Table 20

Murder
by State, Type of Weapon, 2005

State	Total murders¹	Total firearms	Handguns	Rifles	Shotguns	Firearms (type unknown)	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Hands, fists, feet, etc.²
Alabama	326	223	206	4	12	1	25	62	16
Alaska	32	19	15	1	1	2	4	6	3
Arizona	440	334	270	22	19	23	43	34	29
Arkansas	176	120	74	3	15	28	26	21	9
California	2,503	1,845	1,493	83	76	193	288	237	133
Colorado	170	109	64	4	3	38	32	23	6
Connecticut	91	47	27	0	2	18	14	20	10
Delaware	37	23	15	0	0	8	8	2	4
Georgia	516	370	312	12	13	33	68	73	5
Hawaii	20	2	0	1	0	1	9	4	5
Idaho	34	23	10	1	5	7	1	6	4
Illinois³	448	339	328	4	2	5	51	37	21
Indiana	331	238	171	20	7	40	24	52	17
Iowa	38	21	13	1	2	5	5	5	7
Kansas	95	52	20	8	4	20	16	20	7
Kentucky	177	124	94	8	11	11	15	24	14
Louisiana	399	309	261	21	14	13	46	34	10
Maine	19	7	6	1	0	0	4	4	4
Maryland	551	418	394	4	15	5	68	47	18
Massachusetts	171	94	48	1	1	44	39	31	7
Michigan	614	421	195	38	20	168	52	118	23
Minnesota	115	73	63	7	2	1	16	15	11
Mississippi	163	113	77	13	8	15	25	15	10
Missouri	401	281	113	10	18	140	48	63	9
Montana	17	5	3	1	0	1	5	5	2
Nebraska	13	5	0	1	0	4	1	3	4
Nevada	205	124	84	6	5	29	26	41	14
New Hampshire	16	6	3	0	0	3	5	4	1
New Jersey	417	276	260	1	3	12	62	41	38
New Mexico	133	66	48	3	7	8	28	22	17
New York	868	500	428	10	10	52	188	107	73
North Carolina	566	353	241	20	34	58	66	96	51
North Dakota	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Ohio	549	313	198	13	14	88	58	125	53
Oklahoma	187	129	100	14	9	6	19	22	17
Oregon	79	48	19	5	2	22	11	17	3
Pennsylvania	734	528	392	15	16	105	88	97	21
Rhode Island	34	16	6	1	0	9	5	7	6
South Carolina	312	217	168	8	14	27	37	36	22
South Dakota	14	6	3	0	1	2	3	3	2
Tennessee	428	301	203	8	30	60	48	50	29
Texas	1,406	946	767	48	67	64	205	173	82
Utah	56	27	11	0	7	9	12	10	7
Vermont	8	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	1
Virginia	459	318	149	6	18	145	51	68	22
Washington	205	126	103	8	11	4	40	19	20
West Virginia	72	40	18	0	6	16	3	19	10
Wisconsin	194	132	63	4	11	54	23	27	12
Wyoming	14	7	6	1	0	0	1	3	3

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