Inversely, Illinois, according to 2011 data, is one of the safer states when is come to gun crimes. Tennessee is right down there with DC and Maryland. What was the point again?
Data summary
Gun crimes by US states
Rates per 100,000 population. Click heading to sort table. Download this data
State
Total firearms murders, 2011
% change, 2010-11
Fire- arms murders as % of all murders
Fire- arms murders rate
Fire- arms robb- eries rate
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Fire- arms assaults rate
RATES ARE PER 100,000 PEOPLE. SOURCE: FBI UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
NO DATA FOR FLORIDA OR ALABAMA
Hawaii 1 -86 14 0.07 n/a n/a
Illinois 377 4 83 2.93 2.26 5.26
Idaho 17 42 53 1.14 3.41 23.43
Wyoming 11 120 73 2.01 3.65 20.44
Montana 7 -42 39 0.76 3.78 29.03
Vermont 4 100 50 0.75 4.32 12.6
North Dakota 6 50 50 0.93 4.79 4.79
South Dakota 5 -38 33 0.68 4.91 20.6
Maine 12 9 48 0.9 5.8 4.52
Iowa 19 -10 43 0.71 7.31 21.95
New Hampshire 6 20 38 0.53 9.83 15.14
Utah 26 18 51 0.97 10.98 21.32
Rhode Island 5 -69 36 0.57 12.71 17.86
Oregon 40 11 52 1.05 14.57 17.55
West Virginia 43 59 58 2.87 16.08 52.04
Alaska 16 -16 55 2.24 18.19 80.47
Minnesota 43 -19 61 0.82 20.11 22.52
Washington 79 -15 49 1.25 20.72 28.44
New York 445 -14 57 4.12 23.28 20.06
Kansas 73 16 66 2.78 24.86 76.87
Nebraska 42 31 65 2.5 25.44 33.84
Colorado 73 12 50 1.51 25.74 45.72
Massachusetts 122 3 67 2.02 27.84 33.19
Connecticut 94 -3 73 2.71 34.85 20.06
New Mexico 60 -10 50 2.98 34.96 87.26
Virginia 208 -17 69 2.58 35.4 21.35
United States 8,583 -3 68 2.75 39.25 43.77
Kentucky 100 -14 67 2.36 39.77 25.14
Oklahoma 131 18 64 3.64 42.81 58.07
California 1,220 -3 68 3.25 42.97 45.39
Wisconsin 80 -18 59 1.47 43.86 27.4
Arkansas 110 18 72 4.39 45.45 100.56
North Carolina 335 17 69 3.87 48.72 67.44
New Jersey 269 9 71 3.07 49.87 26.94
Texas 699 -13 64 2.91 50.21 58.28
Arizona 222 -4 65 3.53 50.24 57.36
Missouri 276 -14 76 4.64 52.47 88.9
South Carolina 223 8 70 5.41 52.93 127.88
Indiana 183 29 64 3.29 53.14 29.91
Pennsylvania 470 3 74 3.97 54.69 39.44
Michigan 450 9 73 5.06 55.95 86.41
Mississippi 138 15 74 7.46 60.07 51.69
Louisiana 402 15 83 10.16 63.48 99.51
Ohio 344 11 70 3.54 65.45 37.97
Delaware 28 -26 68 3.09 69.67 81.36
Nevada 75 -11 58 3.07 69.77 53.3
Georgia 370 -2 71 3.93 72.48 58.64
Tennessee 244 11 65 3.92 72.88 137.58
Maryland 272 -7 68 4.7 79.71 41.18
District of Columbia 77 -22 71 12.46 242.56 87.7