Tennessee Firearm Death Data
This information is sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WISQARS database. WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, pronounced “whiskers”) is an interactive database system that provides injury-related mortality data. The data below is specifically related to firearm deaths – all firearm deaths, firearm homicides, firearm suicide deaths, and unintentional shooting deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives information from each state’s health department, then uploads it into the WISQARS database.
Below are tables reflecting rates of firearm death (all intents), firearm homicides, and firearm suicide deaths by state, ranked by age-adjusted rate for the most recent year of CDC data.
The states in red are states whose gun laws received a D or F grade from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Those in green received a A or B. Those in black received a C. For more on gun law grades, click here. States with an asterisk* are “permitless carry” states, meaning no permit, and no firearm safety training, is required to carry loaded gun in public places.
2018 Firearm Mortality: All intents, all ages
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Mississippi* |
681 |
2986530 |
22.81 |
2 |
Alabama |
1064 |
4887871 |
21.70 |
3 |
Missouri* |
1311 |
6126452 |
21.34 |
4 |
Louisiana |
991 |
4659978 |
21.31 |
5 |
Wyoming* |
124 |
577737 |
21.09 |
6 |
New Mexico |
438 |
2095428 |
20.75 |
7 |
Alaska* |
155 |
737438 |
20.74 |
8 |
Arkansas* |
573 |
3013825 |
18.96 |
9 |
West Virginia* |
343 |
1805832 |
18.11 |
10 |
Nevada |
550 |
3034392 |
17.84 |
11 |
Tennessee |
1228 |
6770010 |
17.82 |
12 |
South Carolina |
895 |
5084127 |
17.51 |
13 |
Montana |
186 |
1062305 |
17.27 |
14 |
Kentucky* |
762 |
4468402 |
16.81 |
15 |
Oklahoma* |
665 |
3943079 |
16.71 |
16 |
Idaho* |
294 |
1754208 |
16.61 |
17 |
Georgia |
1680 |
10519475 |
15.72 |
18 |
Arizona* |
1147 |
7171646 |
15.29 |
19 |
Colorado |
889 |
5695564 |
15.14 |
20 |
Indiana |
977 |
6691878 |
14.71 |
21 |
Kansas* |
424 |
2911505 |
14.65 |
22 |
South Dakota* |
117 |
882235 |
13.50 |
23 |
North Carolina |
1416 |
10383620 |
13.26 |
24 |
Utah |
397 |
3161105 |
13.14 |
25 |
Ohio |
1555 |
11689442 |
13.05 |
26 |
Michigan |
1310 |
9995915 |
12.82 |
27 |
Florida |
2902 |
21299325 |
12.81 |
28 |
Vermont* |
82 |
626299 |
12.63 |
29 |
Pennsylvania |
1654 |
12807060 |
12.47 |
30 |
Texas |
3522 |
28701845 |
12.22 |
31 |
Virginia |
1035 |
8517685 |
11.76 |
32 |
Oregon |
519 |
4190713 |
11.68 |
33 |
Maryland |
707 |
6042718 |
11.61 |
34 |
Delaware |
107 |
967171 |
11.55 |
35 |
North Dakota* |
89 |
760077 |
11.36 |
36 |
Illinois |
1382 |
12741080 |
10.78 |
37 |
New Hampshire* |
155 |
1356458 |
10.66 |
38 |
Washington |
809 |
7535591 |
10.32 |
39 |
Maine* |
159 |
1338404 |
10.32 |
40 |
Wisconsin |
598 |
5813568 |
10.13 |
41 |
Nebraska |
183 |
1929268 |
9.05 |
42 |
Iowa |
282 |
3156145 |
8.62 |
43 |
Minnesota |
437 |
5611179 |
7.79 |
44 |
California |
3040 |
39557045 |
7.45 |
45 |
Connecticut |
186 |
3572665 |
4.91 |
46 |
New Jersey |
420 |
8908520 |
4.75 |
47 |
New York |
821 |
19542209 |
4.03 |
48 |
Hawaii |
59 |
1420491 |
4.03 |
49 |
Massachusetts |
258 |
6902149 |
3.46 |
50 |
Rhode Island |
37 |
1057315 |
3.28 |
2018 Firearm Homicide: All ages
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Mississippi* |
320 |
2986530 |
11.31 |
2 |
Louisiana |
497 |
4659978 |
11.09 |
3 |
Alabama |
468 |
4887871 |
10.07 |
4 |
Missouri* |
556 |
6126452 |
9.71 |
5 |
South Carolina |
373 |
5084127 |
7.90 |
6 |
Tennessee |
504 |
6770010 |
