Homicides accounted for more than 24,500 deaths in the United States in 2020. A closer examination of data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics provides the following details about U.S. homicide rates by region (to see state level data, follow the "Region" links in the table below):
U.S. Homicide Rates by Region
Region | Deaths | Population | Death Rate* |
Far West | 3,165 | 56,579,620 | 5.6 |
Great Lakes | 4,122 | 46,834,910 | 8.8 |
Great Plains | 1,460 | 21,481,834 | 6.8 |
Mid-East | 3,153 | 48,757,828 | 6.5 |
New England | 413 | 14,847,468 | 2.8 |
Rocky Mountain | 563 | 12,547,416 | 4.5 |
Southeast | 8,405 | 85,565,785 | 9.8 |
Southwest | 3,295 | 42,869,262 | 7.7 |
U.S. Total | 24,576 | 329,484,123 | 7.5 |
(*) number of homicide deaths per 100,000 population
Report Period: 2020
Source: CDC Wonder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed on May 21, 2022
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