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Table 5

Crime in the United States
by State, 2006

State Area   Population Violent crime Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter Forcible rape Robbery Aggravated assault Property crime Burglary Larceny-theft Motor vehicle theft
ALABAMA Metropolitan Statistical Area   3,258,752                  
Area actually reporting 88.0% 14,007 300 1,144 5,824 6,739 129,240 32,168 85,756 11,316
Estimated total 100.0% 15,414 318 1,256 6,313 7,527 142,577 35,249 94,969 12,359
Cities outside metropolitan areas   587,537                  
Area actually reporting 55.8% 1,641 23 141 379 1,098 16,020 3,263 11,846 911
Estimated total 100.0% 2,920 41 249 670 1,960 28,509 5,803 21,091 1,615
Nonmetropolitan counties   752,741                  
Area actually reporting 60.6% 741 14 87 46 594 6,022 2,133 3,364 525
Estimated total 100.0% 1,223 23 144 76 980 9,935 3,519 5,550 866
State Total   4,599,030 19,557 382 1,649 7,059 10,467 181,021 44,571 121,610 14,840
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   425.2 8.3 35.9 153.5 227.6 3,936.1 969.1 2,644.3 322.7
ALASKA Metropolitan Statistical Area   328,283                  
Area actually reporting 97.4% 2,949 18 320 526 2,085 14,143 2,108 10,385 1,650
Estimated total 100.0% 3,023 18 324 538 2,143 14,804 2,172 10,943 1,689
Cities outside metropolitan areas   124,198                  
Area actually reporting 89.6% 543 8 90 35 410 4,224 561 3,365 298
Estimated total 100.0% 606 9 100 39 458 4,716 626 3,757 333
Nonmetropolitan counties   217,572                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 981 9 85 28 859 4,635 1,338 2,790 507
State Total   670,053 4,610 36 509 605 3,460 24,155 4,136 17,490 2,529
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   688.0 5.4 76.0 90.3 516.4 3,604.9 617.3 2,610.2 377.4
ARIZONA Metropolitan Statistical Area   5,690,411                  
Area actually reporting 98.4% 28,822 455 1,830 9,016 17,521 268,052 52,408 162,733 52,911
Estimated total 100.0% 29,177 458 1,854 9,099 17,766 272,056 53,391 165,184 53,481
Cities outside metropolitan areas   202,701                
Area actually reporting 91.4% 839 4 38 70 727 7,656 1,594 5,375 687
Estimated total 100.0% 918 4 42 77 795 8,376 1,744 5,880 752
Nonmetropolitan counties   273,206                  
Area actually reporting 77.3% 635 2 35 39 559 3,817 1,484 1,857 476
Estimated total 100.0% 821 3 45 50 723 4,938 1,920 2,402 616
State Total   6,166,318 30,916 465 1,941 9,226 19,284 285,370 57,055 173,466 54,849
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   501.4 7.5 31.5 149.6 312.7 4,627.9 925.3 2,813.1 889.5
ARKANSAS Metropolitan Statistical Area   1,644,224                  
Area actually reporting 96.8% 11,484 156 933 2,267 8,128 77,898 21,416 50,895 5,587
Estimated total 100.0% 11,683 158 953 2,289 8,283 79,512 21,965 51,848 5,699
Cities outside metropolitan areas   496,029                
Area actually reporting 97.0% 2,652 27 216 402 2,007 21,602 6,619 14,004 979
Estimated total 100.0% 2,733 28 223 414 2,068 22,262 6,821 14,432 1,009
Nonmetropolitan counties   670,619                  
Area actually reporting 92.5% 1,009 18 122 58 811 9,020 3,013 5,308 699
Estimated total 100.0% 1,090 19 132 63 876 9,747 3,256 5,736 755
State Total   2,810,872 15,506 205 1,308 2,766 11,227 111,521 32,042 72,016 7,463
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   551.6 7.3 46.5 98.4 399.4 3,967.5 1,139.9 2,562.1 265.5
CALIFORNIA Metropolitan Statistical Area   35,608,453                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 191,037 2,453 8,921 70,670 108,993 1,136,833 240,629 655,694 240,510
