Table 20

Murder
by State, Types of Weapons, 2008

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama	338	262	241	1	20	0	24	35	17
Alaska	27	13	9	1	3	0	1	6	7
Arizona	405	290	243	15	16	16	45	45	25
Arkansas	157	110	65	1	9	35	17	25	5
California	2,142	1,487	1,156	48	64	219	294	241	120
Colorado	151	86	50	3	2	31	31	17	17
Connecticut	112	71	46	1	0	24	27	11	3
Delaware	57	44	29	0	2	13	6	5	2
Georgia	614	435	371	20	13	31	73	98	8
Hawaii	25	11	7	1	2	1	8	0	6
Idaho	23	14	9	2	3	0	0	3	6
Illinois³	530	421	412	3	1	5	48	50	11
Indiana	306	220	134	16	4	66	28	39	19
Iowa	74	25	13	2	4	6	16	20	13
Kansas	110	61	41	2	3	15	15	17	17
Kentucky	182	121	78	8	13	22	25	27	9
Louisiana	390	309	241	20	12	36	33	34	14
Maine	31	11	6	2	0	3	10	4	6
Maryland	493	353	328	4	13	8	61	51	28
Massachusetts	164	89	59	2	0	28	49	23	3
Michigan	536	375	165	16	8	186	40	94	27
Minnesota	106	54	51	1	2	0	22	22	8
Mississippi	184	142	115	4	11	12	15	20	7
Missouri	455	349	172	25	15	137	41	53	12
Montana	23	11	5	3	1	2	4	4	4
Nebraska	22	9	1	1	2	5	4	8	1
Nevada	163	93	60	1	6	26	27	35	8
New Hampshire	12	2	1	1	0	0	3	7	0
New Jersey	376	236	202	1	3	30	67	39	34
New Mexico	134	88	70	4	7	7	22	13	11
New York	835	475	107	12	20	336	184	147	29
North Carolina	586	362	261	22	25	54	54	102	68
North Dakota	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Ohio	460	293	175	5	5	108	38	90	39
Oklahoma	212	128	106	6	10	6	33	28	23
Oregon	82	47	24	2	2	19	16	18	1
Pennsylvania	700	521	398	15	16	92	66	86	27
Rhode Island	29	18	9	0	0	9	6	4	1
South Carolina	304	206	125	9	18	54	31	43	24
South Dakota	22	13	4	0	2	7	1	7	1
Tennessee	408	240	170	11	19	40	53	91	24
Texas	1,372	895	706	58	52	79	230	140	107
Utah	41	19	16	0	0	3	8	8	6
Vermont	17	8	4	3	0	1	0	6	3
Virginia	366	240	121	12	13	94	54	61	11
Washington	190	110	82	2	10	16	32	25	23
West Virginia	55	33	14	2	10	7	5	13	4
Wisconsin	146	80	51	7	3	19	25	22	19
Wyoming	10	4	2	0	0	2	3	1	2

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