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DEFINITION
Number of total people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.
Crime Statistics > Lynchings > Total (most recent) by state
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
States
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 |
Mississippi: |
581 |
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| #2 |
Georgia: |
531 |
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| #3 |
Texas: |
493 |
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| #4 |
Louisiana: |
391 |
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| #5 |
Alabama: |
347 |
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| #6 |
Arkansas: |
284 |
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| #7 |
Florida: |
282 |
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| #8 |
Tennessee: |
251 |
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| #9 |
Kentucky: |
205 |
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| #10 |
South Carolina: |
160 |
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| #11 |
Missouri: |
122 |
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| #12 |
Oklahoma: |
122 |
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| #13 |
North Carolina: |
101 |
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| #14 |
Virginia: |
100 |
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| #15 |
Montana: |
84 |
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| #16 |
Colorado: |
68 |
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| #17 |
Nebraska: |
57 |
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| #18 |
Kansas: |
54 |
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| #19 |
West Virginia: |
48 |
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| #20 |
Indiana: |
47 |
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| #21 |
California: |
43 |
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| #22 |
New Mexico: |
36 |
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| #23 |
Wyoming: |
35 |
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| #24 |
Illinois: |
34 |
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| #25 |
Arizona: |
31 |
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| #26 |
Maryland: |
29 |
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| #27 |
South Dakota: |
27 |
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| #28 |
Ohio: |
26 |
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| #29 |
Washington: |
26 |
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| #30 |
Oregon: |
21 |
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| #31 |
Idaho: |
20 |
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| #32 |
Iowa: |
19 |
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| #33 |
North Dakota: |
16 |
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| #34 |
Minnesota: |
9 |
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| #35 |
Utah: |
8 |
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| #36 |
Michigan: |
8 |
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| #37 |
Pennsylvania: |
8 |
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| #38 |
Nevada: |
6 |
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| #39 |
Wisconsin: |
6 |
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| #40 |
New Jersey: |
2 |
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| #41 |
New York: |
2 |
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| #42 |
Delaware: |
1 |
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| #43 |
Vermont: |
1 |
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| #44 |
Maine: |
1 |
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Total: |
4,743 |
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Weighted average: |
107.8 |
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DEFINITION: Number of total people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.
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