Death

Penalty States
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming
TOTAL
Weighted Murder Rate:
(Total Murders/Total
Population)*100,000

Population, 2011* Murders, 2011*

4,802,740
301
6,482,505
405
2,937,979
162
37,691,912
1,792
5,116,796
149
3,580,709
128
907,135
41
19,057,542
984
9,815,210
554
1,584,985
36
6,516,922
312
2,871,238
110
4,369,356
153
4,574,836
513
5,828,289
398
2,978,512
239
6,010,688
366
998,199
28
1,842,641
67
2,723,322
141
1,318,194
17
9,656,401
508
11,544,951
513
3,791,508
208
3,871,859
82
12,742,886
637
4,679,230
320
824,082
21
6,403,353
373
25,674,681
1,126
2,817,222
54
8,096,604
303
6,830,038
162
568,158
18
229,510,683 11,221

4.889097036

Non-Death Penalty States Population, 2011* Murders, 2011*

Alaska
722,718
29
Hawaii
1,374,810
17
Iowa
3,062,309
46
Illinois**
12,869,257
721
Maine
1,328,188
26
Massachusetts
6,587,536
185
Michigan
9,876,187
613
Minnesota
5,344,861
74
New Jersey
8,821,155
380
New Mexico
2,082,224
156
New York
19,465,197
774
North Dakota
683,932
24
Rhode Island
1,051,302
14
Vermont
626,431
8
West Virginia
1,855,364
80
Wisconsin
5,711,767
136
Washington, DC
617,996
108
TOTAL
82,081,234 3,391
**Abolished death
penalty July 1, 2011

Weighted Murder Rate:

(Total Murders/Total
Population)*100,000
4.131273173
*Source: 2011 FBI Uniform Crime Report