What counts as an inheritance property record?

A residential property whose owner has recently died, matched from death and ownership records before any probate filing. USLeadList has compiled these records since 2006; each month’s number is the count of new records added for that month’s list.

How often is the index updated?

Monthly, when the new list is built. The page reads directly from the same database that produces the lists, so the numbers here are the numbers customers receive.

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 · August 2026 edition

109,084 new inheritance property records in August 2026

Every month USLeadList adds the newly inherited residential properties it finds across 3,143 U.S. counties. This is that count — nationally, by state, and for the 100 largest counties — published from the same database that produces the lists.

This month

109,084

vs July 2026: +20.4%

Trailing 12 months

1,163,610

year over year: +28.0%

All records

4,745,697

since March 2022

Coverage

3,143

counties in 51 states

National volume, last 24 months

Month	New records	Change
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	-31.7%
October 2024	86,286	-7.8%
September 2024	93,598	—

Every state, ranked by trailing-12-month volume

#	State	August 2026	vs prior month	Trailing 12	Share	Counties
1	Texas	8,716	+29%	88,313	7.6%	254
2	Florida	7,642	+28%	78,301	6.7%	67
3	California	7,987	+47%	74,476	6.4%	58
4	Pennsylvania	4,797	+15%	54,947	4.7%	67
5	Ohio	4,374	+11%	52,961	4.6%	88
6	North Carolina	4,293	+8%	48,603	4.2%	100
7	New York	4,167	+13%	47,693	4.1%	62
8	Illinois	4,138	+16%	46,461	4.0%	102
9	Michigan	4,084	+16%	46,177	4.0%	83
10	Georgia	3,609	+10%	40,360	3.5%	159
11	Virginia	3,051	+14%	33,771	2.9%	134
12	Tennessee	3,088	+23%	32,393	2.8%	95
13	Indiana	2,609	+9%	30,242	2.6%	92
14	Missouri	2,531	+19%	27,202	2.3%	115
15	South Carolina	2,517	+23%	26,943	2.3%	46
16	Alabama	2,287	+17%	25,147	2.2%	67
17	New Jersey	2,277	+5%	25,102	2.2%	21
18	Kentucky	2,125	+17%	23,926	2.1%	120
19	Wisconsin	2,160	+12%	23,858	2.1%	72
20	Louisiana	1,870	+17%	21,163	1.8%	64
21	Massachusetts	2,010	+16%	20,954	1.8%	14
22	Minnesota	2,020	+27%	19,816	1.7%	87
23	Arizona	2,345	+53%	19,567	1.7%	15
24	Maryland	1,726	+7%	19,329	1.7%	24
25	Oklahoma	1,718	+8%	19,004	1.6%	77
26	Washington	1,979	+34%	18,055	1.6%	39
27	Arkansas	1,529	+20%	16,634	1.4%	75
28	Colorado	1,610	+36%	15,849	1.4%	64
29	Mississippi	1,481	+20%	15,743	1.4%	82
30	Iowa	1,377	+17%	15,668	1.3%	99
31	Kansas	1,171	+14%	12,559	1.1%	105
32	Connecticut	1,039	+10%	11,646	1.0%	8
33	West Virginia	1,025	+17%	11,305	1.0%	55
34	Oregon	1,131	+49%	10,461	0.9%	36
35	Utah	931	+11%	10,123	0.9%	29
36	New Mexico	771	+8%	8,535	0.7%	33
37	Nevada	846	+30%	8,062	0.7%	17
38	Nebraska	702	+13%	8,014	0.7%	93
39	Idaho	667	+17%	7,047	0.6%	44
40	Maine	625	+17%	6,824	0.6%	16
41	New Hampshire	535	+5%	6,205	0.5%	10
42	Montana	521	+16%	6,060	0.5%	56
43	Delaware	483	+22%	5,208	0.4%	3
44	Hawaii	780	+106%	4,450	0.4%	5
45	South Dakota	342	+20%	3,671	0.3%	66
46	Rhode Island	337	+7%	3,624	0.3%	5
47	Vermont	259	+14%	2,915	0.3%	14
48	Wyoming	239	+26%	2,765	0.2%	23
49	North Dakota	261	+40%	2,619	0.2%	53
50	Alaska	192	+70%	1,673	0.1%	29
51	District of Columbia	110	+5%	1,186	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	August 2026	Trailing 12	All time
1	Los Angeles	California	1,574	15,853	55,827
2	Cook	Illinois	1,135	12,846	45,343
3	Maricopa	Arizona	1,267	9,941	36,605
4	Harris	Texas	927	9,571	39,037
5	Wayne	Michigan	511	6,172	23,734
6	Dallas	Texas	879	6,037	23,794
7	San Diego	California	586	5,811	22,648
8	Palm Beach	Florida	540	5,509	21,456
9	Allegheny	Pennsylvania	519	5,445	22,892
10	Clark	Nevada	595	5,433	20,293
11	Riverside	California	617	5,433	20,608
12	Bexar	Texas	582	5,325	21,912
13	Cuyahoga	Ohio	436	5,066	18,840
14	San Bernardino	California	971	4,895	17,194
15	Tarrant	Texas	465	4,809	19,795
16	Orange	California	476	4,629	17,507
17	Broward	Florida	520	4,534	17,931
18	Suffolk	New York	384	4,496	19,414
19	Miami-Dade	Florida	451	4,477	18,669
20	Middlesex	Massachusetts	398	4,178	18,000
21	Erie	New York	327	4,155	15,820
22	Oakland	Michigan	359	4,084	16,055
23	Saint Louis	Missouri	368	3,960	16,658
24	Pinellas	Florida	379	3,805	15,608
25	Hillsborough	Florida	369	3,603	14,639
26	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	331	3,601	14,276
