Murders involving firearms in the U.S. by state 2022

In 2022, about 1,566 homicides were committed with the use of firearms in California. A further 1,539 homicides were committed with a firearms in Texas in that year.

A ranking of the total number of murders by U.S. state can be found here.

Number of murders involving firearms in the U.S. in 2022, by state

State	Number of homicides
California	1,566
Texas	1,539
Illinois*	738
Pennsylvania*	722
Georgia	690
North Carolina	665
Michigan	544
Ohio	541
Missouri	537
Virginia	536
South Carolina	505
Tennessee	494
New York	473
Maryland*	429
Alabama	374
Arizona	345
Indiana	323
Louisiana	315
Colorado	297
Florida*	288
Washington	267
Wisconsin	264
Arkansas	242
Kentucky	239
District of Columbia	171
New Jersey	166
Oklahoma	163
New Mexico	152
Nevada	139
Minnesota	130
Oregon	130
Connecticut	107
Mississippi	104
Massachusetts	100
Kansas	85
West Virginia	51
Utah	42
Alaska	38
Iowa	37
Idaho	37
Delaware	37
Montana	32
South Dakota	20
Vermont	19
North Dakota	18
New Hampshire	17
Maine	15
Nebraska	15
Rhode Island	10
Hawaii	10
Wyoming	9

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October 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Data refers to total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received. Limited data was received for Florida, Illinois, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

Data received from law enforcement agencies which submitted supplementary homicide data for 2022.

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