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New Jersey Ranks 25th in the Nation in Violent Crime Per 100,000 Population, 2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2004-2005

Rank State Rate   Rank State Rate
             
1 South Carolina 794
26 Montana 365
2
 Florida 730   27 Indiana 353
3
 Maryland 704   28 Washington 347
4
 Tennessee 688   29 Colorado 345
5 New Mexico 665   30 Ohio 333
6 Delaware 658   31 Mississippi 326
7 Louisiana 646   32 Connecticut 308
8 Nevada 614   33 Oregon 296
9
Alaska 593   34 Nebraska 289
10 California 579   35 Rhode Island 286
11 Illinois 557   36 Virginia 276
12 Texas 553   37 Iowa 272
13 Arizona 513   38 Hawaii 270
14 Michigan 511   39 Minnesota 263
15 Oklahoma 506   40 Wyoming 262
16 Missouri 473   40 Kentucky 262
17 Massachusetts 469   42 West Virginia 258
18 New York 465   43 Utah 249
19 Arkansas 456   44 Idaho 243
20 North Carolina 455   45 Wisconsin 221
21 Georgia 454   46 South Dakota 173
22 Alabama 430   47 New Hampshire 149
23
Pennsylvania 398   48 Vermont 110
24
Kansas 396   49 Maine 109
25 NEW JERSEY 366   50 North Dakota 78
             
          50 State Average
402.3
          N.J. % Below Average 9.1%

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