[Michael Goldsberry]

http://www.morganquitno.com/DANG00RANK.htm

("1" is highest crime rate in that category, "50" is lowest crime rate.  Rankings based on 1998 rates per 100,000 population.)

	MURDER	RAPE	ROBBERY	ASSAULT	BURGLARY	MV-THEFT
Alabama	8	26	22	22	14	32
Alaska	18	1	34	8	34	20
Arizona	8	30	12	15	4	1
Arkansas	13	21	30	18	16	36
California	19	33	6	10	24	6
Colorado	27	9	36	28	28	23
Connecticut	30	44	20	35	36	24
Delaware	40	2	8	6	21	19
Florida	20	7	5	3	2	3
Georgia	8	32	9	19	12	8
Hawaii	44	34	28	44	15	14
Idaho	39	29	43	32	29	44
Illinois	7	23	4	5	23	16
Indiana	14	28	25	24	27	29
Iowa	47	42	41	30	31	42
Kansas	23	13	33	26	19	40
Kentucky	27	35	38	41	38	41
Louisiana	1	19	7	4	5	10
Maine	44	49	45	47	35	49
Maryland	4	25	1	11	18	9
Massachusetts	44	38	29	7	41	18
Michigan	15	5	16	12	22	7
Minnesota	41	6	31	42	30	35
Mississippi	2	18	23	29	7	33
Missouri	15	39	18	17	20	15
Montana	30	50	47	46	47	39
Nebraska	37	43	37	20	39	31
Nevada	5	4	3	23	9	2
New Hampshire	48	24	43	49	50	48
New Jersey	32	46	10	31	32	17
New Mexico	3	3	14	1	1	4
New York	25	45	2	21	42	27
North Carolina	8	31	15	14	3	34
North Dakota	50	26	49	50	49	45
Ohio	32	15	21	40	26	26
Oklahoma	22	12	32	13	8	22
Oregon	35	17	27	25	17	11
Pennsylvania	24	39	13	33	46	30
Rhode Island	42	20	39	34	37	25
South Carolina	12	11	17	2	6	21
South Dakota	49	22	46	45	48	50
Tennessee	6	10	11	9	10	12
Texas	17	16	19	16	13	13
Utah	37	14	40	36	25	28
Vermont	43	37	50	48	32	46
Virginia	21	41	26	39	44	38
Washington	34	8	24	27	11	5
West Virginia	29	48	42	38	40	43
Wisconsin	36	47	35	43	43	37
Wyoming	26	36	48	37	45	47

[alessandrofiaschi]

SIMPLY YOU'RE GREAT!

[alessandrofiaschi]

ANY OTHER STATISTIC FOR BIG CITIES?

[visualops]

Since those stats are by state, they can't be accurately compared with the county 2004 vote map. One could compare them to the electoral college- but I'd venture to say that those stats are old.

[chupic]

Louisiana gets the highest murder rate of all but keep in mind that we have a relatively low pop. density except for the New Orleans area which is of course BLUE.

I like to think of it as blue residue on the boot toe from kicking blue states @sses. There are a couple of other minor bruises around the ankle (it's hard work kicking dem blue states)but not Lafayette Parish (parish=county) I'm proud to say!