Cities outside metropolitan areas   271,190                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 1,335 12 133 182 1,008 9,689 2,480 6,291 918
Nonmetropolitan counties   577,906                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 1,748 20 158 116 1,454 9,495 3,355 4,875 1,265
State Total   36,457,549 194,120 2,485 9,212 70,968 111,455 1,156,017 246,464 666,860 242,693
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   532.5 6.8 25.3 194.7 305.7 3,170.9 676.0 1,829.1 665.7
COLORADO Metropolitan Statistical Area   4,085,808                
Area actually reporting 97.9% 16,588 147 1,835 3,696 10,910 145,204 29,247 96,447 19,510
Estimated total 100.0% 16,843 149 1,870 3,743 11,081 148,489 29,801 98,778 19,910
Cities outside metropolitan areas   303,195                  
Area actually reporting 94.0% 1,152 6 146 77 923 10,768 1,686 8,528 554
Estimated total 100.0% 1,225 6 155 82 982 11,456 1,794 9,073 589
Nonmetropolitan counties   364,374                  
Area actually reporting 96.2% 527 3 49 10 465 3,951 795 2,871 285
Estimated total 100.0% 548 3 51 10 484 4,109 827 2,986 296
State Total   4,753,377 18,616 158 2,076 3,835 12,547 164,054 32,422 110,837 20,795
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   391.6 3.3 43.7 80.7 264.0 3,451.3 682.1 2,331.8 437.5
CONNECTICUT Metropolitan Statistical Area   2,819,925                  
Area actually reporting 99.3% 9,176 104 538 4,117 4,417 80,280 12,956 57,590 9,734
Estimated total 100.0% 9,203 104 541 4,129 4,429 80,713 13,027 57,914 9,772
Cities outside metropolitan areas   158,762                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 300 1 27 45 227 3,171 647 2,295 229
Nonmetropolitan counties   526,122                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 338 3 68 67 200 3,880 1,020 2,471 389
State Total   3,504,809 9,841 108 636 4,241 4,856 87,764 14,694 62,680 10,390
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   280.8 3.1 18.1 121.0 138.6 2,504.1 419.3 1,788.4 296.4
DELAWARE Metropolitan Statistical Area   674,845                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 4,795 40 305 1,577 2,873 23,513 4,643 16,335 2,535
Cities outside metropolitan areas   40,072                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 385 2 33 94 256 2,238 486 1,679 73
Nonmetropolitan counties   138,559                
Area actually reporting 100.0% 637 0 62 64 511 3,420 1,060 2,152 208
State Total   853,476 5,817 42 400 1,735 3,640 29,171 6,189 20,166 2,816
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   681.6 4.9 46.9 203.3 426.5 3,417.9 725.2 2,362.8 329.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA1 Metropolitan Statistical Area   581,530                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 8,772 169 185 3,829 4,589 27,063 3,835 15,907 7,321
Cities outside metropolitan areas   None                  
Nonmetropolitan counties   None                  
Total   581,530 8,772 169 185 3,829 4,589 27,063 3,835 15,907 7,321
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   1,508.4 29.1 31.8 658.4 789.1 4,653.8 659.5 2,735.4 1,258.9
FLORIDA Metropolitan Statistical Area   17,028,925                
Area actually reporting 99.9% 123,064 1,091 6,135 33,444 82,394 692,520 162,335 455,797 74,388
Estimated total 100.0% 123,126 1,091 6,138 33,462 82,435 692,936 162,428 456,079 74,429
Cities outside metropolitan areas   185,034                  
Area actually reporting 94.2% 1,738 9 89 323 1,317 8,569 2,075 5,936 558
