2000 Homicide Statistics by State
State	Homicides	Population	Murders/100,000	Death Penalty?
Alabama	329	4,447,100	7.40	Yes
Alaska	27	626,932	4.31	No
Arizona	359	5,130,632	7.00	Yes
Arkansas	168	2,673,400	6.28	Yes
California	2079	33,871,648	6.14	Yes
Colorado	134	4,301,261	3.12	Yes
Connecticut	98	3,405,565	2.88	Yes
Delaware	25	783,600	3.19	Yes
Florida	903	15,982,378	5.65	Yes
Georgia	651	8,186,453	7.95	Yes
Hawaii	35	1,211,537	2.89	No
Idaho	16	1,293,953	1.24	Yes
Illinois	891	12,419,293	7.17	Yes
Indiana	352	6,080,485	5.79	Yes
Iowa	46	2,926,324	1.57	No
Kansas	169	2,688,418	6.29	Yes
Kentucky	193	4,041,769	4.78	Yes
Louisiana	560	4,468,976	12.53	Yes
Maine	15	1,274,923	1.18	No
Maryland	430	5,296,486	8.12	Yes
Massachusetts	125	6,349,097	1.97	No
Michigan	669	9,938,444	6.73	No
Minnesota	151	4,919,479	3.07	No
Mississippi	255	2,844,658	8.96	Yes
Missouri	347	5,595,211	6.20	Yes
Montana	16	902,195	1.77	Yes
Nebraska	63	1,711,263	3.68	Yes
Nevada	129	1,998,257	6.46	Yes
New Hampshire	22	1,235,786	1.78	Yes
New Jersey	289	8,414,350	3.43	Yes
New Mexico	135	1,819,046	7.42	Yes
New York	952	18,976,457	5.02	Yes
North Carolina	560	8,049,313	6.96	Yes
North Dakota	4	642,200	0.62	No
Ohio	418	11,353,140	3.68	Yes
Oklahoma	182	3,450,654	5.27	Yes
Oregon	70	3,421,399	2.05	Yes
Pennsylvania	602	12,281,054	4.90	Yes
Rhode Island	45	1,048,319	4.29	No
South Carolina	233	4,012,012	5.81	Yes
South Dakota	7	754,844	0.93	Yes
Tennessee	410	5,689,283	7.21	Yes
Texas	1238	20,851,820	5.94	Yes
Utah	43	2,233,169	1.93	Yes
Vermont	9	608,827	1.48	No
Virginia	401	7,078,515	5.67	Yes
Washington	196	5,894,121	3.33	Yes
West Virginia	46	1,808,344	2.54	No
Wisconsin	169	5,363,675	3.15	No
Wyoming	12	493,782	2.43	Yes