Table 22

Aggravated Assault
by State, Type of Weapon, 2007

State	Total aggravated assaults ¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Personal weapons	Agency count	Population
Alabama	6,538	1,906	945	1,409	2,278	290	2,833,181
Alaska	3,293	589	690	865	1,149	32	667,568
Arizona	16,952	4,863	2,994	5,561	3,534	77	5,946,033
Arkansas	9,803	2,565	1,723	2,501	3,014	233	2,524,285
California	107,899	21,547	17,243	39,473	29,636	715	36,216,791
Colorado	11,013	2,154	2,489	3,041	3,329	207	4,691,449
Connecticut	3,734	467	839	1,349	1,079	93	3,116,015
Delaware	3,833	829	820	1,790	394	53	853,712
District of Columbia ²	120	11	59	34	16	2
Florida	85,228	17,244	15,239	35,435	17,310	590	18,136,624
Georgia	22,569	6,042	4,228	6,207	6,092	360	7,730,570
Hawaii	1,425	114	382	461	468	1	905,903
Idaho	2,695	468	544	899	784	107	1,476,361
Illinois ²	1,342	595	251	349	147	1	155,713
Indiana	10,047	1,719	1,529	3,246	3,553	266	4,814,390
Iowa	6,141	575	1,136	1,419	3,011	186	2,644,602
Kansas	8,642	2,624	1,737	2,725	1,556	229	2,734,933
Kentucky	5,607	1,152	750	2,380	1,325	279	3,476,669
Louisiana	18,850	4,760	3,047	4,753	6,290	117	3,447,958
Maine	793	44	150	254	345	164	1,317,207
Maryland	15,207	2,216	3,466	5,530	3,995	154	4,940,435
Massachusetts	17,493	1,758	4,083	9,244	2,408	314	5,754,717
Michigan	34,356	8,627	6,278	12,300	7,151	516	9,463,609
Minnesota	7,869	1,369	1,667	2,197	2,636	299	4,808,769
Mississippi	2,582	792	488	613	689	99	1,641,272
Missouri	17,390	3,660	2,401	4,933	6,396	585	5,361,516
Montana	2,160	299	325	678	858	87	913,685
Nebraska	3,337	494	612	1,628	603	214	1,474,140
Nevada	10,987	2,233	2,029	5,027	1,698	33	2,546,867
New Hampshire	713	130	233	171	179	131	891,903
New Jersey	14,565	2,235	3,171	4,538	4,621	513	8,644,483
New Mexico	7,755	1,531	1,391	2,593	2,240	68	1,519,970
New York	17,563	2,328	4,527	5,272	5,436	634	10,777,671
North Carolina	21,146	6,060	4,120	5,891	5,075	322	6,983,777
North Dakota	587	14	82	128	363	60	568,361
Ohio	11,736	2,697	2,454	3,681	2,904	372	7,489,853
Oklahoma	12,458	2,239	1,905	4,640	3,674	285	3,548,670
Oregon	6,176	721	1,045	2,187	2,223	150	3,606,874
Pennsylvania	26,467	5,353	3,903	6,727	10,484	998	11,408,646
Rhode Island	1,060	201	300	443	116	41	790,879
South Carolina	24,362	6,058	4,313	6,935	7,056	479	4,075,106
South Dakota	778	105	270	226	177	96	638,914
Tennessee	32,445	9,645	6,928	12,396	3,476	452	6,001,560
Texas	73,275	17,174	16,829	25,211	14,061	987	23,853,606
Utah	3,635	660	963	1,270	742	112	2,507,132
Vermont	553	69	104	115	265	78	608,835
Virginia	10,639	1,998	2,381	3,469	2,791	339	7,418,848
Washington	12,323	1,914	2,130	4,007	4,272	233	6,062,127
West Virginia	3,227	759	652	828	988	276	1,408,314
Wisconsin	9,394	2,258	1,027	2,041	4,068	370	5,548,443
Wyoming	971	98	160	302	411	61	516,496

¹ The number of aggravated assaults 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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