Table 9: Crime (Violent Crime Rate Per 100,000 Population (1996);
Inverse
Rank)
STATE |
INVERSE RANK |
VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100,000 |
ALABAMA |
30 |
565 |
ALASKA |
41 |
728 |
ARIZONA |
34 |
632 |
ARKANSAS |
27 |
524 |
CALIFORNIA |
45 |
863 |
COLORADO |
18 |
405 |
CONNECTICUT |
19 |
412 |
DELAWARE |
39 |
668 |
FLORIDA |
50 |
1,051 |
GEORGIA |
36 |
639 |
HAWAII |
12 |
281 |
IDAHO |
10 |
267 |
ILLINOIS |
46 |
886 |
INDIANA |
29 |
537 |
IOWA |
11 |
273 |
KANSAS |
20 |
414 |
KENTUCKY |
13 |
321 |
LOUISIANA |
47 |
929 |
MAINE |
4 |
125 |
MARYLAND |
48 |
931 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
37 |
642 |
MICHIGAN |
35 |
635 |
MINNESOTA |
15 |
339 |
MISSISSIPPI |
26 |
488 |
MISSOURI |
32 |
591 |
MONTANA |
5 |
161 |
NEBRASKA |
24 |
435 |
NEVADA |
43 |
811 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
2 |
118 |
NEW JERSEY |
28 |
532 |
NEW MEXICO |
44 |
841 |
NEW YORK |
40 |
727 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
31 |
588 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
1 |
84 |
OHIO |
21 |
429 |
OKLAHOMA |
33 |
597 |
OREGON |
25 |
463 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
23 |
433 |
RHODE ISLAND |
17 |
347 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
49 |
997 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
6 |
177 |
TENNESSEE |
42 |
774 |
TEXAS |
38 |
644 |
UTAH |
14 |
332 |
VERMONT |
3 |
121 |
VIRGINIA |
16 |
341 |
WASHINGTON |
22 |
431 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
7 |
210 |
WISCONSIN |
9 |
253 |
WYOMING |
8 |
250 |