7.75 |
7 |
Maryland |
426 |
6042718 |
7.30 |
8 |
New Mexico |
136 |
2095428 |
6.90 |
9 |
Arkansas* |
194 |
3013825 |
6.69 |
10 |
Illinois |
784 |
12741080 |
6.34 |
11 |
Georgia |
644 |
10519475 |
6.22 |
12 |
Indiana |
364 |
6691878 |
5.79 |
13 |
Delaware |
46 |
967171 |
5.51 |
14 |
Nevada |
158 |
3034392 |
5.50 |
15 |
Michigan |
479 |
9995915 |
5.04 |
16 |
Alaska* |
37 |
737438 |
4.95 |
17 |
Ohio |
548 |
11689442 |
4.95 |
18 |
Florida |
977 |
21299325 |
4.95 |
19 |
Kentucky* |
207 |
4468402 |
4.95 |
20 |
Oklahoma* |
185 |
3943079 |
4.89 |
21 |
North Carolina |
489 |
10383620 |
4.88 |
22 |
Pennsylvania |
581 |
12807060 |
4.82 |
23 |
Kansas* |
123 |
2911505 |
4.52 |
24 |
Arizona* |
293 |
7171646 |
4.27 |
25 |
West Virginia* |
66 |
1805832 |
4.04 |
26 |
Virginia |
334 |
8517685 |
4.04 |
27 |
Texas |
1145 |
28701845 |
4.01 |
28 |
Colorado |
188 |
5695564 |
3.33 |
29 |
California |
1275 |
39557045 |
3.22 |
30 |
Wisconsin |
153 |
5813568 |
2.93 |
31 |
New Jersey |
218 |
8908520 |
2.63 |
32 |
Wyoming* |
13 |
577737 |
2.46 |
33 |
Washington |
173 |
7535591 |
2.37 |
34 |
South Dakota* |
16 |
882235 |
2.05 |
35 |
Montana |
20 |
1062305 |
2.03 |
36 |
New York |
356 |
19542209 |
1.86 |
37 |
Idaho* |
31 |
1754208 |
1.81 |
38 |
Vermont* |
10 |
626299 |
1.75 |
39 |
Connecticut |
54 |
3572665 |
1.67 |
40 |
Oregon |
67 |
4190713 |
1.64 |
41 |
North Dakota* |
13 |
760077 |
1.63 |
42 |
Hawaii |
20 |
1420491 |
1.58 |
43 |
Massachusetts |
104 |
6902149 |
1.51 |
44 |
Nebraska |
25 |
1929268 |
1.38 |
45 |
Minnesota |
66 |
5611179 |
1.30 |
46 |
Iowa |
37 |
3156145 |
1.26 |
47 |
Rhode Island |
13 |
1057315 |
1.17 |
48 |
New Hampshire* |
13 |
1356458 |
1.10 |
49 |
Utah |
34 |
3161105 |
1.08 |
50 |
Maine* |
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1338404 |
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2018 Firearm Suicide: All ages
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Wyoming* |
108 |
577737 |
18.05 |
2 |
Montana |
160 |
1062305 |
14.65 |
3 |
Alaska* |
107 |
737438 |
14.32 |
4 |
Idaho* |
250 |
1754208 |
14.00 |
5 |
West Virginia* |
257 |
1805832 |
13.04 |
6 |
New Mexico |
281 |
2095428 |
12.69 |
7 |
Nevada |
367 |
3034392 |
11.49 |
8 |
Oklahoma* |
465 |
3943079 |
11.43 |
9 |
Utah |
339 |
3161105 |
11.30 |
10 |
Missouri* |
726 |
6126452 |
11.13 |
11 |
Arkansas* |
345 |
3013825 |
11.10 |
12 |
Colorado |
660 |
5695564 |
11.09 |
13 |
Kentucky* |
509 |
4468402 |
10.81 |
14 |
Alabama |
552 |
4887871 |
10.69 |
15 |
Vermont* |
70 |
626299 |
10.45 |
16 |
Arizona* |
802 |
7171646 |
10.28 |
17 |
South Dakota* |
91 |
882235 |
10.26 |
18 |
Mississippi* |
313 |
2986530 |
9.87 |
19 |
Kansas* |
292 |
2911505 |
9.79 |
20 |
North Dakota* |
75 |
760077 |
9.62 |
21 |
Louisiana |
467 |
4659978 |
9.61 |
22 |
Tennessee |
690 |
6770010 |
9.57 |
23 |
Maine* |
147 |
1338404 |
9.47 |
24 |
Oregon |
427 |
4190713 |
9.41 |
25 |
South Carolina |
493 |
5084127 |
9.06 |
26 |
Georgia |
987 |
10519475 |
9.03 |
27 |
New Hampshire* |
135 |
1356458 |
9.02 |
28 |
Indiana |
588 |
6691878 |
8.56 |
29 |
North Carolina |
873 |
10383620 |
7.84 |
30 |
Texas |
2263 |
28701845 |
7.82 |
31 |
Ohio |
962 |
11689442 |
7.71 |
32 |
Florida |
1869 |
21299325 |
7.58 |
33 |
Michigan |
806 |
9995915 |
7.52 |
34 |
Virginia |
679 |
8517685 |
7.46 |
35 |
Washington |
599 |
7535591 |
7.43 |
36 |
Pennsylvania |
1025 |
12807060 |
7.27 |
37 |
Nebraska |
145 |
1929268 |
6.94 |
38 |
Iowa |
231 |
3156145 |
6.92 |
39 |
Wisconsin |
420 |
5813568 |
6.75 |
40 |
Minnesota |
356 |
5611179 |
6.21 |
41 |
Delaware |
58 |
967171 |
5.72 |
42 |
Illinois |
573 |
12741080 |
4.23 |
43 |
Maryland |
266 |
