Murder

by State, Types of Weapons, 2013

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama³	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alaska	34	12	5	3	1	3	5	13	4
Arizona	304	184	133	11	11	29	56	55	9
Arkansas	154	110	53	5	5	47	22	17	5
California	1,745	1,224	805	29	48	342	238	191	92
Colorado	174	88	46	5	3	34	34	39	13
Connecticut	86	60	34	0	0	26	12	5	9
Delaware	39	33	22	1	0	10	4	2	0
District of Columbia	103	81	30	1	1	49	12	5	5
Georgia	534	411	348	11	10	42	40	74	9
Hawaii	9	6	1	2	2	1	2	1	0
Idaho	26	15	10	1	0	4	2	5	4
Illinois³	433	364	352	3	2	7	41	19	9
Indiana	311	238	149	6	7	76	19	41	13
Iowa	42	18	8	1	1	8	13	6	5
Kansas	112	78	39	9	5	25	8	16	10
Kentucky	165	111	82	10	6	13	23	22	9
Louisiana	453	356	298	8	9	41	34	40	23
Maine	24	12	3	2	1	6	5	2	5
Maryland	379	268	263	0	4	1	57	29	25
Massachusetts	135	78	35	2	0	41	25	25	7
Michigan	625	440	203	16	23	198	43	106	36
Minnesota	110	60	53	0	4	3	17	24	9
Mississippi	142	110	80	3	8	19	9	14	9
Missouri	371	273	137	14	6	116	41	45	12
Montana	15	9	5	0	1	3	3	2	1
Nebraska	57	39	11	2	0	26	8	7	3
Nevada	157	87	26	0	3	58	24	36	10
New Hampshire	21	5	3	0	0	2	6	5	5
New Jersey	401	291	229	0	2	60	53	37	20
New Mexico	106	59	46	5	2	6	19	20	8
New York	648	362	290	4	19	49	136	113	37
North Carolina	452	315	204	27	8	76	50	55	32
North Dakota	11	4	0	2	0	2	4	3	0
Ohio	434	309	208	3	4	94	37	69	19
Oklahoma	191	127	108	6	8	5	24	24	16
Oregon	78	43	15	0	4	24	12	18	5
Pennsylvania	594	440	328	20	22	70	52	74	28
Rhode Island	31	18	3	0	1	14	5	6	2
South Carolina	296	224	126	9	13	76	20	33	19
South Dakota	12	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	4
Tennessee	327	223	152	11	9	51	18	67	19
Texas	1,133	760	530	34	30	166	164	129	80
Utah	49	31	25	2	1	3	6	7	5
Vermont	9	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	3
Virginia	315	225	126	3	6	90	30	40	20
Washington	155	86	47	0	7	32	29	27	13
West Virginia	54	30	17	3	3	7	2	20	2
Wisconsin	157	103	72	6	6	19	18	24	12
Wyoming	15	9	6	3	0	0	2	4	0
Guam	9	2	1	0	0	1	4	1	2
Virgin Islands	14	14	13	0	0	1	0	0	0

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