This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, and over 80% of homicides. [5]
In 2021, gun deaths rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s. [6]
A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles. [7]
The statistics are from 2022 CDC data. [3]
Location | Death rates | Deaths |
---|---|---|
Mississippi | 29.6 | 848 |
Louisiana | 28.2 | 1,266 |
New Mexico | 27.3 | 571 |
Alabama | 25.5 | 1,278 |
Missouri | 24.2 | 1,489 |
Montana | 23.9 | 274 |
Alaska | 22.4 | 164 |
Arkansas | 21.9 | 666 |
District Of Columbia | 21.4 | 154 |
South Carolina | 20.8 | 1,105 |
Tennessee | 20.5 | 1,480 |
Wyoming | 20.4 | 124 |
Arizona | 20.1 | 1,535 |
Oklahoma | 19.8 | 797 |
Georgia | 19.7 | 2,163 |
Nevada | 18.9 | 618 |
Kentucky | 18.8 | 840 |
Indiana | 17.4 | 1,211 |
Colorado | 17.1 | 1,036 |
Idaho | 17 | 338 |
Kansas | 16.8 | 492 |
North Carolina | 16.8 | 1,831 |
North Dakota | 16.4 | 125 |
West Virginia | 16.2 | 311 |
South Dakota | 15.7 | 141 |
Ohio | 15.6 | 1,831 |
Texas | 15.3 | 4,630 |
Michigan | 15 | 1,504 |
Virginia | 14.9 | 1,316 |
Pennsylvania | 14.7 | 1,941 |
Illinois | 14.4 | 1,798 |
Oregon | 14.4 | 655 |
Florida | 14 | 3,232 |
Wisconsin | 14 | 830 |
Utah | 13.7 | 446 |
Maryland | 13.6 | 813 |
Washington | 12.4 | 1,022 |
Nebraska | 12.2 | 244 |
Vermont | 12 | 84 |
Delaware | 11.9 | 124 |
Maine | 11.7 | 179 |
Iowa | 11.2 | 367 |
New Hampshire | 10.1 | 156 |
Minnesota | 9.6 | 561 |
California | 8.6 | 3,484 |
Connecticut | 6.9 | 252 |
New York | 5.3 | 1,044 |
New Jersey | 5 | 468 |
Hawaii | 4.5 | 66 |
Massachusetts | 3.7 | 263 |
Rhode Island | 3.1 | 37 |
The statistics are from 2021 CDC data. [5] Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. The percent of households with guns by US state is from the RAND Corporation, and is for 2016. [9] [10]
Location | Gun suicide rate | Suicide rate | Gun homicide rate | Homicide rate | % gun at home |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 7.9 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | [a] |
![]() | 23.7 | 32.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 61% |
![]() | 21.6 | 31.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 65% |
![]() | 19.4 | 30.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 57% |
![]() | 14.4 | 25.2 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 36% |
![]() | 13.8 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 55% |
![]() | 13.8 | 20.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 58% |
![]() | 13.2 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 53% |
![]() | 13.1 | 22.0 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 33% |
![]() | 12.9 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 52% |
![]() | 12.8 | 23.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 38% |
![]() | 12.7 | 21.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 60% |
![]() | 12.4 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 53% |
![]() | 12.1 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 53% |
![]() | 12.1 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 36% |
![]() | 11.9 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 41% |
![]() | 11.8 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 53% |
![]() | 11.8 | 19.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 42% |
![]() | 11.7 | 17.5 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 47% |
![]() | 11.5 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 48% |
![]() | 11.5 | 22.0 | [b] | 1.5 | 50% |
![]() | 11.3 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 54% |
![]() | 10.9 | 22.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 55% |
![]() | 10.9 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 40% |
![]() | 10.5 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 45% |
![]() | 10.3 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 38% |
