Murder

by State, Types of Weapons, 2015

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama³	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Alaska	57	39	12	2	1	24	7	8	3
Arizona	278	171	128	4	3	36	42	55	10
Arkansas	164	110	51	10	4	45	18	30	6
California	1,861	1,275	855	34	33	353	263	233	90
Colorado	176	115	65	12	6	32	25	19	17
Connecticut	107	73	29	0	2	42	16	9	9
Delaware	63	52	26	0	0	26	6	3	2
District of Columbia	162	121	65	1	0	55	28	8	5
Georgia	565	464	394	16	10	44	38	60	3
Hawaii	19	4	1	1	0	2	6	2	7
Idaho	30	24	17	4	0	3	3	3	0
Illinois³	497	440	431	2	1	6	29	25	3
Indiana	272	209	147	9	5	48	22	29	12
Iowa	72	49	31	0	2	16	10	5	8
Kansas	125	91	51	4	4	32	9	14	11
Kentucky	209	141	91	1	9	40	30	26	12
Louisiana	474	379	207	7	9	156	46	43	6
Maine	23	16	15	0	0	1	3	1	3
Maryland	372	279	266	3	3	7	44	33	16
Massachusetts	126	81	33	1	0	47	27	11	7
Michigan	571	389	148	10	10	221	52	103	27
Minnesota	133	79	47	6	9	17	21	23	10
Mississippi	159	126	102	3	5	16	11	14	8
Missouri	499	418	233	12	11	162	26	40	15
Montana	36	18	13	0	0	5	8	3	7
Nebraska	61	43	41	1	1	0	9	8	1
Nevada	177	113	17	1	1	94	25	30	9
New Hampshire	14	8	4	0	0	4	6	0	0
New Jersey	353	255	200	3	0	52	38	41	19
New Mexico	94	56	14	1	2	39	18	19	1
New York	611	383	331	1	5	46	104	104	20
North Carolina	506	353	235	10	21	87	41	77	35
North Dakota	17	9	5	0	0	4	3	1	4
Ohio	480	316	184	12	7	113	39	103	22
Oklahoma	233	149	113	8	9	19	33	32	19
Oregon	71	34	17	1	5	11	12	22	3
Pennsylvania	651	497	386	10	11	90	65	67	22
Rhode Island	27	10	3	0	1	6	10	6	1
South Carolina	394	312	201	7	10	94	34	34	14
South Dakota	27	12	5	1	5	1	8	2	5
Tennessee	402	297	204	13	7	73	40	51	14
Texas	1,276	906	610	19	36	241	146	135	89
Utah	54	34	26	2	0	6	5	6	9
Vermont	10	8	2	4	0	2	0	1	1
Virginia	383	275	148	6	7	114	51	43	14
Washington	209	141	84	3	5	49	18	36	14
West Virginia	57	30	19	1	1	9	6	17	4
Wisconsin	238	170	122	5	4	39	37	25	6
Wyoming	16	10	4	0	3	3	2	3	1
Guam	6	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	35	26	12	1	0	13	3	6	0

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