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We all know what the data tell us just nobody wants to say it.
Then explain this. How does Missouri (Black population 11%) have the highest Black homicide rate in America, but Virginia, with a much larger Black population, has a lower Black homicide rate, and a much lower homicide rate over all?
Looked at my home state. Ranked 26. Not happy about that. We have many middle-class+ black people, but we also have Newark and Camden.
The national average is 18.18 per 100,000. New Jersey's Black homicide rate is 13.82 per 100,000. It could be better. However, it's below the national average.
States with Black homicide rates above the national average (in order descending by Black homicide rate):
Missouri
Alaska
Indiana
Nevada
Illinois
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Arkansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Ohio
Maryland
Arizona
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
South Carolina
Then explain this. How does Missouri (Black population 11%) have the highest Black homicide rate in America, but Virginia, with a much larger Black population, has a lower Black homicide rate, and a much lower homicide rate over all?
The majority of young black people in the major Missouri cities are in drug gangs. Almost all of the murders are black on black.
Very few of the black people outside the major cities are ever in trouble. KC and St Louis have been run by Democrats for years. The rural areas are Republican. Most of those in the cities are arrested over and over and turned loose again and again.
Just so you get additional perspective, Green Mariner is Black.
I'm somewhat surprised that Maryland isn't in the Top 10 due to the murders in primarily two jurisdictions.
Maryland isn't in the top 10. However, it ranks 15th on the list. A Black homicide rate of 20.08 murders per 100,000. 388 Blacks were murdered.
Top 15:
Missouri (47.41 per 100,000) 366 murders
Alaska (43.58 per 100,000) 16 murders
Indiana (32.81 per 100,000) 234 murders
Nevada (32.22 per 100,000) 110 murders
Illinois (32.11 per 100,000) 623 murders
Tennessee (27.53 per 100,000) 330 murders
Pennsylvania (27.45 per 100,000) 448 murders
Louisiana (27.23 per 100,000) 424 murders
Arkansas (26.95 per 100,000) 132 murders
Michigan (25.73 per 100,000) 385 murders
Wisconsin (25.53 per 100,000) 109 murders
Oklahoma (20.64 per 100,000) 73 murders
Ohio (20.30 per 100,000) 330 murders
Kentucky (22.94 per 100,000) 93 murders
Maryland (20.08 per 100,000) 388 murders
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