27	Franklin	Ohio	302	3,582	13,410
28	Macomb	Michigan	317	3,573	13,543
29	Nassau	New York	307	3,528	13,725
30	Lee	Florida	296	3,384	14,114
31	Jefferson	Kentucky	314	3,363	14,805
32	Salt Lake	Utah	321	3,297	12,406
33	Brevard	Florida	302	3,242	12,741
34	Shelby	Tennessee	305	3,236	13,775
35	Jefferson	Alabama	334	3,206	13,992
36	Duval	Florida	299	3,156	12,781
37	Oklahoma	Oklahoma	300	3,109	12,186
38	Honolulu	Hawaii	581	3,064	13,795
39	Wake	North Carolina	265	3,062	12,413
40	King	Washington	339	3,040	12,333
41	Pima	Arizona	354	3,021	12,106
42	Sacramento	California	371	2,986	11,472
43	Ocean	New Jersey	258	2,985	12,519
44	Hamilton	Ohio	241	2,944	11,523
45	Hennepin	Minnesota	402	2,939	11,481
46	Orange	Florida	297	2,924	11,654
47	Dupage	Illinois	244	2,922	10,454
48	Montgomery	Pennsylvania	283	2,850	11,520
49	Tulsa	Oklahoma	255	2,828	11,440
50	Hartford	Connecticut	248	2,819	12,970
51	Queens	New York	215	2,772	10,489
52	New Haven	Connecticut	243	2,734	12,919
53	Prince Georges	Maryland	260	2,660	10,170
54	Marion	Indiana	238	2,654	11,252
55	Worcester	Massachusetts	220	2,623	11,472
56	El Paso	Texas	253	2,618	10,566
57	Hidalgo	Texas	244	2,612	10,976
58	Santa Clara	California	259	2,595	10,083
59	Mecklenburg	North Carolina	247	2,555	10,720
60	Baltimore	Maryland	232	2,546	10,307
61	Fairfield	Connecticut	222	2,542	11,542
62	Sarasota	Florida	259	2,541	9,971
63	Monroe	New York	226	2,530	10,202
64	Montgomery	Ohio	214	2,524	9,633
65	Polk	Florida	232	2,469	10,582
66	Bucks	Pennsylvania	234	2,469	10,003
67	Jackson	Missouri	215	2,459	9,919
68	Fulton	Georgia	213	2,424	9,777
69	Contra Costa	California	229	2,410	8,951
70	Fairfax	Virginia	222	2,407	8,841
71	Horry	South Carolina	228	2,380	9,662
72	Pasco	Florida	245	2,372	9,636
73	Volusia	Florida	228	2,360	9,907
74	Essex	Massachusetts	228	2,358	10,231
75	Genesee	Michigan	216	2,352	9,423
76	Bernalillo	New Mexico	192	2,350	9,151
77	Guilford	North Carolina	199	2,314	9,488
78	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	208	2,304	9,133
79	Alameda	California	231	2,294	9,852
80	Lake	Illinois	191	2,267	8,490
81	Will	Illinois	198	2,255	9,021
82	Montgomery	Maryland	195	2,236	8,706
83	Summit	Ohio	175	2,225	9,206
84	Monmouth	New Jersey	179	2,207	8,600
85	Greenville	South Carolina	204	2,204	9,035
86	Bergen	New Jersey	201	2,190	8,836
87	Westmoreland	Pennsylvania	176	2,167	8,747
88	Lake	Florida	205	2,162	8,174
89	Lake	Indiana	160	2,147	9,219
90	Kent	Michigan	174	2,145	8,327
91	New Castle	Delaware	181	2,138	9,393
92	Middlesex	New Jersey	177	2,116	8,002
93	Travis	Texas	197	2,099	8,499
94	York	Pennsylvania	171	2,056	8,674
95	Sussex	Delaware	203	2,053	8,340
96	Westchester	New York	179	2,044	8,555
97	Marion	Florida	197	2,028	7,844
98	Pierce	Washington	232	2,028	7,668
99	Norfolk	Massachusetts	203	2,027	8,846
100	Mobile	Alabama	197	2,027	9,218

Movers this month

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

Up

Dallas, TX +100% (439 → 879)
Maricopa, AZ +65% (766 → 1,267)
Riverside, CA +57% (394 → 617)
Broward, FL +54% (338 → 520)
San Diego, CA +53% (383 → 586)
Miami-Dade, FL +43% (316 → 451)
Bexar, TX +41% (412 → 582)
Orange, CA +41% (337 → 476)

Down

No large county fell this month.

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Methodology and citation

Counts are new inheritance and pre-probate residential property records added to the USLeadList database for the month's list, by county. Records are matched from death notices and ownership records and verified before release; a property appears once. County-to-state totals are sums; "trailing 12" is the twelve most recent list months including this edition. The newest month is published once its build is complete, so the current month may lag by a few days.

To cite: USLeadList Inheritance Property Index, August 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 residential property whose owner has recently died, matched from death and ownership records before any probate filing. USLeadList has compiled these records since 2006; each month’s number is the count of new records added for that month’s list.
How often is the index updated?: Monthly, when the new list is built. The page reads directly from the same database that produces the lists, so the numbers here are the numbers customers receive.
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 2026-09-03 from live data. Data since March 2022.