Firearm death rates in the United States by state

This article is a list of U.S. states with firearm death rates per 100,000 population.

In 2014, the overall rate of death by firearms in the United States was 10.3 per 100,000 people — the same as for death by motor vehicles — with suicides accounting for roughly two out of every three gun deaths.^[1]

Table

Note: The rate column can be sorted in ascending or descending order. The rank column on the left sorts separately. This way the states can be ranked by rate. Sort the state column to return to alphabetical order.

State firearm death rates, 2013. Rate per 100,000 population. National firearm death rate is 10.64.^[2][3]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

State Rate Alabama 17.79 Alaska 19.59 Arizona 14.20 Arkansas 16.93 California 7.89 Colorado 11.75 Connecticut 4.48 Delaware 10.80 Florida 12.49 Georgia 12.63 Hawaii 2.71 Idaho 14.08 Illinois 8.67 Indiana 13.04 Iowa 8.19 Kansas 11.44 Kentucky 14.15 Louisiana 19.15 Maine 11.89 Maryland 9.75 Massachusetts 3.18 Michigan 12.03 Minnesota 7.88 Mississippi 17.55 Missouri 14.56 Montana 16.94 Nebraska 8.99 Nevada 14.16 New Hampshire 7.03 New Jersey 5.69 New Mexico 15.63 New York 4.39 North Carolina 12.42 North Dakota 11.89 Ohio 11.14 Oklahoma 16.41 Oregon 11.76 Pennsylvania 11.36 Rhode Island 5.33 South Carolina 15.60 South Dakota 9.47 Tennessee 15.86 Texas 10.50 Utah 11.69 Vermont 10.37 Virginia 10.46 Washington 9.07 West Virginia 15.10 Wisconsin 9.93 Wyoming 17.51

Age-adjusted table and map

The rates have been age-adjusted. See the references for more info:^[4][3]

State firearm death rates, 2013. Rate per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted death rates. United States: 10.4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

State Rate Alabama 17.6 Alaska 19.8 Arizona 14.1 Arkansas 16.8 California 7.7 Colorado 11.5 Connecticut 4.4 Delaware 10.3 Florida 11.9 Georgia 12.6 Hawaii 2.6 Idaho 14.1 Illinois 8.6 Indiana 13.0 Iowa 8.0 Kansas 11.4 Kentucky 13.7 Louisiana 19.3 Maine 10.9 Maryland 9.7 Massachusetts 3.1 Michigan 12.0 Minnesota 7.6 Mississippi 17.8 Missouri 14.4 Montana 16.7 Nebraska 9.0 Nevada 13.8 New Hampshire 6.4 New Jersey 5.7 New Mexico 15.5 New York 4.2 North Carolina 12.1 North Dakota 11.8 Ohio 11.0 Oklahoma 16.5 Oregon 11.0 Pennsylvania 11.2 Rhode Island 5.3 South Carolina 15.2 South Dakota 10.0 Tennessee 15.4 Texas 10.6 Utah 12.6 Vermont 9.2 Virginia 10.2 Washington 8.7 West Virginia 14.3 Wisconsin 9.7 Wyoming 16.7

See also

• Crime and violence in Latin America
• Gun laws in the United States by state
• Gun politics in the United States
• Homicide in world cities
• Index of gun politics articles
• Latin American cities by murder rate
• List of Brazilian states by murder rate
• List of cities by murder rate
• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• List of countries by intentional death rate - homicide plus suicide.
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade
• List of countries by intentional homicide rate
• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by suicide rate
• List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate
• List of Mexican states by homicides
• List of U.S. states by homicide rate
• List of U.S. states by incarceration rate
• List of United States cities by crime rate (2012). 250,000+
• Number of guns per capita by country
• Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
• United States cities by crime rate (100,000–250,000)
• United States cities by crime rate (60,000-100,000)

References

1. Ingraham, Christopher (December 17, 2015). "Gun Deaths and Motor Vehicle Deaths Converge", Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
2. State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2013. By Violence Policy Center. It sources the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3. Detailed Tables for the National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) "Deaths: Final Data for 2013." See: National Vital Statistics System.
4. Firearm Mortality by State: 2013. By National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Map legend can be clicked to highlight different rate ranges on the map. Any state can be clicked for more detailed demographic statistics for that state.