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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