STATE RANKINGS
 
[When states share the same rank, the next lower
 rank is omitted.  States may share the same value
 but have different ranks due to rounding]
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                      Violent crimes per 100,000
                        resident population, 1995
       STATE        --------------- ----------------
                       Murder \1     Forcible rape
                    --------------- ----------------
                      Rate    Rank     Rate    Rank
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  United States          8.2     X       37.1     X
 
Alabama                 11.2     5       31.7    32
Alaska                   9.1    14       80.3     1
Arizona                 10.4     9       33.6    26
Arkansas                10.4     9       37.2    21
California              11.2     5       33.4    27
Colorado                 5.8    27       39.5    19
Connecticut              4.6    33       23.7    43
Delaware                 3.5    40       80.2     2
District of Columbia    65.0     X       52.7     X
Florida                  7.3    23       48.6     8
Georgia                  9.5    12       35.3    24
Hawaii                   4.7    32       28.3    36
Idaho                    4.1    35       28.4    35
Illinois                10.3    11  \1   36.5    23
Indiana                  8.0    20       33.3    28
Iowa                     1.8    47       21.8    47
Kansas                   6.2    26       36.6    22
Kentucky                 7.2    24       31.9    31
Louisiana               17.0     1       42.7    14
Maine                    2.0    46       21.4    48
Maryland                11.8     4       42.2    16
Massachusetts            3.6    39       29.0    33
Michigan                 8.5    18       62.0     3
Minnesota                3.9    37       56.2     7
Mississippi             12.9     2       39.1    20
Missouri                 8.8    16       32.1    30
Montana                  3.0    42       25.9    40
Nebraska                 2.9    43       19.4    50
Nevada                  10.7     7       61.2     4
New Hampshire            1.8    47       29.0    33
New Jersey               5.1    29       24.3    42
New Mexico               8.8    16       56.6     6
New York                 8.5    18       23.7    43
North Carolina           9.4    13       32.2    29
North Dakota               .9   50       22.8    46
Ohio                     5.4    28       43.4    13
Oklahoma                12.2     3       44.6    12
Oregon                   4.1    35       41.7    17
Pennsylvania             6.3    25       25.2    41
Rhode Island             3.3    41       27.0    39
South Carolina           7.9    21       47.3     9
South Dakota             1.8    47       41.0    18
Tennessee               10.6     8       47.1    10
Texas                    9.0    15       45.7    11
Utah                     3.9    37       42.7    14
Vermont                  2.2    44       28.2    37
Virginia                 7.6    22       27.2    38
Washington               5.1    29       59.2     5
West Virginia            4.9    31       21.2    49
Wisconsin                4.3    34       23.3    45
Wyoming                  2.1    45       34.4    25
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X Not applicable.
 
\1 Includes nonnegligent manslaughter.
\2 Forcible rape figures were estimated using the national
   rate of forcible rapes when grouped by like agencies,
   as the figures were not in accordance with Uniform
   Crime Reporting program guidelines.
 
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan
        Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-16.