![]() | 10.2 | 16.6 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 42% |
![]() | 10.0 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 52% |
![]() | 9.2 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 39% |
![]() | 8.9 | 15.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 29% |
![]() | 8.7 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 37% |
![]() | 8.6 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 36% |
![]() | 8.4 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 42% |
![]() | 8.2 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 47% |
![]() | 8.2 | 13.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 35% |
![]() | 8.1 | 14.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 39% |
![]() | 8.0 | 16.1 | [c] | 1.1 | 46% |
![]() | 8.0 | 15.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 32% |
![]() | 7.7 | 14.5 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 40% |
![]() | 7.6 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 39% |
![]() | 7.4 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 39% |
![]() | 6.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 39% |
![]() | 5.2 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 23% |
![]() | 5.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 17% |
![]() | 4.0 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 16% |
![]() | 3.4 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 19% |
![]() | 3.3 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 14% |
![]() | 2.9 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 9% |
![]() | 2.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 14% |
![]() | 2.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 9% |
![]() | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9% |
![]() | 1.8 | 6.9 | 25.2 | 33.3 | [d] |
The statistics are from 2021 CDC data. [5]
Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed. [12]
State | Gun deaths | Suicide | Homicide | Accident | Law |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | 48,830 | 26,328 | 20,958 | 549 | 537 |
![]() | 4,613 | 2,528 | 1,942 | 53 | 38 |
![]() | 3,576 | 1,575 | 1,861 | 32 | 89 |
![]() | 3,142 | 1,928 | 1,150 | 18 | 25 |
![]() | 2,200 | 1,115 | 1,021 | 25 | 22 |
![]() | 1,995 | 656 | 1,292 | 15 | 18 |
![]() | 1,911 | 991 | 872 | 21 | 12 |
![]() | 1,905 | 997 | 861 | 25 | 13 |
![]() | 1,839 | 916 | 850 | 46 | 15 |
![]() | 1,569 | 814 | 714 | 11 | |
![]() | 1,544 | 810 | 701 | ||
![]() | 1,414 | 747 | 609 | 24 | 15 |
![]() | 1,365 | 879 | 430 | 26 | |
![]() | 1,315 | 623 | 650 | 19 | 11 |
![]() | 1,314 | 463 | 804 | 27 | |
![]() | 1,251 | 695 | 517 | 15 | 10 |
![]() | 1,248 | 709 | 505 | 12 | |
![]() | 1,136 | 546 | 558 | 21 | |
![]() | 1,078 | 439 | 613 | 15 | |
![]() | 1,064 | 745 | 276 | 29 | |
![]() | 962 | 333 | 583 | 21 | |
![]() | 947 | 534 | 364 | 25 | |
![]() | 915 | 310 | 592 | 0 | |
![]() | 896 | 617 | 254 | ||
![]() | 836 | 551 | 257 | 11 | |
![]() | 793 | 484 | 290 | ||
![]() | 698 | 391 | 281 | 11 | |
![]() | 670 | 505 | 146 | 12 | |
![]() | 633 | 413 | 199 | ||
![]() | 578 | 305 | 230 | 26 | |
![]() | 573 | 393 | 164 | 10 | |
![]() | 503 | 345 | 145 | 10 | |
![]() | 475 | 195 | 276 | 0 | |
![]() | 450 | 364 | 70 | ||
![]() | 364 | 293 | 64 | ||
![]() | 319 | 227 | 86 | ||
![]() | 309 | 262 | 28 | 11 | |
![]() | 280 | 239 | 30 | ||
![]() | 248 | 122 | 116 | ||
![]() | 247 | 136 | 99 | 0 | |
![]() | 200 | 145 | 46 | ||
![]() | 185 | 12 | 169 | 0 | |
![]() | 182 | 142 | 31 | ||
![]() | 178 | 158 | 12 | ||
![]() | 158 | 76 | 80 | 0 | |
![]() | 155 | 137 | 10 | ||
![]() | 128 | 102 | 20 | 0 | |
![]() | 128 | 98 | 25 | 0 | |
![]() | 123 | 111 | |||
![]() | 83 | 74 | 0 | ||
![]() | 71 | 42 | 23 | ||
![]() | 64 | 36 | 27 | 0 |
The number of deaths per 100,000 total population. Source: wonder.cdc.gov