Bureau of Justice Statistics - Data Online http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs Number of homicides Year,Alabama,Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,California,Colorado,Connecticut,Delaware,District of Columbia,Florida,Georgia,Hawaii,Idaho,Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Kentucky,Louisiana,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Montana,Nebraska,Nevada,New Hampshire,New Jersey,New Mexico,New York,North Carolina,North Dakota,Ohio,Oklahoma,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Rhode Island,South Carolina,South Dakota,Tennessee,Texas,Utah,Vermont,Virginia,Washington,West Virginia,Wisconsin,Wyoming 1976,553,43,177,213,2220,176,97,36,188,903,692,55,44,1161,377,67,104,362,506,29,352,194,1014,92,294,443,38,45,70,27,380,113,1969,609,9,792,178,97,719,22,331,12,462,1519,55,26,476,154,122,140,27, 1977,524,44,217,188,2515,166,132,35,192,859,593,64,47,1109,395,67,153,349,609,26,333,178,853,106,342,462,41,61,100,27,408,105,1919,586,6,833,241,117,655,34,343,14,434,1705,44,7,460,159,112,130,22, 1978,499,52,221,199,2611,196,129,39,189,949,731,60,47,1108,334,74,133,316,625,30,338,216,972,81,302,505,38,47,102,12,398,124,1820,600,8,741,244,123,725,37,336,13,411,1853,49,16,452,175,127,118,30, 1979,496,54,219,198,2952,161,131,33,180,1084,877,66,49,1203,448,65,130,335,682,31,406,212,834,93,302,543,33,65,123,21,484,154,2092,600,10,865,281,107,724,30,368,14,430,2235,66,7,447,187,128,160,41, 1980,509,39,279,210,3411,198,146,41,200,1387,743,84,29,1205,485,63,163,321,661,32,399,232,940,106,365,544,31,69,160,23,504,170,2228,619,8,871,299,132,809,42,348,5,489,2392,55,11,459,225,138,136,29, 1981,465,60,227,209,3143,239,168,40,223,1522,960,47,43,1205,388,76,151,308,673,36,421,210,861,85,319,516,27,49,148,27,542,,2166,541,15,799,279,117,729,40,330,12,448,2446,50,22,464,213,118,161,27, 1982,417,81,236,187,2779,182,164,32,194,1409,713,31,24,1005,355,67,138,355,698,24,432,219,827,95,358,479,,31,120,21,482,158,2013,545,5,676,344,136,678,35,348,19,452,2466,53,12,405,185,102,148,46, 1983,364,66,213,178,2639,202,129,25,183,1199,483,57,35,1112,286,68,137,364,629,24,367,203,910,69,290,403,30,42,114,19,399,124,1958,490,14,600,249,109,583,26,321,15,410,2239,56,19,387,212,96,131,30, 1984,374,58,238,176,2717,184,122,25,175,1264,546,34,34,1033,303,59,89,244,575,20,354,211,879,74,252,358,36,54,98,10,402,130,1786,539,8,551,258,128,538,33,305,13,394,2093,47,12,434,202,86,117,17, 1985,396,51,254,187,2770,189,120,30,147,1296,620,43,22,927,319,55,121,256,487,28,348,202,1018,88,276,409,48,47,96,21,407,158,1683,520,7,554,254,125,550,35,304,13,429,2132,50,18,405,231,73,135,22, 1986,409,46,307,191,3038,230,148,31,194,1371,686,51,32,1023,329,51,108,248,575,23,401,208,1032,105,295,464,,50,121,23,399,170,1907,515,7,595,269,178,659,34,291,28,501,2258,53,11,411,223,114,149,27, 1987,380,53,253,182,2924,191,156,33,225,1371,735,52,31,967,307,59,110,280,496,30,436,173,1124,112,269,423,,55,85,32,351,152,2016,519,10,630,244,153,642,35,318,13,444,1959,55,15,437,256,92,168,10, 1988,408,29,294,211,2936,187,174,34,369,,748,44,36,991,358,47,85,,512,37,449,208,1009,124,225,413,21,58,111,25,411,173,2244,510,12,585,243,139,660,41,325,22,461,2022,47,11,468,264,93,144,12, 