Table 21

Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2009

State	Total robberies¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Strong- arm	Agency count	Population
Alabama	2,462	1,384	156	172	750	299	2,855,069
Alaska	652	169	45	56	382	34	689,711
Arizona	8,060	3,671	787	816	2,786	94	6,476,531
Arkansas	2,508	1,211	146	260	891	235	2,633,889
California	63,867	19,820	5,647	5,810	32,590	724	36,754,564
Colorado	3,317	1,190	332	459	1,336	216	4,821,337
Connecticut	3,990	1,445	393	299	1,853	103	3,518,288
Delaware	1,669	755	127	136	651	54	884,338
District of Columbia	4,389	1,860	221	218	2,090	2	599,657
Florida	30,881	13,668	1,938	2,732	12,543	593	18,514,171
Georgia	12,333	7,582	506	1,032	3,213	409	7,902,755
Hawaii	959	110	91	84	674	3	1,150,076
Idaho	243	101	15	33	94	105	1,522,656
Illinois²	596	262	40	57	237	1	157,943
Indiana	7,101	3,434	425	567	2,675	285	5,354,545
Iowa	1,178	322	114	107	635	193	2,752,632
Kansas	1,454	763	111	108	472	135	1,684,577
Kentucky	3,517	1,523	276	393	1,325	331	4,037,846
Louisiana	5,579	3,217	287	365	1,710	156	3,845,020
Maine	399	77	50	39	233	167	1,318,301
Maryland	8,257	3,810	746	420	3,281	152	5,034,143
Massachusetts	7,038	1,756	1,411	755	3,116	323	5,967,910
Michigan	12,280	6,148	607	1,046	4,479	583	9,733,340
Minnesota	3,574	1,120	237	574	1,643	304	5,063,535
Mississippi	2,303	1,329	129	238	607	114	1,862,360
Missouri	7,291	3,859	389	587	2,456	569	5,590,125
Montana	215	52	24	53	86	99	965,182
Nebraska	1,209	588	91	78	452	214	1,614,761
Nevada	5,996	2,286	518	501	2,691	38	2,593,832
New Hampshire	431	85	72	66	208	151	1,160,414
New Jersey	11,573	3,598	942	760	6,273	567	8,596,265
New Mexico	1,746	756	186	145	659	77	1,702,917
New York	9,410	2,797	1,062	1,075	4,476	542	10,757,201
North Carolina	11,165	6,130	735	916	3,384	360	8,345,557
North Dakota	104	24	15	17	48	84	613,406
Ohio	16,905	6,963	796	1,586	7,560	457	9,476,128
Oklahoma	3,320	1,580	248	242	1,250	305	3,530,985
Oregon	2,413	554	269	217	1,373	158	3,767,402
Pennsylvania	17,133	7,243	1,102	1,033	7,755	1,121	11,653,125
Rhode Island	786	229	107	99	351	49	1,053,209
South Carolina	5,482	3,058	382	476	1,566	427	4,256,280
South Dakota	107	24	17	8	58	116	706,921
Tennessee	9,594	5,692	609	738	2,555	450	6,137,723
Texas	37,955	19,036	3,020	3,106	12,793	1,008	24,686,445
Utah	1,295	413	142	128	612	122	2,747,172
Vermont	109	36	21	14	38	77	605,536
Virginia	5,848	3,107	407	613	1,721	396	7,699,105
Washington	6,423	1,713	504	591	3,615	237	6,214,402
West Virginia	644	188	75	95	286	222	1,334,287
Wisconsin	4,833	2,565	250	464	1,554	371	5,539,597
Wyoming	76	32	11	4	29	64	539,500

¹ The number of robberies from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2009 for which breakdowns by type of weapon were included.
² Limited data were received.

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