statistics
MURDER RATE
| State | Population | Murders | GunMurders | GunOwnership | Murder Rate (per 100,000) | Poverty rate by house hold income | Undergrad | Per capita Income |
| Alabama | 4779736 | 199 | 135 | 0.517 | 4.163409862 | 19.2 | 22 | 35913 |
| Alaska | 710231 | 31 | 19 | 0.578 | 4.3647770936 | 11.4 | 26.6 | 69564 |
| Arizona | 6392017 | 352 | 232 | 0.311 | 5.5068689586 | 18.2 | 25.6 | 37935 |
| Arkansas | 2915918 | 130 | 93 | 0.553 | 4.4582872358 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 34671 |
| California | 37253956 | 1811 | 1257 | 0.213 | 4.8612286974 | 16.4 | 29.9 | 51871 |
| Colorado | 5029196 | 117 | 65 | 0.347 | 2.3264155941 | 12.1 | 35.6 | 49254 |
| Connecticut | 3574097 | 131 | 97 | 0.167 | 3.6652614632 | 10.8 | 35.6 | 64906 |
| Delaware | 897934 | 48 | 38 | 0.255 | 5.3456044654 | 13 | 28.7 | 62937 |
| District of Columbia | 601723 | 131 | 99 | 0.036 | 21.7708148101 | 18.4 | 48.5 | 168030 |
| Florida | 19687653 | 987 | 669 | 0.245 | 5.0132943729 | 16.6 | 25.3 | 38504 |
| Georgia | 9920000 | 527 | 376 | 0.403 | 5.3125 | 18.4 | 27.5 | 42029 |
| Hawaii | 1360301 | 24 | 7 | 0.067 | 1.7643153978 | 11.5 | 29.6 | 49418 |
| Idaho | 1567582 | 21 | 12 | 0.553 | 1.3396428385 | 14.8 | 23.9 | 34620 |
| Illinois | 12830632 | 453 | 364 | 0.202 | 3.530613301 | 14.3 | 30.6 | 50304 |
| Indiana | 6483802 | 198 | 142 | 0.391 | 3.0537638256 | 15.2 | 22.5 | 42996 |
| Iowa | 3046355 | 38 | 21 | 0.429 | 1.2473923755 | 12.3 | 25.1 | 45884 |
| Kansas | 2853118 | 100 | 63 | 0.421 | 3.5049374053 | 13.5 | 29.5 | 44243 |
| Kentucky | 4339367 | 180 | 116 | 0.477 | 4.1480704444 | 19 | 21 | 37579 |
| Louisiana | 4533372 | 437 | 351 | 0.441 | 9.639623662 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 48599 |
| Maine | 1328361 | 24 | 11 | 0.405 | 1.8067377769 | 14 | 26.9 | 38352 |
| Maryland | 5773552 | 424 | 293 | 0.213 | 7.3438327047 | 10.4 | 37.3 | 53675 |
| Massachusetts | 6547629 | 209 | 118 | 0.126 | 3.1919951482 | 11.7 | 38.2 | 60808 |
| Michigan | 9883640 | 558 | 413 | 0.384 | 5.6456932871 | 16.2 | 24.6 | 38763 |
| Minnesota | 5303925 | 91 | 53 | 0.417 | 1.7157105351 | 11.4 | 31.5 | 50148 |
| Mississippi | 2967297 | 165 | 120 | 0.553 | 5.560616278 | 21.9 | 19.6 | 31688 |
| Missouri | 5988927 | 419 | 321 | 0.417 | 6.9962449033 | 15.5 | 25.2 | 42204 |
| Montana | 989415 | 21 | 12 | 0.577 | 2.1224663058 | 15.2 | 27.4 | 37733 |
| Nebraska | 1826341 | 51 | 32 | 0.386 | 2.7924686573 | 12.3 | 27.4 | 49569 |
| Nevada | 2700551 | 158 | 84 | 0.338 | 5.8506578843 | 15.4 | 21.8 | 44589 |
| New Hampshire | 1316470 | 13 | 5 | 0.3 | 0.9874892705 | 9.2 | 32 | 48388 |
| New Jersey | 8791894 | 363 | 246 | 0.123 | 4.1288031908 | 11.1 | 34.5 | 55023 |
| New Mexico | 2059179 | 118 | 67 | 0.348 | 5.7304391702 | 20.6 | 25.3 | 40297 |
| New York | 19378102 | 860 | 517 | 0.18 | 4.4379991394 | 15.9 | 32.4 | 61267 |
| North Carolina | 9535483 | 445 | 286 | 0.413 | 4.6667798579 | 17.2 | 26.5 | 43141 |
| North Dakota | 672591 | 9 | 4 | 0.507 | 1.3381088953 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 52185 |
| Ohio | 11536504 | 460 | 310 | 0.324 | 3.9873431327 | 15.8 | 24.1 | 42667 |
| Oklahoma | 3751351 | 188 | 111 | 0.429 | 5.0115278469 | 16.6 | 22.7 | 38303 |
| Oregon | 3831074 | 78 | 36 | 0.398 | 2.0359825991 | 16.4 | 29.2 | 49601 |
| Pennsylvania | 12702379 | 646 | 457 | 0.347 | 5.0856615127 | 13.6 | 26.4 | 46387 |
| Rhode Island | 1052567 | 29 | 16 | 0.128 | 2.7551690296 | 14.8 | 30.5 | 46332 |
| South Carolina | 4625364 | 280 | 207 | 0.423 | 6.0535776211 | 17.2 | 24.3 | 35126 |
| South Dakota | 814180 | 14 | 8 | 0.566 | 1.7195214817 | 14.1 | 25.1 | 45605 |
| Tennessee | 6346105 | 356 | 219 | 0.439 | 5.6097401477 | 18.2 | 23 | 39370 |
| Texas | 25145561 | 1246 | 805 | 0.359 | 4.9551489426 | 17.2 | 25.5 | 47417 |
| Utah | 2763885 | 52 | 22 | 0.439 | 1.8814096824 | 11.8 | 28.5 | 41500 |
| Vermont | 625741 | 7 | 2 | 0.42 | 1.1186737005 | 12.2 | 33.1 | 42170 |
| Virginia | 8001024 | 369 | 250 | 0.351 | 4.6119096756 | 11.8 | 34 | 51946 |
| Washington | 6724540 | 151 | 93 | 0.331 | 2.2455067559 | 13.2 | 31 | 52679 |
| West Virginia | 1852994 | 55 | 27 | 0.554 | 2.9681693519 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 35368 |
| Wisconsin | 5686986 | 151 | 97 | 0.444 | 2.6551850136 | 13.2 | 25.7 | 44126 |
| Wyoming | 563626 | 8 | 5 | 0.597 | 1.419380937 | 10.6 | 23.8 | 64603 |