The Most Dangerous American States

[Herman Munster]

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/102714/The-Most-Dangerous-American-States

For the fourth year in a row, Nevada has earned the dubious distinction of being the most dangerous state in America, according to a survey published Thursday.

Based on annual statistics, Nevada had the highest crime rate among the 50 states across the country, according to Morgan Quitno Press, an independent researcher in Lawrence, Kansas, which publishes the rankings annually.

"The story for Nevada remains the same as in previous years," Scott Morgan, president of Morgan Quitno Press, remarked in the report. "As a rapidly growing state, it struggles with crime and other problems. It has some of the highest murder, robbery and motor vehicle theft rates in the country."

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

[treestar]

1. It is hard to picture South Carolina having a higher crime rate

than California.

Nevada, because of Las Vegas, maybe?

Interesting that NM and Arizona are so high on the list.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

37. Why does that picture make me think of a Proctologist?

nt

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40. Think illegal immigration might be a contributing factor?

"Interesting that NM and Arizona are so high on the list".

That and drug smuggling?

[RC]

2. North Dakota does have something to recommend

Ain't nobody here to do the crime. :evilgrin:

[krispos42]

7. Just remember to turn off the lights next time you come to the Cities

No sense leaving the entire state on when it's empty!

[RC]

9. Gotta leave one on to find the switch when i get back.

Do worry, it's a fluorescent.

[Bluzmann57]

3. Iowa is no. 43

and yet the Guardian Angels are coming to our town. There are certain parts of Iowa which have a lot more crime than other parts of Iowa. But overall, it ain't a bad place to be.

[Dhalgren]

4. Alabama is in the bottom three on every list of good things,

but most crime? Number 17, with a bullet. Hey, at least home-grown criminals don't hate us for our freedoms - or whatever... :eyes:

[krispos42]

5. I'm surprised Connecticut's so low

There are some real shitholes in Bridgeport, Stamford, New Haven, and Hartford. One year, I think it was 2002 or 2003, the number of homicides in Hartford TRIPLED, from 16 to 48, then back down to 18.

The expensive suburbs (the 'Gold Coast') forces a lot of people to live in cramped housing in crappy areas.

[Bucky]

17. Probably the survey left off corporate white collar crime. That's your CT problem there.

Also, I understand the Stepford Wives are all robots.

[krispos42]

32. LOL true

They seem to be focusing on violent and property crime. Of course, there are places there that have lots of that. Iranistan Ave in Bridgeport comes to mind. :shudder:

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Alaska has the highest rate

of sexual assault in the country. I don't know why.

[Herman Munster]

8. lack of females in Alaska

Alaska led the States with the highest male-female ratio (107.0) according to the 2000 Census

I guess lack of opportunities will cause some men to rape?

[Blue_In_AK]

16. I didn't realize that we were still outnumbered that much

It used to be much more so back in the pipeline days. Alaska -- where the odds are good, but the goods are odd. :rofl:

[Bucky]

19. I had a friend who use to do summer jobs up there and said in Alaka women are both

rare and "well-done."

I have no idea what she was talking about.

[Blue_In_AK]

25. "Well done"????

I'm not quite sure what that means either. :rofl: Maybe it depends on what the definition of "done" is.

[uppityperson]

29. More like alcohol and cabin fever than "lack of opportunities" leading to rape.

Better get educated on what rape is and isn't. "lack of opportunities"? Nope.

[SoCalDem]

20. Cabin fever + angry frustrated men? n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

26. Plus a healthy dose of alcohol...

...also a serious problem here.

[Skittles]

10. I find it hard to believe Texas is not in the top ten

this state sucks

[doc03]

13. They haven't counted the Bush Crime Family

statistics yet, it's an ongoing investigation.

[Ilsa]

15. Well, for the most part, the worst of the Bushies isn't here.

The worst one spends his time theiving and killin in Washington DC. And JEB's FL made #8.

[Mind_your_head]

27. Yes, the whole nation KNOWS that Texas and Florida SUCKS

if anything WEIRD happens.....you can bet/be assured that it was in TEXAS or FLORIDA.....BUSH country (play the theme to *Ponderosa* now).

