Gun violence in the United States by state

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	3.4
Georgia	9,920,000	165	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

Sources

1. "Table 20: Murder by State, Types of Weapons, 2010". Uniform Crime Reports. Crime in the U.S. 2010. FBI.
2. "Gun Owners as a Percentage of Each State's Population, 2007". US Liberal Politics.