US Counties With the Lowest Firearm Fatalities

2,013 US counties ranked by firearm fatalities, from lowest to highest. First are Middlesex County, MA (1.86), Bergen County, NJ (2.1) and Norfolk County, MA (2.18). The middle one of the 2,013 has 16.6.

What this measures

Deaths involving a gun per 100,000 people. Most are suicides and homicides, counted together. Source: County Health Rankings.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 lowest counties

Rank	County	deaths per 100,000
1	Middlesex County, MA	1.86
2	Bergen County, NJ	2.1
3	Norfolk County, MA	2.18
4	Rockland County, NY	2.29
5	Nassau County, NY	2.32
6	New York County, NY	2.39
7	Morris County, NJ	2.48
8	Middlesex County, NJ	2.52
9	Queens County, NY	2.54
10	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	2.57
11	Essex County, MA	2.76
12	Putnam County, NY	2.85
13	Westchester County, NY	2.9
14	Monmouth County, NJ	2.92
15	Somerset County, NJ	2.97
16	Arlington County, VA	3.13
17	Hudson County, NJ	3.33
18	Saratoga County, NY	3.43
19	Richmond County, NY	3.48
20	Ocean County, NJ	3.48
21	Worcester County, MA	3.49
22	Honolulu County, HI	3.58
23	Newport County, RI	3.6
24	Kent County, RI	3.71
25	Union County, NJ	3.77
26	Hampshire County, MA	3.84
27	Santa Clara County, CA	3.85
28	Warren County, NJ	3.9
29	Suffolk County, NY	3.96
30	Franklin County, MA	3.96
31	Barnstable County, MA	3.98
32	Plymouth County, MA	4.07
33	San Mateo County, CA	4.12
34	Tompkins County, NY	4.26
35	Kings County, NY	4.31
36	Loudoun County, VA	4.33
37	Maui County, HI	4.45
38	Bristol County, MA	4.59
39	Marin County, CA	4.64
40	Providence County, RI	4.65
41	Kauai County, HI	4.68
42	DuPage County, IL	4.75
43	Montgomery County, MD	4.83
44	Hunterdon County, NJ	4.89
45	Orange County, CA	4.94
46	Warren County, NY	4.95
47	Broome County, NY	4.97
48	Clinton County, NY	5.01
49	McHenry County, IL	5.05
50	Passaic County, NJ	5.16
51	Gloucester County, NJ	5.18
52	Fairfax County, VA	5.2
53	Genesee County, NY	5.22
54	San Francisco County, CA	5.26
55	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	5.28
56	Schenectady County, NY	5.36
57	Ottawa County, MI	5.42
58	Scott County, MN	5.43
59	Oswego County, NY	5.45
60	Sherburne County, MN	5.49
61	Yolo County, CA	5.55
62	Carver County, MN	5.62
63	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT	5.66
64	Berkshire County, MA	5.69
65	Howard County, MD	5.71
66	St. Lawrence County, NY	5.75
67	Washington County, RI	5.8
68	Suffolk County, MA	5.82
69	Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT	5.83
70	Santa Cruz County, CA	5.85
71	Johnson County, IA	5.86
72	Sussex County, NJ	5.89
73	Hidalgo County, TX	5.89
74	Burlington County, NJ	5.91
75	Orange County, NY	5.91
76	Ozaukee County, WI	5.95
77	Winona County, MN	5.98
78	Centre County, PA	5.98
79	Buffalo County, NE	5.99
80	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	6.03
81	Cayuga County, NY	6.04
82	Alexandria city, VA	6.08
83	Union County, OH	6.15
84	Bronx County, NY	6.19
85	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	6.23
86	Story County, IA	6.29
87	Ontario County, NY	6.31
88	Delaware County, OH	6.33
89	Kane County, IL	6.36
90	Jefferson County, NY	6.4
91	Capitol Planning Region, CT	6.4
92	Washington County, MN	6.44
93	Cameron County, TX	6.46
94	Rensselaer County, NY	6.53
95	Franklin County, NY	6.55
96	Ventura County, CA	6.55
97	Madison County, ID	6.57
98	Grant County, WI	6.6
99	Madison County, NY	6.63
100	South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	6.63

Every state, lowest first

Each state’s own published figure, not an average of its counties.

Rank	State	deaths per 100,000
1	Massachusetts	3.7
2	Hawaii	4.32
3	Rhode Island	4.47
4	New Jersey	4.81
5	New York	4.9
6	Connecticut	6.11
7	California	8.38
8	Minnesota	9
9	Iowa	10.4
10	New Hampshire	10.5
11	Nebraska	10.6
12	Washington	11.6
13	Wisconsin	12.1
14	Maine	12.3
15	Vermont	12.4
16	Delaware	12.5
17	Utah	13
18	Illinois	13.1
19	Maryland	13.1
20	Virginia	13.5
21	Pennsylvania	13.7
22	South Dakota	13.9
23	North Dakota	13.9
24	Florida	14
25	Texas	14
26	Michigan	14.1
27	Oregon	14.2
28	Ohio	14.7
29	North Carolina	15.5
30	Kansas	15.9
31	Indiana	16.4
32	Colorado	16.5
33	Idaho	16.5
34	Arizona	17.7
35	West Virginia	17.9
36	Georgia	18
37	Nevada	18.2
38	Kentucky	18.4
39	Oklahoma	19.4
40	Tennessee	20.3
41	South Carolina	20.4
42	Arkansas	21.1
43	Montana	21.8
44	District of Columbia	22.3
45	Missouri	22.4
46	Alaska	23.3
47	Alabama	23.7
48	Wyoming	23.8
49	New Mexico	24.1
50	Louisiana	24.9
51	Mississippi	27.1

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