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🚨 US States by Gun Homicide Rate

Firearm homicides per 100,000 residents.

📅 2021📏 per 100,000 people49 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (per 100,000 people); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
District of Columbia
25.2
2
Mississippi
19.8
3
Louisiana
17.4
4
Alabama
12.9
5
New Mexico
10.9
6
South Carolina
10.7
7
Illinois
10.2
8
Tennessee
10.2
9
Missouri
9.9
10
Maryland
9.6
11
Georgia
9.5
12
Arkansas
9.3
13
Kentucky
8.1
14
North Carolina
8.1
15
Delaware
8.0
16
Indiana
7.6
17
Ohio
7.4
18
Michigan
7.0
19
Pennsylvania
6.6
20
Texas
6.6
21
Oklahoma
6.4
22
Nevada
6.3
23
Arizona
5.9
24
Virginia
5.8
25
Florida
5.3
26
Kansas
4.9
27
Wisconsin
4.9
28
West Virginia
4.8
29
California
4.7
30
Colorado
4.7
31
Alaska
4.2
32
Oregon
3.4
33
Washington
3.3
34
Connecticut
3.2
35
New York
3.1
36
New Jersey
3.0
37
Minnesota
2.9
38
South Dakota
2.8
39
Montana
2.7
40
North Dakota
2.6
41
Rhode Island
2.5
42
Nebraska
2.3
43
Utah
2.1
44
Iowa
2.0
45
Wyoming
1.7
46
Hawaii
1.6
47
Idaho
1.5
48
Massachusetts
1.4
49
Maine
0.9

Highlights

Within United States, District of Columbia ranks first in 2021 with 25.2, followed by Mississippi (19.8) and Louisiana (17.4).

Across 49 entries, values run from 25.2 (District of Columbia) to 0.9 (Maine), with a median of 5.3.

Source: CDC WONDER, firearm deaths per 100,000 residents (2021) (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: per 100,000 people.

Source: CDC WONDER, firearm deaths per 100,000 residents (2021) (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026