At publishing, 2016 was the most recent county-level data available from NACJD. When they publish the updated datasets, we will update this map.

U.S. counties with highest homicide percentages in each state in 2016.

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State County % or Murders % of Popula­tion Gap
Alabama Jefferson County, Alabama 26% 14% 12%
Alaska Anchorage Borough, Alaska 76% 64% 12%
Arizona Maricopa County, Arizona 68% 61% 6%
Arkansas Pulaski County, Arkansas 30% 14% 16%
California Los Angeles County, California 32% 26% 6%
Colorado Denver County, Colorado 30% 13% 17%
Connecticut New Haven County, Connecticut 42% 26% 16%
Delaware New Castle County, Delaware 78% 59% 19%
Florida Orange County, Florida 17% 7% 10%
Georgia Fulton County, Georgia 23% 10% 12%
Hawaii Honolulu County, Hawaii 46% 70% -24%
Idaho Ada County, Idaho 20% 27% -7%
Illinois Cook County, Illinois 80% 41% 39%
Indiana Marion County, Indiana 38% 17% 21%
Iowa Polk County, Iowa 28% 15% 13%
Kansas Sedgwick County, Kansas 38% 20% 18%
Kentucky Jefferson County, Kentucky 55% 17% 37%
Louisiana Orleans Parish, Louisiana 32% 9% 23%
Maine Cumberland County, Maine 30% 22% 8%
Maryland Baltimore City, Maryland 59% 10% 49%
Massachusetts Suffolk County, Massachusetts 38% 12% 26%
Michigan Wayne County, Michigan 55% 18% 37%
Minnesota Hennepin County, Minnesota 41% 22% 18%
Mississippi Hinds County, Mississippi 37% 12% 25%
Missouri St. Louis City, Missouri 36% 5% 31%
Montana Cascade County, Montana 13% 8% 5%
Nebraska Douglas County, Nebraska 63% 30% 33%
Nevada Clark County, Nevada 88% 73% 14%
New Hampshire Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 28% 31% -4%
New Jersey Essex County, New Jersey 33% 9% 24%
New Mexico Bernalillo County, New Mexico 53% 33% 20%
New York Kings County, New York 16% 13% 3%
North Carolina Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 12% 11% 1%
North Dakota Cass County, North Dakota 29% 23% 6%
Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio 24% 10% 14%
Oklahoma Tulsa County, Oklahoma 33% 17% 16%
Oregon Multnomah County, Oregon 21% 20% 1%
Pennsylvania Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 41% 12% 28%
Rhode Island Providence County, Rhode Island 76% 60% 16%
South Carolina Charleston County, South Carolina 12% 8% 4%
South Dakota Minnehaha County, South Dakota 43% 24% 19%
Tennessee Shelby County, Tennessee 45% 14% 30%
Texas Harris County, Texas 27% 17% 11%
Utah Salt Lake County, Utah 62% 37% 24%
Vermont Franklin County, Vermont 45% 8% 38%
Virginia Richmond City, Virginia 12% 3% 9%
Washington King County, Washington 29% 30% -1%
West Virginia Kanawha County, West Virginia 20% 11% 9%
Wisconsin Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 67% 17% 51%
Wyoming Laramie County, Wyoming 40% 17% 23%