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Table 20
Murder
by State, 2002
Type of Weapon
|
State |
Total
murders1 |
Total
firearms |
Handguns |
Rifles |
Shotguns |
Firearms
(type
unknown) |
Knives or
cutting
instruments |
Other
weapons |
Hands,
fists, feet,
etc.2 |
|
| Alabama |
286 |
186 |
168 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
35 |
43 |
22 |
| Alaska |
33 |
18 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
| Arizona |
382 |
290 |
246 |
25 |
12 |
7 |
27 |
45 |
20 |
| Arkansas |
137 |
103 |
74 |
6 |
9 |
14 |
15 |
14 |
5 |
| California |
2,395 |
1,737 |
1,554 |
82 |
60 |
41 |
275 |
266 |
117 |
| Colorado |
166 |
108 |
75 |
6 |
6 |
21 |
23 |
18 |
17 |
| Connecticut |
75 |
45 |
32 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
| Delaware |
22 |
17 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| District of Columbia3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Georgia |
574 |
415 |
366 |
16 |
15 |
18 |
64 |
60 |
35 |
| Hawaii |
23 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
| Idaho |
36 |
18 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
| Illinois3 |
648 |
481 |
216 |
7 |
9 |
249 |
44 |
88 |
35 |
| Indiana |
323 |
206 |
150 |
11 |
9 |
36 |
33 |
52 |
32 |
| Iowa |
44 |
22 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
| Kansas |
67 |
27 |
19 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
18 |
5 |
| Kentucky3 |
82 |
53 |
42 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
16 |
6 |
| Louisiana |
556 |
431 |
371 |
26 |
24 |
10 |
46 |
51 |
28 |
| Maine |
14 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Maryland |
460 |
301 |
277 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
61 |
70 |
28 |
| Massachusetts |
162 |
80 |
49 |
1 |
2 |
28 |
39 |
35 |
8 |
| Michigan |
676 |
463 |
355 |
32 |
27 |
49 |
64 |
119 |
30 |
| Minnesota |
112 |
60 |
51 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
20 |
13 |
| Mississippi |
184 |
117 |
88 |
8 |
4 |
17 |
28 |
29 |
10 |
| Missouri |
331 |
229 |
114 |
11 |
16 |
88 |
43 |
50 |
9 |
| Montana |
9 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Nebraska |
16 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
| Nevada |
176 |
109 |
92 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
23 |
32 |
12 |
| New Hampshire |
11 |
8 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| New Jersey |
335 |
205 |
180 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
63 |
36 |
31 |
| New Mexico |
122 |
66 |
50 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
28 |
11 |
17 |
| New York |
860 |
506 |
463 |
20 |
16 |
7 |
181 |
89 |
84 |
| North Carolina |
537 |
367 |
261 |
28 |
35 |
43 |
47 |
85 |
38 |
| North Dakota |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Ohio |
476 |
289 |
222 |
12 |
12 |
43 |
44 |
93 |
50 |
| Oklahoma |
163 |
85 |
54 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
36 |
22 |
20 |
| Oregon |
65 |
40 |
18 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
9 |
14 |
2 |
| Pennsylvania |
599 |
434 |
342 |
19 |
8 |
65 |
52 |
92 |
21 |
| Rhode Island |
41 |
26 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
| South Carolina |
294 |
200 |
125 |
7 |
24 |
44 |
32 |
48 |
14 |
| South Dakota |
9 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Tennessee |
414 |
276 |
167 |
7 |
18 |
84 |
48 |
67 |
23 |
| Texas |
1,296 |
795 |
561 |
57 |
60 |
117 |
200 |
204 |
97 |
| Utah |
47 |
22 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
| Vermont |
13 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Virginia |
381 |
257 |
118 |
14 |
10 |
115 |
31 |
79 |
14 |
| Washington |
181 |
87 |
81 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
35 |
40 |
19 |
| West Virginia |
53 |
34 |
19 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
| Wisconsin |
149 |
108 |
63 |
7 |
11 |
27 |
17 |
16 |
8 |
| Wyoming |
14 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
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