List of U.S. states by homicide rate - wikipedia List of U.S. states by homicide rate This is a list of U.S. states by homicide rate according to FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Contents 1 Homicide rate by state 2 See also 3 References Homicide rate by state Homicide deaths per 100,000 people by state ( 2015 ) 1.4 - 2.6 2.6 - 3.5 3.5 - 4.8 4.8 - 5.9 5.9 - 7 7 - 10.1 10.1 - 11.9 11.9 - 11.9 Note : The rate columns can be sorted in ascending or descending order. Click the arrows in the second row to do so. The row number column on the left sorts separately. This way the states can be ranked in order by homicide rate. Sort the state column to return to alphabetical order. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. State 2016 2014 2005 2000 Alabama 8.4 5.7 5.7 8.2 7.4 10.4 Alaska 7.0 5.6 4.3 4.8 4.3 7.4 Arizona 5.5 4.7 6.4 7.5 7.0 8.5 Arkansas 7.2 5.6 4.6 6.7 6.3 8.7 California 4.9 4.4 4.8 6.9 6.1 9.1 Colorado 3.7 2.8 2.6 3.7 3.1 4.7 Connecticut 2.2 2.4 3.7 2.9 2.9 4.8 Delaware 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.4 3.2 4.3 Florida 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.0 5.6 7.5 Georgia 6.6 5.7 5.7 6.2 8.0 9.5 Hawaii 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.9 3.4 Idaho 2.9 2.0 1.4 2.4 1.2 3.6 Illinois 8.2 5.3 5.5 6.0 7.2 10 Indiana 6.6 5.0 4.1 5.7 5.8 7.2 Iowa 2.3 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.9 Kansas 3.8 3.1 3.4 3.7 6.3 6.6 Kentucky 5.9 3.6 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.9 Louisiana 11.8 10.3 11.0 9.9 12.5 17.5 Maine 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.2 2.0 Maryland 8.0 6.1 7.4 9.9 8.1 11.6 Massachusetts 2.0 2.0 3.3 2.7 2.0 2.6 Michigan 6.0 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.7 7.5 Minnesota 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.2 3.1 3.6 Mississippi 8.0 8.6 6.9 7.3 9.0 11.1 Missouri 8.8 6.6 7.0 6.9 6.2 8.1 Montana 3.5 3.6 2.5 1.9 1.8 3.9 Nebraska 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.5 3.7 2.9 Nevada 7.6 6.0 5.8 8.5 6.5 13.7 New Hampshire 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.7 New Jersey 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.8 3.4 4.2 New Mexico 6.7 4.8 6.8 7.4 7.4 11.5 New York 3.2 3.1 4.5 4.5 5.0 7.4 North Carolina 6.7 5.1 5.0 6.7 7.0 8.5 North Dakota 2.0 3.0 1.5 1.1 0.6 2.2 Ohio 5.6 4.0 4.2 5.1 3.7 4.8 Oklahoma 6.2 4.5 5.2 5.3 5.3 6.8 Oregon 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.0 4.0 Pennsylvania 5.2 4.8 5.1 6.1 4.9 5.7 Rhode Island 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.2 4.3 2.5 South Carolina 7.4 6.4 5.7 7.4 5.8 9.0 South Dakota 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.3 0.9 1.2 Tennessee 7.3 5.7 5.6 7.2 7.2 9.5 Texas 5.3 4.4 4.9 6.2 5.9 7.7 Utah 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.3 1.9 3.2 Vermont 2.2 1.6 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.9 Virginia 5.8 4.1 4.7 6.1 5.7 7.5 Washington 2.7 2.5 2.3 3.3 3.3 4.6 West Virginia 4.4 4.0 3.1 4.4 2.5 3.8 Wisconsin 4.0 2.9 2.7 3.5 3.2 4.2 Wyoming 3.4 2.7 1.4 2.7 2.4 3.3 See also List of countries by intentional homicide rate List of cities by murder rate Crime in the United States List of United States cities by crime rate ( 2014 ). Cities with population of 250,000 + United States cities by crime rate ( 100,000 -- 250,000 ) United States cities by crime rate ( 60,000 - 100,000 ) Firearm death rates in the United States by state Gun violence in the United States by state List of countries by firearm - related death rate List of federal subjects of Russia by murder rate List of Brazilian states by murder rate List of Mexican states by homicides Homicide in world cities References Jump up ^ Murder Rates Nationally and By State. By Death Penalty Information Center. Jump up ^ Crime in the United States by State, 2014 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_U.S._states_by_homicide_rate&oldid=839679606 '' Categories : Crime in the United States Lists of states of the United States Homicide statistics Crime - related lists States of the United States law - related lists Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 5 May 2018, at 00 : 16 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what us state has the highest homicide rate
Answer: Louisiana