Table 21

Robbery
by State, Types of Weapons, 2008

State	Total robberies¹	Firearms	Knives or cutting instruments	Other weapons	Strong- arm	Agency count	Population
Alabama	3,618	2,225	191	196	1,006	299	3,233,392
Alaska	642	167	60	71	344	33	673,786
Arizona	9,645	4,986	840	840	2,979	85	6,414,715
Arkansas	2,660	1,279	164	172	1,045	210	2,609,689
California	69,287	22,047	6,245	6,415	34,580	724	36,588,661
Colorado	3,148	1,191	306	353	1,298	199	4,637,260
Connecticut	3,129	994	313	336	1,486	101	3,377,299
Delaware	1,838	827	116	141	754	54	873,092
District of Columbia	4,430	1,811	234	181	2,204	3	591,833
Florida	36,224	16,915	2,267	3,075	13,967	591	18,294,452
Georgia	15,069	9,677	616	1,061	3,715	298	7,263,407
Hawaii	1,021	109	94	80	738	3	1,145,204
Idaho	215	64	32	29	90	102	1,444,155
Illinois²	582	261	37	51	233	1	157,262
Indiana	7,186	3,773	415	531	2,467	265	5,045,972
Iowa	1,234	295	109	160	670	194	2,765,774
Kansas	1,286	513	118	157	498	240	2,218,689
Kentucky	3,604	1,490	267	553	1,294	292	3,554,879
Louisiana	5,221	2,966	264	331	1,660	130	3,517,098
Maine	333	53	43	34	203	165	1,316,456
Maryland	9,175	4,243	833	478	3,621	156	4,999,048
Massachusetts	6,489	1,616	1,255	798	2,820	322	5,821,590
Michigan	12,459	6,295	592	1,095	4,477	480	8,705,522
Minnesota	4,142	1,322	265	635	1,920	303	4,955,284
Mississippi	2,198	1,316	124	222	536	104	1,667,671
Missouri	7,347	3,785	418	589	2,555	586	5,787,538
Montana	168	29	14	39	86	87	924,548
Nebraska	1,285	619	95	98	473	219	1,636,902
Nevada	6,473	2,693	593	557	2,630	36	2,600,167
New Hampshire	353	76	48	45	184	138	1,032,522
New Jersey	12,282	4,113	1,022	778	6,369	527	8,522,218
New Mexico	2,031	950	247	156	678	69	1,606,223
New York	9,524	2,831	959	1,186	4,548	587	10,739,528
North Carolina	12,862	7,288	894	1,059	3,621	324	7,452,925
North Dakota	70	9	10	11	40	71	580,591
Ohio	17,242	7,200	719	1,575	7,748	412	8,532,469
Oklahoma	3,639	1,764	286	261	1,328	281	3,418,015
Oregon	2,618	611	300	267	1,440	152	3,649,695
Pennsylvania	18,636	7,781	1,282	1,218	8,355	1,126	11,891,768
Rhode Island	879	215	116	108	440	48	1,050,788
South Carolina	6,000	3,402	417	490	1,691	454	3,848,869
South Dakota	116	25	19	15	57	98	652,677
Tennessee	10,666	6,416	697	852	2,701	433	5,845,629
Texas	37,718	17,962	3,218	3,398	13,140	987	24,292,555
Utah	1,415	450	152	157	656	118	2,687,888
Vermont	89	22	19	13	35	80	604,277
Virginia	7,390	4,166	489	664	2,071	377	7,694,707
Washington	6,116	1,481	551	611	3,473	234	6,125,943
West Virginia	521	166	46	90	219	155	1,046,031
Wisconsin	5,124	2,651	330	453	1,690	374	5,588,110
Wyoming	85	23	13	8	41	62	528,009

¹ The number of robberies for which breakdowns by type of weapon were received from agencies that submitted 12 months of data in 2008.
² Limited data were received.

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