Gun violence in the United States by state
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This article is a list of the U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The population data is the official data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The murder rates and gun murder rates were calculated based on the FBI reports and the official population of each state for 2010.
States
State | Population (total inhabitants) (2010) |
Population Density (inhabitants per square mile) (2010) |
Murders (total deaths) (2010) [1] |
Gun Murders (total deaths) (2010) [1] |
Gun Ownership (%) (2007) [2] |
Murders (rate per 100,000 inhabitants) (2010) |
Gun Murders (rate per 100,000 inhabitants) (2010) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 4,779,736 | 94.65 | 199 | 135 | 51.7% | 4.2 | 2.8 |
Alaska | 710,231 | 1.264 | 31 | 19 | 57.8% | 4.4 | 2.7 |
Arizona | 6,392,017 | 57.05 | 352 | 232 | 31.1% | 5.5 | 3.6 |
Arkansas | 2,915,918 | 56.43 | 130 | 93 | 55.3% | 4.5 | 3.2 |
California | 37,253,956 | 244.2 | 1,811 | 1,257 | 21.3% | 4.9 | 3.4 |
Colorado | 5,029,196 | 49.33 | 117 | 65 | 34.7% | 2.3 | 1.3 |
Connecticut | 3,574,097 | 741.4 | 131 | 97 | 16.7% | 3.7 | 2.7 |
Delaware | 897,934 | 470.7 | 48 | 38 | 25.5% | 5.3 | 4.2 |
District of Columbia | 601,723 | 10298 | 131 | 99 | 3.6% | 21.8 | 16.5 |
Florida | 19,687,653 | 360.2 | 987 | 669 | 24.5% | 5.0 | 3.9 |
Georgia | 9,920,000 | 172.5 | 527 | 376 | 40.3% | 5.3 | 3.8 |
Hawaii | 1,360,301 | 216.8 | 24 | 7 | 6.7% | 1.8 | 0.5 |
Idaho | 1,567,582 | 19.5 | 21 | 12 | 55.3% | 1.3 | 0.8 |
Illinois | 12,830,632 | 231.9 | 453 | 364 | 20.2% | 3.5 | 2.8 |
Indiana | 6,483,802 | 182.5 | 198 | 142 | 39.1% | 3.1 | 2.2 |
Iowa | 3,046,355 | 54.81 | 38 | 21 | 42.9% | 1.2 | 0.7 |
Kansas | 2,853,118 | 35.09 | 100 | 63 | 42.1% | 3.5 | 2.2 |
Kentucky | 4,339,367 | 110.0 | 180 | 116 | 47.7% | 4.5 | 2.7 |
Louisiana | 4,533,372 | 105.0 | 437 | 351 | 44.1% | 9.6 | 7.7 |
Maine | 1,328,361 | 43.04 | 24 | 11 | 40.5% | 1.8 | 0.8 |
Maryland | 5,773,552 | 606.2 | 424 | 293 | 21.3% | 7.3 | 5.1 |
Massachusetts | 6,547,629 | 852.1 | 209 | 118 | 12.6% | 3.2 | 1.8 |
Michigan | 9,883,640 | 174.8 | 558 | 413 | 38.4% | 5.6 | 4.2 |
Minnesota | 5,303,925 | 67.14 | 91 | 53 | 41.7% | 1.7 | 1.0 |
Mississippi | 2,967,297 | 63.50 | 165 | 120 | 55.3% | 5.6 | 4.0 |
Missouri | 5,988,927 | 87.26 | 419 | 321 | 41.7% | 7.0 | 5.4 |
Montana | 989,415 | 6.858 | 21 | 12 | 57.7% | 2.1 | 1.2 |
Nebraska | 1,826,341 | 23.97 | 51 | 32 | 38.6% | 2.8 | 1.8 |
Nevada | 2,700,551 | 24.80 | 158 | 84 | 33.8% | 5.9 | 3.1 |
New Hampshire | 1,316,470 | 147.0 | 13 | 5 | 30.0% | 1.0 | 0.4 |
New Jersey | 8,791,894 | 1189 | 363 | 246 | 12.3% | 4.1 | 2.8 |
New Mexico | 2,059,179 | 17.16 | 118 | 67 | 34.8% | 5.7 | 3.3 |
New York | 19,378,102 | 415.3 | 860 | 517 | 18% | 4.4 | 2.7 |
North Carolina | 9,535,483 | 200.6 | 445 | 286 | 41.3% | 4.7 | 3.0 |
North Dakota | 672,591 | 9.916 | 9 | 4 | 50.7% | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Ohio | 11,536,504 | 282.5 | 460 | 310 | 32.4% | 4.0 | 2.7 |
Oklahoma | 3,751,351 | 55.22 | 188 | 111 | 42.9% | 5.0 | 3.0 |
Oregon | 3,831,074 | 40.33 | 78 | 36 | 39.8% | 2.0 | 0.9 |
Pennsylvania | 12,702,379 | 285.3 | 646 | 457 | 34.7% | 5.1 | 3.6 |
Rhode Island | 1,052,567 | 1006 | 29 | 16 | 12.8% | 2.8 | 1.5 |
South Carolina | 4,625,364 | 157.1 | 280 | 207 | 42.3% | 6.1 | 4.5 |
South Dakota | 814,180 | 10.86 | 14 | 8 | 56.6% | 1.7 | 1.0 |
Tennessee | 6,346,105 | 156.6 | 356 | 219 | 43.9% | 5.6 | 3.5 |
Texas | 25,145,561 | 98.07 | 1,246 | 805 | 35.9% | 5.0 | 3.2 |
Utah | 2,763,885 | 34.30 | 52 | 22 | 43.9% | 1.9 | 0.8 |
Vermont | 625,741 | 67.73 | 7 | 2 | 42.0% | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Virginia | 8,001,024 | 207.3 | 369 | 250 | 35.1% | 4.6 | 3.1 |
Washington | 6,724,540 | 102.6 | 151 | 93 | 33.1% | 2.2 | 1.4 |
West Virginia | 1,852,994 | 77.06 | 55 | 27 | 55.4% | 3.0 | 1.5 |
Wisconsin | 5,686,986 | 105.2 | 151 | 97 | 44.4% | 2.7 | 1.7 |
Wyoming | 563,626 | 5.851 | 8 | 5 | 59.7% | 1.4 | 0.9 |
See also
- Crime in the United States
- Gun laws in the United States (by state)
- Gun violence in the United States
- United States Peace Index
- List of U.S. states by homicide rate
- Firearm death rates in the United States by state
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