Top 10 Most Violent States in America

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The most violent state is Louisiana--the most peaceful, Maine. This according to the first of its kind study by the Institute for Economics and Peace.

The top 10 most peaceful are

Top 10 most peaceful states:
1. Maine
2. New Hampshire
3. Vermont
4. Minnesota
5. North Dakota
6. Utah
7. Massachusetts
8. Rhode Island
9. Iowa
10. Washington

The 10 least peaceful are:
1. Louisiana
2. Tennessee
3. Nevada
4. Florida
5. Alabama
6. Texas
7. Arkansas
8. Oklahoma
8. South Carolina
10. Maryland

To determine the rankings, the index looked at factors including homicide rates, violent crimes, percentage of the population in jail, number of police officers and availability of small arms.

According to the study, reductions in violence and crime to levels equal to Canada would yield an estimated $89 billion in direct savings, $272 billion in additional economic activity, and potentially create 2.7 million jobs.

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  • What if the peaceful states (majority northwest U.S.) and the violent states (majority southwest) get their influence from our neighboring countries.

  • florida is not violent

  • I'd Imagine California and Arizona would be on the bad list. California for its massive gang wars and Arizona for the Murders and kidnappings going on because of Mexican Cartel.

  • whiteboy aint lying.....i grew up in redhook brooklyn..............i thought it was bad there butin miami u dont see dudes rocking timbs or flashing......boys from ny got ran out of miami and cut and shot up for coming to south fl to miami and bragging about this and that so your whiteboy actually is telling thetruth especially when my cosuin lioves in bedstuy brooklyn........NOTHING COMPARED TO THE PROJECTS ON OPA LOCKA/LIBERTY CITY POKE N BEAN PROJECTS ITS DIFFERENT.NO PRETTY BOYS OUT THERE.

  • @RollcatRoblox31231 wisconsin lol

  • Why not wisconsin is peacful or deadly state?

  • i lived in louisiana

  • @nemmesis316 There are Black people in Canada, and we don't see them filling our jails. Maybe race has nothing to do with who is causing the violence.

  • New Mexico is pretty horrible

  • @TheJohndoemofo shut yo peaceful ass up!! lmFAo

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