State Rankings
According to CDC mortality data, in 2023 the national Black homicide victimization rate was 26.6 per 100,000. For that year, Missouri ranked first as the state with the highest Black homicide victimization rate. Its rate of 54.9 per 100,000 was more than twice the national average for Black homicide victimization. The 10 states with the highest Black homicide victimization rates are listed in Table 3. In order to ensure rankings contain stable rates, states with fewer than 10 Black homicide victims were not included in the rankings for 2023. These victims are included in the U.S. total and rate.
Additional information for each of the states ranked in the top 10 in 2023 can be found in Appendix One, including age and sex of victims and most common weapons used.
NOTE: Prior editions of this report published in 2023 and earlier used FBI crime data for state rankings. As the current report and last year’s report use CDC mortality data, the state rankings in this report are not directly comparable to rankings published in reports from 2023 and earlier. Any comparisons with previous years should note this transition in data sources (FBI crime data to CDC mortality data).
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