State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2017

Rank	State	Rate
1	Alaska	24.33
2	Montana	23.23
3	Alabama	23.06
4	Louisiana	21.52
5	Missouri	21.38
6	Mississippi	21.18
7	Arkansas	20.40
8	Wyoming	19.51
9	West Virginia	19.16
10	New Mexico	18.87
11	Tennessee	18.55
12	South Carolina	17.77
13	Oklahoma	17.32
14	Nevada	16.94
15	Kentucky	16.39
16	Idaho	16.31
17	Arizona	16.16
18	Kansas	16.00
19	Georgia	15.56
20	Indiana	15.24
21	North Carolina	13.92
22	Colorado	13.89
23	North Dakota	13.64
24	Ohio	13.63
25	Utah	13.22
26	Florida	12.98
27	Maine	12.88
28	Pennsylvania	12.78
29	Oregon	12.75
30	Texas	12.41
31	Virginia	12.29
32	Maryland	12.26
33	Illinois	12.05
34	South Dakota	11.61
35	Delaware	11.54
36	Washington	11.46
37	Michigan	11.42
38	Vermont	11.22
39	New Hampshire	10.87
40	Wisconsin	10.77
41	Iowa	9.31
42	Minnesota	8.34
43	Nebraska	8.33
44	California	8.05
45	New Jersey	5.31
46	Connecticut	5.24
47	Rhode Island	4.06
48	New York	3.89
49	Massachusetts	3.82
50	Hawaii	2.73
.	National Firearm Death Rate	12.21

*Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

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