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Gun Deaths per Capita by State 2025

Gun Deaths 2022 (per 100k)

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Gun Deaths 2022 (per 100k)
# of Gun Deaths 2022
Mississippi Flag
Mississippi29.6848
Louisiana Flag
Louisiana28.21,266
New Mexico Flag
New Mexico27.3571
Alabama Flag
Alabama25.51,278
Missouri Flag
Missouri24.21,489
Montana Flag
Montana23.9274
Alaska Flag
Alaska22.4164
Arkansas Flag
Arkansas21.9666
District of Columbia Flag
District of Columbia21.4154
South Carolina Flag
South Carolina20.81,105
Tennessee Flag
Tennessee20.51,480
Wyoming Flag
Wyoming20.4124
Arizona Flag
Arizona20.11,535
Oklahoma Flag
Oklahoma19.8797
Georgia Flag
Georgia19.72,163
Nevada Flag
Nevada18.9618
Kentucky Flag
Kentucky18.8840
Indiana Flag
Indiana17.41,211
Colorado Flag
Colorado17.11,036
Idaho Flag
Idaho17.0338
Kansas Flag
Kansas16.8492
North Carolina Flag
North Carolina16.81,831
North Dakota Flag
North Dakota16.4125
West Virginia Flag
West Virginia16.2311
South Dakota Flag
South Dakota15.7141
Ohio Flag
Ohio15.61,831
Texas Flag
Texas15.34,630
Michigan Flag
Michigan15.01,504
Virginia Flag
Virginia14.91,316
Pennsylvania Flag
Pennsylvania14.71,941
Illinois Flag
Illinois14.41,798
Oregon Flag
Oregon14.4655
Florida Flag
Florida14.03,232
Wisconsin Flag
Wisconsin14.0830
Utah Flag
Utah13.7446
Maryland Flag
Maryland13.6813
Washington Flag
Washington12.41,022
Nebraska Flag
Nebraska12.2244
Vermont Flag
Vermont12.084
Delaware Flag
Delaware11.9124
Maine Flag
Maine11.7179
Iowa Flag
Iowa11.2367
New Hampshire Flag
New Hampshire10.1156
Minnesota Flag
Minnesota9.6561
California Flag
California8.63,484
Connecticut Flag
Connecticut6.9252
New York Flag
New York5.31,044
New Jersey Flag
New Jersey5.0468
Hawaii Flag
Hawaii4.566
Massachusetts Flag
Massachusetts3.7263
Rhode Island Flag
Rhode Island3.137
  • Firearm deaths per capita are typically expressed in terms of deaths per 100,000 residents, which makes the values easier to parse. For example, Alabama’s deaths per 100k is 26.4, whereas its actual deaths per capita is 0.000264, a notably less graceful numeral.