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DEFINITION
Number of Black people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.
Crime Statistics > Lynchings > Black (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
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# 1
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Mississippi: |
539 |
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# 2
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Georgia: |
492 |
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# 3
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Texas: |
352 |
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# 4
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Louisiana: |
335 |
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# 5
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Alabama: |
299 |
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# 6
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Florida: |
257 |
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# 7
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Arkansas: |
226 |
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# 8
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Tennessee: |
204 |
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# 9
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South Carolina: |
156 |
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# 10
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Kentucky: |
142 |
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# 11
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North Carolina: |
86 |
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# 12
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Virginia: |
83 |
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# 13
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Missouri: |
69 |
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# 14
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Oklahoma: |
40 |
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# 15
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West Virginia: |
28 |
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# 16
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Maryland: |
27 |
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= 17
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Kansas: |
19 |
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= 17
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Illinois: |
19 |
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# 19
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Ohio: |
16 |
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# 20
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Indiana: |
14 |
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# 21
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Pennsylvania: |
6 |
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= 22
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Wyoming: |
5 |
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= 22
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Nebraska: |
5 |
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# 24
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Minnesota: |
4 |
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= 25
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Colorado: |
3 |
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= 25
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North Dakota: |
3 |
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= 25
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New Mexico: |
3 |
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= 28
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California: |
2 |
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= 28
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Iowa: |
2 |
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= 28
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Utah: |
2 |
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= 28
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Montana: |
2 |
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= 32
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New York: |
1 |
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= 32
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Michigan: |
1 |
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= 32
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Delaware: |
1 |
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= 32
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Washington: |
1 |
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= 32
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Oregon: |
1 |
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= 32
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New Jersey: |
1 |
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= 38
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Arizona: |
0 |
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= 38
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Idaho: |
0 |
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= 38
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Vermont: |
0 |
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= 38
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Maine: |
0 |
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= 38
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South Dakota: |
0 |
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= 38
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Nevada: |
0 |
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= 38
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Wisconsin: |
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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