6042718 |
4.07 |
44 |
California |
1629 |
39557045 |
3.90 |
45 |
Connecticut |
127 |
3572665 |
3.07 |
46 |
New York |
445 |
19542209 |
2.07 |
47 |
Rhode Island |
23 |
1057315 |
2.05 |
48 |
New Jersey |
193 |
8908520 |
2.02 |
49 |
Hawaii |
30 |
1420491 |
1.89 |
50 |
Massachusetts |
148 |
6902149 |
1.86 |
2018 Firearm Mortality: All intents, ages 0-19
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Alaska* |
19 |
201193 |
10.12 |
2 |
Mississippi* |
76 |
791304 |
9.31 |
3 |
Alabama |
102 |
1217278 |
8.18 |
4 |
Tennessee |
137 |
1674353 |
8.11 |
5 |
Louisiana |
92 |
1211957 |
7.76 |
6 |
Missouri* |
119 |
1533987 |
7.67 |
7 |
South Carolina |
92 |
1242094 |
7.20 |
8 |
South Dakota* |
15 |
241450 |
6.42 |
9 |
Arkansas* |
50 |
782120 |
6.37 |
10 |
New Mexico |
33 |
538061 |
5.97 |
11 |
Delaware |
14 |
229075 |
5.96 |
12 |
Nevada |
43 |
755722 |
5.90 |
13 |
Indiana |
105 |
1752893 |
5.84 |
14 |
Colorado |
75 |
1413549 |
5.20 |
15 |
Kentucky* |
58 |
1125031 |
5.09 |
16 |
Oklahoma* |
53 |
1062476 |
5.04 |
17 |
Georgia |
144 |
2799446 |
5.00 |
18 |
Utah |
47 |
1027866 |
4.72 |
19 |
Virginia |
100 |
2096027 |
4.67 |
20 |
Ohio |
138 |
2902621 |
4.59 |
21 |
Illinois |
147 |
3186074 |
4.48 |
22 |
Montana |
11 |
255366 |
4.31 |
23 |
North Carolina |
115 |
2586608 |
4.27 |
24 |
Texas |
343 |
8195635 |
4.23 |
25 |
Kansas* |
33 |
787676 |
4.15 |
26 |
Maryland |
62 |
1494958 |
4.10 |
27 |
Oregon |
40 |
972838 |
4.08 |
28 |
Washington |
72 |
1839468 |
4.03 |
29 |
Florida |
188 |
4713439 |
3.93 |
30 |
Idaho* |
19 |
494846 |
3.82 |
31 |
West Virginia* |
16 |
407915 |
3.79 |
32 |
Michigan |
96 |
2431980 |
3.76 |
33 |
Pennsylvania |
119 |
2994144 |
3.74 |
34 |
Arizona* |
70 |
1837877 |
3.72 |
35 |
Minnesota |
44 |
1444186 |
3.09 |
36 |
Iowa |
23 |
822019 |
2.71 |
37 |
Wisconsin |
40 |
1431947 |
2.68 |
38 |
Nebraska |
13 |
530369 |
2.48 |
39 |
California |
212 |
10023550 |
2.10 |
40 |
New York |
67 |
4565930 |
1.43 |
41 |
New Jersey |
27 |
2168619 |
1.22 |
42 |
Massachusetts |
13 |
1574719 |
0.72 |
Hawaii |
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Rhode Island |
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Connecticut |
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Vermont* |
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Maine* |
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New Hampshire* |
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North Dakota* |
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Wyoming* |
2018 Firearm Homicide: Ages 0-19
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Louisiana |
67 |
1211957 |
5.67 |
2 |
Mississippi* |
46 |
791304 |
5.64 |
3 |
Tennessee |
94 |
1674353 |
5.57 |
4 |
Delaware |
11 |
229075 |
4.66 |
5 |
Alabama |
56 |
1217278 |
4.48 |
6 |
South Carolina |
57 |
1242094 |
4.46 |
7 |
Missouri* |
66 |
1533987 |
4.26 |
8 |
Illinois |
113 |
3186074 |
3.44 |
9 |
Arkansas* |
27 |
782120 |
3.44 |
10 |
Indiana |
59 |
1752893 |
3.28 |
11 |
Georgia |
91 |
2799446 |
3.16 |
12 |
Maryland |
47 |
1494958 |
3.11 |
13 |
Nevada |
22 |
755722 |
3.04 |
14 |
New Mexico |
16 |
538061 |
2.90 |
15 |
Ohio |
75 |
2902621 |
2.49 |
16 |
Florida |
117 |
4713439 |
2.45 |
17 |
Virginia |
52 |
2096027 |
2.43 |
18 |
Pennsylvania |
75 |
2994144 |
2.34 |
19 |
North Carolina |
63 |
2586608 |
2.34 |
20 |
Texas |
177 |
8195635 |
2.19 |
21 |
Colorado |
28 |
1413549 |
1.94 |
22 |
Oklahoma* |
20 |
1062476 |
1.90 |
23 |
Kentucky* |
21 |
1125031 |
1.85 |
24 |
Michigan |
46 |
2431980 |
1.81 |
25 |
Kansas* |
13 |
787676 |
1.63 |
26 |
Washington |
28 |
1839468 |
1.56 |
27 |
Arizona* |
28 |
1837877 |
1.49 |
28 |
