Table 21: robbery.

Table 21
Robbery

by State, 2003
Type of Weapon
                                                   Knives or
                           Total                    cutting      Other
State                  robberies (1)   Firearms   instruments   weapons

Alabama                       2,779      1,482           189       187
Alaska                          442        135            39        43
Arizona                       7,490      3,616           848       696
Arkansas                      1,916      1,031           124       137
California                   63,496     22,122         6,442     5,618
Colorado                      3,255      1,036           339       730
Connecticut                   3,043      1,104           332       259
Delaware                      1,380        606           122       114
District of Columbia          3,941      1,850           220       285
Florida                      31,512     12,288         2,214     3,430
Georgia                      12,530      7,044           726     1,152
Hawaii                        1,168        153           108        67
Idaho                           242         78            30        35
Illinois (2)
Indiana                       5,906      2,927           388       453
Iowa                          1,104        244           142       160
Kansas                          364        108            24       115
Kentucky (2)                  2,336      1,064           161       391
Louisiana                     6,611      4,006           349       456
Maine                           289         54            45        33
Maryland                      8,963      4,523           850       499
Massachusetts                 7,324      2,130         1,441       870
Michigan                     10,929      5,143           665     1,277
Minnesota                       909        292            75       258
Mississippi                   2,064      1,176           133       198
Missouri                      6,200      2,743           415       487
Montana                         170         40            22        35
Nebraska                      1,144        554           102        72
Nevada                        5,153      2,092           515       412
New Hampshire                   301         93            37        37
New Jersey                   13,264      4,331         1,488     1,000
New Mexico                    1,620        706           224       137
New York                      8,319      2,648           870       970
North Carolina               11,092      5,909           860     1,096
North Dakota                     46         10             5         8
Ohio                         11,826      4,101           579     1,183
Oklahoma                      3,224      1,416           324       207
Oregon                        2,602        702           296       228
Pennsylvania                 16,856      6,952         1,291     1,056
Rhode Island                    830        276           112       106
South Carolina                5,021      2,511           401       479
South Dakota                    100         24            10        10
Tennessee                     9,354      5,356           659     1,046
Texas                        36,958     16,661         3,745     3,432
Utah                          1,218        424           108       174
Vermont                          38         14             7         6
Virginia                      4,431      2,174           351       602
Washington                    4,620      1,216           474       467
West Virginia                   144         54            15        25
Wisconsin                     4,269      2,414           271       272
Wyoming                          83         24            13        14

                                    Agency
State                  Strong-arm   count    Population

Alabama                     921       302     3,298,257
Alaska                      225        31       632,621
Arizona                   2,330        87     5,406,362
Arkansas                    624       119     1,823,659
California               29,314       718    35,044,194
Colorado                  1,150       163     3,394,519
Connecticut               1,348        76     2,338,057
Delaware                    538        41       807,466
District of Columbia      1,586         3       563,384
Florida                  13,580       596    17,012,655
Georgia                   3,608       349     6,720,872
Hawaii                      840         4     1,257,608
Idaho                        99       112     1,341,105
Illinois (2)
Indiana                   2,138       269     4,917,075
Iowa                        558       189     2,650,558
Kansas                      117       229     1,321,692
Kentucky (2)                720        25     1,379,691
Louisiana                 1,800       149     3,892,033
Maine                       157       163     1,300,474
Maryland                  3,091       148     4,864,355
Massachusetts             2,883       291     5,770,923
Michigan                  3,844       561     9,630,438
Minnesota                   284       261     3,642,880
Mississippi                 557        98     1,548,999
Missouri                  2,555       576     5,650,366
Montana                      73        66       582,506
Nebraska                    416       215     1,489,255
Nevada                    2,134        34     2,196,620
New Hampshire               134       117       887,385
New Jersey                6,445       494     8,374,199
New Mexico                  553        35     1,231,648
New York                  3,831       514     9,606,134
North Carolina            3,227       333     6,694,134
North Dakota                 23        55       504,086
Ohio                      5,963       334     6,817,310
Oklahoma                  1,277       298     3,511,532
Oregon                    1,376       140     3,201,784
Pennsylvania              7,557       764    10,592,964
Rhode Island                336        48     1,076,164
South Carolina            1,630       298     3,628,858
South Dakota                 56       123       673,184
Tennessee                 2,293       443     5,738,034
Texas                    13,120       969    21,978,733
Utah                        512        98     2,057,602
Vermont                      11        54       478,344
Virginia                  1,304       251     5,319,103
Washington                2,463       235     5,370,779
West Virginia                50       260       726,434
Wisconsin                 1,312       332     5,037,985
Wyoming                      32        60       487,191

(1) The number of robberies for which breakdowns by type of weapon
were received for 12 months of 2003.

(2) Limited or no robbery by type of weapon data for 2003 were
received.