State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2018

Rank	State	Rate
1	Mississippi	22.80
2	Alabama	21.77
3	Wyoming	21.46
4	Missouri	21.40
5	Louisiana	21.27
6	Alaska	21.02
7	New Mexico	20.90
8	Arkansas	19.01
9	West Virginia	18.99
10	Tennessee	18.14
11	Nevada	18.13
12	South Carolina	17.60
13	Montana	17.51
14	Kentucky	17.05
15	Oklahoma	16.86
16	Idaho	16.76
17	Arizona	15.99
18	Georgia	15.97
19	Colorado	15.61
20	Indiana	14.60
21	Kansas	14.56
22	North Carolina	13.64
23	Florida	13.62
24	Ohio	13.30
25	South Dakota	13.26
26	Michigan	13.11
27	Vermont	13.09
28	Pennsylvania	12.91
29	Utah	12.56
30	Oregon	12.38
31	Texas	12.27
32	Virginia	12.15
33	Maine	11.88
34	North Dakota	11.71
35	Maryland	11.70
36	New Hampshire	11.43
37	Delaware	11.06
38	Illinois	10.85
39	Washington	10.74
40	Wisconsin	10.29
41	Nebraska	9.49
42	Iowa	8.93
43	Minnesota	7.79
44	California	7.69
45	Connecticut	5.21
46	New Jersey	4.71
47	New York	4.20
48	Hawaii	4.15
49	Massachusetts	3.74
50	Rhode Island	3.50
.	National Firearm Death Rate	12.15

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

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