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Where Black Youth Gun Murders Soared And Where They Fell

07/21/2023

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For 15-24 gun homicide victims per 100000. In general, black on black shootings of young black men went up between 2000-2002 and 2020-2022, especially in the south.

State	Black Rate 2000-02	Black Rate 2020-23	Black Chg 20 Yrs
Alaska	Suppressed		#VALUE!
Hawaii	Suppressed		#VALUE!
Idaho	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Iowa	Suppressed	110.1	#VALUE!
Maine	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Montana	Unreliable		#VALUE!
New Hampshire	Suppressed		#VALUE!
New Mexico	Suppressed		#VALUE!
North Dakota	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Oregon	Suppressed	139.2	#VALUE!
Rhode Island	Suppressed		#VALUE!
South Dakota	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Utah	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Vermont	Unreliable		#VALUE!
West Virginia	Suppressed	65.4	#VALUE!
Wyoming	Unreliable		#VALUE!
Kentucky	53.6	168.4	214%
Delaware	39.3	122.7	212%
Mississippi	49.2	149.8	204%
South Carolina	45.5	137.8	203%
Ohio	63.9	162.7	155%
Arkansas	71.1	175.8	147%
Alabama	64.1	158.3	147%
Washington	30.9	72.7	136%
Oklahoma	40.2	90.6	125%
Texas	39.6	89.1	125%
Louisiana	94.7	198.2	109%
Georgia	47.6	95.6	101%
Colorado	46.4	92.6	100%
Tennessee	88.8	165.8	87%
Virginia	54.6	101.5	86%
Florida	49.9	89.0	78%
North Carolina	62.8	105.8	68%
Missouri	148.1	239.1	61%
Illinois	134.7	203.1	51%
Connecticut	52.7	73.7	40%
Wisconsin	126.7	174.0	37%
Nebraska	73.5	98.0	33%
Arizona	69.2	91.6	32%
Pennsylvania	138.4	178.6	29%
Indiana	152.4	194.3	27%
Michigan	113.0	125.9	11%
Minnesota	86.8	88.1	1%
New Jersey	60.3	58.4	-3%
New York	66.1	58.3	-12%
Maryland	130.4	114.7	-12%
Kansas	113.2	93.0	-18%
Massachusetts	60.2	44.9	-25%
California	117.1	85.0	-27%
District of Columbia	336.4	233.4	-31%
Nevada	118.1	80.8	-32%