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 |