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The Economic Cost of Gun Violence by State

Per person cost of gun violence02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,800LouisianaMississippiAlabamaMissouriDistrict of ColumbiaAlaskaNew MexicoTennesseeNevadaMontanaArkansasWyomingWest VirginiaSouth CarolinaGeorgiaOklahomaKentuckyIdahoArizonaColoradoKansasIndianaFloridaMarylandPennsylvaniaOhioNorth CarolinaSouth DakotaMichiganUnited States averageTexasVirginiaIllinoisVermontNorth DakotaOregonUtahDelawareMaineWashingtonNew HampshireWisconsinNebraskaIowaCaliforniaMinnesotaConnecticutNew JerseyNew YorkHawaiiRhode IslandMassachusettsPer person cost of G.V.States
StatePer person cost of gun violence
Louisiana1,793
Mississippi1,707
Alabama1,654
Missouri1,606
District of Columbia1,551
Alaska1,483
New Mexico1,472
Tennessee1,346
Nevada1,308
Montana1,296
Arkansas1,273
Wyoming1,270
West Virginia1,261
South Carolina1,220
Georgia1,153
Oklahoma1,133
Kentucky1,104
Idaho1,091
Arizona1,081
Colorado1,006
Kansas994
Indiana993
Florida961
Maryland949
Pennsylvania942
Ohio937
North Carolina937
South Dakota911
Michigan909
United States average860
Texas839
Virginia836
Illinois829
Vermont828
North Dakota800
Oregon795
Utah790
Delaware742
Maine732
Washington716
New Hampshire695
Wisconsin670
Nebraska619
Iowa590
California571
Minnesota515
Connecticut385
New Jersey373
New York298
Hawaii291
Rhode Island282
Massachusetts261

2020 Firearm Mortality by State

504,164
Source:https://wonder.cdc.gov

Rank

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Location

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Deaths

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1
Texas
4,164
2
California
3,449
3
Florida
3,041
4
Georgia
1,897
5
Ohio
1,764
7
Pennsylvania
1,752
8
Illinois
1,745
9
North Carolina
1,699
10
Tennessee
1,473
11
Michigan
1,454
12
Missouri
1,426
13
Arizona
1,265
14
Louisiana
1,183
15
Virginia
1,174
16
Indiana
1,159
17
Alabama
1,141
18
South Carolina
1,131
19
New York
1,052
20
Colorado
922
21
Kentucky
902
22
Washington
864
23
Oklahoma
826
24
Mississippi
818
25
Maryland
803
26
Wisconsin
717
27
Arkansas
673
28
Oregon
592
29
Nevada
547
30
Minnesota
513
31
Kansas
494
32
New Mexico
479
33
New Jersey
443
34
Utah
429
35
Iowa
351
36
West Virginia
325
37
Idaho
321
38
Massachusetts
268
39
Montana
238
40
Connecticut
219
41
Nebraska
197
42
Alaska
175
43
Wyoming
154
44
Maine
153
45
Delaware
135
46
New Hampshire
128
47
South Dakota
120
48
North Dakota
100
49
Vermont
76
50
Rhode Island
54
51
Hawaii
50

Suicides accounted for more than half of U.S. gun deaths in 2020

Percentage of U.S. gun deaths, by type 2020MurderSuicideOthers43%54%
TypePercentage
Murder43
Suicide54
Others3

Note: "Others" includes gun deaths that were unintentional, involved law enforcement or had undetermined circumstances.

“One Child is worth more than all the GUNS on Earth.”

Worst mass shootings in U.S since 1991

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The deadliest mass shooting incident committed by an individual in United States history:

On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. From his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel, he fired more than 1,000 bullets, killing 60 people and wounding 411 with the ensuing panic bringing the number of injured to 867. About an hour later, he was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The motive for the mass shooting is officially undetermined.


Below are the worst shootings following the most horrifying massacre to date, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.

DeathsInjuries010203040506070Orlando, Florida (2016)Virginia Tech, Virginia (2007)Sandy Hook, Connecticut (2012)Sutherland Springs, Texas (2017)Killeen, Texas (1991)El Paso, Texas (2019)Uvalde, Texas (2022)Parkland, Florida (2018)Killeen, Texas (2009)San Bernardino, California (2015)Columbine, Colorado (1999)Binghamton, New York (2009)Aurora, Colorado (2012)Thousand Oaks, California (2018)Washington, D.C (2013)Virginia Beach, Virginia (2019)Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2018)Santa Fe, Texas (2018)Geneva County, Alabama, Virginia (2018)Buffalo, New York (2022)Boulder, Colorado (2021)
StateDeathsInjuries
Orlando, Florida (2016)4958
Virginia Tech, Virginia (2007)3223
Sandy Hook, Connecticut (2012)272
Sutherland Springs, Texas (2017)2622
Killeen, Texas (1991)2327
El Paso, Texas (2019)2323
Uvalde, Texas (2022)2118
Parkland, Florida (2018)1717
Killeen, Texas (2009)1432
San Bernardino, California (2015)1424
Columbine, Colorado (1999)1324
Binghamton, New York (2009)134
Aurora, Colorado (2012)1270
Thousand Oaks, California (2018)1216
Washington, D.C (2013)128
Virginia Beach, Virginia (2019)124
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2018)116
Santa Fe, Texas (2018)1013
Geneva County, Alabama, Virginia (2018)106
Buffalo, New York (2022)103
Boulder, Colorado (2021)101

Facts you should know

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