Firearm Murder Rate in US in 2015

The USA had 10,383 murders by firearm in 2015.

This works out at 1 Firearm murder per 30,982 population of the USA

Ranked Firearm Murder in the USA by Population in 2015

1 Firearm murder per 3,984 population of U.S. Virgin Islands
1 Firearm murder per 5,556 population of DC
1 Firearm murder per 12,324 population of Louisiana


The USA had 10,383 murders by firearm in 2015..

This works out at 1 Firearm murder per 30,982 population of the USA

Ranked Firearm Murder in the USA by Population in 2015

1 Firearm murder per 3,984 population of U.S. Virgin Islands
1 Firearm murder per 5,556 population of DC
1 Firearm murder per 12,324 population of Louisiana
1 Firearm murder per 14,554 population of Missouri
1 Firearm murder per 15,693 population of South Carolina
1 Firearm murder per 18,191 population of Delaware
1 Firearm murder per 18,934 population of Alaska
1 Firearm murder per 21,528 population of Maryland
1 Firearm murder per 22,015 population of Georgia
1 Firearm murder per 22,223 population of Tennessee
1 Firearm murder per 23,749 population of Mississippi
1 Firearm murder per 25,508 population of Michigan
1 Firearm murder per 25,583 population of Nevada
1 Firearm murder per 25,760 population of Pennsylvania
1 Firearm murder per 26,251 population of Oklahoma
1 Firearm murder per 26,429 population of Florida
1 Firearm murder per 27,075 population of Arkansas
1 Firearm murder per 28,450 population of North Carolina
1 Firearm murder per 29,227 population of Illinois
1 Firearm murder per 30,319 population of Texas
1 Firearm murder per 30,484 population of Virginia
1 Firearm murder per 30,702 population of California
1 Firearm murder per 30,982 population of the USA
1 Firearm murder per 31,384 population of Kentucky
1 Firearm murder per 31,673 population of Indiana
1 Firearm murder per 31,996 population of Kansas
1 Firearm murder per 33,949 population of Wisconsin
1 Firearm murder per 35,129 population of New Jersey
1 Firearm murder per 36,751 population of Ohio
1 Firearm murder per 37,234 population of New Mexico
1 Firearm murder per 39,930 population of Arizona
1 Firearm murder per 44,097 population of Nebraska
1 Firearm murder per 47,448 population of Colorado
1 Firearm murder per 49,190 population of Connecticut
1 Firearm murder per 50,854 population of Washington
1 Firearm murder per 51,686 population of New York
1 Firearm murder per 53,932 population of Guam
1 Firearm murder per 57,386 population of Montana
1 Firearm murder per 58,611 population of Wyoming
1 Firearm murder per 61,471 population of West Virginia
1 Firearm murder per 63,753 population of Iowa
1 Firearm murder per 68,955 population of Idaho
1 Firearm murder per 69,489 population of Minnesota
1 Firearm murder per 71,539 population of South Dakota
1 Firearm murder per 78,255 population of Vermont
1 Firearm murder per 83,083 population of Maine
1 Firearm murder per 83,882 population of Massachusetts
1 Firearm murder per 84,103 population of North Dakota
1 Firearm murder per 88,115 population of Utah
1 Firearm murder per 105,630 population of Rhode Island
1 Firearm murder per 118,499 population of Oregon
1 Firearm murder per 166,326 population of New Hampshire
1 Firearm murder per 357,901 population of Hawaii
1 Firearm murder per 1,619,660 population of Alabama

Sources:

  • xls file at: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2011-2015.xls
  • http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/Data-Statistics/UCR-Offense-Data.aspx

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