California |
143 |
10023550 |
1.42 |
29 |
Wisconsin |
17 |
1431947 |
1.14 |
30 |
Minnesota |
16 |
1444186 |
1.12 |
31 |
New Jersey |
24 |
2168619 |
1.09 |
32 |
New York |
44 |
4565930 |
0.93 |
Hawaii |
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Massachusetts |
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Rhode Island |
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Connecticut |
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Iowa |
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Nebraska |
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Oregon |
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Vermont* |
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Alaska* |
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Idaho* |
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Maine* |
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Montana |
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New Hampshire* |
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North Dakota* |
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South Dakota* |
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Utah |
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West Virginia* |
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Wyoming* |
2018 Firearm Suicide: Ages 0-19
Rank |
State |
Deaths |
Population |
Age-Adjusted Rate |
1 |
Alaska* |
12 |
201193 |
6.46 |
2 |
Montana |
11 |
255366 |
4.31 |
3 |
Utah |
36 |
1027866 |
3.62 |
4 |
Idaho* |
17 |
494846 |
3.42 |
5 |
Missouri* |
48 |
1533987 |
3.09 |
6 |
Oklahoma* |
31 |
1062476 |
2.94 |
7 |
Mississippi* |
24 |
791304 |
2.94 |
8 |
Oregon |
28 |
972838 |
2.85 |
9 |
West Virginia* |
12 |
407915 |
2.83 |
10 |
New Mexico |
15 |
538061 |
2.71 |
11 |
Colorado |
37 |
1413549 |
2.57 |
12 |
Alabama |
32 |
1217278 |
2.56 |
13 |
Kansas* |
20 |
787676 |
2.52 |
14 |
Kentucky* |
28 |
1125031 |
2.46 |
15 |
Nevada |
18 |
755722 |
2.45 |
16 |
Indiana |
41 |
1752893 |
2.27 |
17 |
South Carolina |
29 |
1242094 |
2.26 |
18 |
Tennessee |
38 |
1674353 |
2.25 |
19 |
Washington |
40 |
1839468 |
2.25 |
20 |
Virginia |
45 |
2096027 |
2.09 |
21 |
Arkansas* |
16 |
782120 |
2.03 |
22 |
Ohio |
58 |
2902621 |
1.93 |
23 |
Iowa |
16 |
822019 |
1.89 |
24 |
Arizona* |
35 |
1837877 |
1.86 |
25 |
Michigan |
47 |
2431980 |
1.83 |
26 |
Texas |
143 |
8195635 |
1.77 |
27 |
Minnesota |
25 |
1444186 |
1.75 |
28 |
North Carolina |
46 |
2586608 |
1.70 |
29 |
Louisiana |
19 |
1211957 |
1.61 |
30 |
Georgia |
44 |
2799446 |
1.52 |
31 |
Florida |
62 |
4713439 |
1.29 |
32 |
Wisconsin |
19 |
1431947 |
1.27 |
33 |
Pennsylvania |
38 |
2994144 |
1.21 |
34 |
Maryland |
14 |
1494958 |
0.92 |
35 |
Illinois |
26 |
3186074 |
0.79 |
36 |
California |
54 |
10023550 |
0.53 |
37 |
New York |
19 |
4565930 |
0.41 |
Hawaii |
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Massachusetts |
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New Jersey |
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Rhode Island |
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Connecticut |
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Delaware |
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Nebraska |
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Vermont* |
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Maine* |
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New Hampshire* |
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North Dakota* |
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South Dakota* |
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Wyoming* |