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DEFINITION
Number of Black people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.
Crime Statistics > Lynchings > Black (most recent) by state
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| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Mississippi: | 539 | |
| #2 | Georgia: | 492 | |
| #3 | Texas: | 352 | |
| #4 | Louisiana: | 335 | |
| #5 | Alabama: | 299 | |
| #6 | Florida: | 257 | |
| #7 | Arkansas: | 226 | |
| #8 | Tennessee: | 204 | |
| #9 | South Carolina: | 156 | |
| #10 | Kentucky: | 142 | |
| #11 | North Carolina: | 86 | |
| #12 | Virginia: | 83 | |
| #13 | Missouri: | 69 | |
| #14 | Oklahoma: | 40 | |
| #15 | West Virginia: | 28 | |
| #16 | Maryland: | 27 | |
| #17 | Kansas: | 19 | |
| #18 | Illinois: | 19 | |
| #19 | Ohio: | 16 | |
| #20 | Indiana: | 14 | |
| #21 | Pennsylvania: | 6 | |
| #22 | Nebraska: | 5 | |
| #23 | Wyoming: | 5 | |
| #24 | Minnesota: | 4 | |
| #25 | New Mexico: | 3 | |
| #26 | North Dakota: | 3 | |
| #27 | Colorado: | 3 | |
| #28 | California: | 2 | |
| #29 | Iowa: | 2 | |
| #30 | Utah: | 2 | |
| #31 | Montana: | 2 | |
| #32 | New York: | 1 | |
| #33 | New Jersey: | 1 | |
| #34 | Oregon: | 1 | |
| #35 | Delaware: | 1 | |
| #36 | Washington: | 1 | |
| #37 | Michigan: | 1 | |
| #38 | Wisconsin: | 0 | |
| #39 | Vermont: | 0 | |
| #40 | Maine: | 0 | |
| #41 | Idaho: | 0 | |
| #42 | Nevada: | 0 | |
| #43 | South Dakota: | 0 | |
| #44 | Arizona: | 0 | |
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Total: |
3,446 |
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Weighted average: |
78.3 |
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DEFINITION: Number of Black people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.
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