Here are two separate lists of U.S. states related to mass shootings — one based on raw totals and one based on per-capita rate context.
(Note: exact per-capita rankings for 2025 alone are not yet fully available in standardized national datasets, but long-term/per-population trends are useful to approximate relative per-capita risk.) (World Population Review)
Top 10 States by Raw Mass Shooting Incidents (2025 / Multi-Year Data)
These reflect states with the highest number of mass shootings, using broader historical counts where available:
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Illinois
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Texas
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California
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Pennsylvania
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Florida
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New York
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Georgia
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Louisiana
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Michigan
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North Carolina
These rankings are based on aggregated incident counts where states like Illinois, Texas, and California lead in total mass shooting numbers. (World Population Review)
Top 10 States / Jurisdictions by Per-Capita Mass Shooting Rate (Population-Adjusted, Historical Trends)
For per-capita rates (incidents relative to population), smaller states or jurisdictions often rank higher even if they have fewer total shootings:
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Louisiana — historically among the highest per population
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Washington, D.C. — highest per capita in some analyses
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Mississippi — elevated per-population rate
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Tennessee — higher relative incidence
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Georgia — elevated per capita
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Alabama — relatively high per population
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South Carolina — notable rate per population
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Arkansas — higher per population
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Oklahoma — elevated per-person rate
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Missouri — high relative incidence
Per-capita rankings are typically based on long-term aggregated data (e.g., 2014–2022 analyses) because consistent single-year per-capita state data for 2025 isn’t fully compiled yet. Louisiana frequently ranks highest on a per-capita basis; Washington, D.C. — while not a state — also shows very high rates relative to population. (BostonGlobe.com)
How to Interpret These Lists
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Raw Totals show where the most mass shooting incidents have occurred overall (often in large, populous states).
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Per-Capita Rates show where shootings occur more frequently relative to each state’s population size, which can highlight risk patterns not obvious from totals alone.
If you want, I can also provide numerical per-million-people rates for these states using the best currently available datasets.