Estimated total 100.0% 1,845 10 94 343 1,398 9,095 2,202 6,301 592
Nonmetropolitan counties   875,929                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 3,824 28 243 342 3,211 19,053 6,243 11,394 1,416
State Total   18,089,888 128,795 1,129 6,475 34,147 87,044 721,084 170,873 473,774 76,437
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   712.0 6.2 35.8 188.8 481.2 3,986.1 944.6 2,619.0 422.5
GEORGIA Metropolitan Statistical Area   7,562,594                  
Area actually reporting 97.6% 36,773 505 1,785 14,073 20,410 298,615 70,253 189,481 38,881
Estimated total 100.0% 37,540 514 1,824 14,354 20,848 305,654 71,816 194,121 39,717
Cities outside metropolitan areas   665,603                  
Area actually reporting 76.8% 3,066 36 164 697 2,169 27,315 5,419 20,765 1,131
Estimated total 100.0% 3,991 47 214 907 2,823 35,542 7,051 27,019 1,472
Nonmetropolitan counties   1,135,744                  
Area actually reporting 81.4% 2,096 32 110 202 1,752 18,702 5,085 12,011 1,606
Estimated total 100.0% 2,575 39 135 248 2,153 22,987 6,250 14,763 1,974
State Total   9,363,941 44,106 600 2,173 15,509 25,824 364,183 85,117 235,903 43,163
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   471.0 6.4 23.2 165.6 275.8 3,889.2 909.0 2,519.3 460.9
HAWAII Metropolitan Statistical Area   912,693                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 2,745 17 229 956 1,543 38,310 5,482 26,540 6,288
Cities outside metropolitan areas   None                  
Nonmetropolitan counties   372,805                  
Area actually reporting 100.0% 870 4 126 187 553 16,072 3,227 11,370 1,475
State Total 1,285,498 3,615 21 355 1,143 2,096 54,382 8,709 37,910 7,763
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   281.2 1.6 27.6 88.9 163.0 4,230.4 677.5 2,949.1 603.9
IDAHO Metropolitan Statistical Area   945,612                
Area actually reporting 99.7% 2,678 21 455 252 1,950 26,110 5,460 18,806 1,844
Estimated total 100.0% 2,687 21 456 253 1,957 26,193 5,478 18,865 1,850
Cities outside metropolitan areas   230,284                  
Area actually reporting 98.9% 455 4 60 39 352 5,789 1,079 4,406 304
Estimated total 100.0% 460 4 61 39 356 5,852 1,091 4,454 307
Nonmetropolitan counties 290,569                
Area actually reporting 98.9% 473 11 69 9 384 3,387 946 2,172 269
Estimated total 100.0% 478 11 70 9 388 3,426 957 2,197 272
State Total   1,466,465 3,625 36 587 301 2,701 35,471 7,526 25,516 2,429
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   247.2 2.5 40.0 20.5 184.2 2,418.8 513.2 1,740.0 165.6
ILLINOIS2, 3 State Total   12,831,970 69,498 780 4,078 23,782 40,858 387,478 77,259 272,578 37,641
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   541.6 6.1 31.8 185.3 318.4 3,019.6 602.1 2,124.2 293.3
INDIANA Metropolitan Statistical Area   4,903,644                  
Area actually reporting 85.1% 17,075 316 1,478 6,658 8,623 172,191 36,019 117,501 18,671
Estimated total 100.0% 18,120 328 1,578 6,877 9,337 186,973 39,081 127,955 19,937
Cities outside metropolitan areas 507,489                  
Area actually reporting 81.9% 885 6 102 239 538 18,715 3,359 14,451 905
Estimated total 100.0% 1,080 7 124 292 657 22,838 4,099 17,635 1,104
Nonmetropolitan counties   902,387                  
Area actually reporting 52.9% 357 18 70 39 230 5,981 1,579 3,966 436
Estimated total 100.0% 676 34 133 74 435 11,316 2,988 7,503 825
State Total   6,313,520 19,876 369 1,835 7,243 10,429 221,127 46,168 153,093 21,866
Rate per 100,000 inhabitants   314.8 5.8 29.1 114.7 165.2 3,502.4 731.3