# US states by firearm death rate, 2024

All 51 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `firearm_death_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Deaths from firearm injuries of any intent (suicide, homicide, unintentional, legal intervention or undetermined) per 100,000 residents, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Deaths are counted by the state of residence. NCHS National Vital Statistics System final death data.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHS Stats of the States: firearm mortality by state, age-adjusted death rate (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/firearms.html)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NCHS Stats of the States: firearm mortality by state, age-adjusted death rate. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/firearms.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/firearm-death-rate/us-states

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mississippi | 28 |
| 2 | New Mexico | 26.6 |
| 3 | Alaska | 24.4 |
| 4 | Alabama | 23.7 |
| 5 | Wyoming | 23.4 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 22.9 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 20.6 |
| 8 | Montana | 20.2 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 19.8 |
| 10 | District of Columbia | 19.7 |
| 11 | Missouri | 19.6 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 19.5 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 19.1 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 18.5 |
| 15 | Georgia | 17.6 |
| 16 | South Dakota | 17.3 |
| 17 | Indiana | 17.2 |
| 17 | Nevada | 17.2 |
| 19 | Arizona | 16.9 |
| 20 | North Carolina | 16.3 |
| 21 | Idaho | 15.9 |
| 22 | Colorado | 15.3 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 15.3 |
| 24 | Kansas | 15.2 |
| 25 | Ohio | 14.6 |
| 26 | Oregon | 14.2 |
| 27 | Texas | 13.9 |
| 28 | Utah | 13.3 |
| 29 | Virginia | 12.8 |
| 30 | Florida | 12.7 |
| 31 | Illinois | 12.4 |
| 32 | North Dakota | 12.2 |
| 33 | Wisconsin | 12.1 |
| 34 | Maine | 11.9 |
| 34 | Michigan | 11.9 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | 11.9 |
| 37 | Delaware | 11.8 |
| 37 | Iowa | 11.8 |
| 39 | Maryland | 11.6 |
| 40 | Washington | 11 |
| 41 | Nebraska | 10.9 |
| 42 | Vermont | 10.6 |
| 43 | New Hampshire | 10.2 |
| 44 | Minnesota | 9.8 |
| 45 | California | 7 |
| 46 | Connecticut | 5.8 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 4.6 |
| 48 | New York | 4.4 |
| 49 | New Jersey | 4 |
| 50 | Massachusetts | 3.8 |
| 51 | Hawaii | 3.7 |