More than 24,500 homicides were recorded in the U.S. in 2020. The Mid-Eastern U.S., a region that encompasses five-states and the District of Columbia, accounted for over 3,150 homicide deaths in 2020, or about 12.8% of all homicides that year in the United States. The region's homicide rate of 6.5 deaths per 100,000 population was about 13.3% lower than the national average, thanks in large part to relatively low homicide rates in New York and New Jersey. Further examination of state-level data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics yields the following details about homicide rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:
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Homicide Rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S. |
| State | Deaths | Population | Death Rate* |
| DC | 187 | 712,816 | 26.2 |
| DE | 86 | 986,809 | 8.7 |
| MD | 649 | 6,055,802 | 10.7 |
| NJ | 362 | 8,882,371 | 4.1 |
| NY | 875 | 19,336,776 | 4.5 |
| PA | 994 | 12,783,254 | 7.8 |
| Region | 3,153 | 48,757,828 | 6.5 |
| U.S. | 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 April 27, 2022
