Table 22

Aggravated Assault
by State, Type of Weapon, 2005

State Total aggravated assaults1 Firearms Knives or cutting instruments Other weapons Personal weapons Agency count Population
Alabama 5,616 1,520 885 1,159 2,052 263 2,612,774
Alaska 3,035 582 696 749 1,008 33 650,601
Arizona 15,104 3,892 2,476 4,953 3,783 81 4,751,564
Arkansas 9,946 2,550 1,579 2,731 3,086 177 2,365,406
California 113,655 23,182 18,607 41,540 30,326 716 35,804,748
Colorado 12,002 2,688 2,639 3,070 3,605 194 4,493,672
Connecticut 3,888 492 887 1,561 948 95 3,257,161
Delaware 3,612 731 833 1,737 311 50 843,524
District of Columbia 3,971 829 1,053 1,629 460 2 550,521
Florida 88,141 15,057 15,680 39,668 17,736 602 17,758,612
Georgia 16,160 4,358 3,415 5,290 3,097 249 5,882,872
Hawaii 1,629 154 417 591 467 2 1,048,094
Idaho 2,268 412 466 862 528 88 1,160,229
Indiana 9,679 1,584 1,376 2,769 3,950 172 4,948,152
Iowa 6,461 601 1,021 1,601 3,238 192 2,733,190
Kansas 2,825 461 514 1,171 679 216 1,323,938
Kentucky 5,202 1,063 789 1,880 1,470 283 3,444,023
Louisiana 14,116 3,460 2,588 4,204 3,864 125 2,927,488
Maine 809 32 163 246 368 149 1,307,115
Maryland 16,266 2,540 3,744 6,156 3,826 148 4,956,278
Massachusetts 16,567 1,734 3,653 8,353 2,827 285 5,308,070
Michigan 35,674 8,839 6,848 13,228 6,759 533 9,573,458
Minnesota 4,011 518 824 1,590 1,079 301 4,154,209
Mississippi 2,506 779 535 796 396 107 1,801,076
Missouri 20,834 5,153 2,855 6,350 6,476 526 5,677,517
Montana 1,727 270 276 469 712 67 728,656
Nebraska 3,275 451 595 1,629 600 216 1,604,496
Nevada 8,619 1,763 1,844 3,673 1,339 33 2,410,942
New Hampshire 825 112 286 220 207 130 1,079,375
New Jersey 16,079 2,449 3,333 5,122 5,175 517 8,717,925
New Mexico 7,800 1,639 1,351 2,457 2,353 55 1,425,388
New York 16,888 2,099 4,265 5,070 5,454 618 10,145,688
North Carolina 22,988 6,628 4,825 6,251 5,284 367 7,951,544
North Dakota 368 18 53 108 189 62 541,802
Ohio 13,702 3,223 2,694 4,359 3,426 359 8,272,962
Oklahoma 13,059 2,546 2,063 4,838 3,612 294 3,493,881
Oregon 6,325 780 1,186 2,245 2,114 153 3,576,873
Pennsylvania 25,800 5,678 3,876 6,411 9,835 798 10,646,715
Rhode Island 1,439 225 328 465 421 44 983,008
South Carolina 23,796 5,780 4,367 6,759 6,890 274 4,101,068
South Dakota 369 37 99 86 147 51 315,246
Tennessee 31,609 9,972 6,716 10,873 4,048 428 5,771,658
Texas 75,285 17,514 16,858 27,017 13,896 979 22,803,084
Utah 3,246 529 838 1,168 711 98 2,147,551
Vermont 379 46 74 82 177 65 546,576
Virginia 10,943 2,367 2,343 3,411 2,822 356 6,093,394
Washington 10,902 1,541 1,972 3,590 3,799 241 5,711,284
West Virginia 3,172 833 612 692 1,035 345 1,504,736
Wisconsin 7,274 1,327 921 1,731 3,295 337 5,254,892
Wyoming 916 80 178 277 381 61 490,411

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