Murder 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.

The official population data from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010 is 309.3 million. The gun murders in 2010 from FBI reports is 8,374.^[1]

In 2010 the solved gun murder rate for the U.S. was 2.71 per 100,000, the overall estimated gun homicide rate is 3.5.^[2]

States

State^[1]	Population (total inhabitants) (2010)	Population density (inhabitants per square mile) (2010)	Murders (total deaths) (2010) ^[3]	Gun murders (total deaths) (2010) ^[3]	Gun ownership (%) (2013) ^[4]	Murders (rate per 100,000 inhabitants) (2010)	Gun murders (rate per 100,000 inhabitants) (2010)
Alabama	4,779,736	94.65	199	135	48.9%	4.2	2.8
Alaska	710,231	1.264	31	19	61.7%	4.4	2.7
Arizona	6,392,017	57.05	352	232	32.3%	5.5	3.6
Arkansas	2,915,918	56.43	130	93	57.9%	4.5	3.2
California	37,253,956	244.2	1,811	1,257	20.1%	4.9	3.4
Colorado	5,029,196	49.33	117	65	34.3%	2.3	1.3
Connecticut	3,574,097	741.4	131	97	16.6%	3.7	2.7
Delaware	897,934	470.7	48	38	5.2%	5.3	4.2
District of Columbia	601,723	10298	131	99	25.9%	21.8	16.5
Florida	19,687,653	360.2	987	669	32.5%	5.0	3.4
Georgia	9,920,000	165	527	376	31.6%	5.3	3.8
Hawaii	1,360,301	216.8	24	7	45.1%	1.8	0.5
Idaho	1,567,582	19.5	21	12	56.9%	1.3	0.8
Illinois	12,830,632	231.9	706	364	26.2%	5.5	2.8
Indiana	6,483,802	182.5	198	142	33.8%	3.1	2.2
Iowa	3,046,355	54.81	38	21	33.8%	1.2	0.7
Kansas	2,853,118	35.09	100	63	32.2%	3.5	2.2
Kentucky	4,339,367	110.0	180	116	42.4%	4.5	2.7
Louisiana	4,533,372	105.0	437	351	44.5%	9.6	7.7
Maine	1,328,361	43.04	24	11	22.6%	1.8	0.8
Maryland	5,773,552	606.2	424	293	20.7%	7.3	5.1
Massachusetts	6,547,629	852.1	209	118	22.6%	3.2	1.8
Michigan	9,883,640	174.8	558	413	28.8%	5.6	4.2
Minnesota	5,303,925	67.14	91	53	36.7%	1.7	1.0
Mississippi	2,967,297	63.50	165	120	42.8%	5.6	4.0
Missouri	5,988,927	87.26	419	321	27.1%	7.0	5.4
Montana	989,415	6.858	21	12	52.3%	2.1	1.2
Nebraska	1,826,341	23.97	51	32	19.8%	2.8	1.8
Nevada	2,700,551	24.80	158	84	37.5%	5.9	3.1
New Hampshire	1,316,470	147.0	13	5	14.4%	1.0	0.4
New Jersey	8,791,894	1189	363	246	11.3%	4.1	2.8
New Mexico	2,059,179	17.16	118	67	49.9%	5.7	3.3
New York	19,378,102	415.3	860	517	10.3%	4.4	2.7
North Carolina	9,535,483	200.6	445	286	28.7%	4.7	3.0
North Dakota	672,591	9.916	9	4	47.9%	1.3	0.6
Ohio	11,536,504	282.5	460	310	19.6%	4.0	2.7
Oklahoma	3,751,351	55.22	188	111	31.2%	5.0	3.0
Oregon	3,831,074	40.33	78	36	26.6%	2.0	0.9
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	285.3	646	457	27.1%	5.1	3.6
Rhode Island	1,052,567	1006	29	16	5.8%	2.8	1.5
South Carolina	4,625,364	157.1	280	207	44.4%	6.1	4.5
South Dakota	814,180	10.86	14	8	35.0%	1.7	1.0
Tennessee	6,346,105	156.6	356	219	39.4%	5.6	3.5
Texas	25,145,561	98.07	1,246	805	35.7%	5.0	3.2
Utah	2,763,885	34.30	52	22	31.9%	1.9	0.8
Vermont	625,741	67.73	7	2	28.8%	1.1	0.3
Virginia	8,001,024	207.3	369	250	29.3%	4.6	3.1
Washington	6,724,540	102.6	151	93	27.7%	2.2	1.4
West Virginia	1,852,994	77.06	55	27	54.2%	3.0	1.5
Wisconsin	5,686,986	105.2	151	97	34.7%	2.7	1.7
Wyoming	563,626	5.851	8	5	53.8%	1.4	0.9

Sources

1 2 Crime in the U.S.; Government website
↑ http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf
1 2 "Table 20: Murder by State, Types of Weapons, 2010". Uniform Crime Reports. Crime in the U.S. 2010. FBI.
↑ (subscription required)"Gun Owners as a Percentage of Each State's Population, 2013" (PDF). BMJ.

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