Table 21

Robbery
by State, Type of Weapon, 2007

State	Total robberies¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Strong- arm	Agency count	Population
Alabama	2,910	1,579	199	245	887	290	2,833,181
Alaska	578	173	64	75	266	32	667,568
Arizona	9,437	4,648	964	888	2,937	77	5,946,033
Arkansas	2,954	1,415	173	291	1,075	233	2,524,285
California	70,202	23,355	6,581	6,547	33,719	715	36,216,791
Colorado	3,392	1,339	311	346	1,396	207	4,691,449
Connecticut	3,101	1,058	348	311	1,384	93	3,116,015
Delaware	1,686	691	122	128	745	53	853,712
District of Columbia²	276	62	20	11	183	2
Florida	38,073	17,911	2,548	3,437	14,177	590	18,136,624
Georgia	15,430	9,647	676	1,244	3,863	360	7,730,570
Hawaii	943	91	76	63	713	1	905,903
Idaho	229	92	23	32	82	107	1,476,361
Illinois²	633	249	43	75	266	1	155,713
Indiana	6,961	3,382	473	492	2,614	266	4,814,390
Iowa	1,277	325	118	159	675	186	2,644,602
Kansas	2,735	1,272	294	255	914	229	2,734,933
Kentucky	3,419	1,384	258	669	1,108	279	3,476,669
Louisiana	5,410	2,980	269	311	1,850	117	3,447,958
Maine	349	73	36	27	213	164	1,317,207
Maryland	9,333	4,346	925	523	3,539	154	4,940,435
Massachusetts	6,355	1,605	1,265	711	2,774	314	5,754,717
Michigan	13,182	6,270	699	1,211	5,002	516	9,463,609
Minnesota	4,647	1,518	294	658	2,177	299	4,808,769
Mississippi	2,162	1,253	109	275	525	99	1,641,272
Missouri	5,351	2,603	358	369	2,021	585	5,361,516
Montana	188	46	24	39	79	87	913,685
Nebraska	1,067	475	100	83	409	214	1,474,140
Nevada	6,930	3,043	618	603	2,666	33	2,546,867
New Hampshire	174	44	24	28	78	131	891,903
New Jersey	12,526	4,032	1,210	824	6,460	513	8,644,483
New Mexico	1,988	908	288	133	659	68	1,519,970
New York	9,236	2,713	1,013	1,122	4,388	634	10,777,671
North Carolina	11,263	6,208	797	974	3,284	322	6,983,777
North Dakota	67	21	4	9	33	60	568,361
Ohio	12,676	4,697	732	1,002	6,245	372	7,489,853
Oklahoma	3,368	1,503	260	311	1,294	285	3,548,670
Oregon	2,816	761	272	273	1,510	150	3,606,874
Pennsylvania	18,907	8,029	1,395	1,170	8,313	998	11,408,646
Rhode Island	545	146	70	70	259	41	790,879
South Carolina	5,748	3,054	477	516	1,701	479	4,075,106
South Dakota	100	25	18	19	38	96	638,914
Tennessee	10,974	6,380	771	1,033	2,790	452	6,001,560
Texas	38,747	17,862	3,628	3,683	13,574	987	23,853,606
Utah	1,401	459	186	163	593	112	2,507,132
Vermont	80	28	10	11	31	78	608,835
Virginia	7,522	4,057	563	734	2,168	339	7,418,848
Washington	5,918	1,336	535	567	3,480	233	6,062,127
West Virginia	753	261	102	89	301	276	1,408,314
Wisconsin	5,470	2,809	332	541	1,788	370	5,548,443
Wyoming	83	22	14	8	39	61	516,496

¹ The number of robberies for which breakdowns by type of weapon were received from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2007.
² Limited data were received.

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