Table 22

Aggravated Assault
by State, Type of Weapon, 2006

State Total aggravated assaults1 Firearms Knives or cutting instruments Other weapons Personal weapons Agency count Population
Alabama 4,903 1,523 775 1,015 1,590 220 2,453,070
Alaska 3,354 590 730 929 1,105 32 648,530
Arizona 18,155 5,353 3,026 5,633 4,143 78 5,763,933
Arkansas 10,094 2,577 1,578 2,736 3,203 218 2,440,466
California 111,327 23,494 18,185 40,426 29,222 723 36,332,437
Colorado 12,148 2,547 2,668 3,156 3,777 195 4,562,929
Connecticut 3,264 467 802 1,182 813 78 2,754,178
Delaware 3,640 804 799 1,644 393 53 853,476
District of Columbia 4,589 975 1,237 1,888 489 3 581,530
Florida 86,822 15,882 15,370 38,188 17,382 591 18,015,015
Georgia 17,300 4,831 3,446 5,685 3,338 211 5,788,935
Hawaii 1,819 188 440 671 520 2 1,081,338
Idaho 2,641 480 531 787 843 104 1,458,022
Illinois2 1,135 539 125 278 193 1 153,738
Indiana 5,091 701 649 1,130 2,611 164 3,900,622
Iowa 5,159 447 846 1,169 2,697 178 2,501,202
Kansas 7,520 2,234 1,523 2,217 1,546 238 2,305,606
Kentucky 5,292 1,070 780 2,079 1,363 263 3,274,856
Louisiana 17,373 4,797 3,127 4,654 4,795 116 3,296,886
Maine 780 46 160 215 359 163 1,319,259
Maryland 15,490 2,438 3,618 5,660 3,774 150 4,977,683
Massachusetts 16,347 1,787 3,640 8,371 2,549 284 5,170,140
Michigan 36,306 9,181 6,739 12,737 7,649 558 9,879,608
Minnesota 8,446 1,452 1,754 2,379 2,861 271 4,769,467
Mississippi 2,871 910 555 691 715 107 1,776,401
Missouri 21,827 5,517 3,120 6,544 6,646 557 5,759,961
Montana 1,539 215 263 468 593 64 721,431
Nebraska 3,018 455 520 1,528 515 208 1,502,765
Nevada 10,178 2,089 1,864 4,557 1,668 36 2,495,529
New Hampshire 884 140 309 244 191 122 1,039,150
New Jersey 15,647 2,609 3,430 4,705 4,903 515 8,720,592
New Mexico 7,382 1,604 1,314 2,452 2,012 53 1,493,052
New York 18,117 2,521 4,700 5,250 5,646 652 10,824,535
North Carolina 23,737 6,804 4,714 6,673 5,546 376 7,818,693
North Dakota 522 13 57 137 315 72 591,890
Ohio 13,311 3,557 2,605 4,124 3,025 357 7,961,904
Oklahoma 12,682 2,477 1,997 4,811 3,397 289 3,479,339
Oregon 5,502 736 1,055 1,837 1,874 137 3,134,046
Pennsylvania 26,825 5,762 3,919 6,616 10,528 837 10,869,846
Rhode Island 1,289 179 287 579 244 43 906,054
South Carolina 23,853 6,071 4,224 6,610 6,948 426 4,061,426
South Dakota 654 112 204 198 140 80 569,130
Tennessee 31,906 9,754 6,589 12,217 3,346 446 5,909,564
Texas 73,846 17,513 16,352 26,131 13,850 965 23,227,354
Utah 3,435 628 904 1,243 660 110 2,484,578
Vermont 561 70 116 131 244 75 571,164
Virginia 11,060 2,080 2,403 3,538 3,039 315 7,250,178
Washington 10,306 1,544 1,879 3,359 3,524 237 5,481,639
West Virginia 1,455 407 218 286 544 180 772,766
Wisconsin 8,842 2,056 954 2,058 3,774 351 5,389,771
Wyoming 985 93 170 293 429 61 502,901

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