Map of US states by murder rate; 2011 (south, California, Florida)
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I'm curious if you have any idea why the black murder rate in Missouri is so high? Obviously this is driven first by inner-city St. Louis and then by inner-city Kansas City, but I wonder what unique factors might exist in these cities compared to other midwestern rust-belt cities to drive the rate so high?
I'm curious if you have any idea why the black murder rate in Missouri is so high? Obviously this is driven first by inner-city St. Louis and then by inner-city Kansas City, but I wonder what unique factors might exist in these cities compared to other midwestern rust-belt cities to drive the rate so high?
St. Louis and Kansas City are where a bulk of the murders come from. Kansas City had 102 murders in 2010. St. Louis had 144 murders in 2010. In 2010, 244 Blacks were murders in Missouri. Considering Missouri's Black population is around 665,000 residents, this averages out to a high murder rate. St. Louis and Kansas City have high murder rates, St. Louis in particular. Alot of it could be attributed to the high levels of poverty, drugs, broken homes, high unemployment rates. There are major issues with gangs in St. Louis. I think one reason might be geographic distribution in combination with Missouri's Black population not being as high as Illinois or Ohio. St. Louis is geographically small. Gang war is quite imminent because of the small geographic space in St. Louis. And this can be tied to drug dealing. Gangs compete for turf.
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I had no idea that the murder rate for the Virgin Islands was so high... 45 per 100K? Ouch.
Honduras has an even higher murder rate than the Virgin Islands. In 2010, the murder rate was 82 murders per 100,000. El Salvador is quite bad too, with 66 murders per 100,000. Alot of this is tied to drugs and gang activity.
Russia's murder rate has come down, but it is quite high for Europe. Back in the 1990s, the murder rate in Russia reached as high as 30 murders per 100,000. Russia still has issues with violence and crime. Some parts of Russia have murder rates as high as 34 to 50 murders per 100,000.
I wonder why a good number of southern states: South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee for example, have higher murder rates per capita than some northern states.
Simple - the heat and the humidity drives people crazy...especially those who cannot afford central air conditioning.
Simple - the heat and the humidity drives people crazy...especially those who cannot afford central air conditioning.
The weather could have something to do with it. However, consider Alaska. Today, Alaska a murder rate below the national average. However, in 1982, Alaska had a murder rate of 18.5 murders per 100,000. Alaska has had other years of high murder rates as well. Alaska ranks #1 in the country when it comes to the rape rate.
Rural areas have a lower murder rate for blacks than cities, probably for various cultural and historical issues. For others, except for those who don't live in said violent neighborhoods, it's unclear how big of a rural vs urban difference there is.
The most recent link you posted shows the black murder rate of Alabama in 2010 was much lower than 2009, only 8 per 100k.
Thanks for the map, though due to year to year variability, especially in states with a small black population, it may be more informative to average over several years.
I'd be curious to see a white murder rate map (esp. to see how big the north-south difference is). I did a search but mostly I got racist web sites.
Thanks for the map, though due to year to year variability, especially in states with a small black population, it may be more informative to average over several years.
I'd be curious to see a white murder rate map (esp. to see how big the north-south difference is). I did a search but mostly I got racist web sites.
You're welcome.
It would be helpful for me to get data over time, such as over a decade. However, that is very difficult data to get, if not impossible. I was able to find 2010 data for the Black murder rate. I would go to a google search and type "Black murder rate by state 2000". I would get data about over all Black murder rates, but not broken down by state. I get VPC data from 2009 and data for 2010, but I can't seem to find anything earlier than that.
I too have noticed that alot of information about White murder rates are often given by racist web sites. As to why, I don't know. I did do a check with the CDC on the White murder rate. The trend has been that the White murder rate was highest in the Southern USA. The lowest murder rate for Whites in the North. This was between 1959-1961. It only listed White and Non-White murder rates.
States with the highest White murder rates in 1960: Alaska, Nevada, New Mexico, Kentucky, Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee. Half of the top ten states were in the South, 3 were in the Southwest, and then you had Nevada and Alaska, ironically the top 2.
One thing I would consider is that in those days, treatment for trauma was not as advanced as it is today. If you got shot in those days, chances are, you were more likely to die depending on who you were or where you where.
This might be one of the few places in the country where the white murder rate is on par with the black average murder rate. Higher than rural black areas of the south:
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Perry County Ky is at 5. Population: 28,716
Greenup County Ky is at 2. population: 36,907
Harlan County Ky is at 2. Population: 29,240
Johnson County Ky is at 2. Population: 23,411
Magoffin County Ky is at 1. Population: 13,331
Laurel County KY is at 1. Population: 59,000
Knott County Ky is at 1. Population: 16,325
Leslie County Ky is at 1. Population: 11,297
Morgan County Ky Is at 1. Population: 13,941
Rowan County Ky is at 1. Population: 23,359
Letcher County Ky is at 1. Population: 24,574
Floyd County Ky is at 1. Population: 39,430
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These numbers are for the year to date, so annual rates will be really high. Most of the areas are almost entirely white. It's probably also one of the few white areas of the country where deprivation reaches inner-city ghetto levels. Assuming these days are compiled correctly. A 1991 article I found gave an annual murder rate of 25 per 100k for that region, though another source says violent crime has decreased afterwards.
This might be one of the few places in the country where the white murder rate is on par with the black average murder rate. Higher than rural black areas of the south:
These numbers are for the year to date, so annual rates will be really high. Most of the areas are almost entirely white. It's probably also one of the few white areas of the country where deprivation reaches inner-city ghetto levels. Assuming these days are compiled correctly. A 1991 article I found gave an annual murder rate of 25 per 100k for that region, though another source says violent crime has decreased afterwards.
It is sort of ironic. Inner city murder rates among African-Americans are quite high. Murder rates among Whites in the cities are low, especially in cities like Minneapolis, Seattle, Boston, Portland, and Chicago. However, for many rural Black, the murder rates goes down. With this part of Kentucky, the murder rate goes up. In this case, deprivation and poverty are big parts of this. Culture as well. Violence has occurred in this region before.
Similar elements taken place in eastern Kentucky have been found in the inner cities.
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