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

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


DEFINITION: Number of total people killed by lynching from 1882 to 1968.

SOURCE: UMKC School of Law

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