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Crime Statistics > Lynchings > Total (per capita) (most recent) by state

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Rank   States  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Mississippi:198.898 per 1 million people 
#2  Arkansas:102.189 per 1 million people 
#3  Montana:89.775 per 1 million people 
#4  Louisiana:86.435 per 1 million people 
#5  Alabama:76.133 per 1 million people 
#6  Wyoming:68.723 per 1 million people 
#7  Georgia:58.528 per 1 million people 
#8  Kentucky:49.121 per 1 million people 
#9  Tennessee:42.093 per 1 million people 
#10  South Carolina:37.602 per 1 million people 
#11  South Dakota:34.797 per 1 million people 
#12  Oklahoma:34.387 per 1 million people 
#13  Nebraska:32.409 per 1 million people 
#14  West Virginia:26.419 per 1 million people 
#15  North Dakota:25.13 per 1 million people 
#16  Texas:21.566 per 1 million people 
#17  Missouri:21.033 per 1 million people 
#18  Kansas:19.674 per 1 million people 
#19  New Mexico:18.668 per 1 million people 
#20  Florida:15.852 per 1 million people 
#21  Colorado:14.576 per 1 million people 
#22  Idaho:13.995 per 1 million people 
#23  Virginia:13.214 per 1 million people 
#24  North Carolina:11.632 per 1 million people 
#25  Indiana:7.494 per 1 million people 
#26  Iowa:6.405 per 1 million people 
#27  Oregon:5.768 per 1 million people 
#28  Arizona:5.219 per 1 million people 
#29  Maryland:5.178 per 1 million people 
#30  Washington:4.135 per 1 million people 
#31  Utah:3.239 per 1 million people 
#32  Illinois:2.664 per 1 million people 
#33  Nevada:2.485 per 1 million people 
#34  Ohio:2.268 per 1 million people 
#35  Minnesota:1.753 per 1 million people 
#36  Vermont:1.605 per 1 million people 
#37  California:1.19 per 1 million people 
#38  Delaware:1.186 per 1 million people 
#39  Wisconsin:1.084 per 1 million people 
#40  Michigan:0.79 per 1 million people 
#41  Maine:0.757 per 1 million people 
#42  Pennsylvania:0.644 per 1 million people 
#43  New Jersey:0.229 per 1 million people 
#44  New York:0.104 per 1 million people 
Weighted average: 26.5 per 1 million people  


DEFINITION: Number of total people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

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