	Lee	Florida	343	3,397	14,731
31	Salt Lake	Utah	285	3,294	12,952
32	Shelby	Tennessee	307	3,293	14,355
33	Jefferson	Kentucky	234	3,269	15,283
34	Brevard	Florida	296	3,257	13,303
35	Jefferson	Alabama	325	3,234	14,560
36	Duval	Florida	294	3,182	13,316
37	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	285	3,180	12,720
38	Wake	North Carolina	255	3,120	12,929
39	Honolulu	Hawaii	327	3,116	14,343
40	Pima	Arizona	306	3,095	12,679
41	Hennepin	Minnesota	310	3,079	12,051
42	King	Washington	284	3,076	12,881
43	Sacramento	California	282	3,047	11,995
44	Ocean	New Jersey	252	3,046	13,010
45	Orange	Florida	280	2,972	12,156
46	Hamilton	Ohio	257	2,935	12,000
47	Hartford	Connecticut	250	2,920	13,469
48	Dupage	Illinois	238	2,912	10,916
49	Montgomery	Pennsylvania	253	2,893	11,986
50	Queens	New York	273	2,861	10,983
51	Tulsa	Oklahoma	252	2,841	11,920
52	New Haven	Connecticut	222	2,746	13,367
53	El Paso	Texas	273	2,704	11,064
54	Worcester	Massachusetts	235	2,688	11,941
55	Hidalgo	Texas	244	2,680	11,451
56	Marion	Indiana	232	2,674	11,689
57	Prince Georges	Maryland	211	2,666	10,585
58	Santa Clara	California	229	2,666	10,530
59	Mecklenburg	North Carolina	222	2,607	11,168
60	Baltimore	Maryland	248	2,584	10,735
61	Sarasota	Florida	249	2,573	10,431
62	Monroe	New York	235	2,568	10,626
63	Bucks	Pennsylvania	225	2,521	10,428
64	Montgomery	Ohio	198	2,507	10,024
65	Contra Costa	California	224	2,506	9,403
66	Polk	Florida	229	2,496	11,008
67	Fairfield	Connecticut	196	2,494	11,918
68	Jackson	Missouri	206	2,459	10,318
69	Essex	Massachusetts	223	2,453	10,694
70	Fairfax	Virginia	207	2,442	9,233
71	Fulton	Georgia	228	2,431	10,192
72	Horry	South Carolina	193	2,413	10,062
73	Genesee	Michigan	222	2,395	9,828
74	Pasco	Florida	191	2,387	10,000
75	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	220	2,368	9,539
76	Bernalillo	New Mexico	213	2,359	9,566
77	Alameda	California	220	2,352	10,282
78	Bergen	New Jersey	196	2,345	9,199
79	Volusia	Florida	198	2,343	10,306
80	Monmouth	New Jersey	165	2,340	8,933
81	Guilford	North Carolina	205	2,331	9,864
82	Middlesex	New Jersey	175	2,258	8,334
83	Montgomery	Maryland	195	2,254	9,072
84	Lake	Illinois	176	2,240	8,851
85	Will	Illinois	189	2,223	9,403
86	Summit	Ohio	181	2,207	9,570
87	Greenville	South Carolina	191	2,201	9,375
88	Lake	Indiana	241	2,191	9,596
89	New Castle	Delaware	197	2,183	9,756
90	Westmoreland	Pennsylvania	173	2,173	9,088
91	Travis	Texas	213	2,159	8,900
92	Lake	Florida	192	2,157	8,520
93	Kent	Michigan	162	2,143	8,662
94	Pierce	Washington	212	2,112	8,064
95	Sussex	Delaware	208	2,108	8,698
96	Norfolk	Massachusetts	193	2,099	9,214
97	Westchester	New York	170	2,084	8,857
98	Marion	Florida	191	2,079	8,231
99	York	Pennsylvania	155	2,069	8,989
100	Mobile	Alabama	177	2,041	9,560

Movers this month

Counties with at least 300 records in both months, by month-over-month change.

Up

Orange, CA +38% (405 → 560)
Palm Beach, FL +38% (438 → 605)
Middlesex, MA +34% (327 → 438)
Suffolk, NY +32% (343 → 454)
San Diego, CA +30% (463 → 604)
Los Angeles, CA +27% (1,370 → 1,742)
Saint Louis, MO +25% (314 → 392)
Cook, IL +24% (906 → 1,124)

Down

San Bernardino, CA -9% (492 → 447)
Bexar, TX -1% (491 → 484)

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  <caption style="text-align:left;font-weight:700;padding:0 0 8px">Monthly state counts of observed USLeadList records, October 2026</caption>
  <thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">State</th><th style="text-align:right;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">This month</th><th style="text-align:right;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Trailing 12 months</th></tr></thead>
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    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Texas</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">8,070</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">89,474</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Florida</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">7,293</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">78,863</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">California</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">7,566</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">76,857</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Pennsylvania</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">4,649</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">55,191</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Ohio</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">4,407</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">52,734</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">North Carolina</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">4,142</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">48,763</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">New York</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">4,438</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">48,563</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Michigan</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">4,008</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">46,327</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Illinois</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">3,844</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">46,143</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding:4px 10px 4px 0">Georgia</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">3,418</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:4px 10px 4px 0">40,402</td></tr>
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<p style="font:12px/1.5 -apple-system,Segoe UI,Roboto,sans-serif;color:#555;margin:6px 0 0">Source: <a href="https://usleadlist.com/data/inheritance-property-index">USLeadList Inheritance Property Index</a>, October 2026 edition.</p>

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Methodology and citation

The Index uses the latest month to show the most recent monthly county list included. Trailing 12 is the sum across the latest 12 monthly lists. The Index updates monthly as new monthly files are prepared. Counts come from the same production database used to build monthly customer files. Counts are observed USLeadList records, not all deaths, inherited homes, available properties, or market share. Each lead is delivered to no more than three USLeadList subscribers. This is not market-wide exclusivity. The Index does not identify executors, probate case numbers, filing dates, attorneys, or court documents, and a record is not guaranteed to arrive before a probate filing.

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To cite: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index, October 2026 edition, usleadlist.com/data/inheritance-property-index. Free to cite with attribution and a link.

Questions

What counts as an inheritance property record?: A record is added to a monthly county list after a death record is matched with a property record. It is not a court-file probate list and does not include executors, probate case numbers, filing dates, attorneys, or court documents. A record does not prove title transfer, authority to sell, motivation, distress, vacancy, equity, sale intent, discount, or investment return. A record is not guaranteed to arrive before a probate filing.
How often is the index updated?: Monthly, when the new list is built. Counts come from the same production database used to build monthly customer files. Counts are observed USLeadList records, not all deaths, inherited homes, available properties, or market share.
Why do some months jump?: Record availability varies by county and by the timing of source updates, so single-month swings are common. Compare trailing-12-month totals for a stable picture, and month-over-month movers for what changed.
Can I cite these numbers?: Yes. Cite “USLeadList Inheritance Property Index” with the edition month and link to this page. If you need county-level history or a custom cut, contact us.

Generated 2026-10-13 from live data. Data since March 2022.