This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, and over 80% of homicides.

In 2021, gun deaths rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s.

A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles.

2024 overall gun death rates and counts The statistics are from 2024 CDC data.

+ 2024 overall gun death rates (per 100,000 population) and counts Location Death rates DeathsMississippi28.0810New Mexico26.6563Alaska24.4182Alabama23.71212Wyoming23.4143Louisiana22.91031Arkansas20.6638Montana20.2247Tennessee19.81448District of Columbia19.7148Missouri19.61234South Carolina19.51064Oklahoma19.1794Kentucky18.5870Georgia17.61985South Dakota17.3159Indiana17.21196Nevada17.2582Arizona16.91331North Carolina16.31835Idaho15.9331Colorado15.3961West Virginia15.3281Kansas15.2446Ohio14.61745Oregon14.2663Texas13.94389Utah13.3454Virginia12.81153Florida12.73191Illinois12.41563North Dakota12.295Wisconsin12.1735Maine11.9181Michigan11.91228Pennsylvania11.91624Delaware11.8123Iowa11.8389Maryland11.6716Washington11.0915Nebraska10.9218Vermont10.676New Hampshire10.2152Minnesota9.8582California7.02853Connecticut5.8224Rhode Island4.655New York4.4896New Jersey4393Massachusetts3.8287Hawaii3.756

2021 gun death rates for suicide and homicide

The statistics are from 2021 CDC data. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. The percent of households with guns by US state is from the RAND Corporation, and is for 2016.

+ 2021 gun death rates for suicide and homicide. And overall rates for each. Location Gun suicide rate Suicide rate Gun homicide rate Homicide rate % gun at home 7.9 14.5 6.3 7.8 23.7 32.8 1.7 2.8 61% 21.6 31.7 2.7 4.2 65% 19.4 30.0 4.2 6.7 57% 14.4 25.2 10.9 14.5 36% 13.8 22.0 6.4 8.6 55% 13.8 20.4 1.5 2.2 58% 13.2 20.1 2.6 3.1 53% 13.1 22.0 6.3 8.4 33% 12.9 20.4 9.3 11.1 52% 12.8 23.8 4.7 6.3 38% 12.7 21.0 4.8 6.4 60% 12.4 16.4 12.9 14.8 53% 12.1 19.1 9.9 11.6 53% 12.1 20.3 5.9 7.7 36% 11.9 20.9 3.4 4.8 41% 11.8 18.1 8.1 9.0 53% 11.8 19.1 4.9 6.1 42% 11.7 17.5 10.2 11.6 47% 11.5 20.2 0.9 1.5 48% 11.5 22.0 1.5 50% 11.3 16.3 19.8 22.2 54% 10.9 22.7 2.8 5.0 55% 10.9 19.3 2.1 2.7 40% 10.5 15.5 10.7 12.6 45% 10.3 15.5 9.5 11.2 38% 10.2 16.6 7.6 9.2 42% 10.0 14.9 17.4 20.4 52% 9.2 17.2 2.0 2.9 39% 8.9 15.4 5.3 6.7 29% 8.7 13.7 8.1 9.4 37% 8.6 14.2 6.6 8.1 36% 8.4 15.0 7.4 8.7 42% 8.2 15.3 4.9 5.9 47% 8.2 13.7 5.8 7.0 35% 8.1 14.8 7.0 8.2 39% 8.0 16.1 1.1 46% 8.0 15.9 3.3 4.5 32% 7.7 14.5 6.6 8.5 40% 7.6 13.7 8.0 10.3 39% 7.4 14.7 2.3 3.6 39% 6.9 14.2 2.9 4.1 39% 5.2 11.5 10.2 11.7 23% 5.0 10.1 9.6 11.5 17% 4.0 10.6 4.7 6.4 16% 3.4 11.1 3.2 4.4 19% 3.3 10.7 2.5 3.7 14% 2.9 14.0 1.6 2.7 9% 2.2 8.4 3.1 4.6 14% 2.1 7.4 3.0 4.4 9% 1.9 8.6 1.4 2.3 9% 1.8 6.9 25.2 33.3

2021 gun death count totals, and by category

The statistics are from 2021 CDC data.

Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed.

+ 2021 gun death totals by intent State Gun deaths Suicide Homicide Accident 48,830 26,328 20,958 549 537 4,613 2,528 1,942 53 38 3,576 1,575 1,861 32 89 3,142 1,928 1,150 18 25 2,200 1,115 1,021 25 22 1,995 656 1,292 15 18 1,911 991 872 21 12 1,905 997 861 25 13 1,839 916 850 46 15 1,569 814 714 11 1,544 810 701 1,414 747 609 24 15 1,365 879 430 26 1,315 623 650 19 11 1,314 463 804 27 1,251 695 517 15 10 1,248 709 505 12 1,136 546 558 21 1,078 439 613 15 1,064 745 276 29 962 333 583 21 947 534 364 25 915 310 592 0 896 617 254 836 551 257 11 793 484 290 698 391 281 11 670 505 146 12 633 413 199 578 305 230 26 573 393 164 10 503 345 145 10 475 195 276 0 450 364 70 364 293 64 319 227 86 309 262 28 11 280 239 30 248 122 116 247 136 99 0 200 145 46 185 12 169 0 182 142 31 178 158 12 158 76 80 0 155 137 10 128 102 20 0 128 98 25 0 123 111 83 74 0 71 42 23 64 36 27 0

See also

Gun violence in the United States Gun politics in the United States Gun laws in the United States by state Right to keep and bear arms in the United States Suicide in the United States Crime in the United States List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate List of United States cities by crime rate Index of gun politics articles List of cities by murder rate Number of guns per capita by country Percent of households with guns by country List of countries by firearm-related death rate

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