[Greyhound]

36. Texas cured their crime problem in typical republik fashion,

they just legalized crime (Florida too).

[napi21]

11. I'd love to know exactly how they calculated their ratings.

Is it purely the # of crimes, or is it # or crimes per resident population? I find it very difficult to believe that Calif. one of the most populated states has a lower crime rate than Tn or AK? I checked the link and it didn't have any info.

I always question these studies. Always remember, statistics can prove anything you want them to prove.

[Marr]

23. It's got to be per capita, but even still- there's bound to be

variation in the reporting and tracking of crime statistics in different states. Still, I'd be interested to know what the spread is.

[Breeze54]

24. U.S. Census Bureau - State Rankings VIOLENT CRIME

"The survey, which did not include the District of Columbia, looked at rates from 2005
for six major crimes including murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and auto theft,
comparing those to the national average."

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State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
VIOLENT CRIME \1 PER 100,000 POPULATION -- 2004

When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted.
Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown, but different ranks

http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/rank21.html

On this list my state is moved down the list quite a bit!
Although those numbers are from 2004.

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PS---------->

Cautionary note about rankings

http://www.census.gov/statab/ranks/note.html

The ranks in some tables are based on estimates derived from a sample(s). Because of sampling and nonsampling errors associated with the estimates, the ranking of the estimates does not necessarily reflect the correct ranking of the unknown true values. Thus, caution should be used when making inferences or statements about the states' true values based on a ranking of the estimates. As an example, the estimated total (average, percent, ratio, etc.) for State A may be larger than the estimates for all other states. This does not necessarily mean that the true total (average, percent, ratio, etc.) for State A is larger than those for all other states. Such an inference typically depends on --among other factors-- the size of the difference(s) between the estimates in question, and the size of their associated standard errors.

In other tables, the ranks are based on a complete enumeration of the target population, or on complete administrative reporting from the population. In such cases, sampling is not used, and there is no sampling error component in the estimates. Still, care should still be taken when making inferences or statements based on the rankings. The table values may still exhibit nonsampling error originating from such sources as coverage problems (missing units or duplicates), nonresponse, misreporting, and others.


Last Revised: February 11, 2005 at 10:34:28 AM

I agree that they could have fudged the numbers anyway they wanted and may have as; the method isn't included.
Have to consider that the OP's List Rank came from CNN Money too; I think. ;)

[jeff30997]

12. I don't care about the crime rate ...

I'm more afraid of the cops !!!


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[RL3AO]

21. I hope your somewhat sarcastic with that statement.

[jeff30997]

38. No I'm not.

[TZ]

14. Maryland is #4?

WTF? I really find that hard to believe. Based on population figures that seems weird. There are two counties in this state that have bad crime issues, but the res of the state is okay. And Va is 36? give me a break. I live near Va and they have crime issues as well. This is a nutty survey.

[davepc]

18. 3 border states 1-2-3

What the hell is going on down there?

[charlie]

22. Nevada isn't a border state

Unless by border, you mean the top 3 are continguous.

[Bucky]

30. No, Hawaii isn't a border state. All the other states have borders.

[charlie]

31. I'm not catching your meaning

NM and Arizona are border states, but not Nevada. The three are contiguous, though. Not sure where Hawaii comes into this.

[Bucky]

34. it was a joke. All the states have borders, ergo they're "border" states. Hawaii borders nothing.

It was a small joke and now I've told it twice.

[charlie]

35. Aiyiyi

My fault. Things tend to slide off my teflon-coated noggin.

[ComerPerro]

28. Lawrence, KS? I am suprised I don't know more about them. Bet Mabus does

[cali]

33. My state is

always far down on the list. Vermont. Liberal, rural and oddly enough, lots of guns.

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39. What's odd about that?

"oddly enough, lots of guns."

:shrug:

Vermont easily has the least restrictive gun control laws in the nation... one doesn't even need a permit to carry a concealed handgun.

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41. Seems like the further North a state is...

the lower the crime rate... regardless if it's a Blue state or Red state.

[Hardrada]

42. The South was much more violent than the North

before the Civil War perhaps because of the institutionalized violence of slavery. Northern crimes were more in the nature of theft and vandalism etc. This seems to continue to some degree.