State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2008

 

Rank State Rate
1 
 Alaska 20.64
2 
 Mississippi 19.32
3 
 Louisiana 18.47
4 
 Alabama 17.53
5
 Wyoming 17.45
6
 Montana 16.01
7 Tennessee 15.78
8 Arkansas 15.48
9 Nevada 15.44
10 New Mexico  14.80
11 Oklahoma 14.08
12 Arizona 13.96
13 Missouri 13.73
14 South Carolina  13.66
15 Kentucky 13.43
16 West Virginia  13.17
17 Florida 12.67
18 North Carolina  12.54
19 Georgia 12.14
20 Maryland 11.75
21 Idaho 11.46
22 Indiana 11.32
23 Delaware 10.84
24 Michigan 10.81
25 Pennsylvania 10.70
26 Texas 10.69
27 Virginia 10.48
28 Colorado 10.39
29 South Dakota  10.32
30 Oregon 10.18
31 Kansas 9.90
32 Ohio 9.67
33 Maine 9.24
34 North Dakota  9.20
35 Washington 8.94
36 Utah 8.73
37 Vermont 8.69
38  California 8.67
39  Illinois 8.60
40 Nebraska 8.42
41 Wisconsin 7.87
42 Iowa 7.48
43 Minnesota 7.09
44 New Hampshire  7.04
45 Connecticut 5.71
46 (tie) New Jersey  4.95
46 (tie) New York  4.95
48 Rhode Island  4.18
49 Massachusetts 3.42
50 Hawaii  3.18
. National Firearm Death Rate 10.38

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