1989,421,42,237,203,3158,146,190,34,434,,820,53,26,1051,353,54,138,293,653,39,544,254,993,111,253,409,23,40,91,36,394,132,2246,584,4,652,210,134,753,49,320,9,417,2029,45,11,480,209,121,176,21, 1990,467,41,284,241,3553,138,166,33,472,,767,44,27,1182,344,54,98,264,724,30,552,243,971,117,313,449,,43,116,21,432,139,2605,711,5,663,253,108,801,48,390,14,511,2389,52,13,545,238,102,225,22, 1991,469,42,291,264,3859,199,187,37,482,,849,45,19,1300,423,,153,253,720,,569,249,1009,131,332,543,21,52,152,40,406,163,2571,769,7,783,230,133,758,37,402,12,547,2652,52,12,583,211,111,239,15, 1992,455,44,312,259,3921,216,166,32,443,1208,741,42,37,1322,464,44,151,216,747,,596,214,938,150,320,547,24,68,145,18,397,141,2397,723,12,724,210,139,746,36,373,4,520,2239,54,12,564,258,115,218,17, 1993,484,54,339,247,4096,206,206,35,454,1224,789,45,32,1332,430,66,,249,874,20,632,233,933,155,357,590,,63,144,23,418,130,2420,785,11,667,273,140,823,39,377,24,521,2147,58,21,539,271,126,222,16, 1994,501,38,426,294,3703,199,215,33,399,1165,703,50,40,1378,453,47,,244,856,28,579,214,927,147,409,554,,51,170,16,396,177,2016,772,1,662,226,150,712,41,353,10,482,2022,56,6,571,294,99,227,16, 1995,475,55,439,259,3531,216,150,25,360,1037,683,56,48,1221,466,51,,276,740,25,596,217,808,182,348,469,35,48,163,21,409,148,1550,677,6,600,400,129,755,33,292,13,557,1693,76,13,503,275,89,219,10, 1996,444,45,377,219,2916,180,158,31,,1077,630,40,43,1179,420,53,,228,762,25,588,157,722,167,301,433,,48,220,20,338,197,1353,619,14,538,223,129,686,25,332,9,503,1477,63,11,500,255,69,204,16, 1997,426,54,375,250,2579,157,124,22,301,,563,47,39,1096,430,52,,228,682,25,502,119,759,129,358,426,42,50,187,,337,134,1093,614,6,523,229,95,705,25,314,10,511,1327,50,9,488,244,75,205,17, 1998,354,41,376,201,2171,183,135,21,,,618,24,36,1008,454,54,,237,560,26,513,124,721,121,315,399,18,51,170,18,325,190,924,612,7,443,204,126,633,24,306,10,460,1346,65,13,422,224,78,,23, 1999,,52,384,143,2005,185,107,24,,,583,44,25,939,391,43,,203,468,25,465,122,695,134,213,359,22,60,165,18,287,170,903,552,10,397,231,88,592,36,258,18,391,1217,44,17,392,171,79,179,11, 2000,329,27,359,168,2079,134,98,25,,,651,35,16,898,352,46,169,193,560,15,430,125,669,151,255,347,20,63,129,22,289,135,952,560,4,418,182,70,602,45,291,7,410,1238,43,9,401,196,46,169,12, 2001,379,39,400,148,2206,158,105,23,,,598,32,30,986,413,50,92,191,501,18,446,145,672,119,282,372,34,43,180,17,336,99,960,505,7,452,185,84,651,39,255,7,425,1332,67,7,364,179,40,192,9, 2002,303,33,387,142,2395,179,80,26,,,606,24,36,949,362,44,78,184,593,14,513,173,678,112,264,331,16,48,181,12,337,152,909,548,5,526,163,72,624,41,298,11,420,1302,47,13,388,184,57,154,15, "Notes: When data are unavailable, the cells are blank or the year is not presented." Data are presented only for those years in which the estimated number of homicides from the UCR is available and at least half of those homicides were reported in the SHR. Sources: Number of homicides is from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). Characteristics of homicides are from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR). Date of download: May 26 2005