State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2019

Rank	State	Rate
1	Alaska	24.47
2	Mississippi	23.86
3	Wyoming	22.98
4	New Mexico	22.46
5	Alabama	21.94
6	Louisiana	21.79
7	Missouri	20.40
8	South Carolina	19.66
9	Montana	19.56
10	Arkansas	19.22
11	Oklahoma	18.63
12	Tennessee	18.60
13	West Virginia	16.74
14	Georgia	15.96
15	Nevada	15.91
16	Arizona	15.61
17	Kentucky	15.27
18	Colorado	14.69
19	Idaho	14.27
20	Indiana	14.23
21	Kansas	13.83
22	Ohio	13.50
23	Oregon	13.42
24	Florida	13.37
25	North Carolina	13.32
26	South Dakota	12.77
27	Texas	12.70
28	Maryland	12.52
29	Utah	12.29
30	Michigan	12.22
31	North Dakota	12.20
32	Maine	12.13
33	Pennsylvania	12.04
34	Virginia	12.01
35	New Hampshire	11.47
36	Washington	11.06
37	Illinois	10.79
38	Vermont	10.74
39	Nebraska	10.60
40	Wisconsin	10.37
41	Delaware	9.55
42	Iowa	9.32
43	Minnesota	8.25
44	California	7.45
45	Connecticut	5.33
46	Rhode Island	4.53
47	Hawaii	4.38
48	New Jersey	4.14
49	New York	4.13
50	Massachusetts	3.58
.	National Firearm Death Rate	12.10

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

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