Table 21

Robbery
by State, Type of Weapon, 2005

State	Total robberies¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Strong-arm	Agency count	Population
Alabama	2,263	1,208	160	190	705	263	2,612,774
Alaska	533	180	62	50	241	33	650,601
Arizona	6,675	3,655	686	479	1,855	81	4,751,564
Arkansas	2,433	1,162	164	253	854	177	2,365,406
California	63,273	21,896	6,213	5,943	29,221	716	35,804,748
Colorado	3,869	1,640	416	365	1,448	194	4,493,672
Connecticut	3,117	1,033	355	370	1,359	95	3,257,161
Delaware	1,306	550	109	118	529	50	843,524
District of Columbia	3,700	1,782	162	108	1,648	2	550,521
Florida	30,076	11,946	2,229	2,990	12,911	602	17,758,612
Georgia	10,751	6,286	554	1,042	2,869	249	5,882,872
Hawaii	915	103	63	92	657	2	1,048,094
Idaho	214	70	17	43	84	88	1,160,229
Indiana	6,478	3,367	468	356	2,287	172	4,948,152
Iowa	1,145	230	99	144	672	192	2,733,190
Kansas	330	103	39	34	154	216	1,323,938
Kentucky	3,444	1,607	306	458	1,073	283	3,444,023
Louisiana	3,497	1,908	224	340	1,025	125	2,927,488
Maine	322	59	39	43	181	149	1,307,115
Maryland	10,468	5,715	865	513	3,375	148	4,956,278
Massachusetts	6,352	1,655	1,298	754	2,645	285	5,308,070
Michigan	13,032	6,339	671	1,359	4,663	533	9,573,458
Minnesota	1,240	338	101	351	450	301	4,154,209
Mississippi	1,737	918	106	282	431	107	1,801,076
Missouri	7,141	3,412	434	604	2,691	526	5,677,517
Montana	167	37	24	40	66	67	728,656
Nebraska	1,031	453	100	89	389	216	1,604,496
Nevada	4,674	1,988	521	422	1,743	33	2,410,942
New Hampshire	332	75	44	58	155	130	1,079,375
New Jersey	13,215	4,397	1,403	944	6,471	517	8,717,925
New Mexico	1,733	777	255	135	566	55	1,425,388
New York	9,871	3,148	1,139	1,102	4,482	618	10,145,688
North Carolina	11,639	6,222	1,004	1,003	3,410	367	7,951,544
North Dakota	42	1	5	6	30	62	541,802
Ohio	17,153	6,115	950	1,877	8,211	359	8,272,962
Oklahoma	3,224	1,450	328	218	1,228	294	3,493,881
Oregon	2,451	579	259	265	1,348	153	3,576,873
Pennsylvania	17,913	7,657	1,361	1,203	7,692	798	10,646,715
Rhode Island	733	194	108	151	280	44	983,008
South Carolina	5,547	2,903	452	509	1,683	274	4,101,068
South Dakota	52	12	9	4	27	51	315,246
Tennessee	9,900	5,608	783	795	2,714	428	5,771,658
Texas	35,771	16,029	3,619	3,364	12,759	979	22,803,084
Utah	1,035	304	123	106	502	98	2,147,551
Vermont	50	17	8	9	16	65	546,576
Virginia	7,061	3,784	559	776	1,942	356	6,093,394
Washington	4,884	1,110	516	532	2,726	241	5,711,284
West Virginia	728	216	79	94	339	345	1,504,736
Wisconsin	4,516	2,220	288	653	1,355	337	5,254,892
Wyoming	77	13	12	14	38	61	490,411

¹ The number of robberies for which breakdowns by type of weapon were received from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2005.

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