Table 20

Murder
by State, Type of Weapon, 2006

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama	349	247	226	0	21	0	35	51	16
Alaska	35	22	15	5	1	1	8	2	3
Arizona	462	343	269	33	14	27	53	46	20
Arkansas	201	134	82	15	10	27	22	34	11
California	2,485	1,822	1,623	74	69	56	315	218	130
Colorado	156	85	38	0	8	39	35	16	20
Connecticut	100	65	57	0	2	6	18	12	5
Delaware	41	27	14	0	3	10	7	6	1
Georgia	548	403	351	13	19	20	64	67	14
Hawaii	21	7	5	0	0	2	3	6	5
Idaho	36	22	9	2	2	9	6	5	3
Illinois³	487	392	380	4	6	2	46	35	14
Indiana	339	239	171	20	10	38	36	45	19
Iowa	54	23	8	1	5	9	13	11	7
Kansas	126	70	33	6	4	27	14	33	9
Kentucky	150	98	78	6	8	6	22	16	14
Louisiana	488	396	335	29	7	25	35	37	20
Maine	23	12	7	2	1	2	1	8	2
Maryland	546	403	372	5	17	9	72	46	25
Massachusetts	185	111	66	2	3	40	42	28	4
Michigan	711	498	208	29	25	236	50	134	29
Minnesota	117	75	67	1	7	0	20	9	13
Mississippi	173	121	93	5	7	16	18	24	10
Missouri	334	246	96	13	14	123	36	41	11
Montana	17	4	4	0	0	0	3	7	3
Nebraska	16	5	2	1	0	2	2	7	2
Nevada	224	133	88	4	9	32	34	45	12
New Hampshire	12	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	2
New Jersey	428	289	270	0	7	12	69	47	23
New Mexico	99	57	48	3	3	3	21	7	14
New York	921	400	308	14	8	70	141	351	29
North Carolina	530	338	227	23	28	60	59	75	58
North Dakota	8	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	0
Ohio	487	334	233	3	8	90	40	84	29
Oklahoma	207	133	85	12	12	24	18	35	21
Oregon	85	44	16	4	2	22	22	12	7
Pennsylvania	719	554	474	14	11	55	51	87	27
Rhode Island	28	7	3	0	0	4	8	11	2
South Carolina	359	253	163	10	14	66	44	42	20
South Dakota	8	2	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Tennessee	409	271	211	11	12	37	43	71	24
Texas	1,381	949	711	53	71	114	162	183	87
Utah	46	21	9	1	2	9	6	9	10
Vermont	12	7	7	0	0	0	1	2	2
Virginia	398	264	142	6	13	103	49	70	15
Washington	186	107	90	3	12	2	31	28	20
West Virginia	71	40	24	4	1	11	9	18	4
Wisconsin	163	95	72	3	3	17	23	29	16
Wyoming	9	5	2	2	1	0	3	0	1

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