MURDER RATES PER 100,000 PEOPLE

YEAR	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996
Louisiana	11.2	11.8	11.9	14.2	12.4	9.9	12.7	13	13.2	11.2	12.5	10.7	12.8	15.7	17.5
Maryland	7.4	7.7	8.8	9.8	9.7	9.9	9.4	9.5	9.4	8.3	8.1	9	10	9.9	11.6
Missouri	7.0	6.5	7.7	6.5	6.3	6.9	6.2	5	5.8	6.6	6.2	6.6	7.3	7.9	8.1
Mississippi	7.0	6.6	8.1	7.1	7.7	7.3	7.8	9.3	9.2	9.9	9	7.7	11.4	13.1	11.1
New Mexico	6.9	9.9	7.2	8.2	6.8	7.4	8.9	6	8.2	5.4	7.4	9.8	10.9	7.7	11.5
Arizona	6.4	5.8	6.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.2	7.9	7.1	7.5	7	8	8.1	8.2	8.5
South Carolina	6.1	6.7	6.8	8	8.3	7.4	6.9	7.2	7.3	6.3	5.8	6.6	8	8.4	9
Nevada	5.9	5.9	6.3	7.5	9	8.5	7.4	8.8	8.3	8.5	6.5	9.1	9.7	11.2	13.7
Georgia	5.8	5.8	6.6	7.5	6.4	6.2	6.9	7.6	7.1	7.1	8	7.5	8.1	7.5	9.5
Alabama	5.7	6.8	7.6	8.9	8.3	8.2	5.6	6.6	6.8	8.5	7.4	7.9	8.1	9.9	10.4
Michigan	5.7	6.2	5.4	6.7	7.1	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.7	6.7	6.7	7	7.3	7.5
Tennessee	5.6	7.4	6.6	6.4	6.8	7.2	5.9	6.8	7.2	7.4	7.2	7.1	8.5	9.5	9.5
Illinois	5.5	6.0	6.1	5.9	6.1	6	6.1	7.1	7.5	7.9	7.2	7.7	8.4	9.2	10
Delaware	5.3	4.6	6.5	4.3	4.9	4.4	2	2.9	3.2	2.9	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.5	4.3
Florida	5.2	5.5	6.4	6.6	6.2	5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.3	5.6	6.7	6.5	6.9	7.5
Oklahoma	5.2	6.3	5.8	6.1	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.9	4.7	5.3	5.3	6.9	6.1	6.9	6.8
Pennsylvania	5.2	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.9	6.1	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.3	4.9	4.9	5.3	5.9	5.7
Texas	5.0	5.4	5.6	5.9	5.9	6.2	6.1	6.4	6	6.2	5.9	6.1	6.8	6.8	7.7
North Carolina	5.0	5.2	6.5	6.5	6.1	6.7	6.2	6.1	6.6	6.2	7	7.2	8.1	8.3	8.5
California	4.9	5.3	5.8	6.2	6.8	6.9	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.4	6.1	6	6.6	8	9.1
Arkansas	4.7	6.2	5.7	6.7	7.3	6.7	6.4	6.4	5.2	5.5	6.3	5.6	8	9.9	8.7
Virginia	4.6	4.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	6.1	5.2	5.6	5.3	5.1	5.7	5.7	6.2	7.2	7.5
Indiana	4.5	4.9	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.1	5.5	5.9	6.8	5.8	6.6	7.7	7.3	7.2
New York	4.5	4.0	4.3	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.6	4.9	4.7	5	5	5	5.1	6	7.4
Alaska	4.4	3.1	4.1	6.4	5.4	4.8	5.6	6	5.1	6.1	4.3	8.6	6.7	8.9	7.4
Kentucky	4.3	4.3	4.6	4.8	4	4.6	5.7	4.6	4.5	4.7	4.8	5.4	4.6	5.8	5.9
New Jersey	4.2	3.7	4.3	4.4	4.9	4.8	4.5	4.7	3.9	4	3.4	3.5	4	4.2	4.2
Ohio	4.1	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.7	5.1	4.5	4.6	4.6	4	3.7	3.5	4	4.7	4.8
Connecticut	3.6	3.0	3.5	3	3.1	2.9	2.6	3	2.3	3.1	2.9	3.3	4.1	3.8	4.8
Kansas	3.5	4.4	4	3.9	4.6	3.7	4.5	4.5	2.9	3.4	6.3	6	5.9	6	6.6
West Virginia	3.3	4.6	3.3	3.5	4.1	4.4	3.7	3.5	3.2	2.2	2.5	4.4	4.3	4.1	3.8
Massachusetts	3.2	2.6	2.6	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.2	2.7	2.3	2	2	2	1.9	2.6
Nebraska	3.0	2.3	3.8	3.8	2.8	2.5	2.3	3.2	2.8	2.5	3.7	3.6	3.1	3	2.9
Rhode Island	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.8	2.6	3.2	2.4	2.3	3.8	3.7	4.3	3.6	2.4	2.5	2.5
South Dakota	2.8	3.7	3.2	2.1	1.2	2.3	2.3	1.3	1.4	0.9	0.9	2.5	1.4	1.4	1.2
Wisconsin	2.7	2.6	2.6	3.3	3	3.5	2.8	3.3	2.8	3.6	3.2	3.4	3.6	4	4.2
Montana	2.6	3.3	2.4	1.5	1.8	1.9	3.2	3.3	1.8	3.8	1.8	2.6	4.1	4.8	3.9
Colorado	2.4	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.7	4.4	3.9	4	3.6	3.1	4.6	4.6	4	4.7
Oregon	2.4	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.5	1.9	2	2.4	2	2.7	3.8	2.9	4
Washington	2.3	2.9	2.9	2.7	3	3.3	3.1	3	3	3	3.3	3	3.9	4.3	4.6
Utah	1.9	1.4	1.4	2.2	1.8	2.3	1.9	2.5	2	3	1.9	2.1	3.1	2.4	3.2
Maine	1.8	2.0	2.4	1.6	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.2	2.2	2	2	2
Hawaii	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.9	2.6	1.7	1.9	2.6	2.9	3.7	2	4	3.4
Minnesota	1.8	1.4	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.2	2.4	3.1	2.8	2.6	2.8	3.6
North Dakota	1.5	1.9	0.5	1.9	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.9	0.8	1.1	0.6	1.6	1.1	0.9	2.2
Wyoming	1.4	2.0	1.9	3.1	1.7	2.7	2.2	2.8	3	1.8	2.4	2.3	4.8	3.5	3.3
Idaho	1.3	1.6	1.5	3.3	2.5	2.4	2.2	1.8	2.7	2.3	1.2	2	2.9	3.2	3.6
Iowa	1.3	1.3	2.5	1.2	1.8	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.9	1.8	1.9
Vermont	1.1	1.3	2.7	1.9	1.9	1.3	2.6	2.3	2.1	1.1	1.5	2.9	2.6	1.5	1.9
New Hampshire	1.0	0.8	1	1.1	1	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.9	1.4	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.7