Gun violence in the United States by state

This article is a list of the U.S. states and the District of Columbia, with population, murders and non-negligent manslaughter, murders, gun murders, and gun ownership percentage, then calculated rates per 100,000. The population data is from the U.S. Census Bureau. Murder rates were calculated based on the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and the estimated 2015 population of each state. The 2015 U.S. population total was 320.9 million. The 2015 U.S. overall murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 inhabitants was 4.9.[1]

2015 data

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Lowest	1st Quartile	2nd Quartile	3rd Quartile	4th Quartile	Highest

State	Population (total inhabitants) (2015) [2]	Murders and Nonnegligent Manslaughter (total deaths) (2015) [1]	Murders (total deaths) (2015) [3]	Gun Murders (total deaths) (2015) [3]	Gun Ownership (%) (2013) [4]	Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter Rate (per 100,000) (2015)	Murder Rate (per 100,000) (2015)	Gun Murder Rate (per 100,000) (2015)
Alabama	4,853,875	348	—[lower-alpha 1]	—[lower-alpha 1]	48.9	7.2	— [lower-alpha 1]	— [lower-alpha 1]
Alaska	737,709	59	57	39	61.7	8.0	7.7	5.3
Arizona	6,817,565	306	278	171	32.3	4.5	4.1	2.5
Arkansas	2,977,853	181	164	110	57.9	6.1	5.5	3.7
California	38,993,940	1,861	1,861	1,275	20.1	4.8	4.8	3.3
Colorado	5,448,819	176	176	115	34.3	3.2	3.2	2.1
Connecticut	3,584,730	117	107	73	16.6	3.3	3.0	2.0
Delaware	944,076	63	63	52	5.2	6.7	6.7	5.5
District of Columbia	670,377	162	162	121	25.9	24.2	24.2	18.0
Florida	20,244,914	1,041	— [lower-alpha 2]	— [lower-alpha 2]	32.5	5.1	— [lower-alpha 2]	— [lower-alpha 2]
Georgia	10,199,398	615	565	464	31.6	6.0	5.5	4.5
Hawaii	1,425,157	19	19	4	45.1	1.3	1.3	0.3
Idaho	1,652,828	32	30	24	56.9	1.9	1.8	1.5
Illinois	12,859,995[5]	744	497	440	26.2	5.8	3.9	3.4
Indiana	6,612,768	373	272	209	33.8	5.6	4.1	3.2
Iowa	3,121,997	72	72	49	33.8	2.3	2.3	1.6
Kansas	2,906,721	128	125	91	32.2	4.4	4.3	3.1
Kentucky	4,424,611	209	209	141	42.4	4.7	4.7	3.2
Louisiana	4,668,960	481	474	379	44.5	10.3	10.2	8.1
Maine	1,329,453	23	23	16	22.6	1.7	1.7	1.2
Maryland	5,994,983	516	372	279	20.7	8.6	6.2	4.7
Massachusetts	6,784,240	128	126	81	22.6	1.9	1.9	1.2
Michigan	9,917,715	571	571	389	28.8	5.8	5.8	3.9
Minnesota	5,482,435	133	133	79	36.7	2.4	2.4	1.4
Mississippi	2,989,390	259	159	126	42.8	8.7	5.3	4.2
Missouri	6,076,204	502	499	418	27.1	8.3	8.2	6.9
Montana	1,032,073	36	36	18	52.3	3.5	3.5	1.7
Nebraska	1,893,765	62	61	43	19.8	3.3	3.2	2.3
Nevada	2,883,758	178	177	113	37.5	6.2	6.1	3.9
New Hampshire	1,330,111	14	14	8	14.4	1.1	1.1	0.6
New Jersey	8,935,421	363	353	255	11.3	4.1	4.0	2.9
New Mexico	2,080,328	117	94	56	49.9	5.6	4.5	2.7
New York	19,747,183	609	611	383	10.3	3.1	3.1	1.9
North Carolina	10,035,186	517	506	353	28.7	5.2	5.0	3.5
North Dakota	756,835	21	17	9	47.9	2.8	2.2	1.2
Ohio	11,605,090	500	480	316	19.6	4.3	4.1	2.7
Oklahoma	3,907,414	234	233	149	31.2	6.0	6.0	3.8
Oregon	4,024,634	99	71	34	26.6	2.5	1.8	0.8
Pennsylvania	12,791,904	658	651	497	27.1	5.1	5.1	3.9
Rhode Island	1,055,607	29	27	10	5.8	2.7	2.6	0.9
South Carolina	4,894,834	399	394	312	44.4	8.2	8.0	6.4
South Dakota	857,919	32	27	12	35.0	3.7	3.1	1.4
Tennessee	6,595,056	406	402	297	39.4	6.2	6.1	4.5
Texas	27,429,639	1,316	1,276	906	35.7	4.8	4.7	3.3
Utah	2,990,632	54	54	34	31.9	1.8	1.8	1.1
Vermont	626,088	10	10	8	28.8	1.6	1.6	1.3
Virginia	8,367,587	383	383	275	29.3	4.6	4.6	3.3
Washington	7,160,290	211	209	141	27.7	2.9	2.9	2.0
West Virginia	1,841,053	70	57	30	54.2	3.8	3.1	1.6
Wisconsin	5,767,891	240	238	170	34.7	4.2	4.1	2.9
Wyoming	586,107	16	16	10	53.8	2.56	2.7	1.7

1. Limited supplemental homicide data were received.
2. No data available.

Gun Ownership Related to Gun Violence by State (United States)

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

Sources

1. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (September 2016). "Table 4, Crime in the United States by Region, Geographic Division, and State, 2014–2015". Crime in the United States, 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
2. Population Division, US Census Bureau (December 2016). "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
3. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (September 2016). "Table 20, Murder by State, Types of Weapons, 2015". Crime in the United States, 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
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