Gun death and violence in the United States by state explained

This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides.[1]

Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s.[2]

A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles.[3]

Gun death rates

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021.[1] Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. Gun ownership estimates are from the RAND Corporation.[4]

Gun death rates per 100,000 people! Location !! Gun suicide rate !! Suicide rate !! Gun homicide rate !! Homicide rate !! % gun at home
7.9 14.5 6.3 7.8
23.7 32.8 1.7 2.8 61%
21.6 31.7 2.7 4.2 65%
19.4 30.0 4.2 6.7 57%
14.4 25.2 10.9 14.5 36%
13.8 22.0 6.4 8.6 55%
13.8 20.4 1.5 2.2 58%
13.2 20.1 2.6 3.1 53%
13.1 22.0 6.3 8.4 33%
12.9 20.4 9.3 11.1 52%
12.8 23.8 4.7 6.3 38%
12.7 21.0 4.8 6.4 60%
12.4 16.4 12.9 14.8 53%
12.1 19.1 9.9 11.6 53%
12.1 20.3 5.9 7.7 36%
11.9 20.9 3.4 4.8 41%
11.8 18.1 8.1 9.0 53%
11.8 19.1 4.9 6.1 42%
11.7 17.5 10.2 11.6 47%
11.5 20.2 0.9 1.5 48%
11.5 22.0 1.5 50%
11.3 16.3 19.8 22.2 54%
10.9 22.7 2.8 5.0 55%
10.9 19.3 2.1 2.7 40%
10.5 15.5 10.7 12.6 45%
10.3 15.5 9.5 11.2 38%
10.2 16.6 7.6 9.2 42%
10.0 14.9 17.4 20.4 52%
9.2 17.2 2.0 2.9 39%
8.9 15.4 5.3 6.7 29%
8.7 13.7 8.1 9.4 37%
8.6 14.2 6.6 8.1 36%
8.4 15.0 7.4 8.7 42%
8.2 15.3 4.9 5.9 47%
8.2 13.7 5.8 7.0 35%
8.1 14.8 7.0 8.2 39%
8.0 16.1 1.1 46%
8.0 15.9 3.3 4.5 32%
7.7 14.5 6.6 8.5 40%
7.6 13.7 8.0 10.3 39%
7.4 14.7 2.3 3.6 39%
6.9 14.2 2.9 4.1 39%
5.2 11.5 10.2 11.7 23%
5.0 10.1 9.6 11.5 17%
4.0 10.6 4.7 6.4 16%
3.4 11.1 3.2 4.4 19%
3.3 10.7 2.5 3.7 14%
2.9 14.0 1.6 2.7 9%
2.2 8.4 3.1 4.6 14%
2.1 7.4 3.0 4.4 9%
1.9 8.6 1.4 2.3 9%
1.8 6.9 25.2 33.3

Gun death totals

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021.[1]

Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed.[5]

Gun deaths by intent! State !! Gun deaths !! Suicide !! Homicide !! Accident !!
48,830 26,328 20,958 549 537
4,613 2,528 1,942 53 38
3,576 1,575 1,861 32 89
3,142 1,928 1,150 18 25
2,200 1,115 1,021 25 22
1,995 656 1,292 15 18
1,911 991 872 21 12
1,905 997 861 25 13
1,839 916 850 46 15
1,569 814 714 11
1,544 810 701
1,414 747 609 24 15
1,365 879 430 26
1,315 623 650 19 11
1,314 463 804 27
1,251 695 517 15 10
1,248 709 505 12
1,136 546 558 21
1,078 439 613 15
1,064 745 276 29
962 333 583 21
947 534 364 25
915 310 592 0
896 617 254
836 551 257 11
793 484 290
698 391 281 11
670 505 146 12
633 413 199
578 305 230 26
573 393 164 10
503 345 145 10
475 195 276 0
450 364 70
364 293 64
319 227 86
309 262 28 11
280 239 30
248 122 116
247 136 99 0
200 145 46
185 12 169 0
182 142 31
178 158 12
158 76 80 0
155 137 10
128 102 20 0
128 98 25 0
123 111
83 74 0
71 42 23
64 36 27 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Underlying Cause of Death . cdc.gov . 11 Feb 2024.
  2. Web site: What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. . 26 Apr 2023 . pewresearch.org . 16 Feb 2024.
  3. Firearms: the leading cause of years of potential life lost . 4 Feb 2022 . Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open . 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000766 . 35141422 . 11 Feb 2024 . Klein . Joshua . Prabhakaran . Kartik . Latifi . Rifat . Rhee . Peter . 7 . e000766 . 8819782 .
  4. Web site: State-Level Estimates of Household Firearm Ownership . 22 Apr 2020 . rand.org . 11 Feb 2024.
  5. Web site: Data Release Questions . 31 Aug 2023 . cdc.gov . 11 Feb 2024.

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