Homicide deaths by state

Name: Homicide deaths by state (United States)
Creator: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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Deaths from homicide (all methods) and from firearm homicide, by state of residence, with rates per 100,000 people as published by CDC from National Vital Statistics System death records.

Reference period: 2024
Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).

Homicide rate per 100,000, 2024, sorted high to low. 51 areas ranked by Homicide rate per 100,000. Highest: District of Columbia (25.3); lowest: New Hampshire (1.3); national value 6.0. Full data in the table below.Source: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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United States	6	20,162	4.6	15,364
Alabama	12.6	645	11	562
Alaska	7.6	56	4.5	33
Arizona	6.3	467	4.4	329
Arkansas	8.1	247	6.9	211
California	4.5	1,768	3.1	1,204
Colorado	5.2	305	3.6	209
Connecticut	2.9	104	1.9	69
Delaware	6.5	67	4.8	50
District of Columbia	25.3	172	19.7	134
Florida	5.2	1,183	3.9	889
Georgia	9.1	1,001	7.4	815
Hawaii	2.7	39	1.4	20
Idaho	1.8	36	1.3	26
Illinois	8.4	1,058	6.9	872
Indiana	7	482	5.5	380
Iowa	3.3	105	2.1	67
Kansas	5.3	156	4.2	123
Kentucky	6.9	314	5.9	265
Louisiana	14.4	659	12.3	562
Maine	2.4	34	1.1	16
Maryland	8.6	529	6.5	404
Massachusetts	2.2	153	1.4	96
Michigan	5.4	538	4	405
Minnesota	3.3	192	2.5	142
Mississippi	18.6	548	16	469
Missouri	9	555	7.4	460
Montana	4.2	48	2.2	25
Nebraska	3	59	2.2	43
Nevada	6.9	221	5.3	170
New Hampshire	1.3	18	0.8	11
New Jersey	2.8	264	1.8	164
New Mexico	12.7	268	9.7	206
New York	3.5	693	1.8	362
North Carolina	7.7	834	6.3	688
North Dakota	2.6	20	1.4	11
Ohio	6.3	744	4.9	577
Oklahoma	7	283	5	204
Oregon	4	171	2.8	120
Pennsylvania	5.3	684	3.9	503
Rhode Island	1.8	20	1.1	12
South Carolina	9.4	505	7.8	417
South Dakota	6	55	3.2	29
Tennessee	9.8	697	8.1	578
Texas	6.1	1,851	4.8	1,450
Utah	2.4	82	1.7	58
Vermont	3.2	21	1.9	12
Virginia	5.5	477	4.5	395
Washington	4.4	344	3	235
West Virginia	5.5	97	3.6	64
Wisconsin	4.5	266	3.5	207
Wyoming	4.6	27	1.9	11

Column headers are shortened: Homicide rate* = Homicide rate per 100,000; Firearm homicide rate* = Firearm homicide rate per 100,000.

* Deaths per 100,000 people, as published by CDC.

Source: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence – State, data.cdc.gov dataset fpsi-y8tj (intents All_Homicide and FA_Homicide; U.S. total from the National dataset t6u2-f84c; data as of 2026-06-22). Reference period: 2024.

Cite this table

Source agency: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Dataset: Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence – State (fpsi-y8tj)
Table: Homicide deaths by state
Data last updated: 2026-10-27
Page: https://quadranac.com/tables/us-homicide/

Homicide deaths by state (United States, 2024). Data: CDC, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence – State (fpsi-y8tj). Retrieved 2026-10-27 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/us-homicide/