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]
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- 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]
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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
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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 |
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