Table 22: aggravated assault.
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Table 22
Aggravated Assault
by State, 2003
Type of Weapon
Total Knives or
aggravated cutting Other
State assaults (1) Firearms instruments weapons
Alabama 7,479 1,782 1,088 1,663
Alaska 2,709 495 636 686
Arizona 18,136 4,895 2,688 5,447
Arkansas 6,761 1,510 1,031 2,004
California 128,092 22,290 18,000 42,546
Colorado 8,188 1,531 1,773 2,748
Connecticut 3,824 373 743 1,371
Delaware 3,581 617 824 1,742
District of Columbia 4,596 904 1,275 1,891
Florida 85,076 12,862 15,286 39,652
Georgia 18,203 4,808 3,538 5,845
Hawaii 1,843 186 299 594
Idaho 2,500 460 588 1,003
Illinois (2)
Indiana 11,407 1,415 1,246 2,979
Iowa 5,812 445 918 1,520
Kansas 3,012 488 532 1,568
Kentucky (2) 3,462 491 396 1,250
Louisiana 16,975 4,704 3,393 5,157
Maine 762 30 124 212
Maryland 17,223 2,381 3,519 7,587
Massachusetts 19,838 1,856 4,150 9,901
Michigan 33,103 7,219 6,333 13,959
Minnesota 3,266 376 781 1,080
Mississippi 2,562 689 515 608
Missouri 19,035 3,829 2,613 6,194
Montana 1,695 300 212 483
Nebraska 3,143 471 636 1,448
Nevada 7,467 1,586 1,653 2,967
New Hampshire 552 87 178 133
New Jersey 16,032 2,527 3,551 4,870
New Mexico 6,746 1,434 1,174 2,195
New York 14,562 1,696 3,123 4,241
North Carolina 19,887 5,586 4,022 6,024
North Dakota 230 9 45 66
Ohio 10,975 2,041 2,050 3,552
Oklahoma 12,827 2,071 2,065 4,815
Oregon 5,965 725 991 2,282
Pennsylvania 23,582 5,068 3,626 6,115
Rhode Island 1,714 358 382 650
South Carolina 22,418 5,000 4,641 6,846
South Dakota 776 114 220 198
Tennessee 28,021 8,799 5,917 10,440
Texas 75,584 16,352 16,767 28,419
Utah 3,253 546 701 1,077
Vermont 345 55 63 81
Virginia 6,799 1,125 1,407 2,216
Washington 9,955 1,365 1,825 3,462
West Virginia 1,399 360 181 284
Wisconsin 5,581 930 746 1,097
Wyoming 1,050 105 158 340
Personal Agency
State weapons count Population
Alabama 2,946 302 3,298,257
Alaska 892 31 632,621
Arizona 5,106 87 5,406,362
Arkansas 2,216 119 1,823,659
California 45,256 718 35,044,194
Colorado 2,136 163 3,394,519
Connecticut 1,337 76 2,338,057
Delaware 398 41 807,466
District of Columbia 526 3 563,384
Florida 17,276 596 17,012,655
Georgia 4,012 349 6,720,872
Hawaii 764 4 1,257,608
Idaho 449 112 1,341,105
Illinois (2)
Indiana 5,767 269 4,917,075
Iowa 2,929 189 2,650,558
Kansas 424 229 1,321,692
Kentucky (2) 1,325 25 1,379,691
Louisiana 3,721 149 3,892,033
Maine 396 163 1,300,474
Maryland 3,736 148 4,864,355
Massachusetts 3,931 291 5,770,923
Michigan 5,592 561 9,630,438
Minnesota 1,029 261 3,642,880
Mississippi 750 98 1,548,999
Missouri 6,399 576 5,650,366
Montana 700 66 582,506
Nebraska 588 215 1,489,255
Nevada 1,261 34 2,196,620
New Hampshire 154 117 887,385
New Jersey 5,084 494 8,374,199
New Mexico 1,943 35 1,231,648
New York 5,502 514 9,606,134
North Carolina 4,255 333 6,694,134
North Dakota 110 55 504,086
Ohio 3,332 334 6,817,310
Oklahoma 3,876 298 3,511,532
Oregon 1,967 140 3,201,784
Pennsylvania 8,773 764 10,592,964
Rhode Island 324 48 1,076,164
South Carolina 5,931 298 3,628,858
South Dakota 244 123 673,184
Tennessee 2,865 443 5,738,034
Texas 14,046 969 21,978,733
Utah 929 98 2,057,602
Vermont 146 54 478,344
Virginia 2,051 251 5,319,103
Washington 3,303 235 5,370,779
West Virginia 574 260 726,434
Wisconsin 2,808 332 5,037,985
Wyoming 447 60 487,191
(1) The number of aggravated assaults for which breakdowns by
type of weapon were received for 12 months of 2003.
(2) Limited or no aggravated assault by type of weapon data
for 2003 were received.
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