us state louisiana has the highest homicide rate.
us state louisiana has the highest homicide rate.
what us state has the highest homicide rate?
louisiana
the incarceration rate in the u.s. varies by u.s. state, with some such as oklahoma and louisiana, being around 1 and 2/3rds higher than the national average. see: list of u.s. states by incarceration and correctional supervision rate.









































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bullet::::- list of prisons









































bullet::::- list of countries by execution rate









































bullet::::- list of countries by intentional homicide rate









































bullet::::- list of u.s. states by homicide rate









































bullet::::- united states incarceration rate









































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bullet::::- core publications of the world prison brief. such as the world prison population list, and the world female imprisonment list.
list of countries by incarceration rate
beginning in 2000, the homicide rate again increased. new orleans had the highest homicide rate of any major american city in 2000 (42.1 per 100,000 people) 2001 (44.0 per 100,000) 2002 (53.1 per 100,000) 2003 (57.7 per 100,000) 2004 (56.0 per 100,000) in 2005, there were 202 murders after 8 months a rate of 47 per 100,000, which was still a higher rate than any other major city's 12 month rate, but was not official because there was still 1 month left until the end of 3rd quarter crime data was to be released.in 2006,(70 per 100,000) 2007 (81 per 100,000) 2008 (64 per 100,000) 2009 (52 per 100,000) 2010 (51 per 100,000) and 2011 (58 per 100,000) it was more of the same as the previous years with new orleans posting the highest per capta homicide rate of any major american city, or 12 years in a row annually until 2012,when the rate (53 per 100,000) was the 2nd highest among major u.s. cities. in 2004,2006,2007,2008,2009, and 2011 new orleans' "per capita" homicide rate led cities with populations of 100,000 or more residents, which made it the nation's murder capital of the above-mentioned years with annual per capita homicide rates that were at least ten times the u.s. average in each of those years, according to bureau of justice statistics from fbi uniform crime reports, nola.com, and criminologist dr.peter scharf {
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