Gun death and violence in the United States by state

This is a list of US states by gun deaths and rates of violence. In 2021, there were 26,000 gun suicides and 21,000 gun homicides, together making up a sixth of deaths from external causes. Gun deaths make up about half of all suicides, but over 80% of homicides.

Gun deaths in 2021 rose to levels not seen since the 1990s, but remained below rates of the 1970s.

A 2022 study found that guns were the cause of more years lost than any other source of traumatic injury, including motor vehicles.

Gun death rates

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. Gun ownership estimates are from the RAND Corporation.

Gun death totals

Data are from the CDC and are for the year 2021.

Missing values indicate between 1 and 9 deaths for the year, so the specific figure is suppressed.

See also

• Gun violence in the United States
• Gun politics in the United States
  • Gun laws in the United States by state
  • Right to keep and bear arms in the United States
• Suicide in the United States
• Crime in the United States
  • List of U.S. states and territories by intentional homicide rate
  • List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate
  • List of United States cities by crime rate
• Index of gun politics articles
  • List of cities by murder rate
  • Number of guns per capita by country
  • Percent of households with guns by country
  • List of countries by firearm-related death rate

Notes

References

1. Gun violence in the United States
2. Gun violence
3. Gun laws in the United States by state
4. Mass shootings in the United States
5. List of school shootings in the United States by death toll
6. Gun violence in U.S. schools
7. Gun politics in the United States
8. Gun culture in the United States
9. Gun Violence Archive
10. Open carry in the United States
11. 2018 United States gun violence protests
12. Mass racial violence in the United States
13. List of countries by firearm-related death rate
14. Union violence in the United States
15. Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
16. Crime in the United States
17. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
18. Gun ownership
19. Gun control
20. List of U.S. states and territories by population