This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, and over 80% of homicides.
Handguns are involved in most U.S. gun homicides.
Annual gun-related death rates are positively correlated with household gun ownership rates.
A 2023 study concluded that more restrictive state gun policies reduced homicide and suicide gun deaths.
In 2021, gun deaths rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s.
A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles.
2022 overall gun death rates and counts
The statistics are from 2022 CDC data.
| Location | Death rates | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 29.6 | 848 |
| Louisiana | 28.2 | 1,266 |
| New Mexico | 27.3 | 571 |
| Alabama | 25.5 | 1,278 |
| Missouri | 24.2 | 1,489 |
| Montana | 23.9 | 274 |
| Alaska | 22.4 | 164 |
| Arkansas | 21.9 | 666 |
| District Of Columbia | 21.4 | 154 |
| South Carolina | 20.8 | 1,105 |
| Tennessee | 20.5 | 1,480 |
| Wyoming | 20.4 | 124 |
| Arizona | 20.1 | 1,535 |
| Oklahoma | 19.8 | 797 |
| Georgia | 19.7 | 2,163 |
| Nevada | 18.9 | 618 |
| Kentucky | 18.8 | 840 |
| Indiana | 17.4 | 1,211 |
| Colorado | 17.1 | 1,036 |
| Idaho | 17 | 338 |
| Kansas | 16.8 | 492 |
| North Carolina | 16.8 | 1,831 |
| North Dakota | 16.4 | 125 |
| West Virginia | 16.2 | 311 |
| South Dakota | 15.7 | 141 |
| Ohio | 15.6 | 1,831 |
| Texas | 15.3 | 4,630 |
| Michigan | 15 | 1,504 |
| Virginia | 14.9 | 1,316 |
| Pennsylvania | 14.7 | 1,941 |
| Illinois | 14.4 | 1,798 |
| Oregon | 14.4 | 655 |
| Florida | 14 | 3,232 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 830 |
| Utah | 13.7 | 446 |
| Maryland | 13.6 | 813 |
| Washington | 12.4 | 1,022 |
| Nebraska | 12.2 | 244 |
| Vermont | 12 | 84 |
| Delaware | 11.9 | 124 |
| Maine | 11.7 | 179 |
| Iowa | 11.2 | 367 |
| New Hampshire | 10.1 | 156 |
| Minnesota | 9.6 | 561 |
| California | 8.6 | 3,484 |
| Connecticut | 6.9 | 252 |
| New York | 5.3 | 1,044 |
| New Jersey | 5 | 468 |
| Hawaii | 4.5 | 66 |
| Massachusetts | 3.7 | 263 |
| Rhode Island | 3.1 | 37 |
2021 gun death rates for suicide and homicide
The statistics are from 2021 CDC data. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. The percent of households with guns by US state is from the RAND Corporation, and is for 2016.
| Location | Gun suicide rate | Suicide rate | Gun homicide rate | Homicide rate | % gun at home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7.9 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | |
| Wyoming | 23.7 | 32.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 61% |
| Montana | 21.6 | 31.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 65% |
| Alaska | 19.4 | 30.0 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 57% |
| New Mexico | 14.4 | 25.2 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 36% |
| Oklahoma | 13.8 | 22.0 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 55% |
| Idaho | 13.8 | 20.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 58% |
| North Dakota | 13.2 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 53% |
| Nevada | 13.1 | 22.0 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 33% |
| Arkansas | 12.9 | 20.4 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 52% |
| Colorado | 12.8 | 23.8 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 38% |
| West Virginia | 12.7 | 21.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 60% |
| Alabama | 12.4 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 14.8 | 53% |
| Missouri | 12.1 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 53% |
| Arizona | 12.1 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 36% |
| Oregon | 11.9 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 41% |
| Kentucky | 11.8 | 18.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 53% |
| Kansas | 11.8 | 19.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 42% |
| Tennessee | 11.7 | 17.5 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 47% |
| Maine | 11.5 | 20.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 48% |
| Vermont | 11.5 | 22.0 | 1.5 | 50% | |
| Mississippi | 11.3 | 16.3 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 54% |
| South Dakota | 10.9 | 22.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 55% |
| Utah | 10.9 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 40% |
| South Carolina | 10.5 | 15.5 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 45% |
| Georgia | 10.3 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 38% |
| Indiana | 10.2 | 16.6 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 42% |
| Louisiana | 10.0 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 52% |
| Iowa | 9.2 | 17.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 39% |
| Florida | 8.9 | 15.4 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 29% |
| North Carolina | 8.7 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 37% |
| Texas | 8.6 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 36% |
| Ohio | 8.4 | 15.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 42% |
| Wisconsin | 8.2 | 15.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 47% |
| Virginia | 8.2 | 13.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 35% |
| Michigan | 8.1 | 14.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 39% |
| New Hampshire | 8.0 | 16.1 | 1.1 | 46% | |
| Washington | 8.0 | 15.9 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 32% |
| Pennsylvania | 7.7 | 14.5 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 40% |
| Delaware | 7.6 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 39% |
| Nebraska | 7.4 | 14.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 39% |
| Minnesota | 6.9 | 14.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 39% |
| Illinois | 5.2 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 23% |
| Maryland | 5.0 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 17% |
| California | 4.0 | 10.6 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 16% |
| Connecticut | 3.4 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 19% |
| Rhode Island | 3.3 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 14% |
| Hawaii | 2.9 | 14.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 9% |
| New York | 2.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 14% |
| New Jersey | 2.1 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 9% |
| Massachusetts | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9% |
| District of Columbia | 1.8 | 6.9 | 25.2 | 33.3 |
2021 gun death count totals, and by category
The statistics are from 2021 CDC data.
Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed.
| State | Gun deaths | Suicide | Homicide | Accident | Law |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48,830 | 26,328 | 20,958 | 549 | 537 |
| Texas | 4,613 | 2,528 | 1,942 | 53 | 38 |
| California | 3,576 | 1,575 | 1,861 | 32 | 89 |
| Florida | 3,142 | 1,928 | 1,150 | 18 | 25 |
| Georgia | 2,200 | 1,115 | 1,021 | 25 | 22 |
| Illinois | 1,995 | 656 | 1,292 | 15 | 18 |
| Ohio | 1,911 | 991 | 872 | 21 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,905 | 997 | 861 | 25 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 1,839 | 916 | 850 | 46 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 1,569 | 814 | 714 | 11 | |
| Michigan | 1,544 | 810 | 701 | ||
| Missouri | 1,414 | 747 | 609 | 24 | 15 |
| Arizona | 1,365 | 879 | 430 | 26 | |
| Alabama | 1,315 | 623 | 650 | 19 | 11 |
| Louisiana | 1,314 | 463 | 804 | 27 | |
| Indiana | 1,251 | 695 | 517 | 15 | 10 |
| Virginia | 1,248 | 709 | 505 | 12 | |
| South Carolina | 1,136 | 546 | 558 | 21 | |
| New York | 1,078 | 439 | 613 | 15 | |
| Colorado | 1,064 | 745 | 276 | 29 | |
| Mississippi | 962 | 333 | 583 | 21 | |
| Kentucky | 947 | 534 | 364 | 25 | |
| Maryland | 915 | 310 | 592 | 0 | |
| Washington | 896 | 617 | 254 | ||
| Oklahoma | 836 | 551 | 257 | 11 | |
| Wisconsin | 793 | 484 | 290 | ||
| Arkansas | 698 | 391 | 281 | 11 | |
| Oregon | 670 | 505 | 146 | 12 | |
| Nevada | 633 | 413 | 199 | ||
| New Mexico | 578 | 305 | 230 | 26 | |
| Minnesota | 573 | 393 | 164 | 10 | |
| Kansas | 503 | 345 | 145 | 10 | |
| New Jersey | 475 | 195 | 276 | 0 | |
| Utah | 450 | 364 | 70 | ||
| Iowa | 364 | 293 | 64 | ||
| West Virginia | 319 | 227 | 86 | ||
| Idaho | 309 | 262 | 28 | 11 | |
| Montana | 280 | 239 | 30 | ||
| Connecticut | 248 | 122 | 116 | ||
| Massachusetts | 247 | 136 | 99 | 0 | |
| Nebraska | 200 | 145 | 46 | ||
| District of Columbia | 185 | 12 | 169 | 0 | |
| Alaska | 182 | 142 | 31 | ||
| Maine | 178 | 158 | 12 | ||
| Delaware | 158 | 76 | 80 | 0 | |
| Wyoming | 155 | 137 | 10 | ||
| North Dakota | 128 | 102 | 20 | 0 | |
| South Dakota | 128 | 98 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Hampshire | 123 | 111 | |||
| Vermont | 83 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Hawaii | 71 | 42 | 23 | ||
| Rhode Island | 64 | 36 | 27 | 0 |
See also
- Gun violence in the United States
- Gun politics in the United States
- Gun laws in the United States by state
- Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
- Suicide in the United States
- Crime in the United States
- List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate
- List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate
- List of United States cities by crime rate
- Index of gun politics articles
- List of cities by murder rate
- Number of guns per capita by country
- Percent of households with guns by country
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
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