Seventy-nine kids have drowned in Texas in 2024. We can prevent these tragedies if we all Watch Kids around Water!

Water is a great way to beat the heat but summer is also when children are most likely to drown. Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for kids under the age of five and toddlers are especially at risk.

And, drowning can happen in almost any amount of water, indoors or outdoors.

But, we can prevent these tragedies if we all watch kids around water! Never leave a child unsupervised around water, inside or outside of the house. It only takes a few minutes for a child to drown.

2024 Statistics

- updated 09/03/2024

County Drownings Age Gender Location
Angelina 1 2 M Pond
Bell 1 3 M Pool (Backyard)
Bexar 3 3 M Pool (Backyard)
2 M Pool (Backyard)
2 M Pool (Apartment)
Brazoria 2 17 M Beach
4 M Lake
Brown 1 1 M Horse Trough
Burnett 1 2 M Pool (Backyard)
Calhoun 1 15 M Bay
Cameron 2 14 F Beach
1 F Pool (Backyard)
Collin 1 7 M Pool (Backyard)
Cooke 1 3 F Pond
Denton 3 2 M Pool (Backyard)
4 M Pool (Backyard)
4 F Pool (Backyard)
Ellis 1 4 M Pool (Apartment)
El Paso 2 3 M Bathtub
5 M Pool (Backyard)
Fort Bend 4 1 M Hot Tub
12 F Lake
5 F Bayou
8 M Lake
Galveston 2 6 M Pool (Hotel/Motel)
17 M Beach
Grayson 4 5 M Lake
2 M Lake
3 F Pool (Apartment)
3 F Pool (Apartment)
Guadalupe 1 12 M River
Hardin 1 17 M Creek
Harris 14 3 F Pool (Apartment)
8 F Pool (Hotel/Motel)
4 M Pool (Apartment)
5 F Pool (Apartment)
7 M Pool (Community/Neighborhood)
15 F Pool (Community)
9 months F Bathtub
14 F River
2 M Pool (Backyard)
8 M Pool (Apartment)
2 M Pool (Backyard)
7 months F Bathtub
1 F Bathtub
7 F Pool (Community)
Henderson 3 4 M Lake
5 M Lake
7 M Lake
Hidalgo 2 6 M Pool (Apartment)
3 M Pool (Backyard)
Johnson 2 4 M Creek
3 M Hot Tub
Lavaca 1 3 M Pool (Backyard)
Liberty 1 1 M Pond
Lubbock 2 16 M Lake
2 F Pool (Backyard)
McLennan 2 17 M Creek
1 M Bucket
Medina 1 5 M Pool (Backyard)
Midland 1 4 M Jacuzzi
Montgomery 1 17 M Lake
Nueces 1 2 M Pool (Backyard)
Panola 1 2 M Pond
Potter 3 11 months M Bathtub
3 F Pool (Backyard)
3 M Pool (Backyard)
Rusk 1 3 F Pool (Backyard)
San Patricio 1 13 M Lake
Tarrant 4 16 M Lake
2 F Pool (Backyard)
3 M Pond
6 M Pool (Backyard)
Travis 4 15 M Lake
7 M Pool (Backyard)
10 M Pool (Backyard)
4 M Pool (Apartment)
Upshur 1 2 M Pool (Backyard)
Wilson 1 4 M Pool (Backyard)
Total 79