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Table 22

Aggravated Assault

by State, 2002
Type of Weapon
State
Total
aggravated
assaults1
Firearms
Knives or
cutting
instruments
Other
weapons
Personal
weapons
Agency
count
Population
Alabama 9,095 2,402 1,284 2,110 3,299 268 3,719,249
Alaska 2,306 441 600 621 644 30 598,264
Arizona 18,857 4,604 2,759 5,355 6,139 84 5,146,764
Arkansas 5,661 1,322 1,024 1,647 1,668 105 1,673,500
California 130,064 22,889 17,925 42,631 46,619 720 34,762,918
Colorado 7,688 1,446 1,607 2,590 2,045 149 3,430,798
Connecticut 3,771 413 732 1,448 1,178 91 2,607,853
Delaware 2,517 414 539 1,272 292 36 721,039
District of Columbia 4,962 927 1,266 2,024 745 3 570,898
Florida 87,882 12,959 15,603 41,248 18,072 595 16,589,355
Georgia 19,567 4,648 3,800 6,525 4,594 427 7,166,137
Hawaii 1,478 156 159 426 737 3 1,113,277
Idaho 2,577 592 580 1,005 400 111 1,303,441
Illinois2              
Indiana 11,028 1,599 1,271 2,839 5,319 260 4,680,803
Iowa 6,134 557 1,085 1,645 2,847 190 2,638,836
Kansas 4,543 768 732 2,311 732 190 1,716,619
Kentucky2 4,035 605 515 1,221 1,694 21 1,321,725
Louisiana 17,843 4,879 3,445 5,278 4,241 160 3,971,556
Maine 733 17 99 233 384 180 1,291,128
Maryland 9,432 1,228 1,843 3,575 2,786 142 3,222,063
Massachusetts 18,102 1,365 3,593 8,914 4,230 253 4,953,523
Michigan 34,038 7,048 6,686 14,753 5,551 528 9,232,023
Minnesota 3,884 418 984 1,337 1,145 287 4,202,614
Mississippi 2,833 814 579 887 553 95 1,457,976
Missouri 21,270 3,954 3,010 6,345 7,961 532 5,546,857
Montana 1,761 230 220 525 786 67 598,495
Nebraska 3,411 507 660 1,615 629 223 1,564,711
Nevada 6,860 1,096 1,455 2,562 1,747 34 2,047,875
New Hampshire 660 87 193 204 176 118 859,866
New Jersey 16,301 2,372 3,465 5,368 5,096 494 8,345,025
New Mexico 8,492 1,783 1,400 2,555 2,754 71 1,425,666
New York 10,928 1,057 2,029 3,123 4,719 408 6,755,060
North Carolina 21,640 5,861 4,060 6,766 4,953 337 7,141,367
North Dakota 244 8 53 64 119 65 569,346
Ohio 14,767 3,105 2,638 4,354 4,670 343 8,303,709
Oklahoma 12,885 2,109 2,081 4,802 3,893 301 3,493,714
Oregon 5,925 751 867 2,050 2,257 134 3,116,138
Pennsylvania 25,316 5,335 3,769 6,648 9,564 766 10,763,082
Rhode Island 1,699 271 409 758 261 48 1,069,725
South Carolina 22,985 5,247 4,811 7,494 5,433 183 3,588,078
South Dakota 744 85 237 190 232 84 597,349
Tennessee 29,099 9,231 5,847 10,753 3,268 373 5,616,774
Texas 78,360 16,585 17,313 28,926 15,536 963 21,685,436
Utah 3,312 594 764 1,098 856 109 2,236,759
Vermont 305 46 55 73 131 48 465,200
Virginia 10,353 1,929 2,047 3,314 3,063 284 6,527,954
Washington 9,700 1,301 1,837 3,408 3,154 225 5,314,933
West Virginia 1,733 541 287 303 602 243 845,230
Wisconsin 5,884 1,008 874 1,347 2,655 338 5,010,946
Wyoming 1,089 100 158 332 499 62 487,292