US Counties With the Lowest Firearm Share of Suicides, Standardised

2,220 US counties ranked by firearm share of suicides, standardised, from lowest to highest. First are New York County, NY (12.9), Queens County, NY (22.5) and Kings County, NY (24.6). The middle one of the 2,220 has 113.

What this measures

The gun share of suicides compared with what you would expect if each sex, age and race group here used guns at its national rate. 100 means it matches what the local population mix would predict. Above 100 means more gun suicide than that. It is the best county measure of gun access available, and it closely tracks RAND's state estimates of gun ownership. Source: CDC WONDER mortality; RAND firearm ownership database.

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	index, 100 = population mix
1	New York County, NY	12.9
2	Queens County, NY	22.5
3	Kings County, NY	24.6
4	Bronx County, NY	26.6
5	Norfolk County, MA	29.7
6	Hudson County, NJ	31.5
7	Middlesex County, MA	32
8	Suffolk County, MA	32.8
9	Essex County, MA	35.2
10	Bergen County, NJ	36.2
11	San Francisco County, CA	37.2
12	Middlesex County, NJ	38.1
13	Barnstable County, MA	38.8
14	Richmond County, NY	39.2
15	Westchester County, NY	39.9
16	Marin County, CA	40.4
17	Berkshire County, MA	40.7
18	Honolulu County, HI	40.9
19	Essex County, NJ	42.6
20	Nassau County, NY	42.7
21	Monmouth County, NJ	43.5
22	Morris County, NJ	45.3
23	Putnam County, NY	45.8
24	Plymouth County, MA	45.9
25	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT	46.2
26	Maui County, HI	46.5
27	District of Columbia, DC	46.9
28	Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT	47
29	Rockland County, NY	47.1
30	Union County, NJ	47.3
31	Kent County, RI	47.3
32	Franklin County, MA	47.6
33	Bristol County, MA	47.8
34	Providence County, RI	48.4
35	Worcester County, MA	48.5
36	Newport County, RI	48.5
37	Hawaii County, HI	48.7
38	Somerset County, NJ	48.7
39	Passaic County, NJ	50.4
40	Saratoga County, NY	51.6
41	Hampshire County, MA	52.2
42	Albany County, NY	52.5
43	Suffolk County, NY	52.6
44	Anderson County, TX	52.8
45	Talbot County, MD	53.7
46	Mercer County, NJ	53.8
47	Camden County, NJ	54.2
48	Kauai County, HI	55
49	Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT	56.1
50	Ocean County, NJ	56.2
51	Bee County, TX	56.3
52	Montgomery County, MD	56.5
53	Tompkins County, NY	56.7
54	Onondaga County, NY	56.7
55	South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT	56.8
56	Monroe County, NY	57
57	Erie County, NY	57.1
58	Schenectady County, NY	57.2
59	Capitol Planning Region, CT	57.3
60	Ford County, KS	57.6
61	San Mateo County, CA	57.6
62	Santa Clara County, CA	58.6
63	LaSalle County, IL	58.7
64	Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	60.2
65	Cerro Gordo County, IA	60.5
66	Salem County, NJ	60.5
67	Beltrami County, MN	60.7
68	Franklin County, NY	61
69	Rensselaer County, NY	61.1
70	Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT	61.3
71	Alameda County, CA	62.3
72	Cayuga County, NY	62.8
73	Hampden County, MA	63
74	La Crosse County, WI	63.2
75	Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT	63.2
76	Adams County, NE	63.5
77	Orange County, CA	63.5
78	Broome County, NY	63.6
79	Warren County, NJ	64.4
80	Hunterdon County, NJ	64.6
81	Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT	64.7
82	Champaign County, IL	64.8
83	Chemung County, NY	65
84	Marion County, IL	65
85	DuPage County, IL	65
86	Santa Cruz County, CA	65.1
87	Genesee County, NY	67.8
88	Hennepin County, MN	67.9
89	Yolo County, CA	68.1
90	Seneca County, NY	68.3
91	Gloucester County, NJ	68.4
92	Howard County, MD	68.8
93	Kane County, IL	68.9
94	Plymouth County, IA	69
95	Cumberland County, NJ	69.2
96	Washington County, RI	69.3
97	Jay County, IN	69.4
98	Burlington County, NJ	69.6
99	Alexandria city, VA	69.7
100	Atlantic County, NJ	69.7

Every state, lowest first

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

Rank	State	index, 100 = population mix
1	Massachusetts	41.3
2	Hawaii	45
3	District of Columbia	46.9
4	Rhode Island	50.3
5	New Jersey	51.7
6	New York	52
7	Connecticut	56.3
8	California	77.4
9	Illinois	78.5
10	Maryland	83.3
11	Minnesota	85.9
12	Iowa	89.3
13	Delaware	93.2
14	South Dakota	93.4
15	New Hampshire	93.8
16	Wisconsin	96
17	Pennsylvania	96.7
18	Washington	97.9
19	Michigan	97.9
20	Vermont	98.8
21	Nebraska	99.1
22	Colorado	99.9
23	Oregon	100
24	Maine	101
25	Ohio	102
26	Florida	102
27	Utah	103
28	Kansas	106
29	North Dakota	109
30	Virginia	109
31	Indiana	110
32	North Carolina	113
33	Arizona	113
34	New Mexico	114
35	West Virginia	114
36	Nevada	114
37	Missouri	115
38	Arkansas	115
39	Oklahoma	117
40	Kentucky	117
41	Montana	117
42	South Carolina	118
43	Texas	118
44	Tennessee	118
45	Alaska	119
46	Idaho	119
47	Georgia	120
48	Louisiana	121
49	Alabama	129
50	Mississippi	129
51	Wyoming	130

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