Murders involving firearms in the U.S. by state 2021

In 2021, about 1,668 homicides were committed with use of firearms in Texas. A further 748 homicides were committed with a firearm in North Carolina 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 2021, by state

State	Number of homicides
Texas	1,668
North Carolina	748
Ohio	660
Georgia	613
Michigan	604
Tennessee	586
Missouri	509
South Carolina	478
Illinois*	459
Virginia	446
Pennsylvania*	439
Indiana	355
Louisiana	332
Kentucky	313
Alabama	291
Colorado	267
Wisconsin	259
Arkansas	250
Washington	227
Oklahoma	204
Nevada	162
Minnesota	152
New Mexico*	125
Oregon	125
Mississippi	123
Arizona	119
Connecticut	114
Maryland*	104
New Jersey*	96
New York*	89
District of Columbia*	88
Massachusetts	84
Delaware	73
West Virginia	64
California*	61
Kansas	60
Utah	58
Iowa	42
Rhode Island	27
Idaho	26
Montana	16
South Dakota	13
Maine	12
Nebraska	12
Alaska	10
North Dakota	10
New Hampshire	9
Vermont	6
Wyoming	5
Hawaii	1

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October 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Data refers to total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received. Limited data was received for California, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Data received from law enforcement agencies which submitted supplementary homicide data for 2021.

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