U.S. Counties and Murder

(See the column: Guns, Men, and Murder: The Data. See these tables also: Guns and Murder (by County) and Guns and Murder (by State).)

The table below is compiled from, among other sources, research released last year from the Crime Prevention Research Center. The 95 counties below are lowest to highest according to the number of murders that occurred in each county. These 95 counties represent only 3% of all U.S. counties, but nearly 60% of the total number of murders in the U.S.

The counties in blue are the top 101 counties (as ranked by City-Data) for the "lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes." The counties in red are the top 101 for the "highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes." The counties with the skull-and-crossbones symbol (☠) are in the list of the "30 major U.S. areas with the highest murder rates."

 

Number of Murders	County/Parish	Gun Ownership Rank
31	Denver, CO	48th
31	Richland, SC	90th
31	Pierce, WA	89th
32	Stanislaus, CA
32	Genesee, MI
32	Mercer, NJ	22nd
32	Travis, TX	91st
32	Norfolk city, VA  ☠
33	Chatham, GA
33	New Hanover, NC	86th
33	Montgomery, OH	83rd
33	Hamilton, TN
34	Monterey, CA
34	Lee, FL
34	St. Louis, MO	82nd
34	Douglas, NE	98th
34	Wake, NC	76th
35	Montgomery, AL  ☠
35	Monroe, NY
35	Cumberland, NC	60th
36	Tulare, CA
36	Hennepin, MN	73rd
36	Charleston, SC	71st
38	New Castle, DE	58th
38	Bernalillo, NM	82nd
39	Mobile, AL
39	Hartford, CT	44th
39	St. Clair, IL  ☠
40	Santa Clara, CA
42	Pinellas, FL
43	Davidson, TN
43	Richmond City, VA  ☠
44	Camden, NJ	28th
45	San Francisco, CA
45	Jefferson Parish, LA	96th
45	Delaware, PA
46	Oklahoma, OK	78th
47	Contra Costa, CA
48	Mecklenberg, OH	81st
49	Tulsa, OK	56th
51	Pima, AZ	89th
56	Prince George, MD	43rd
56	Bronx, NY	2nd
57	Pulaski, AR  ☠	26th
57	Hillsborough, FL	67th
57	Suffolk, MA	5th
57	King, WA	63rd
59	Fresno, CA
59	Kern, CA
61	Orange, CA
63	Lake, IN  ☠	97th
63	East Baton Rouge Parish, LA  ☠	57th
63	Hinds, MS  ☠	40th
64	Jefferson, KY	75th
64	New York, NY	1st
66	Erie, NY
67	San Joaquin, CA
74	San Diego, CA
74	Broward, FL	32nd
76	Cuyahoga, OH	37th
77	Jefferson, AL	49th
77	Hamilton, OH	33rd
78	Palm Beach, FL	64th
79	Tarrant, TX	95th
80	Sacremento, CA
89	Franklin, OH	62nd
90	Orange, FL	55th
90	Milwaukee, WI	53rd
91	Queens, NY	7th
92	Jackson, MO  ☠	91st
93	Riverside, CA
96	Duval, FL
100	Dekalb, GA
100	Allegheny, PA	70th
102	Alameda, CA
103	Kings, NY	3rd
105	DC   ☠	4th
110	San Bernardino, CA
116	Bexar, TX	94th
118	Essex, NJ  ☠	9th
132	Fulton, GA  ☠
136	Dallas, TX	79th
137	Clark, NV	87th
139	Marion, IN  ☠	86th
145	Shelby, TN  ☠	59th
150	Orleans Parish, LA ☠	61st
163	St Louis city, MO  ☠	50th
186	Maricopa, AZ	88th
211	Baltimore city, MD  ☠	51st
212	Miami-Dade, FL	41st
248	Philadelphia, PA  ☠	13th
321	Harris, TX	98th
341	Wayne, MI	74th
476	Cook, IL	19th
526	Los Angeles, CA	36th

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