Alaska

Washington

Oregon

ArizonaNew Mexico

Oklahoma

KansasColorado

UtahNevada

California

Idaho

Montana North Dakota

South Dakota

Nebraska

Minnesota

Iowa

Missouri

Arkansas

Mississippi

Alabama

Louisiana

Florida

Georgia

Tennessee

Wisconsin

IllinoisIndiana Ohio

Michigan

Kentucky

New Jersey

New YorkConn. R.I.

Mass.

N.H.

Maine

Wyoming

Pennsylvania

VirginiaVirginia

WestDelawareMd.

Vt.

Carolina

North Carolina

South

Hawaii

Texas

Alaska

RANK STATE SCORE RANK STATE SCORE

per 100,000 people; Number of police officers per 100,000 people; Availability of small arms.

High

Low

State of peace*

1 Maine 1.34

2 New Hampshire 1.50

3 1.54

4

Vermont

1.62

5

Rhode Island

1.71

6

Minnesota

1.75

7

Hawaii

1.80

8

North Dakota

1.83

9

Utah

1.85

10

Iowa

1.87

11

Washington

1.88

12

Nebraska

1.91

13 2.08

14

Oregon

2.17

15

South Dakota

2.21

16

Wisconsin

2.24

17

New Jersey

2.28

18

Montana

2.28

19

Idaho

2.30

20

Ohio

2.39

26

Virginia

2.61

27

Wyoming

2.63

28 Colorado 2.66

29

Kansas

2.69

30

California

2.70

31 Michigan 2.79

32

Alaska

2.79

33

Illinois

2.89

34

North Carolina

2.97

35

Delaware

2.98

36

Mississippi

3.14

37

New Mexico

3.14

38

Arizona

3.16

39

Maryland

3.18

40 Missouri 3.21

41

Georgia

3.24

42

Oklahoma

3.26

43

Texas

3.27

44

South Carolina

3.30

45

Arkansas

3.30

21 Pennsylvania 2.42

22

West Virginia

2.43

23

New York

2.49

24 Indiana 2.50

25

Kentucky

2.52

46

Florida

3.42

47

Nevada

3.50

48

Alabama

3.50

49 Tennessee 3.61

50 Louisiana 3.97

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