Table 20

Murder
by State, Types of Weapons, 2009

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama	318	229	196	1	32	0	29	40	20
Alaska	22	13	1	0	0	12	4	3	2
Arizona	328	197	164	10	10	13	61	53	17
Arkansas	171	107	54	5	5	43	21	38	5
California	1,972	1,360	1,022	45	49	244	291	214	107
Colorado	167	94	55	6	6	27	23	30	20
Connecticut	107	70	51	0	2	17	17	14	6
Delaware	41	31	20	2	0	9	6	1	3
District of Columbia	144	113	80	1	1	31	17	9	5
Georgia	543	378	323	17	19	19	56	97	12
Hawaii	21	8	4	2	1	1	3	4	6
Idaho	22	5	3	0	0	2	3	9	5
Illinois³	479	386	360	5	8	13	39	48	6
Indiana	293	209	136	8	14	51	34	40	10
Iowa	34	11	3	1	3	4	8	6	9
Kansas	118	85	38	9	0	38	14	11	8
Kentucky	170	112	90	5	6	11	22	27	9
Louisiana	486	402	330	20	11	41	32	37	15
Maine	26	11	4	0	0	7	6	6	3
Maryland	438	305	297	2	6	0	58	57	18
Massachusetts	169	93	47	2	1	43	40	29	7
Michigan	625	437	239	25	19	154	47	112	29
Minnesota	72	38	35	1	1	1	14	8	12
Mississippi	151	105	83	9	6	7	22	15	9
Missouri	381	276	170	8	11	87	40	50	15
Montana	28	19	9	2	5	3	4	2	3
Nebraska	40	23	22	1	0	0	8	4	5
Nevada	156	91	66	1	3	21	25	27	13
New Hampshire	10	4	1	0	0	3	3	2	1
New Jersey	319	220	189	3	6	22	44	36	19
New Mexico	144	78	54	2	3	19	24	29	13
New York	779	481	117	8	13	343	166	109	23
North Carolina	480	335	243	17	20	55	49	64	32
North Dakota	9	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	3
Ohio	502	311	193	2	9	107	52	95	44
Oklahoma	225	125	104	10	4	7	45	25	30
Oregon	83	41	9	2	10	20	21	19	2
Pennsylvania	658	468	373	13	11	71	66	100	24
Rhode Island	31	18	0	0	0	18	6	5	2
South Carolina	286	197	115	4	12	66	28	41	20
South Dakota	11	4	0	1	2	1	5	1	1
Tennessee	461	295	200	13	22	60	45	92	29
Texas	1,325	862	661	55	58	88	197	153	113
Utah	37	25	15	0	5	5	8	2	2
Vermont	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2
Virginia	347	229	108	8	7	106	41	55	22
Washington	169	101	75	16	4	6	35	14	19
West Virginia	76	38	20	2	3	13	19	13	6
Wisconsin	144	95	65	3	9	18	22	13	14
Wyoming	11	8	7	0	0	1	1	1	1

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