Name a major U.S. city that has a murder rate 11 times the national average, given the fact that three-quarters of the U.S. population lives in major metro areas. Fourteen thousand Iraqis died from political violence in 2006 in a country of 26.7 million people. In 2005, there were 14,600 murders in the United States, whose population was 296.4 million. To replicate the Iraqi death rate, for example, the New York metro area would have to have 9,800 murders a year. With approximately half of the metro area's population, As of December 24, 2006, there were 579 murders in New York City year to date.
In our previous episode, I noted that New Orleans has 10x the murder rate of the United States.
Look at the stats he posted.
1. New York City - 1990; 30.7 (2,245 murders; population 7,322,000)
2. Washington, DC - 1991; 83.1 (482 murders; population 598,000 [1])
3. Gary, IN - 2005; 58.0
4. Detroit, MI - 1991; roughly 60
5. Compton, CA - 2005; 67.1
6. New Orleans, LA - 2006; 67.5 (154 murders; population 228,000 [2])
7. New Orleans, LA - 2004; 59.6 (275 murders; population 461,115 [3])
8. New Orleans, LA - 2003; 57.7
9. Atlanta, GA - 1973; 57.7 (271 murders; population 470,000 [1])
10. E. St. Louis, IL - 2004; 63.4
Assuming your numbers are accurate, the 2005 murder rate in the US was 4.95 per 100,000, which I believe has been relatively steady since the late 1990s. I'd say each example above exceeds that number times 11, with the exception of 1990 NY.