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About the Midwest: Livability

Crime Rate

National average: 3,808.0 crimes per 100,000 people

Alliant Energy service territory

Rank

State

Crimes per
100,000 people

17

Iowa

3,086.2

18

Wisconsin

3,101.8

20

Minnesota

3,391.5


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State-by-state rankings

Rank

State

Crimes per
100,000 people

1

South Dakota

1,791.0

2

New Hampshire

2,012.8

3

North Dakota

2,128.2

4

Vermont

2,441.3

5

New York

2,487.6

6

Maine

2,634.2

7

New Jersey

2,643.5

8

Idaho

2,666.0

9

Virginia

2,760.4

10

Connecticut

2,784.9

11

Kentucky

2,807.5

12

Rhode Island

2,814.4

13

Massachusetts

2,838.0

14

Pennsylvania

2,882.9

15

West Virginia

2,901.2

16

Montana

2,941.2

17

Iowa

3,086.2

18

Wisconsin

3,101.8

19

Wyoming

3,220.2

20

Minnesota

3,391.5

21

Mississippi

3,507.4

22

Illinois1

3,561.2

23

Nebraska

3,622.5

24

California

3,703.4

25

Utah

3,740.8

26

Michigan

3,775.2

27

Indiana

3,817.2

28

Colorado

3,842.9

29

Oregon

3,952.4

30

Ohio

4,028.9

31

Delaware

4,099.5

32

Oklahoma

4,101.6

33

Maryland

4,159.5

34

Kansas

4,175.2

35

Alaska

4,292.9

36

Georgia

4,360.2

37

Alabama

4,361.3

38

Missouri

4,372.1

39

Hawaii

4,511.6

40

Arkansas

4,519.1

41

New Mexico

4,580.4

42

North Carolina

4,596.4

43

Texas

4,597.8

44

Louisiana

4,691.5

45

Florida

4,698.1

46

Nevada

4,830.4

47

Tennessee

4,888.5

48

South Carolina

5,007.8

49

Arizona

5,129.3

50

Washington

5,193.0

1 Limited data for 2006 were available for Illinois.

Source: Crime in the United States, 2006, Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 2007.

 

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